CABLE NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1005, 5 March 1883, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND EORUIGN. [REUTER —COPYRIGHT. ] (Received March 3, 1.15 a.m.) LONDON, March 2. , In the House of Commons last night .it was announced that the Right Hon. Dr Lyon Playfair had resigned the Deputy Speakership, and the Marquis of Harliuglon proposed Sir J. A. Otway, M.P.for Rochester, as his successor. Mr Parnell has written a letter to the Press, stating that ho expects to visit America shortly. Cardinal McCabe, Archbishop of Dublin, has-,now recovered from his recent illness. (Received March 3,-d 1.30 a.m,)In the House of Commons last night the debate on the Address in Reply was !resumed, when, an amendment was introduced by Mr 1 O’Connor setting forth that the prevailing distress in Ireland should receive the immediate attention;of Government. The amendment was • rejected ’after' some discussion; iind the Address in Reply was finally adopted las originally framed, j r?(T&&ifecil The Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of 7f per cent for the past [half year. < Arrived —Orient-steamship Chiraboirozo from Melbourne, January 10. , i TOSf; bank fate r 3, dirid [market rate 2|- peg; .cent. The total reserve in notes and' bullion in the Bank of England is £14,000j000, an increase of £ioo,ooo during the week. The proportion of the reserve to liabilities is [43 per centum. New Zealand .-securities, colonial breadstuff's, and tallow are .without quotable change. At to-day’s wool auction 12,400 bales were catalogued., There was a good,: demand, but mostly for Port Phillip wools. Since the opening of:the’ series, 6200 bales*havc : been withdrawn ifrom sale out 6f a total of about 98,0.00. catalogued. (Received March 3, 2.15 p.m.) Gladstone returned to London to-day from France. Intelligence is to hand from Havre that a man named John; Walsh, who [was implicated in the Irish assassinaTiohs f by r Vthe irifofmei’jdias arrested there under an extradition [warrant. i It has transpired.That a ; warrant has been issued for the arrest of “ Number one," the mysterious personage who was ; alleged by Carey to have directed the I operations of the assas ins’ Corarpittee. The utmost secrecy is being observed respecting “ Number one’s ” identity. (Received March 5, 12.20 a.m.) ■ Consols remain at 102-g-, New Zealand securities remain at last quotations. [The total quantity of wheat afloat for 'Great Britain is 2,070,000 quarters no ■ change having occurred during the week. Adelaide wheat, unchanged at 5 Is; N. Z. wheat is quoted at 465. Adelaide flour, :ex store, 34s 6d. Australian mutton has fallen Is. Average brands are now worth 435. Beef has declined 6d, and ■is now quoted, for. average brands, at ;at 40s 6d. The total stock of tallow in

London on the Ist inst. was 10,800 casks. The catalogue at 10-day’s wool sale comprised 11,500 bales. The tone of the sale was dull. March 3. Sir A. J. Otway has been elected Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees in the House of Commons with out opposition, vice the Right Hon. Lyon Playfair, resigned. (Received March 3, 11.30 a.m. MADRID, March 1. The Socialist agitation in this country is rapidly extending. There are now known to be at least 50,000 Anarchists in Spain, and the ramifications of the secret societies are extending in every direction. NEW YORK, March 2. Sheridan, against whom a warrant has been issued for alleged complicity in | the Irish assassinations, has not yet been arrested. WASHINGTON, March 2, The Parliamentary Committee appointed, to,.pons|der s .. Uic revision,of the 4i¥cdmmerided the introduction of a J Bill providing for increased duties upon metal, and metal goods. (SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, Feb -28. v The witnesses who gave evidence in the Joyce murders at Maariitrasna-have been attacked by a number of roughs, who disarmed the. constables acting as protectors to the former. V AUSTRALIAN. (ukutep. — copyright,] (Received March 2, 10.30 pan.) ADELAIDE, March 2. Wheat is -quoted, at ss,Bd ;;; market quitet and' very little doing. Town flour is quoted at £l2 10s to £l-3, arid country brands at £l2 to £l2 ss. The following are the freights to the United Kingdom ; — .Sailing, 26s ; sailing, from outports, 27s fid. There is nothing doing in grahvfreights. (Received March 3, 2.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 3. New Zealand wheat, ds 3d ; New Zealand oats, 2s fid; maize, 3s fid; Sugar Company’s No. 1 pieces, £35.