TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 920, 21 February 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Feb. 16. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, will, on Monday next, 20th inst., introduce in, the House of Commons the. motion of which he gave notice last week for the adoption of new rules to, govern the procedure of Parliament, in-. eluding cloture. In the House of Commons today Mr Gladstone took occasion to dpnjy that his recent, speech during the debate, on Mr Smylhe's motion for the estab-. lishment of Home Rule for-Ireland,, was* intended as an incitement! to the Irish, to continue their agitation for. Home. Rule, and added that he was not pre-, pared to give selfrgover anient to in a greater degree than to England or.Scotland. Intelligence is.to hand that a disas-. trous explosion has occurred at Arendon, colliery, at Durham, Aa. far, as known fully, seventy miners have lost their Hyes, but the full, extend of. mpiVtality has not yet transpired'. Consols have further.- advanced; to. The total reserve in the Bank; of England is £11,750,000. The. Bank rate of discount remains, at 6; percent; market rate has. declined. to 0 **■ The New Zealand securities are, unchanged ; 5 per cent loan.. lo4£ ; 5 per cent 1889, loan. 104;. 4£ ner cent loan 1879-1904 loan, 9.9£, ev-diy. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, re-, mains at 55s ; New Zealand ditto, 5.25; ; Adelaide flour, ex store, 42s ; ; Australian tallow, best beef, 42s ; best mutton, 58s. The steamship Orient's cargo of : frozen meat and butter has been examined and found to be in good con-_ dition. The Waterloo Coursing Cup has been. won by Snowflight, Feb. 17. In the House of Lords today a debate took place on a motion for the appointment of a Committee for En-r quiry into the working ot the Irish Land Act, and after a, lengthy discussion the motion was carried, oh a division, by 96 to 53. General Scobeloff haranged a gathering of Servian students in Paris yesterday, and pronounced a warm diatribe against the Germans, expressing at the same time the opinion that a RussoGerman war is inevitable* The event has created a sensation in Vienna and Berlin, and the Press of these cities express irdirrnation at the action of General? Scobeloff. Intelligence is to hand that a band of Peruvian marauders. spoked the town of Pisco aud massacred one, thousand inhabitants, including 300 foreigners, who were assisting the Peruvians., tQ. defend; the place. ♦ AUSTRALIAN, Melbourne, Ifeb. 18. Two fishing I pats were caught in the rip at the Heads, near Queenscliff, yesterday, and were capsized. Three of the fishermen were drowned; Sydney, Feb. 18. The return cricket, match between,, Shaw's Engli h team and a, Combined Eleven of New South Wales and Victoria (not an eleven of New South, Wales, as telegraphed' yesterday) was resumed today. The Combined team, continued their first innings, which closed for a total of 197, as against 133 of the Englishmen. Adelaide. Feb. 17. Wheat, per bushel, 5s 2d. The market is <juiet. Town flour, per ton, £ll 15s ; country brands, £ll a Freights to the United Kingdom from Adelaide, 42s 6d to 45s ; ditto from sutports, 45ei to 47 s 6d.