CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1463, 22 August 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

Reutkr's Telegrams, by electric telegravh—copyright LONDON, August 20. A Parnellite named Lynch has been elected to the House" of Commons for County Sligo, in the room of the late Denis O'Connor. The Tory candidate who opposed Lynch!: was defeated by a large majority.

The French Government has informed Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary, that Shaw, the British missionary at Tamatave, is now on board a French ironclad, and' that he will be dealt with according to martial law, but will be allowed the right of appeal. A disturbance took place Jo-day at County Down, Ireland, at the eviction of a tenant. A body of policemen, escorting the process-server,.: was attacked by sympathisers of the tenant, and in the fight which ; ensued two policemen were shot and seriously wounded. .'-.

ALEXANDRIA, , : ,, . •-. . Augubti2o. Latest reports from Cairo state'that cholera has now entirely ceased in that city. The epidemic is decreasinc; here and in the provinces, and it is hoped that the further spread of the plague has been stayed. ■ , • ■ ' ' . '.:.■''■'.' '■) ■ '. : - SYDNEY/ ;# . '..., . ~ :; ... Wednesday;,; The following scratchings in';' tho Hawkesbury Handicap are posted::— AH Silk, Archie, Grosvcnor, and Warwick, The latest'bbttiiig on the Handicap is: Yately sto % Hawthorne 5 tO 1. y - v Heavy tain has fallen here during the past twenty-four hours, ■ , BRISBANE,- '.4k Wednesday; Elections are still proceeding.'' In the second batch of polls taken /esterday every seat was gained by candidatps opposed to the Mcllwraith -Ministry. . MELBOURNE,. .%■.... Wednesday; :

Joseph Smith (Irish informer) and wife- are passengers' for Suez by Messageries, steamship Melbourne. On landing at Williaiiistown yesterday Smith was recognised, and they have since been under police supervision. They sail by the' Melbourne to-day.

LONDON, j • . ■ August 21, TJie cargo offrozen meat by steamship Ohimborazo arrived in good condition. The first portion of mutton was placed ontte market to-day, and realised 6|d per lb. LONDON,,., ! j" 'August 21. Continual rioting lasting many hours has taken place between the Catholics and Protestants at Coatbridge, a town nine miles from Glasgow, and the centre of the Lanarkshire, mineral district. Many persons have been injured on both sides. „ ,;.'.

;.'.',"' MELBOURNE, A man who has been identified as Joe Smith, one of the Irish informers, has arrived here from Sydney. ; It has been ascertained fcjrot his passage was taken under an assumed name, .; ~.' Per Merchant and Underwriters Association, London, August I.B:—Arrived—Ship Loch Bredan, from Ly ttelton' (April 26).. •• LONDON] August 21,' The Melbourne Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited) reports of the local grain market as follows: —The wheat market is active. Shipping parcels, 5s to 5s Id; fowls' wheat, 3s 9d to 4s 3d; malting barley, 5s 3d to 6s Id. The market is decidedly firmer. New Zealand oats are in good demand at 2s lid to 3s Id for feeding, and 3s Id to 3s 4d for milling qualities.- New Zealand oats under bond, 2s 2d to 2s 6d. Moderate inquiry is experienced. ■■'.■■■'■ • ' LONDON," . Augußt2o. Adelaide wheat,' ex store, remains at 48s; New Zealand ditto has fallen is,, and is now! quoted at '4Bs.' Adelaide flour, ex store, 84s. The tallow, market is without:change/ •' ■ J. Accounts to-hand 'from tbihbp districts are more favorable, the' recent fine weather having affeoted great- im-' proveraent, ;