CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1672, 29 April 1884, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—CO PYRIGHT. Keuteb's Telegrams, LONDON, April 25. Received April 25, 7 p.m.—Consols liava fallen to 102, New Zealand securities remain at the following quotations 5 per 10-10 loan, 103f; 5 per cent. 1889 loan, 105; 4| per cent. 1879-1904.-: 1 oanj; lOlf; 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 101|. Adelaide' wheat' ox store, has advanced to 44sj New Zealand ditto remains, at 35s to 40s, and Adelaide flour at Australian tallow has declined 6d to Is per cwt. Average quality beef is now quoted at 36s 6d, ditto mutton, 395. : ' •• - Copra.—Sydney, sun-dried, remains at £lßlss, Leather. Best Australian sides' have advanced to' The wool market is quiet, New arrivals to . date for next series of colonial auctions now amount to some 32,000 bales. : MELBOURNE, April 26. The Trades Union Congress, now sitting here, has resolved to send a working'man as delegate to the working men of England, and also to appear at the bar of the House of Commons to appeal'for assistance so as to prevent the influx of .French recidivistes into the Australian colonies.

LONDON, April 26. Received April 28, 0.50 a.m.—The Sydney portion of the cargo of frozen meat ex steamship Lusitunia, has been sold at an average price of 5d per lb. The Government lias had under consideration the joint recommendation of Sir R. E, Egerton, British ConsulGeneral At Cairoi Nuba Pasha, President of the' Egyptian Council of Ministers, and Sir Evelyn Wood, the commander of the Egyptian army, that a. combined force of the British and Egyptian troops should be despatched to the relief of Berber. In .its reply, tho Government has stated that the recommendation cahnot be acted upon at the present time, and that such an expedition cannot be sent into the Soudan for four months from the present date. The debate in the House of commons on the ' contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill was resumed to-day, when the Government agreed to withdraw tlio amendments to the Bill as passed by the House of Lords, and to accept the vote of tho House on tho subject. .

A disastrous five occurred in (he Queens-road to-day, resulting in the total destruction of tlio premises occupied by Mr William Wbitely, whoso stoves in Westbourne-grove where destroyed in a similar manner in November, 1880. The loss now is estimated at £500,000. ' An attempt was made to-day to destroy the barracks at Dublin by an explosion, but the infernal machine which, was intended for the purpuse exploded abortively, and but little damage was done,. Discoveries have, been made of active plotting among the Fenians in Dublin, in which it is believed the projected destruction of the barracks was to have played an important part. Detailed plans for an organised rising, lists of persons interested, and arms were uneattlicd in the garden attached to the house occupied by Patrick Egan. The police effected the arrest of Egan, who. was brought up at the Police Court today and remanded. The following are the names of Lord Sheffield's team, who open the series of matches in England'against the A us-

tralian Eleven at Sheffield on May 12, 13, and 14Messrs Grace, Greenfield, Shaw, Hide Phillips, Shrewsbury, Harnes, Barlow, Ulyett, Harrison, and Mycroft, ■ ' SYDNEY, i April 26. Beach, who was requested to row a sculling match against Hanlan has declined to do so, but a match lias been arranged between '.the Canadian oarsman and Laycock.' LONDON, April 26. Consols have futther declined to 101J, The market rate of discount is now If per cent,, ]\below bank rate! New Zealand securities remain at last quotations. Colonial breadstuff's Adolaide wheat, ex store, 43s not 44s as telegraphed yesterday; Adelaide flour, 28s. New Zealand wheat, ex store, 35s to 40s. • Australian tallow, average quality, beef, 36s 6d: mutton, 30s. MELBOURNE, April 28. . Received April .28, 12,45 p.m.— Arrived, yesterday—P, and O. steamship Shannon, with Englisui mails. Courneaux, the French Commissioner, kaß been interviewed by a reporter of the Melbourne Daily Telegraph, and expressed himself as being opposed to the Frenoh Ricidivistes Bill and announced,that, ho had submitted a .report to the Government against the measure, ;to.which great opposition was shown in New Caledonia, . ;: The escaped lunatic, Bourke,,who was arrested last month, suspicions boing entevtained.-of his being concerned in. the;Pettavel murder.in last January, • lias been discharged from police custody and been again placed in the asylum, i