Last Night's Cables.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5670, 31 October 1889, Page 3

Last Night's Cables.

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Lo>rooN, October 30.

The meeting of lhe Tenants' Defence League ere-ited but little interest in Dublin. Mr. i'arut.l did not attend, aud no special programme was drawn up. Six of the prisoners, in custody on tho charge of heiin.- coiieenied in the murder of Inspector Martin at Gw«e_'iroh-,Ye pleaded guilty to manslaughter, while ten others have pleaded guilty t> Ihe elrirge of misdemeanor. Father M'Fadden pleaded guilty to obstructing tho police. The sentence of tho Court has been deferred. In the breach of promise case sgainat Viscount Laiijjan, Miss Phyllis Br'.uightou, the actress, has ao-epted £2000 and costs in full sctilom-.-nt of tho claim. At Gla.-gow aud MiddLf-h-rough sales of pig iron havo touched as high as 00s, but closed at .YJ_ oil. The steel market shows signs of advancing. Miss Myra Kemble, the Australian actress, who recently arrived here, will play the hcroiuo in the now play written by Mr. Robert Buchanan, which is to he produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Mr. M. Havitt's address before the Parnell Commission is not yut concluded. Mr. W. West._arth will be buried in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, on Friday. A. Ituj-ian loan of 50,000,000 roubles has been issued. The - 4 .iierican warship Mohican, stationed at Honolulu, has been ordered to proceed to Samoa. Reports from Dakota states that the harvest has failed, and 20,000 persons aro threatened with famine. Sydnky, October ;>O. Wheat, chick feed lis 4d, New Zealaud milling .„ Sd to -Is Id, Coliforniaii Is od to 4s Sd (nominal', Adelaide os 2d to /is 3d ; flour, New Zealand stone-made _'J 5s to £0

15s, roller-made £lU us to £11 ; oals, milling sorts _s Od to 'is od, seed 2s lOd to us ; maize, iis yd ; barley, Capo 2s Sd to 2s lOd (nominal); bran, 8d to _{d ; pollard, 8d ; chaff, New Zealand cut £o 10s ; potatoes, Nov.- Zealand £0 to £0 10s, Circular Heads £.) los to £0 is; onions, £25 to £27; butter, dairy made •<„ to 7d, factory Od to Did: cheese, local made 3d to Gd, New Zealand Gd to 6kl; bacon, local cured Gd to 7d, New Zealand cured Od to 9jd; hams, 1-".

Tho Irish delegates are passengers by tho Zealandia which left here to-day lor Auck-

In the Supreme Court to-day tho oharge i>f manslaughter preferred against Captain Lesslng, of the steamer Centennial, in connection with the death of tho cook of the vessel through her sinking, was heard, when tho jury brought in a verdict acquitting the accused.

MI'LIiOUBNJt:, October J"

Wheat, .Os 4d; flour, stone made, £11; roller made, £11 10s, with upward inclination ; oats, stout 3s 8d (holders of Now Zealand soil.*; want 3s 0d) ; mui/.e, Is Gd; barley, mulling 5. Gd ; bran, Is Id. Tho sugar market is brisk, Queensland whiten are quoted at £_C, 10s, grey* £_!, yellows J..0 10s. Iv replying to a deputation of the Chamber of Coinmcrc. to-d-y Mr Gillies, Premier, said that he would communicate with the other colonies and the Imperial Government recommending that they should conjointly share tho cost of erecting a lighthouse on tho Snares. A_ik_ai_k, October .0. Wheat is quiet at 4s lid, but the new crop is being offered at 4s Gd ; flour, «tone madoj-10 10s to £10 Ins, roller made £11 l.').f to £1- : bran, Juii, 7-M to So ; pollard, Ud to yjd: the potato market is weaker than last quotation, Circular Heads being at £6 10s. BjtisiiANK, October 30. This year's sugar yield is estimated at 38 000 tons, and tho home consumption is i expected to be under 13,000 tons. The finest Queensland white is quoted at £.-.