CABLE NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 1, 3 January 1881, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

♦ THE TRIAL OF THE LAND LEAGUERS. EXCITEMENT IN DUBLIN. THE WAR IN THE TRANSVAAL. RUMORED OCCUPATION OF THE CAPITAL BY THE BOERS. STORMS AND FLOODS IN ENGLAND , AND AMERICA. Irkutsk's telegrams.) London, 30th December. Consols are unchanged at 100£. New Zealand securities remain at last quotations. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is .£12,875,000. The markets for Australian and New Zealand produce are unchanged. 31st December. Owing to the excitement which is prevailing in Dublin in consequence of the trial of the Land Leaguers, extra military'preparations are being made in the city for the preservation of order. - ' - Very heavjr enow-storms have occurred in England during the past few days, anH in many districts serious floods have resulted on the breaking up of the frost. Considerable loss of property has occurred, and, owing to the extreme cold, much distress has i been experienced by the poorer classes. | Suez, 30th December. The steamer Protos, with a cargo of meat, has arrived here homeward bound from Melbourne. Capetown, 31st December. A report comes to hand to-day from the Transvaal that the Boers have followed up their recent successes by occupying Pretoria, the capital town. The rumor, however, requires confirmation. New York, 31st December. Intense cold continues to be experienced throughout the States, and heavy snowstorms have fallen in many parts.