CABLE NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 112, 14 May 1881, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

HOUSE OP COMMONS AND MB. BRADLAUGH\ ' THE CZAR MAINTAINS AUTOCRACY. CAPE NEWS. THE BOERS AND THE NATIVES. IBBUTXB'S T«LKaBAMB.| London, 12th May. Mr. Bradlaugh has written a letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons, protesting against his expulsion, and declaring that the same is illegal. Sir Wilfrid Lrfw'son ifcts given notice in the Honse of Commons of a motitta sotting fofth that the action of the Speaker in fofbicldlng Mr. Bradlaugh's presence within the precincts of Parliament is illegal. The Standard to-day publishes a telegram from the Transvaal, Btating that the troubles between the Boers and the natives have culminated in open hostilities, fighting of a severe character having taken place between them. I Consols are unchanged at 102$. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £15,250,000. The Bank rate remains at 2|, and the market rate of disconnt at 2 per cent. Five per cent. New Zealand 10-40 loan, 104* ; 5 per cent. New Zealand 1889 loan, 104, ex div. ; 4* per cent. New Zealand 1879-1904 loan, 101*. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 47* ; New Zealand wheat, 44s ; Adelaide flour, ex warehonso, 335. Australian tallow— Best beef, 34s 6d i best mutton, 365. Ah the wool auction to-day, 9500 bales were catalogued, and prices were firmly maintained. St. Petersburg, 12th Mdy. The Czar has issued a proclamation declaring his intention to maintain autooraoy in Rasßia, and to use every endeavor to extirpate sedition from the country. Paris, 12th May. The latest telegrams to hand report that the French troops are now only a few miles distant from the city of Tunis. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. INTENTIONS OP PRANCE TOWARD TUNIS. ANTI-JBWIBH PEELING IN RUSSIA. SERIOUS RICvTS AND BLOODSHED. Pari6, 12th" May.M. Barthele'my £t. Hilaire (Minister for Foreign Affairs) made a further statement in the Chambers' to-day as to the intentions of the French Government toward Tunis. He announced that it had been decided to demand substantial guarantees from the Bey that the permanent quietude of the TunisAlgerian frontier would be scoured. He further made a complete disavowal of the belief which exists that the policy of the Government was directed toward the annexation of Tunis by France. St. Pbtkbsburg, 12th May. SeriouS riots, arising out of a strong antiJewish feeling, have occurred in Several towns in southern Ruusia. The oonflidts have, in some instances, been most severe, and attended with much bloodshod.