CABLE NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 90, 14 October 1881, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

♦ THE LONDON MABKETS. CONSERVATIVE GATHERING AT NEWCASTLE. SPEECHES BY LORD SALISBURY AND SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE. ARREST OF MR. PARNELL. ITALIAN PROTEST AGAINST THE OCCUPATION OF TUNIS. THE CITY OF LONDON AND MR. GLADSTONE. THE PREMIER ON MR. PARNELL'S ARREST. IRKDTKR'S TELEGRAMS. 1 London, 12th October. Coiibols have declined to 9SJ. Now Zealand securities — 5 per cent. 10-40 loan, 10JJ; 5 per cent. 1889 loan, lOifc; 4fc per tent. 1879-1904 loan, 98J. Adelaide wheat, ex store, is quoted at 57s per 4961bs— a decline of Is. New Zealand wheat has also fallen Is, and is now quoted at 555, ex store. Adelaide flour remains at 42s per 2801ba, ex warehouse. Best Scotch pi? iron, No. 1, free on board in Clyde, 535. A large Conservative meeting was held tonight at Newcastle-on-Tyne, when addresses were delivered by the Marquis of Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northcote. Ihe former, in the course of his remarks, expressed himself as satisfied with the policy being pursued by the Government in regard to Egypt. Sir Stafford Northcote stated his opinion tfcat external pressure both controlled and weakened the action of the present administration, and both speakers urged that greater vigour was necessary on tho part of the Government in dealing with Ireland. 13th October. It is currently reported hero this morning that tho arrest of Mr. Parnell has been ordered by the Government, and that he is now in custody. The rumour, however, requires confirmation. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone was today presented at tho Guildhall with the address ad /ptod last month by the Court of Common Council of the City of London, desiring him, in consideration of the estimation in which he is held, to permit his bust to be placed in Guildhall Mr. Gladstone, in receiving tho address, thanked the Council for the honour proposed to be done to him, and exprosscd his willingness to sit for the preparation of the bust. Later. At the Guildhall to-day Mr. Gladstone took occasion to confirm the report current this morning that Mr. Parnell bad been arrested, and spoke in justification of the aotion of the Government in the matter. Paeis, 13th October. Intelligence is to hand from Tunis that the Italian Consul resident there has sent a protest to M. Roustan, the French Resident, against the occupation of the city by the French troops.