HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 7339, 11 October 1887, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[Bv Eleotbio Telegraph.—Copyright.] [Rbutkr's Telegrams.] IHE NATIONALISTS DEFY THE , GOVERNMENT. LONDON, Octobeb 10. (Received October 11, 1887. at 1.40 a.m.) • Telegrams from Ireland state that a number of meetings of the National League took place yesterday at Mitchellstown and elsewhere, in defiance of the prohibition and exertions of the police to prevent their being held. No serious disturbance is yet reported. A SUCCESSFUL MUNICIPAL LOAN. LONDON, October 10. (Jte)elved October 11,1887, »t 1.25 p.m.) Tenders for the Borough of Redfern (New South Wales) loan of L 50.000, bearing 4 per cent, interest, the minimum being fixed at L9l, were opened to-day. The total amount offered was found to be L 189.000. Tenderers at L 93 lis receive 67 per cent, of allotment, and tenderers above that receive in full. THE MAILS. LONDON, October 10. The mails per s.s. Orient (Melbourne, September 2) were delivered here to-day via Naples. [Special to Press Association.! LONDON, October 10. The sculling race between Bubear and Courtenay was rowed at Oswego, Lake Ontario, and resulted in a victory for the former by three lengths. General Caffarel, assistant secretary in the French War Office, has been arrested on a charge of selling decorations. He is also suspected of having disposed of mobilisation plars Dhuleep Singh has published a letter in India, in which he declares that he has placed his services at the disposal of Russia, and that he will consecrate his life to the overthrow of England, *_„—~_