CABLE NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2397, 8 December 1881, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

ENGLISH & FOREIGN. [eeuteb's telegeams.] LONDON, December 5. A Sqnatter Candidate.

A Parnellite, who was a candidate for the seat for Londonderry in the House of Commons, rendered vacant by the appointment of the Bight Hon. Hngh Law to the Lord Chancellorship of Ireland, has retired from the contest. In an address to the electors announcing his retirement, he urges the supporters of the Parnellite cause to vote for Sir Samuel Wilson, the Conservative candidate. The MarketsConsols remain at 99J-. New Zealand securities areunchangedatyesterday s quotations. Adelaide wheat, ex store, remains at 565; New Zealand ditto, 525; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 41s 6d; Australian tallow: best beef, 37s 6d; best mutton, 40s 6d. Wool. At the wool sale to-day 5800 bales were catalogued. The bidding was steady, but the demand for the lots offered was not active. The Mails.

The mails via Snez and Brindisi, which left Melbourne on October 25th, were delivered here to-day. WASHINGTON, December 5. Meeting of Congress-

The Congress of the United States met to-day, but adjourned without transacting other than merely formal business. The delivery of the President's usual message to the two Houses has been postponed for the present. In the House of Representatives, Mr Keifer, a Republican, was elected Speaker.