SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5995, 3 February 1881, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

J-: •-, :[BT CABLE,] 7." ..... ; : ''• \ [uEUTER's TEEEGRAMS.]./ ; '■'■/' •■; •;: i , E^LAJs^■'MQ^v^ME]^^s.■^; : , i ;; • ! London, February 1. '■'■*. News comes to ■ hand to-day that the Fenians have caused- placards to be posted throughout Ireland, - setting forth' their rights in; inflammatory terms.,. The police have,., however,' acted promptly, and have destroyed all the placards which have been posted, arid a quantity intended for further distribution. . ; THE IRISH DISTURBANCE. , ' London, February. 1. I The, debate, hi the House of Coinnioas on the Irish Coercion Bill was resumed last.: evening. Mr. Gladstone refused to agree to the compromise which was demanded by the. opponents of the measure, and insisted that a division should be taken. The Irish members have, however, resumed their ob- [ struction, and the debate continues. ; •■'.'.

LADY LAND LEAGUERS. , London, February 1. The ladies : section of the Irish Land League has been initiated in Dublin. LONDON MARKETS. London, February 1. : Consols remain at 9 9£. New Zealand securities are at the last quotations, viz.:—Five per cent. 10-40 loan, 102 ; 5 percent. 1889 loan, 107^; 4.V per cent, 1079-1904 loan, ;" .■■■... .■■ ; : Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 50s ; Adelaide .flour, ex warehouse, 345. New Zealand wheat, ex ship, 445. Australian tallow is unchanged. . : shipping. [per merchant shipping and under- . writers' association;] London, February 1. ; Arrived: Waimea, from the Bluff,on October IS; Waitangi,from Lyttelton, on October 30; Loch Doon, from Auckland, on October 9. COLONIAL NEWS. EXHIBITION;AWARDS. ; \ Melbourne, February 2. .... The following Exhibition awards were announced to L day:-— ; R. ; H. Bai"tle'tt, for views .of -New Zealand; and portraits •;-.,- W. Collie,. Napier, for photographs; W. Travers,*"Wellington, for photographs; William Hanwell, Greymouth, for photographs; Marshall and Copeland, Dunedin, and Royse, Stead, and Co., Christchurch, for malt. IRISH AFFAIRS IN QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, February 2. An enthusiastic meeting was held last evening, under the presidency of the Hon. Mr. O'Doherty, M.L.C., at which resolutions were that branches of the Irish Land League should be formed. A vote of thanks to Mr. Parnell was also passed. THE SUEZ MAIL. Albany, February 2. The P. and O. Company's steamship .Peshawur, with the inward Suez mail, has arrived in King George's Sound, en route for Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney. DEATH OF MRS. HALL. London, February 1. The death of Mrs. Anna Maria Hall, the L-ish actress, is announced to-day.