SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6157, 10 August 1881, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

[IiEUTEP.'s TELEGRAMS.],',' j THE~BRADLAUGH DIFFI.r: ■. CULTY.. _• ! r London 1 , ' August 8. . 1 In tho House o£ Commons'" to-day, jtli'e' Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone .announced that the Government were not prepared at the present timfe to deal with ;the Bradlaugh j difficulty, hut would next session ;introduce a measure for jthe purpose. . . . ! A NEW TRIAL FOR BRAD- • LAUGH. London, August 8. The Court of Queen's Bench has granted an order for a new trial in the case of Clarke v. Bradlaugh, in which the verdict was returned for the plaintiff on the 22nd ult, : THE RELEASE OF, DILLON. London, August 8. Mr. Dillon, it has transpired, was released from Kilmainham Gaol on account of his health. It is reported that the close confinement he has suffered since his arrest in May has caused him to he seriously indisposed. WITHDRAWALS OF GOLD. London, August S.. Large withdrawals of gold were made to-day from the bank for South America. RELEASE OF JOHN DILLON. London, August 7. Mr. John Dillon, M.P. for the county of Tipperary, who was arrested on the 2nd of May- last, under the Irish Protection Act, and who has. been lodged in KLilmainham Gaol since the date named, was to-day released from custody. | SERIOTJS RAILWAY COLLISION. . London, August 8. A serious railway collision occurred i to-day -aear Blackburn., cm. the East | Lancashire line. Five persons were killed, and thirty seriously injured. THE NEW FLAGSHIP SAILED. London, August 8. H.M.S. Nelson has sailed for Sydney to replace the Wolverine, as flagship on the Australian squadron. LONDON MARKETS. London, August 8. The 3 per cent, consols are unchanged at 100§. The New Zealand 5 per cent. 10-40 loan is 105, New Zealand 5 per cent. 1889 loan is 104£, New Zealand 4£ per cent. 1879-1904 loan is 101J, ex div.

Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, has advanced to 495. New Zealand wheat, ex ship, remains at 48s 6d. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, is quoted to-day at 365, an advance o£ Is. Australian tallow : Best beef is 34s 6d per cwt. : best mutton has fallen to 365. [per merchant shipping and underwriters' ASSOCIATION.] London, August 7. Arrived: The ship Inchmurry, from Lyttelton, on May 7. COLONIAL NEWS. SMALL-POX SPREADING. Sydney, August 9. Two fresh cases of small-pox have been reported to-day from Croydon, about five miles to the west of the city. The Board of Health have not yet decided whether the patients, two children, named "Wyndrom, shall be removed to the quarantine station, or left under the care of their parents. ADJOURNMENT OF VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT. Melbourne, August 9. The Victorian Parliament was adjourned to-day to the 31st of September. A LIBEL ACTION. Brisbane, August 9. In the libel action brought by Mr. Ooote, jun., against the proprietors of the Evangelistical Standard, in which damages were laid at £100, a verdict has been returned for defendants. SHIPPING. Melbourne, August 9. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Kaiser-i-Hind, with the Suez mails, which left London on the Ist July, arrived here yesterday morning. CORRECTION. ' Adelaide, August 9. For arrival of the " Orient steamship Lusitania " — read Orient steamship Garonne.