SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6822, 28 September 1883, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

fßr TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.! [REUTEK.] [Receired September 23,1.5 a.m.] THREATENED RIOTING IST IRELAND. military precautions. London, September 27. ulster Orangemen are massing in large numbers at Dungaxmon, County Tyrone, with the avowed intention of preventing the meetings -which the v i,;Y? rS r ' propose to hold there It is feared that collisions will take place between the two factions, and a strong force of military has been quartered in the town in case a riot should occur.

KING ALFONSO AND THE FRENCH. :

• Paris, September 27. Much indignation is expressed at the approaching visit to this city of King Alfonso, of Spain, His Majesty having, during Ms stay at the German Court, accepted the colonelcy of a Uhlan regiment. This act is popularly regarded as a strong evidence of King Alfonso's antipathy to the French nation; [Received September 27,1.40 p.m.] THE MATAURA'S CARGO IN BAD CONDITION. London. September 26. The cargo of frozen meat on beard the ship Mataura, from Auckland, was examined to-day, when a considerable portion was found to be rotten, [The following are the quantities [and the shippers of meat by the Mataura : • N.Z.L. and M.A. Co., 6577 carcases mutton, 239J carcases mutton, caresses veal., 40.]; carcaseß veal; .Fisher and Co., 426 carcases mutton, 21 boxes fish, 591 backs mutton, 51 brace pheasants, 2 boxes assorted meat:?, 6 hindquarters beef, 1 leg mutton; Grice and Parker, 202 carcases mutton.] DISTURBANCES IN SPAIN. Madrid, September 20. i A number of bands of armed Guerillas are scouring the northern provinces of Spain. Several detachments of the gendarmes have been despatched in pursuit. GREAT FIRE IN TURKEY. Constantinople, September 26. ■ A, serious conflagration occurred today at .Cadikos. One-half of the town was entirely destroyed before the flames could be'extinguished. THE HOMEWARD MAILS. London, September 26. Tho homeward mails via San Francisco, which left Auckland on August 1-1, were delivered to-day. The mails from Melbourne, dated August 14, via , Suez, were also delivered to-day. LONDON MARKETS. London, September 26. Consols are quoted at 101£. , ' New Zealand securities : Tho 5 per cent. 10-40 loan is 103 i; the 5 per cent.lßß9 loan is 106: the 4-J- per cent. 1879-1904 loan ,is 102 J; the 4 per centi'' inscribed stock is 100 J. Colonial breadstuff's continue dull. Adelaide wheat, ex store, is 40s 6d ; Adelaide flour is 335; New Zealand •wheat,- ex store, is 40s to 44s ; New Zealand wheat, off the coast cargoes, is 40s.

Australian tallow :.Best beef is 40s; best mutton is lis.

LONDON WOOL SALES. ; J' London, September 26. At to-day's; auction the catalogue comprised 9400 . bales." The tone of the sale vas firm, ■ [special to press association.] - . - London, September 26. NEW GUINEA EXPLORATION. . The committee of the British Association. will 1 be asked to vote £200 ■towards an expedition to New.Guinea. HANLAN AND LAYCOCK. Hanlan agrees to row Laycock anywhere the latter wishes, if allowed £300 for his expenses. ' ■ September 2S, J.lOp.Di.] London, September 28. A SEVERE GALE IN IRELAND. A -severe gale has passed over the County of Limerick, ant some considerable damage has been done, the Town Hall being lowered..' to the groundi Eoynes Terminus has also. sustained serious injury. ' ARCHIBALD FORBES ON THE COLONIES. Mr. Archibald Forbes has published an-.essay; onithe social characteristics of the inhabitants of?,,.the Australasian colonies. THE WAR IN TONQUIN.: The latest news from China is co the effect' that..the -".Black Flags" intend •to march; on Saigon. ARRIVAL OF NEW ZEALAND VESSELS. : [PEK.MERCHANT SHIPPING AND DNDEB- ■. ... . WXITRKS' ASSOOTATION.I London, September 26.v.rArrived .;.>■■ From , ship-; Crownthorpe (May 9) ; from Timaru, Salado (May. -23),' Auriga (June 17);. from -,'Lyttelton, : ; ■ Blenda (May 19), ■Tythonus (May 31), Rok'eby Hall(June 9),-Oronsay (June 15);- . 'COLONIAL JSEWis. , ' WRONGFUL EXPULSION. - Adelaide, September 27. A- verdict for the plaintiff with damages; of '£2 has been returned in ; the action brought by Joseph Thompson, the well known bookmaker, against the Adelaide Racing Clubj for wrongful expulsion from the enclosure in May " -last. The Court held that the club's lease of the course was not a yd licl one.: ■ . V ; .-'[Received September 27, 1.20 p.m.] ■■ ; THE SUEZ MAIL. :; , Albany, September 27. " ' :f ;Arrived in King George's Sound, last evening: The P. and O. steamship Mizapore, 'with mails dated London, August 24, A- MURERER'S CONFESSION. Melbourne, September 27. . his execution, on Tuesday last. Burns, the murderer of Michael Qiiinlivan, confessed that he had committed eight different murders, five in Victoria, and three in New South Wales. - ■ • . lEeceived September 27, S.SO p.m.] SHIPPING. ' Melbourne, September 27. Arrived, this morning: The s.s. Tarawera.