THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGES IN SPAIN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7008, 3 May 1884, Page 5

THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGES IN SPAIN.

Madrid, May 1. The police have effected the arresb at Barcelona of an Anarchist, Iα whose possession a large quantity of dynamite was found. The prisoner has since confessed he intended to have used the explosives for destroying railway lines. LORD DERBY. London, May 2. Earl Derby, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been created a Knight of the Order of the Garter. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP LINTON. London, May 1. The Rev. Sydney Linton, the newlyappointed Bishop of Riyerina, NewSouth Wales, was consecrated to-day at St. Paul's Cathedral with the customary ceremony. Amongst those present were .the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishops of Ely, Lincoln, Oxford, St. Albans, Lichfield, Sodor and Man, Nottingham, and Algoma. A FENIAN HEAD-CENTRE . ARRESTED. London, May 1. A man named Macdonnel, who is known to be the centre of the present Fenian organisation, has been arrested at Wedneebury, Staffordshire. DYNAMITE PLOT IN CANADA. Toronto, Canada, April 30.. A plot to destroy the Parliament buildings'in this city has been frustrated. Several powerful dynamite cartridges with fuses attached 'and ready for firing, were discovered thie evening in the basement of the building, and promptly destroyed. The affair has caused an intense excitement here. No clue to the guilty parties' has yet been" obtained. . THE CREMATION QUESTION. London,. May 1. In the House of. Commons, last night, a Bill to legalise the cremation of dead bodies was rejected after a debate.

[Rectired May 2, 3.35 p.m.] LONDON MARKETS. London, May 1. Consols remain at 10l£. The market' rate of discount has further declined, and is ngw 1 \ per cent, below the bank rate. The total reserve of note and bullion in the Bank of England is £15,300,000, a decline of £500,000 during, the week. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 40 per cent. • New Zealand securities :—The 5 per cent. J. O-40 loan, 104; 5 per cent. 1889 loan is ex div.; the 4 J per cent. 1879-1904 "loan is -101f; the 4 per cent, inscribed stock is 99J- ex div. Colonial breadstuffs and tallow are without change. The stock of tallow in London to-day is 93,000 casks. .. ' [per n.z.l. and m.a. co.] London, April 29. Wool.—The sales opened on the 29th inst. at an average decline of five per cent, on the last sales' closing rates, except cross-bred, which, Is firmer. Up to date 360,000 bales have arrived. 400,000 bales admissible. 60,000 bales have been sent to the manufacturing districts direct. . The opening catalogue contained 8,600 bales, but was; not a representative one.. ' Wheat.—The market is quiet. Adelaide is worth 43s 6d and New Zealand 39s 6d per 4961b5.. Adelaide, f.a.q.,.' is worth c.i.f., to arrive 41s per 480 lbs. • ■ Tallow.—The market is quiet. Mutton is worth 40s and beef 37s per CWt. . ...'.;'... Leather.—The market is firm. The best sides are worth 11 per lb. • New Zealand Hemp.-—The market is quiet. Fine is worth £27 per ton nominally. . ■_ r . SAXES. • '■:.-••'■ London, May 1., At the wool sale to-day the auction was steady, and a firm tone prevailed The demand is not active. 3500 bales were withdrawn from sale since the opening of the series.