WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3420, 8 December 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

I Last night. RcTri and the present Government. It is reported on good authority that Eewi has declined to hold any further communication with the Government, and has rejoined Tawhaio at Te Kuiti; also that liiroki has left Parihaka, and has been offered a refuge in the King country. He is now at Ngatimaru. The Loan Floated. The Government have received a cable from the Agent General, stating that the Bank of England having undertaken the issue of the loan, there is no doubt of its being successfully floated. The Result from a Woman's . Quarrel, A serious stabbing case took place last, evening. Two married women (neighbors) had a dispute, during which several threats were made, and on the return home of their husbands, a row between

the m,cn ensued, and one nanied Jus. Flannigan was rather severely slabbed; bis wife also received several bruises. Dennis McConrick, Uia other man, has j been arrested, and the doctor states that i Flaunigan and; his wife are not out of danger. A young mau named Eyotfc whs arrested last ni^ht for issuing valueless cheques. The man Connell who was arrested at Auckland for wife desertion at Christchurch was sent through today. The new marble altar for jSt. Mary'g Cathedral was consecrated this morning by Bishop Kedwood. A large assemblage witnessed the ceremony. The mail steamer City of Sydney, with the London mails of the 6th November, left San Francisco for Auckland on the 21: h ult., the contract date. The s.s. Australia, with the November Colonial mails, arrived at San Francisco on the 2nd insi., two days in advance of due date. Wellington Markets. Leary and Campbell at their market sale today sold new potatoes Id. Auckland onions 2§d and 3d, oranges 12s, cherries 3|d to od, gooseberries 15s, green pVas 9d to lid, fresh butter' lid, geese 5s 6d each, maize 4* 6d, pollard £5 10s, bran £4 10s. bags included. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company reporl, under da'e Lundou 3rd inst., wool .market unchanged. Home buyers purchasing freely, but continental demand limited. Competition ou French account sluggish. A good, many second hand parcels have been offered during last sales. Sales close on 6th inßt. Up to dute about 87,000 bales bad been sold. Tallow market it flat with no trade or speculative demand. Supplies of town, melted heavy best mut-1 ton, worth 38* 6d per cwt; best beef, 36s 6d.' Wheat market quiet, foreign arrivals heavy—Adelaide worth 60s per 496 lbs, New Zealand 58s per 496 lbsLeather market firm with good demand —best sides worth Is.