CABLEGRAMS.

Western Star, Issue 426, 12 March 1881, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS.

f(TfcEUTEii l S SPECIAL.?) , ,i/, , HOME AND. FOREIGN.. Eondcjt, March 7. Adelaide Wheat, ex warehouse, 50s ; -Adelaide 'flour, ex warehouse, '34s ; /New Zealand wheat,'ex ship, 455. Australian ‘beef tallow has advanced ~Tg per cwt, and is nowquoted at 80s <6d. Best mutton tallow remains at • 36s 6d. . At the wool sale to-foy 8000 bales ■"were catalogued. There was a fair ■•demand. In the House of Commons, to-day the Premier was questioned regarding ithe statement "in the Daily News, that • a week’s armistice had been proclaimed iin the Transvaal. .Mr 'Gladstone, in •reply, confirmed the announcement, :and added that the armistice had been to enable Kruger, the Boer ■President, to-reply to ’the conditions-of •peace which had been submitted to •him by Sir Evelyn Wood. Mr Glad- •• stone further-stated that during the •timeof’the arniistice Sir Evelyn Wood -would be allowed to ri victual the /British garrison ; in the Transvaal. March 8. ■’

Very severe’hurricanes, accompanied i by heavy Mia -of snow, ’have been ex- ( 'perienced over the greater part of, 'during the past 24 hours,sand -great -damage -has 'been done to; iproperty. • Terrific -gales 'have raged on 'therecast, and'numerous shipwrecks ; havel 'resulted. 'Great loss has been caused.; ’So far as can be at present ascertained (fully one hundred persons have been•drowned 'in vessels which havefoun-. •dered at ports an'd off the coasts. The Irish 'Judges -of Assize, in theiir 'charges ! to the 'Giand Juries at the t Courts, which opened yesterday in the' ’’-Irish. provinces, again took occasion to i-refer to the alarming state of the »country, and deplored in forcible terms 1 ; the continued occurrence of an enorjmous amount-Of undetected crime. Twenty persons have been arrested, "in Ireland on warrants issued by thei ''Viceroy under the Coercion Act. In- the House of Commons to-dav a 1 ‘disorderly scene'again occurred. Mr 1 4 O’Donnell, the member for Hungar’van, was mo6t unruly, and defied the •Chair in violent language. He was Hhen, by the Speaker’s-order, suspended; if or the remainder of the sitting. : Consols are unchanged at 99|. 'New Zealand 5 per cent. 10-40 loan, I bas advanced to 1021 (ex diy.) ; the ■ 5 per cent. 1889 loan remains at 1110.

Markets, for New Zealand and ■Australian'breadstiiifs, and Australian Hallow, are without quotable change. AH the-wool -sale to-day 8800 bales, 'were differed, and more demand was 'experienced, at a flight iraprovemertt 1 iin prices. The -number oLbalea withdrawn from sale to date is 14,000, oUti of 158,900 catalogued since‘the open-' iing. The Bank of Australia has declared -a dividend of-6 .per went for the halfwear. March 9. Michael Poyton, the chief paid 'Organiser of branches of the Land and who was one ofthetra‘Tersers in the recent State prosecuttions, has been arrested in Ireland tunder the Viceroys warrant. Boy-on 'contends that as he is an American 'Subject his arrest is illegal, and he 'claims the . protection of the United States Government. The next series of woed auctions 'will commence on 10th March. The ‘total quantity to be offered during the ieales will be limited to 35,000 bales.

The authorities in Ireland are 'vigoursly employing the powers granted Vby the Coercion Atft for ‘the apprehension of persons guilty or suspected of ■treasonable.conduct. In addition to ;arrests already reported to have been 'made, warrants have been issued and :are being daily exciited against many •other suspected persona. Intelligence has been received from tihe west coast of Africa which gives a •complete disvowal of the reported indention Of 'the Ashantees to attack the settlements on the coast. The news to hand states that envoys from "•the Ashantees have arrived at Cape <Coast ‘Castle, and have assured the 'Governor that the King has no desire tto provoke war with the British. Adelaide wheat ex warehouse, has •declined to 49s 6d per 4961 b?. Alt'tbe wool -sale to-day 800 bales ’were catalogued. The bidding was :animated. It is generally expected that impordartt'changes will shortly take place in rthe'Cabinet. ■Cmpe Town, March 8. Intelligence has been received from Ifatal that, taking advantage of the .-armistice with the Boers, Sir Evelyn Wood has already -despatched convoys •of provisions to the British garrisons

at Pretoria, Wakkerstroom, Standesta, and other places in the Transvaal. | March'9.

News has been received from Natal : that Joubert, commander of the Boer | forces, is making strong efforts to in-, duce the loyal Boers in the Transvaal and free states to join in rebllion. At thetsame time President Brand is do-. ing his-Utmost to bring Shout a peaceful settlement of affairs. t INTERCOLONIAL. ' Mexpoxtiine, March 8. The barque India, bound from Eondon to Port Time, Bonth Australia,has been Wrecked at Cape '(svc.) M lives have'been saved; • ..v. ■>,. .March 59, Further Exhibition awards to New Zealand -exhibitors are announced Second'’ •order'I’-of 1 ’-of merit : Mosgiel Woollen Factory, for tweeds ; Wm. Harris, Christchurch, for boots and shoes * Eightbaud, Allan and Co., Christchurch, for boots 'and shoes; W, Nieholls and Sons, Christchurch, for boots and ; Alex. P unbar, Christchurch, for -saddles. Third order of merit: John D. Enys, E.E.S /Canterbury., for .catalogue of New Zealand butterflies ; proprietor'of Times, Christchurch, for specimens of lithography ; J. A. Padber, Nelson, for artificial leg; James Eobin and Co., Dunedin, for landau. Honorable mention:: W. Moore and Sons, Christchurch, for brougham. v : i A severe storm has been-experienced in Hobson’s Bay, and a whaleboat containing three men who were inspecting the lighthouse is missing. It is feared f they have been wrecked in the gale. /March 10. .

A whaleboat containing, three men, which it was feared had been lost in yesterday’s storm, arrived m the bay all safe last night. • : - In the /Legislative Assembly last might the ddbate on Mr Murray Smith’s motion Tor a conference of the two Houses on the Eeform Bill was eonciuded, and>on a division 'being taken the proposal was rejected by 40 to 33. Mr Craves, Sir John O’Shanassy, and Sir Bryan O’Doughlin voted with the minority, j / Abelatpe, March 10.

The South Australian Ministry has resigned, and a reconstructed Ministry has been formed by Mr Morgan as follows: —Mr Morgan, Chief;‘Secretary ; Mr Eewler, Colonial Treasurers Mr Symot, Attorney-General; Mr PJayford, Convmissioner df Lands ; Mr Hawker, Minister of Works*; Mr Basedow, Minister -of Education. It is considered .probable that a modifiea-. tion of 'the pdlicy set forth in Mr Morgan’s recent manifesto will be favored by the new Cabinet. Sviney, March 8. ,

The Executive lias decided that the sentence-of death passed upon William Brown, a farmer in the Manning district, for criminally 'assaulting his daughter, >l2 .years -of age, shall be carried-out. March 9. Nearly one luindred men of the permanent artillery force here have volunteered to proceed for service against the 1 Boers. The ‘steamer Collaroy, which went ashore-on the -coast near Sydney on the'2oth-January last, is still in the same position. She was sold at auction to-day as she lies for £515. Brisbane, March 10. A serious "fire occurred to-day at Toewoomba, Queensland, and caused the destruction of six houses. They 'were partly Insured in New Zealand companies—£looo in the New Zealand Company’s 'office, 'and £SOO in the South British.