CABLEGRAMS.

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CABLEGRAMS.

Renter's \ Calcutta, Sept. 26. The BritLsL Government are. ranssing troops, on th« portion of AfFghnnistnn in case it should be found necessary to undertake a! march to OabuJ. The, mission to tjie Ameer has been abau- '' doned. Orders have been given to concentrate at Quettah with a 'view of making 1 an immediate advance on Kandahar. It is expected to detach Khyber Pajs from the Ameer. Although the British Government are in possession cf evidence showing that Russia has I promised the Ameer a subsidy and a portion of Indian territory in thai event of a successful war, they desire ti> leave the Affghan question v entirety' in the hands of Lord Lytton, and to avoid dragging* Russia into the dispute] | London, Sept. 27. A Cabinet (jkmncil has been summoned for next wsek to deliberate on a course of acti»n consequent on the unsatisfactory condition of. the Earl of Beaconsfield's hjalrh. Mr Oewaynei the Conservative candidate, has bennlelected for Truro. Captain Narel has. sailed in the ship Arctic on an expedition . to' the South' Pacific. , Sept. 29. Mount Vesuvius is in full eruption. The .Russian jroops have evacuated Tchataldji, and the British fleet in the Sea of Marmora) has withdrawn to Askti, where it jwill remain till the i Russians leave Adrianople. | Vienna, Sept. 29. Bosnia is virtually pacified. All the insurgent bodies i'have been dispersed. The Auetrians have occupied Smarank. j/SLondon, Sept. 29. The Turkish trUps in Tliessaly have been defeated by " Mr Gladstone has published a letter thanking South Australia for its congratulatory addres on his conduct in the Eastern question. Sir M. Hicks-seacb, in a speech at Chipping- Norton, '^warmly praised the patriotic behaviour of the Colonies -during the Easteri crisis, which thus testified to their loyalty and to the unity of the Empire. (Special to the Press Agency.) London, Sept. 25. The British fleeftjwill leave Prince's Islands on Saturday for Artaki. Much uneaeines) is felt on the Continent at;'<;the i Affghan difficulty, lest it may lead t<j a conflict between England and Russin. The Standard say* Russia persists in the scheme of a permanent mission to Gabul. :■■>■ . Sept. 28. The money marke 5 is easy. Large imports oi gold have given improved monetary jiosition. Discount rates iri open market are equal to the Bank rri inimum. The Bank reserve is becoming so as to warrant a redu ition in tb£ -ate of discount. . ' r The stock -markets < are agitated by the Affghan crisis. The market for ( 'olonial debentures is heavy and clepret>s(:d., : An improvement recently reported in Rropl has now been totally lost, and )riees show an aver* ge decline of from Lidto2d. " "-,' .. .;, „;. • j