BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 870, 20 December 1878, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

0 (By Cable.) London, December 9. The failure of the Wasc of E i 'land Bank 13 attributed to a ruu on the funds. December 10. In the House of Lords, Viscount Cranbrook’s motion regarding the exp. n.es of the Afghan war being ehargcab'o to In da was carried by a division of 230 to 03. Ear! Beaconslield, alluding to the Afghan question, declared tlu t an attempt at the rectitication of the frontier was a necessary result of the war. England is now on friendly terms with Russia, whose recent explanation in reference to the mission to Cabal is considered satisfactory. Tiie Commons agreed to the adjournment of the debate on Mr Whitbread's motion for a vote of censure on the policy of the Government regarding th; Afghanistan war. The Caledonian Banking Company with head quarters at Inverness, has suspended payment. The stoppage is not uuexpeote I. It is a small county bank. Olinbant and Go , Shanghai, have failed. Their liabilities are large Princess Louise is very ill. She is suffering from diptheria. It is rumored that Mr Pope Henne'sy is to be appointed Governor of New South Wales. The wreck, reported by the (Herman sailor, of the ba-que San Juan, b mnd from Sydney to London, is now doubted. The Porte has sent ,a note to representatives abroad, notifying a change of Ministry, with the object of arranging international difficulties, aU foreign questions, and the fulfilment of the Berlin treaty. The failure of Glen and Walker, for half a million is announced. (December 12. In the Commons last night Sir Stafford Northcote state 1 that, itba I been ascertained that the Russian Envoy, anil nil the Russian Mission, ha I Ir en with It a vn from Cabul. lie wide 1 that Englan 1 will not acquiesce with Russian interfmeiic; in Afghan in that or any other form. A Frenchman has been charged at ’B >wstreet with threatening to shoot the Qm eu. December 13. The Princess Alice is in an alarming condition. The House of C nmnons. after a four days debate, ne tativo I the m itioii of Mr Whitbread by 318 against 227 Mr Gladstone cm-.lemned the Givernmont jtliev vahemensly. The Marquis of (Partington strongly censured Lori Lvtton, and demanded his recall. Sir Staff >fd Sorth-Mte deprecated weakening Lord Lytton’s influence under existing circumstances. The exports for the past month show an increase compared with last year. December 14. General Roberts ha", reached Shuntar. Leodune Pass. The Ameer’s troops at Cabul are difindined to fight. The officials and notables of J -llalabad tendered their submission to the British. The Khojnk Pass was found unoccupiel. The Princess Alice died at seven o'clock this morning. The money market is stringent, and the bank minimum is unchange 1. The bank reserve is weakened by withdrawals to country banks, but since the large arrivals of gold from Paris ’here is a calmer feeling, and a feeling of sifety for the bank. The market for Australian securities is w r enk and unsettled. There is no abatement in the spirit previously reported as prevailing at the wool sales. Prices have recovered f.o n the temporary relapse previously reported.