ENGLISH AND FOREIGN
[BKUTEB’s XELEGEAII3 TO THE PEESS AGENCY.] London, February 26. An English and a French frigate have gone to Alexandra to watch events in Egypt. The first call on the City of Q-lasgow Bank shares yielded two millions. The estimated liabilities have been reduced and the assets increased, and full payment of the Bank’s debts is expected to be made. The French Prince Imperial is going to Natal to witness the campaign against the Zulus. The “Times,” in a leading article to-day, announces that it has reason to believe that the colonists of South Africa will adopt the system of federal government. Mr Berry, at the interview to-day with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, urged the necessity of Imperial legislation or other intervention. The difficulty under actual circumstances was, he said, incapable of adjustment. The interview was private. Mr Berry regards it as satisfactory. There is to bo another interview in a few days. An extraordinary credit of £1,500,00(1 it asked for the Zulu war. Mr Berry handed the Secretary of State for the Colonies a reply to his despatch of October Ist.
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Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1569, 28 February 1879, Page 2
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