ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1701, 2 August 1879, Page 2

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. LONDON, July 31. TRENCH AFFAIRS. In consequence of the alteration of the political situation, caused by the death of the Prince Imperial, the Count de Chambord has issued a manifesto. LONDON, July 30. The tin market is depressed, with little business doing. Present quotation is £64 to £64 ss. The Sultan has granted English and French demands on Egyptian matters. Mr Gladstone, in the “ Nineteenth Century,” impeaches the Government’s foreign policy 'of creating obligations which it is impossible to fulfil. Ho considers that the neglect of Home legislation justifies obstruction. July 31. The German TJltramontaues are submitting. A gun burst aboard a Gorman gunboat. Five persons were billed and fourteen injured. Lord Northcote proposes a credit of three millions for the Zulu war. The Goodwood was won by Isonomy, Bear second. Parole third. [eeuter’s teleqhams.J LONDON, July 31. Five per Cent. New Zealand 10-40 Loan, 1041. English harvest prospects are improving. The weather has been showery for several days. The harvest is a month late. European harvest prospects are unfavorable, except in Russia. The prospectus of the Panama Caual is issued. The capital is to bo sixteen millions. The official statement of Admiral Amnon, of the United States Navy, declared the Panama route impracticable. Supplementary army estimates convert the surplus shown in the Budget into a deficit of £1,163,000. Tho deficit is proposed to bo mot by Treasury Bonds.