ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1748, 26 September 1879, Page 2

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

CABIiE NEWS.

[rettter's telesrams.] LONDON, September 24. THE AUSTRO-GERMAN TREATY. The press generally warmly approves of the Austro-German treaty and engagements, and considers them a guarantee for the maintenance of peace and a security against Russian invasion. CALCUTTA, September 24. THE AFGHAN WAR. An attack has been made on the British convoys beyond Alikali. CENTRAL ASIA. Authentic intelligence has been received that the Russians were defeated by the Turcomans at Znvzuktisep and had fallen back, with a loss of 700 killed. CALCUTTA, September 18. One of the nine men of the escort who escaped the massacre at Cabul says that the attack on the Residency was not premeditated. Communication is interrupted between the Kybor Pass and Cabul. The frontier tribes are causing difficulty, while the transport service delays the advance through the Khyber Pass. The British expeditionary force in Afghanistan consists of two columns of 12,000 men each. LONDON, September 20. The " Times" publishes a telegram from Kircumlego which shows by further details that the attack on the British Residency at Cabul was unpremeditated. September 22. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,630,000 quarters. Adelaide wheat per 4961b5., ex warehouse, is at 52s 6d; Adelaide flour, per 2801b5., ex warehouse, at 37s 6d. At the wool sales to-day 6400 bales were catalogued. The tone of the market continues firm. September 23. At the wool sales to-day 9800 bales were catalogued. Prices were firm with an active demand. News from the Cape states that Sir Garnet "Wolseley has announced that the Zulu chiefs have signed the conditions of peace. VIENNA, September 23. The interview between Prince Bismarck and Count Andrassy showed that the interests of Austria and Germany were identical. PARIS, September 23. Lord Salisbury and Monsieur "Waddington have come to an understanding as to the future action of France and Great Britain with respect to Egypt and Greece.