ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1791, 17 November 1879, Page 2

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. LONDON, November 2. The Markets. Tho copper market is steady and the prices firm at from £7l to £74. Colonial debentures are quiet. The withdrawals of gold from the Bank of England are largo. A quiet tone prevails in the tallow market. Tin is firm, with hardening prices. The corn market is firm. AbyssiniaThe Prince of Abyssinia is dead. Prince Bismarck. Prince Bismarck is stated to be suffering from fatty degeneration of the heart. November 15. The Liberal Party. Mr Forster and the Duke of Argyle have addressed a meeting of 20,000 Liberals at Leeds. The Irish Question. Mr Parnell advocates forming an Irish Parliament on O'Connell's plan. LONDON, November 14. The Capo Ministry have denounced Sir G. Wolseley's settlement of the Zulu quostion. They doubt the justice and expediency of his whole policy. [renter's telegrams.] LONDON, November 13. The 3 per cent consols are at 97-J. S. PETERSBURGH, Nov. 13. Central Asia. The semi-official " Agonce Russe" contradicts the report that negotiations have been entered into between the British and Russian Governments regarding Central Asia.

LONDON, November 15. The Mediterranean Fleet. The " Times" denies that Admiral Hornby's fleet is ordered eastwards. Eussia and England, The Duke of Argyle at a Liberal meeting at Leeds declared that Eussia would never be allowed to acquire any portion of Afghanistan. Any attack on India would end in disaster, unless aided by tribes on the boundary. The Afghan War. General Roberts has granted an amnesty to the misguided men fighting since the massacre of Sir L. Cavagnari and staff, on the condition that they surrender up their arms. LONDON, November 13. More Tronble in South Afrei:a. News from Capetown, to October 16th, states that the Middlesburg Boers were forming laagers, and were determined to resist the trial of offenders for refusing to submit to taxation. Mairosi still refusing to submit to the British forces, hostilities were resumed. The Bank Reserve. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £16,125,000. Brandy is quoted at 10s 6d. CONSTANTINOPLE, November 14. England and Turkey. The British Ambassador demanded ample satisfaction from the Government in the matter of urging on the reforms. The Sultan solicited the consideration of the British Government, declaring that his Ministry had submitted a plan of immediate reform in Europe and Asia, but his authority would be seriously weakened if it appeared that he acted at the dictation of the British Government. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 13. Eussia and AustriaThe Czarewitch and tho Grand Duke Alexander are about to visit Vienna by express invitation.