ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1859, 7 February 1880, Page 2

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

[MELBOURNE “ AGE” SPECIAL]. LONDON, February 4. England and TurkeyA convention is concluded between England and Turkey for tbe suppression of slavery throughout the Turkish empire. The Home Rulers. The Home Rulers have submitted two amendments on the Address in Reply. Lord Beaconsfield in the House of Lords stigmatised the abetters of the Home Rulers as traitors to their Sovereign, and enemies to the country. The Strathleven Experiment. The “ Morning Post” and Advertiser ” express their belief that the Strathleven experiment will ultimately revolutionise the English meat trade.» The Adelaide LoanThe Adelaide new loan is quoted at 21 per cent, premium.

[REUTER’S telegrams.] LONDON, February 5 The Queen’s Speech-

Parliament was opened to-day by the Queen in (person, who read the speech from the throne. She said that foreign relations were friendly, and the prospects of a pacific nature, though much remained to be done to repair the disordered state of affairs in Turkey. The unsettled condition of affairs in Afghanistan rendered the recall of the troops impossible at present, but the principle previously adopted by the Government is unchanged. The Government have determined to maintain a strong frontier They desired to maintain friendly relations with the rulers and people of Afghanistan. It was hoped that an African confederation would soon be brought about. The speech referred to the measures which the Relief Bill provided for advances from the church surplus, and it expressed a hope that Parliament would revise the Criminal Code, Bankruptcy and Land Bills, enlarging the powers of owners of settled land and simplifying the system of conveyance. The Mails. The homeward English mail via Brindisi was delivered to-day. Bank ReserveThe total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £15,810,500. Executions in Afghanistan. General Roberts telegraphs that only those who attacked the British Residency and committed murder have been executed. February 6. The Address in Reply. In the House of Commons, notice has been given of an amendment to the address on the neglect of the Irish affairs. An amendment of the Land Laws is demanded. MELBOURNE “ AGE” SPECIAL.

LONDON, February 5. The “ Pall Mall Gazette” and Mr Levy-

The “ Pall Mall Gazette ” compliments Mr Levy, secretary of the Victorian Commission, upon his report on the Paris Exhibition. South-Eastern EuropeA hostile feeling is arising in Turkey and Montenegro owing to the opposition of the Albanians to cede territory to Montenegro. Italy offers mediation. Another ComplicationThe Herat tribes appeal to Russia to prevent their cession to Persia.