ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2015, 9 August 1880, Page 2

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

[better's telegrams.] LONDON, August 0. The Premier’s Health. The Right Hon. Mr Gladstone still continues to make satisfactory progress, and goes to his Hawardon estate in a few days. Ho trill, in all probability, appear in Parliament before the prorogation takes place. Evacuation of CabulOfficial confirmation has boon received regarding the evacuation of Cabul. General Roberts marches to-morrow, and the other British troops will bo withdrawn from Gundamuk. Irish Affairs. In tho House of Commons tho Hon. W. E. Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland, stifed in answer to a question that it was not expected that any dia-

order would take place consequent on the removal of troops from Ireland, as other regiments would be sent to occupy districts where agrarian outrages had been committed, in order to replace the drafts for India. LONDON, August 7. The Markets. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,670,100 quarters. Consols, 981. Australian mutton tallow is at 36s 6d; beef tallow at 34s 6d Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, at 36s 6d Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, at 48s 6d; Now Zealand wheat, c.f.i., at 425. The Nor thumb srlandThe steamship Northumberland arrived at Plymouth yesterday, frotn Australia The HarvestThe English harvest operations have commenced. NEW YORK, August 7. Fasting ExtraordinaryDr. Tanner has finished his forty days’ fast and is now in a very emaciated and exhausted condition. Electoral. Lord Claud. Hamilton has defeated Mr Samuel Plimsoll for Liverpool in the elections for seat in Parliament. Governor for New ZealandIt is announced that Sir Arthur Gordon, Governor of Fiji,, has been appointed Governor of New Zealand, and that Major George Gamine Strachan, Governor of Tasmania, will act as deputy at the Capa until the arrival of Sir Hercules Robinson from New Zealand. The Mails. The mails via Brindisi, per Orient Company’s steamer Cotopaxi, were delivered to-day. ShippingTho steamer Cuzco, belonging to the Orient Company, sailed from Plymouth to-day for Australia. The Australian Eleven. The cricket match, Australians v eighteen of Hunslet, near Leeds, was resumed to-day. The home team went in for their second innings, and were all out for 93 runs. The Australians then went in for their second innings, and lost two wickets for 94 runs. Bannerman was caught for 55 runs. The Australian team won the match by eight wickets.