ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2149, 14 January 1881, Page 2

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

CABLE NEWS.

[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] LONDON, January 12. Uaval Expedition. The detached squadron is under orders to proceed to the Cape. It is understood that this movement is due to the Boer rebellion in the Transvaal. Greece AgainIt has transpired that a general agreement exists amongst the Powers that their Ambassadors at Athens should be instructed to endeavour to persuade the Greek Government to agree to arbitration for the settlement of the frontier difficulty with Turkey. Consols are unchanged, at 98^-. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone is suffering from a cold, bnt not one of a serious character. January 13. Heavy snowstorms have been experienced throughout England during the past few days. BERLIN, January 12. A large meeting of electors of this city was held to-day, at which resolutions were passed protesting against the anti-Jewish agitation which now exists in. Germany. CAPETOWN, January 12. Intelligence has been received from the Transvaal that the Boers have occupied Christiania. News from Natal announces that the Governor, Sir George Colley, has left Pietermaritzburg, and has proceeded to> Newcastle, a town of importance near the Border, between Natal and the Transvaal, where he will conduct the military operations against the Boers. BOMBAY, January 12. Baseless RumourInformation has been received that the report published yesterday that a plot had been discovered among the natives of Kolapore to assassinate the European residents is entirely without foundation.