ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2175, 14 February 1881, Page 2

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

CABLE NEWS.

[eetttee’s telegrams.] The MarketsLONDON, February 11. The total quantity of wheat afloat forthe United Kingdom is 2,230,000' quarters. Australian tallow, best beef, 345; best mutton, 37a 6d. Five per Cent. New Zealand 10-40 Loan, 103 J-, Five per Cent. 1889 Loan, 1081; Fonr-snd-a-balf, 1879-1904 Loan, 97. Best Scotch pig iron. No. 1, f.o.b. in Clyde,. 51s 6d ; best Australian leather, lid per lb. The Fenians AgainThe police have received information., which leads to the belief that a Fenian plot is on foot to blow np Windsor Castle, and the return of Her Majesty to Windsor is consequently delayed. The Cape Difficulty. In the House of Commons Mr Childers, replying to a question, said that the Government had recently made an offer to Sir George Colley of further strong reinforcements for service against the Boers, and the offer had been accepted. Fresh bodies of troops would accordingly he despatched to Natal without delay. At LastThe marriage of Baroness Bnrdett C mtts with Mr Ashmead Bartlett took place to-day. LONDON, February 12. Shipping. Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’ Association: Arrived ShipGemma, from Oamara, Jaly 14th; steamship Durham, from Lyttelton, December 13th. CAPETOWN, February 12. The WarThe latest intelligence from Natal announces that detachments of recently arrived reinforcements are rapidly proceeding from Durban to the Transvaal. The advanced guard has already sighted bodies of Boers to the southward of Newcastle in Natal, and skirmishes have taken place. The enemy is expected' tooffer a strong opposition to the advance of the British troops.