ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2208, 24 March 1881, Page 2

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

[EETJTEE’S TELEQEAM3.I LONDON, March 21. The MarketsConsols have declined £, and are now again quoted at par. New Zealand securities remain at last quotations, viz.:— Five per cent. 10-40 loan, 102 J; Five per cent. 1889 loan, 110£; Four and ahalf per cent. 1879-1904 loan, 97£. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, has further advanced Is per quarter, and is now quoted at 51s. Adelaide flour remains at 34s ex warehouse, and New Zealand wheat, ex ship, at 465. Australian tallow, best beef 335, best mutton, 365. WoolAt the wool sales to-day 9300 bales were offered. The tone of the auctions showed a hardening tendency. March 22. Interesting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales started to-day on a visit to St. Petersburgh. The Cape Difficulty. In the House of Commons to-day, the Premier was questioned as to the state of the negotiations for peace in the Transvaal. In reply, he announced that information had reached the Government that the Boers have accepted the conditions of peace which were submitted to them by Sir Evelyn Wood. Under the same the Boers will recognise the sovereignty of the Queen in the Transvaal, but will enjoy complete autonomy, British Residents being however located in their capital. Mr Gladstone further informed the House that the Royal Commission of Enquiry would arrange the native frontier questions, and would also consider whether the Transvaal should lose territory to the eastward. He concluded by stating that the Boers would disperse their forces forthwith, but the British garrisons would remain in their present positions until a complete settlement had been effected, and in the meantime the troops would bo stationary. CALCUTTA. March 22. The Afghan QuestionIntelligence has been received to-day from Cabul that the Ameer Abdul Rahman has despatched a large body of troops to Candahar. The movement is believed to be a measure of precaution against any action on the part of Ayonb Khan. CAPETOWN, March 21. 'i he War. It is announced that Sir Hercules Robinson will be one of the members of the Royal Commission of Enquiry into the demands of the Transvaal Boers. Telegrams are to hand to-day from Natal reporting that the armistice between the Boers and the British troops, which expires to-day, is to be prolonged for another fortnight. The requirement of the conditions of peace that the Beers should surrender their arms is the solo difficulty in the way of a complete understanding for the cessation of hostilities being arrived at.