ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2226, 16 April 1881, Page 3

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

[eEUTEE’b TELEGEAM9.I LONDON, April 13. Sign of Abundance* Consols have advanced to £IOO 5s 7d. Earl Beaeonsfield. A hulletin issued to-day reports that Earl Beaeonsfield has overcome the difficulty of breathing, and now again is gradually improving. April 14. A bulletin issued to-day reports that Earl Beaeonsfield has experienced decided symptoms of recovery, and c is hourly regaining strength. The Land Bill. A conference of tenant righters has passed a resolution approving of the provisions of the Irish Land Bill which has been introduced into Parliament. Obituary. The death of the Rev. William Morley Pnnshon, the prominent Wesleyan minister, aged 57, was announced to-day. ATHENS, April 13. The Greek Question. The Greek Government has intimated to the Powers its acceptance of the Porte’s proposal for the extension of the Greek frontier upon condition that a peaceful surrender of the territory to bo ceded by Turkey is guaranteed. The Government atthesame time appeals to the Powers to protect the Greeks who remain under Ottoman rule in Epirus and other Turkish districts bordering upon Greece. CAPETOWN, April 13. The War.

News has been received from Basutoland that an offer of mediation has been made by Sir Hercules Robinson to the Basutos with a view of bringing about a cessation of hostilities with the Cape forces, and the Basuto chiefs have accepted the mediation of his Excellency.