ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2314, 3 September 1881, Page 3

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

[EEUTEE’S TELEGRAMS.] LONDON, August 31. ShippingArrived Ships Sydenham, Castle Holme, and Himalaya, from Lyttelton; Electra, from Nelson ; Protos, from Melbourne. The latter’s cargo of meat, consisting of 200 carcases of beef and 3000 sheep, is, so far as can be ascertained, in excellent condition. September I. The MarketsThree Per Cent. Consols are unchanged at 99-J-. New Zealand securities firm, at the following quotations :—Five Per Cent. 10-40 Loan, 104; Five Per Cent. 1889 Loan, a-Half Per Cent. 1879—1904 Loan, 991. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £12,600,000. The Bank rate of discount remains at 4 per cent., and the market rate at 3. Adelaide wheat has declined Is, and is quoted to-day at 58s, ex warehouse ; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, has fallen 6d, to 41s 6d. Australian tallow is unchanged, at 36a for best beef, and 38s for best mutton. Wool SalesAt the wool sale to-day 8500 biles were catalogued, making a total of 81,500 bales offered since the opening. A firm and active demand was experienced. The withdrawals to date amount to 6000 bales. PARIS, September 1. The Tunisian War. Telegrams are to hand from Tunis, reporting that a severe conflict between French troops and a strong body of Arab insurgents, has taken place at Hemmatea (sic), resulting in the defeat of the former after several hours’ hard fighting. The losses are not reported. Since the receipt of the above intelligence the French Government has issued orders for the immediate despatch of reinforcements for the army in Tunisian territory, and the embarkation of the troops is now proceeding at Toulon and Marseilles. Telegrams received to-day from A Igiers report that vast conflagrations which are known to have been caused by Arab incendiaries, have broken out in many parts of the province. The threatening attitude of the Arab fanatics is causing great alarm. September 2. Further intelligence has been received to-day from Tunis announcing that since the engagements, of which news came to hand yesterday, between the Arab insurgents and French troops, fresh encounters have taken place in the neighborhood of Hammamet, an important seaport, a few miles south of the capital. The French troops have, it is now reported, been twice successful over the Arabs, who suffered severe repulses and a loss of over one thousand killed, besides a large number wounded. The French have since occupied Hammamet in force, and retain possession of the town. BERLIN, September 1, The Anti-Jewish Biots. The German Government has taken occasion to announce that it will adopt the most stringent measures possible to suppress the strong anti-Jewish feeling which is manifesting itself throughout the country.