ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2394, 5 December 1881, Page 3

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

[eeutks’b telegrams/) LONDON, December 2, The Markets.

Consols are quoted at 99|- (sic). New Zealand securities are unchanged. Adelaide and New Zealand breadstuff's are without quotable change. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,500,000 quarters. Australian tallow remains at yesterday’s quotations. Wool. At the wool sales to-day 8800 bales were offered. Prices were firmly maintained. Resurrection Men. The body of the late Earl of Crawford and Balcarres was stolen to-day from the mausoleum at Aberdeen. The object of the theft is believed to be to extort a ransom from the relatives of the deceased earl. SatisfactoryA Blue-book has been issued containing papers and letters in reference to Afghan affairs. One of the documents is a communication of the Ameer, Abdul Rahman, to the Viceroy of India, in which he undertakes to do nothing without the consent of England, and expresses his intention of informing the Government of everything that may take place in Afghanistan, whether good or bad. BERLIN, December 2. The Chancellor Defeated. At to-day’s sitting of the Reichstag a proposal submitted by Princo Bismarck for the establishment of an Economic Council of the Empire was finally discussed. The Chancellor, in a lengthy speech, warmly advocated the adoption of the proposal, but, after further debate, the same was rejected by the Reichstag by a considerable majority. WASHINGTON, December 2. Irish Rebels in Chicago.

The Irish National Convention sitting in Chicago has passed a resolution in favor of National Government for Ireland, based on the will of the people. Another resolution has been passed endorsing the no-rent agitation which is being carried on by the tenants in Ireland.