ENGLISH & FOREIGN.
[reutee’s TELEGRAMS.] LONDON, March 23. Bate of Discount. The Bank of England has to-day reduced its rate of discount to 3 per cent. The Channel Crossed in a BalloonMr Barnaby yesterday ascended in the balloon Eclipse from the south coast of England with the object of crossing the Channel to France, and telegrams are to hand this morning showing that he has been successful, the balloon having been sighted from Boulogne, on the French coast.
CAIRO, March 23 Political Crisis in Egypt.
A political crisis is believed to be imminent, and it is anticipated that Mamohond Baroudi Pasha will resign, and be succeeded by Arabi Pasha (leader of the National party and the present Minister of War) as President of the Council of Ministers. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 23. Seizure of Dynamite-
Intelligence has reached hero that a vessel containing a cargo of dynamite and gunpowder has been seized by the Russian authorities at Kertch, a seaport in the Crimea.
OTTAWA, March 23 Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill*
The Canadian House of Commons has passed a Bill legalising marriage with a deceased wife’s sister. BERLIN, March 23. Royal Greetings.
A telegram has been received by the Emperor William from the Czar of Russia, conveying the latter’s warme-t greetings on the occasion of his Majesty’s birthday.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2485, 24 March 1882, Page 3
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