ENGLISH & FOREIGN.
CABLE NEWS-
[eeutee’s telegeamb.l LONDON, May 31. The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company has declared a dividend of 2i per cent, for the past half-year. At the wool sale to-day, 11,100 bales were offered. There was good competition, and the lots catalogued were sold at full current rates. It has transpired that the French Government in its recent communications with regard to the position of affairs in Egypt, has suggested that a conference of Powers should be held at Stamboul with the view of effecting a settlement of the present political disorder, and the British Government has intimated its acceptance of the proposal. The Channel Squadron is now under orders to proceed to the Levant to reinforce the Mediterranean Squadron. Other vessels are being put in commission at Devonport, and will shortly be despatched to act as guardships at the entrance to the Suez Canal.
Arrived—The ship Helen Scott, from Lyttelton, February 15th.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2543, 2 June 1882, Page 3
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