ENGLISH & FOREIGN

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2678, 6 November 1882, Page 3

ENGLISH & FOREIGN

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.

[reuter's telegrams.] Received November 4th, 2.30 p.m

LONDON, November 2. Consols remain at 102£; Bank rate remains at 5, and the market rate at 3J- per cent. The total reserve of notes and bullion is .£9,200,000. New Zealand securities—Five per Cent. 10-40 Loan, 1051; Five per Cent. (1S89) Loan, 104 J, ex div.; Four-and-a-Half per Cent. (1579-1904) Loan' 101}. Colonial breadstuffs are quiet at 49s for Adelaide, and 43s to 40s for New Zealand wheat, ex warehouse. Adelaide flour, 345. Australian tallow remains at 43s 6d for best beef, and 463 for best mutton. Arrived—Ship Cylinder, from Lyttelton, July 23rd. Received November 4th, 1.5 p.m. LONDON, November 4. In the House of Commons to-day, Sir •Charles Dilke, Under-Secretary for Foreign affairs, stated, in reply to a question, that rs-assurances had been given to the Porte regarding the nature of Lord Dufferin's mission to Cairo in connection with the settlement of Egypt, and that the TurkishGovernment had been informed that no step would be taken which would effect existing relations between the Sultan and the Khedive. Received November 6, 1.30 a.m. ALEXANDRIA, November 3. M. Bredif, the French Controller-Gene-ral of Egyptian finance, who was recently notified by Cherif Pasha through the French Consul, that he would not in future be admitted to the sittings of the Council of Ministers, has demanded to know upon what grounds the Egyptian Government refuses to permit him to resume his seat. November 4. Further news has been received from Soudan, but of an untrustworthy nature. It is considered doubtful whether the reportthat the Arabs under the falseprophet had been defeated is worthy of credit, and General Alison has despatched three British officers with an escort to obtain reliable information as to affairs in Soudan.

[special to press association.] Received November 4th, 8.50 p.m. LONDON, November 2nd, 7.35. In tbe future session the Government will have to encounter the pronounced antagonism of a fourth party, led by Sir Stafford Northcote, with a policy of moderation.

The army purveyors decline to tender for the supply of Australian frozen meat at a less price than other sorts can be supplied at. Received November 6th, 12.30 a.m.

LONDON, November 4, 2.43 p.m. The Soudan prophet has been accepted as the redeemer by 150,000 followers. He proposes first to conquer Egypt, and then advance on Mecca and fight the Turks. It is feared that a large portion of the men forming Baker Pasha's expedition against him will desert and swell the prophet's force. Khartoum is undefended. The International Convention, at Paris, at which the representatives of thirty-two States took part, agreed to protect telegraph cables in time of war. It is expected that Dr. Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, will shortly resign on account of ill health.