REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 980, 20 November 1879, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

[>'EW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] BRITISH AMD FOREIGN; London, November 12. Flic copper market is steady anil the prices firm at fioiu £7l to £7-1. Colonial debentures are quiet The withdrawals of gold from the Bank of England are large A quiet tone prevails in the tallow market. Tin is firm, with hardening prices. The com market is firm. The Prince of Abyssinia is ddacl. Prince Bismarck is stated to be suffering from fatty degeneration of the heart; Germany is increasing her army, especially the artillery, think!tig that France is superior in force. Fiance is strengthening her fortifications and reinforcing her frontier garrisons. Mr Parnell addressed an enthusiastic Irish meeting in Liverpool, and intends to stump England. The Cape Premier has forwarded a protest to the Imperial Government against Sir Garnet Wolseley’s Transvaal pacißcation policy, November 11. The Capo Ministry have denounced Sir G. Wolseley’s settlement of the Zulu question. They doubt the justice and expediency of his whole policy. November 15. Mr Forster and the Duke of Argyle have addressed a meeting of 20,000 Liberals at Leeds. The Times denies that Admiral Hornby’s fleet is ordered eastward. The Duke of Argyle, at a Liberal meeting at Leeds, declared that Russia would never be allowed to acquire any portion of Afghanistan. Any attack on India would end in disaster, unless aided by tribes on the boumhuy. The Czarewitch and Czarina’s visit to Vienna is devoid of political bearing, returning to St. Petersburg via Vienna and Berlin. News states that Russia has abandoned the Turkestan expedition for the present. Mr Parnell advocates forming an Irish Parliament on O’Conneil’s [dan. The excitement on the French Bourse is allayed. M. Waddington stated that the French Government did not apprehend any new difficulty in the East. St; Petersburg, November 13. The semiofficial AgOuce Krisse contradicts the statements that negotiations have been entered between the British and Russian Governments regarding Central Asia. Calcutta* November 15. General Roberts has granted an amnesty, to the misguided men fighting since the massitcie of Colonel Cavagnari and Staff, on condition that they surrender up their arms. ■ ♦ LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, November 17. A telegram from Gnndagai to-night states that a desperate encounter took place between the police and bushrangers. Two of the latter were shot dead .and one wounded. Two surrortiered and one escaped. One of the constables wore seriously wounded in the affray. Arrived—Rotomahana. In tire forty-eight hours’ walking contest Edvards was winner. He walked 153 miles. At a crowded meeting of Roman Catholics, resolutions were adopted condemning the Education Bill. Melbourne, November 15. Dr Pearson, Vicar of Newark, has been appointed Anglican Bishop of Newcastle. Brisbane, November 15. A destructive fire has occurred at Port Douglas. Walsh’s store and Linder’s hotel have been completely destroyed. The damage is estimated at £IO,OOO.