CABLEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1197, 8 November 1882, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[reuter’s telegrams]. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—(COPYRIGHT.) LONDON, Nov. 6. Consols have further advanced and are quoted to-day at 10iy. New Zealand Securities remain at last quotations. The market rate of discount has advanced to 3J per cent., Bank rate, 5 per cent. Colonial breadstuff's are unchanged, at 49s for Adelaide wheat, ex store ; ana 43s to 46s for New Zealand ditto ; Adelaide flour, ex store, 33s 6d. Australian tallow: Best beef, 435; best mutton, 445. Nov. 7. It is officially announced that Sir Garnet Wolseley has been raised to the peerage of Great Britain under the title of Baron Wolseley of Cairo. Evening. A disastrous explosion occurred to-day at Clay Cross Colliery, in Derbyshire. So far as is at present known thirty miners have been buried in the pit, and their escape is deemed hopeless. Sir Stafford Northcote has given notice in the House of Commons that he will on Friday next, the 10th inst., ask the Premier to fix a date for debate on the question of the occupation of Egypt by British troops.

ALEXANDRIA, Nov, 7. In reply to his request to be informed upon what grounds the Egyptian Government refused to permit him to resume his scat at the Council of Ministers, M, Bredif has been informed by Cherif Pasha, President of the Council, that as Sir Auckland Colin, British Controller-general of Egyptian Finance, now abstains from taking his seat at the Council, it is deemed inexpedient to admit a French representative to meetings of Ministers.

The health of the British troops now stationed in Egypt is at the present time far from satisfactory. Fever in various forms is exceedingly prevalent in the ranks, and the number of men on the sick-list is daily increasing.