BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2826, 15 April 1882, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[RffiUTßli’B AaBNOY.J Recal of the Russian AmbassadorLondon, April 13. It has transpired that Prince Lobanoff Rostoffsky, the Russian Ambassador to the Court of St. James, has been summoned to St. Petersburg by His Majesty the Czar. It is believed that Prince Lobanoff has been recalled to suceeed Count Ignatieff as Minister of the Interior. ' . Bravo, Rarkes! Since his arrival-in London, Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of Hew South Wales, has been hospitably received and feted by British Ministers and other notable persons. His engagements include ban. quets for nearly every day during the present month. Commercial. Consols remains at 10IJ-, Hew Zealand securities are unchanged at yesterday’s quotations. The total reserve in the Bank of England in notes and bullion is £13,000,030. The bank rate of discount remains at 3 per cent; the market rate has advanced to 2£. ; The Reported Loss of the Richmond--1 Hong Kong, April 12. , ■ ■ Inquiries Lave been made with reference to the reported loss of the U.S. warship Richmond, but no reliable information is yet to hand; The report is distrusted here. Court Martial in EgyptGaiko, April 13. The Circassian officers of the Egyptian army, who were recently arrested on a charge of conspiracy against Afabi Pasha, will be tried for the offence by court martial.