CABLEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 85, 9 October 1878, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(Reuter’s Agency.) Calcutta, Sept. 26. The British Government has resolved upon massing troops on the frontier, with a view to early operations in case it is found necessary to undertake a march to Cabal. The mission to the Ameer has been abandoned. London, Sept. 27. A Cabinet Council is summoned for next week, to deliberate on the course of action consequent on Earl Beaconsfield’s unsatisfactory state of health. Berlin, Sept. 27. The Emperor resumes the reins of Government in October,

London, Sept. 28. Mr Treinayne, the Conservative candidate, has been elected for Truro. Constantinople, Sept. 29. The Russians have evacuated Tchatalcha. The British ironclads in the Sea of Marmora w'thdraw to Gallipoli until the Russians have left Adrianople. Vienna, Sept. 29. Bosnia is'now virtually pacified. The insurgents have been dispersed. Naples, Sept. 29. Vesuvius is in full eruption. London, Sept 29. Captain Nares has sailed in the Arctic on a South Pacific Expedition, [press agency.] London, Sept. 26. Orders have been given to mass troops at Peshawur, with a view to an immediate advance into Afghanistan. The Cabul Mission has been dissolved. The British Government are expected to detach the Khyber Pass from the Ameer’s possession. Although the British Government are in possession of evidence showing that Russia promised the Ameer a subsidy, and a portion of Indian territory in the event of a successful war, they desire to leave the Affghan question entirely in the hands of Lord Lytton, and avoid dragging Russia into the dispute. The Turks have been defeated by the insurgents in Thessaly. The Austrians have occupied Trawnik. Mr Gladstone has published a letter, thanking South Australia for its congratulatory address on his conduct on the Eastern question. Sir M. Hicks-Beach, in a speech at Chipping Norton, warmly praised the patriotic behaviour of the colonies during the Eastern question as testifying to the loyalty and unity of the Empire. Sept. 27. The British fleet leaves Prycepo on Saturday for Ortaka. Much uneasiness is felt on the Continent at the Afghan difficulty lest it may lead to. a conflict between England and Russia. The ‘ Standard’ says Russia persiss in a scheme for a permanent mission to Cabul. Sept. 28. The money market is easy, and large imports of gold give an improved monetary position The discount rates of the open market are equal to the Bank minimum. The Bank reserve is becoming so strong as to warrant a reduction of the rate of discount. The stock markets are agitated by the Affghan crisis. The market for colonial debentures is heavy and depressed. The improvement recently reported in wool has been totally lost, and prices show an average decline of from to 2d,