TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 365, 19 March 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. . LoHDON, Match' 16. 'l'hree .per cent. consols' have men one eighth, and ara: to-day quoted at par.;. - _.. • y- >" ■"■ market rate of;discount has risen per cent to 2$ per cent. The Bank rat* n'm*ins unchanged at 3'per cent. JJV,'' were offered. The tone of the anWfen was firm. • "** The Commons to-day toted a grant of L 5,000,000, which is to be paid to the Indian. Government as England's share of the cost of the last Afghan war. St. Eexebshbbg, March 16. It lias betnMiscovered that the' place

which w*a occupied by Emperor Alexknder 111., when Czafewftc'hy mined, and sappers are now searching,": with tbo object of ascertaining whether any explosives are . concealed in- the passages. ,•-..■*- -.* - CossTANTisoPi/B,'March 17;

Definite information has transpired regarding the results Up to, the present' time of the negotiations which have been : proceeding during the past three Weel», between the Ambassadors of the Power* and the Ottoman. with a View to determine the Turco-Greek fron- • tier question. It is now known' thatr - the Porte recently offered' to cede Thefcsaly to Greece, but tire European r Ambassadors were at once unanimous "■' * in declining to accede to thi* :arrange* ment, declaring, £h»t the proposed transfer of territory was totally inadi-" : quate to satisfy tiie legitimate demands >'■■ of the Greek Government and the pro visions ot the Treaty- of Berlin. : The Porte thereupon expressed its" willingness to cede the Island of Crete: to Greece, bat absolutely refused to so - *-, renderthe Province of Epiras, which it was provided by . the Berlin Treaty, should form part of ths extended Greek frontier. It is not known what reply has bean returned by the Powers to this - last proposal of the Porte.