HOME AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 10 November 1882, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(reuter's telegrams.) (by electric telegraph. — copyrlgiit.) (Received Nov. 8, 11 a.m.) LONDON. November 7. It is . now officially announced that Sir Garnet.Wolseley has been raised to the Peerage of Great Britain under the title of Baron Wolseley of Cairo. The debate on the Premier's resolutions for the reform procedure in the House of Commons. is still proceeding. Sir Stafford Northoote has moved the absolute rejection of the rule for the adoption of the cloture, and the discussion on the motion is now going on. (Received Nov. 8, 1.40 p.m.) A disastrous explosion occurred to-day at the Clay-Cross Colliery in Derbyshire. So far as is at present known, thirty miners have been buried in the pits, and their escape is deemed hopeless. Sir Stafford Northcote has given notice in the House of Commons that he will on. Friday next, 10th instant, ask tho, Premier to fix a date for the debate on the question of the occupation of Egypt by British troops. (Received Nov. 8, 10.10 p.m.) Consols remain at 102 f. New Zealand securities : — Five per cent 10.40 loan, remains at 105$. Five per cent 1889 loan has advanced to 104, and 4£ per cent 1879-1904 loan to 102 J. The bank rate of discount is 5 per cent ; market rate, 3 (sic). Markets for colonial breadstuffs and tallow are without quotable change. (Received Nov. 8, 11 p.m.) ALEXANDRIA. November 7. In reply to his request to be informed upon what grounds the Egyptian Government refused. to permit bun to re sume his seat at the Council of Ministers, M . BreSif has been informed by Cherif Pasha, President of the Council, that as Sir Auckland Colvin, British ControllerGeneral of Egyptian ' Finance, abstains from taking his seat at the Council, it is deemed inexpedient to admit any French representative to meetings of Ministers. The health of the British troops now stationed in Egypt is at present 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. Ea'-l Dufferin, British Ambassador to tho Porte, who has been commissioned to conduct the negotiations for a settlement of affairs in Egypt, arrived here to-day from Constantinople. (Received Nov. 7, 1 p.m.) CAPETOWN. November 5. The Hon. V. C. Scanlon, Premier, made a speech last night, in the course of which he took occasion to deny the truth of a statement our/rent last month that the Cape Government had decided to withdraw from Basutoland. He added that failing a settlement of the difficulty in that territory the Government would rely on the people of the colony and not on England to carry out measures necessary for maintenance of order and obedience to laws. (Eeceived Nov. 8, 12.40 p.m.) November 7. Intelligence to hand from Zululand states that active hostilities have been proceeding for some time past between the Boer forces and Zulu tribes under chief Mapoch. Two severe engagements have been fought, and in both tho Boera have been defeated with heavy loss.