BRITISH & FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS
( Reuter's 7 elegrams.) London, Dec. 1
It is reported that the alleged indisposition of the Queen is based on a paragraph in the “ Globe,” not yet confirmed. Three per cent, consols, 94,1, ex dividend.
Total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain, 2,000,000 quarters. Total stock of tallow in London on Ist inst., 13,025 casks.
At the wool sales to-day, 8,800 bales were catalogued. The tone of the market is firm, with an active demand for low scoured. Prices are rather weaker. Washington, Dec. 1.
President Hayes has recommended to Congress the withdrawal of the Legal Tender Bill.
Calcutta, Dec. 1. Yakoob Khan has been conducted to Peshawur by order of the Viceroy.
(Ace Special.) London, Dec. 2. The Queen’s indisposition is severe although not serious. The "Viceroy of India has determined to appoint a Special Commission to sit at Lahore, and try the Ameer, Yakoob Khan, for complicity in the Embassy massacre at Cabul.
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Ashburton Herald, Volume II, Issue 517, 4 December 1879, Page 2
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