ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume XLI, Issue 6128, 9 May 1885, Page 3

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Fighting near Sonakim.

Australian Contingent and ; liOrd Woleeley.

The Afghan Question.

€ommer cial.

it Kumtwo T«aa»ArK--Corr»ieHT.

Cnronat'e nuasaun.! Becetvod M»y Bti>, 11 » m. * . LONDON, May 7. "The Directors of the Bank of England decided to-day toreduce the' Back rate of ~ discount from 3} to 3 per cent. - RoMtrad Hay Oth, M 5 a nu - jja the "House of. Commons to-day, Lord Edmund Fiizmaurice, TJnder-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, etated thai; Colonel Bidgway still remained in charge of the Afghan Boundary Commission. - The debate on the policy of the Government wa3 commenced to-day in accordance -with arrangement, and was farther po3toaed until Monday next. Bmtod May Qfli, 1.15 *.m LONDON, May 7. Consols have declined £, to 9S|. New Zealand securities remain at yesterday's ■quotations. The market rate is 2 per cent., being 1 per cent, below the Bank rate. The weekly report of the Bank of England shows the total reserve in notes and bullion to be ,£17,800,000, and the proportion of reserve to liabilities 50 per cent. Colonial bread-stuffs—-Adelaide wheat, ex store, chows a Ml of Iβ 6 J, the price quoted to-day being •37s 6d. Adelaide flour, ex store, has f&Hen Is to 27a. New Zealand wheat, ex store, 32s to 365. Tallow is unchanged. Copra, best Sydney sun dried, JBIS ss. ' Wool—The tone of the market is quiet; ■850,000 bales up to the present hare -arrived for the next series of colonial wool auctions. LONDON/May 8. - ' The death is announced, at the age of •«8, of Earl Dudley. [eraOUIJ TO FB3BBB AEfiOCIATIOIf.I EecdVed Kay 81b, 7.40 p.m. i. LONDON, May 7. "The.Queensland,Victorian and Tasma*Btan Gorernments protest against" clause 41 of the Federation Bill, providing for - the withdrawal of a colony. . The shipment of Australian grapes by ■&» Chimborazo .axe only metketatle for 'datallery purpotes. - X ■ ' -[Fbobt BxoTXB'B.BrK!U3s Cob&xsfokdkkt.l .'SeedTadMftTSth.lift'iii. ' ; ; SOUAKIM, May 7. '" A enooeßefol midnight march -was made . last night sgiinet Tahakool, which place was attacked by the British troops, and "the enemy's forces defeated with great toes. During the withdrawal of the -Xfigush troops, Mr Lambie, special cor* respondent of the "Sydney Morning Herald/* was wounded:' ' Received M»y Bth, J2 tOp.3.

SOUAZIM, May 7tb, evening. Lord "Wolselej to-day made an official inspection of the New South Wales Artillery, and expressed himself pleased with ' tie smart appearance of the men and the , ecfidition of the hones. Lord Wolseley afterwards sent for Colonel Bichardson, i£e commandant, and complimented him on of his force.