(SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.) London, 30th November.

Evening Post, Volume XVI, Issue 285, 2 December 1878, Page 2

(SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.) London, 30th November.

A party of Afreedis attacked a British signalling party in the Khyber Pa«s, which was blocked by British Convoys, but were repulsed by the heavy firing from the fort of Ali Musjid, now in possession of the British troops. Only one tribe of Afreedis is hostile. The ship Queensland has arrived. The money market is rather firmer, but the bank minimum is unchanged. The bank rate for three months bills is 4i per cent. Government securities are steady. Coosols standingat ninety-six. Wool is dull. The prices, as compared with the last series, show a decline on brst scoured of threehalfpence perlb. ; and medium to inferior twopence to twopence-halfpenny per lb. Reserved lots are neglected. New Zealand greasy is one penny lower. Crossbreds depressed. Of seventy thousand bales catalogued ton thousand were withdrawn. The corn market is firm and steady. New Zealand wheat is quoted at from 42i to 47s per quarter. Ist December. Some diplomatic correspondence from Central Asia, which has been published, shows that General KaufFman is in constant communication with the Ameer of Afghanistan. The Russian Government at first denied that their troops were marching on Cabool, but afterwards treated the matter as an independent act of General Kauffman, declaring that he only went there on sick leave, arid that his motive was one of simple courtesy to the Ameer. Russia repeats her past assurances that she has no intention of intervention in Afghanistan affairs. Forty leaders of the Socialist party, including two members of the German Parliament, have been expelled from Berlin. [RBUTER'S BPBCIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.] London, 28th November. Consols, 95J ; bank rate, o ; market rate, 4£. New Zealand wheat, ss. Debentures are unchanged. Since the opening of the wool sales, 70,600 bales have been catalogued. The demand has slightly improved, and the market is firmer.