ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 274, 2 December 1882, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Loxdost, November 30. (Received December 1, at 7.ljj p.m.) In the House o£ Commons to-day Mr G-. O. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland, stated that if the leaders of the new Irish National League — Messrs Davitt, T. M. Healy (M. P. for Wexford), and J. E. Redmond (M. P. for New Ross) — continued to deliver speeches oi' an incendiary character, the Government would deem it necessary to prosecute them, and to prohibit all meetings of the League. It has transpired that instructions have been sent to Sir Henry Bulwer, Governor of: Natal, to reinstate Cetewayo as King of the Zulu tribes at the earliest opportunity. (Received December 2. 0-55 a.m.) Paris. December 1. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the Government announced that a Bill was in preparation providing for the establishment of a French protectorate over Tonquin in the northern division of the Empire oL' Assam . Caieo. November .'3O. A report is current here to-day that the trial of Arabi and the ofclier rebels will be entirely dropped, and that the preparations which have been in progress for some time are at a standstill. The Egyptian Governmenb has received a communication from the British Ambassador stating- that the English Government decline to recognise Baker Pasha as Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian army. (Received December 2, 12'<15 p.m ) Londok, November HO. Consols 101^ (sic, query r.v div ?) The Bank rate of discount remains at 5, and market rate at 3-f per cent. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is eleven millions, being half a million more than last week. The proportion of the reserve to the liabilities is 42 per cent. New Zealand securities are without quotable change. Colonial breadstuffs are unchanged. Australian tallow, best beef, 425; best mutton, 44s Gd.