LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 945, 8 November 1879, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

LONDON. November 4. News from Afghanistan states that General Roberts, instructed by the Viceroy of India, has issued a proclamation, announcing that Afghanistan has been permanently placed under Brrtish ■administration, and that they will occupy the principal cities and strongholds. General Roberts will act temporarily as Military and Civil Commissioner of Afghanistan, supported at Cabul by a large body of troops. Several Indian regiments will reinforce' the troops at Cabul, Candahar, and Jellalabad. The announcement has created a profound impression on the continent of Europe. General Roberts has discovered that the massacre of the Embassy was inspired by the powerful advisers of the Ameer, but Yaboob himself is not implicated. He will arraign the Ameer's Ministers before a Military Court for complicity m the massacre. November 5. At a Liberal, meeting, at Grantham, the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, condemned the policy of the Government, and stated that if the Liberal party returned to power, they would resume their former policy. Musurus Pasha, Turkish Ambassador, at London, asked Lord Salisbury to explain the presence of the British fleet at Voorla, and the menancing attitude of the British Government. In consequence of the representations made by the Ambassador as to the immediate execution of reforms m Asia, the despatch of the British fleet to Voorla has been countermanded. November 7. Bank rate of discount is 3 per cent. Stocks of all kinds is buoyant. Railway traffic returns rapidly improving. Trade generally reviving. CALCUTTA. October 30. The Ghilzas tribes continue hostilities, and have made additional attacks on the British forces, all of which had been unsuccessful.