BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Southland Times, Issue 4493, 4 December 1882, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[B. Electric Telegraph— Copyright.] [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] LONDON, Nov. 30. n •"*!►». 101£ {.sic ?ex div.) uon&v,- --of discount remains at The bank rai. . .. +Q .v _ 5 Der cent., and the market ra.. °& r° l cent. The total reserve in the Bank of hnglaid is eleven millions, being half a trillion more than last week. The propotion of reserve to liabilities ia 42 per Ctftt. . New Zealand securities are without quotable change. Colonial breadstuffs are unchanged. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 49* (3d ; _ew Zealand wheat, 44s to 475. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 445. Off the coast cugocs of New Zealand wheat are quoted a 42s 6d. Australian tallow— Best beef, 42s ; best nutton, 44s 6d. Dec. i. The Daily News states that a compromise has been arrived at in respect to tie trial of Aru!>i Pasha. Ho is to plead guilty to fl cbargaof rebellion, and will be edled, but will retain his sword, rank and emoluments. The Rhine is falling, but the damage done by the overflow is estimated at millions, and there are thousands of people thrown into distressed c.rcuinstances. The British Government has decided to prosecute William Redmond for sedition, and to require Michael Davitt and Hcaley, M.P.. to find security to be of good behaviour, or, in default, be imprisoned. If has been arranged that Baker Pasha is to retain command of the Egyptian gendarmerie, but a British general is to be placed in command of the whole of the Egyptian forces. A constable has been shot in County Mayo. A bulletin bas been issued stating- that Mr Fawcett, Postmaster-General is suffering from a severe attack of diptheria. In the House of Commons to-day Sir H. Dilke, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affaire, in reply to a question, stated that the Egyptian Government had asked that a British commander and British officers might be appointed to the new Egyptian army. The latest report announces that Dr Ta.it is now expiring, and all hopes of his recovery have been abandoned. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 1. A new Turkish Ministry has been formed under Ahmed Vefyc Pasha, a Grand Vizier ; Safuel Pasha has beeu appointed Foreign Minister, and Husne Pasha, Minister of War. The tendencies of the new Ministry are decidedly Anglophite. Received Dec. 3, 1882, fi p m . LONDON, Dec. 2. In the House of Commons Mr Gladstone's proposals for the appointment of Grand Committees to deal with the subjects of Law and Commerce have been carried by way of experiment. Another constable has been shot in Kerry. The Right Hon. Hy. Fawcetf, Post-master-General, is seriously indisposed, and his condition is now considered critical. !..,-•'' Anthony Trollops has suffered a severe relapse, and is also in a dangerous state of health

Receired^Dec. 3, 18*2, 6 p.m. y- BERLIN, Dec. 2. V Tbe floods oh tbe Rhine are gradually subsiding. The country bas suffered severely through recent inundations.