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(REUTERS SPECIAL.)
London, Monday. Mr Gladstone has accepted the candidacy for the representation of Mid Lothian in the House of Commons.
London, February 1. The Zulu war has commenccd. The King refused to listen to the British ultimatum, and the troops immediately crossed the frontier, attacking and carrying the principal outposts.
Owing to repeated inroads on the settlements on the Guinea Coast, the Portuguese Government has declared war on the hostile tribes. A strong expeditionary force is being fitted out.
The money market is rather firmer. The bank reserve is stronger, amounting to nearly thirteen millions.
The stock markets are firm. Consols 961.
The market for Australian securities has experienced a strong revival.
The corn market is unchanged. A quantity of inferior New Zealand is in the market.
Wools are quite at current rates. There is a recovery in the demand for fine wools, and business is less depressed.
London, February 3.
British troops advanced into the Zulu country on the twelfth. Their advance so far has been without opposition as far as Sunday.
The President of the French Councils of Ministry has resigned.
M. Dufaur also persists in resigning, and M. Waddington is therefore forming a new Ministry.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XII, Issue 3236, 5 February 1879, Page 3
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