CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 784, 3 November 1882, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

LATtST FROM EUROPE. [SPECIAL TO THE PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPTEIGHT.] The False Prophet. London, Oct. 30. Baker Pasha will despatch a force of io,ooo men to the Soudan in three weeks’ time against the false prophet who has set up his standard there. The Khedive.has applied for the assistance of English officers in the expedition. The Italian Elections.

The Italian elections have resulted in the' return of Deputies generally favorable to the Progressionists. The Bordeaux Wine Show. The prizes won at the Bordeaux Wine Exhibition will be distributed on the 6th, arid the Exhibition will close on the 19th inSt. [rkutir’s ‘telegrams—copyright.] From Melbourne. , London, Oct, 31.

The P. and O. Company’s steamship Clyde arrived at Plymouth to-day from Melbourne (12th Sept.) , The Cuzco. ■... Suez, Oct 31. The Orient steamship Cuzco, from Melbourne (Oct 27), arrived here today, en route for Plymouth. Her refrigerating machinery is working satis- : factorily. The Bishop of Adelaide. London, Oct. 31. The Rev. G. W. Kcnnion, Bishop Elect of the Anglican See of Adelaide, leaves for Australia on Dec. 7. The Home Markets. London, Nov. 1. The Stock Exchange is closed to-day. Colonial breadstuffs are unchanged at—4os, for Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 43s to 46s for New Zealand wheat; 34s for Adelaide flour. Australian tallow —the stock in London to-day is 13,000 casks. Best beef is 43s 6d; best mutton, 475. [Received Nov. 3, 2.30 p.m.] Egyptian Affairs. Constantinople, Nov. 1. There are evident signs that the Porte is uneasy at Earl Dufferin’s mission to Egypt, to conduct negotiations for the settlement of affairs in that country. Be-enlisting the Old Hands. Alexandria, Nov. 1. Baker Pasha is re-enlisting a number of the officers and men who fought under Arabi to serve in the expedition which-is being despatched against the Soudan rebel. . # Arrested. Intelligence is to hand that the three , Egyptian Beys who instigated the burning of Alexandria after the bombardment, and subsequently escaped, liave been arrested at Crete. Arabi. Lonlon, Nov. 2, The Times to-day publishes a telegram stating that the Egyptian Government has proposed that Arabi should be allowed to go into exile, without being tried, but that the English Government objects to such a course. A USTRALI A M. [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.] En RouteMelbourne, Yesterday. Rev. Father Luck, the newly-ap-pointed Homan Catholic Bishop of Auckland, is a passenger for New Zealand by the steamer Wairarapa, which left here yesterday for the Bluff. The Avenal Bank Robbery. The trial of the two men Smith and Shaw, on a charge of attempting to rob the Commercial Bank of Australia at Avenal on the 6th ult,, was concluded to-day. Smith was found guilty and sentenced to three years’ penal servitude. Shaw was discharged. Debate Adjourned. , Sydney, Yesterday. The debate in the Legislative Assembly 09 the Colonial Treasurer’s Financial Statement has been postponed for a week. [SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] [Received Nov. 3, 12.50 p.m.] Released. Melbourne, To-day. Thorpe, a late teller in the Bank of Victoria, who was sentenced in November, 1881, to two years’ imprisonment for embezzlement, has now been released from gaol . Navigator Reported LameIt is »reported that Navigator has shown signs of lameness.