HOME AND FOREIGN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1072, 10 November 1882, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN.

In the House of Commons, Sir Charles Dilke, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, announced that information hail been received from Khartoum, dated 30th October, stating that the False Prophet had been defeated in the Soudan, with heavy loss. There is an epidemic of smallpox amongst his followers. The Premier made a statement in the House on November 4, in the course of which he announced that the Egyptian Go vernment will share with England the ex pense of the occupation of Egypt by British troops since the defeat of Arabi at Tel-el-Kebir. The Premier further announced that the Government would not require to ask for any further war credit during the present session. In the future session the Government will have to encounter the pronounced antagonism of a fourth party led by Sir Stafford Northcote with a policy of moderation. The array purveyors decline to tender for the supply of Australian frozen meat at a less pi ice than other sorts can be supplied at. The Soudan Prophet has been accepted as the Redeemer by 150,000 followers. He proposes first to conquer Egypt and then advance on Mecca and fight the Turks. It is feared that a large portion of the men forming Baker Pasha’s expedition against him will desert and swell the Prophet’s ranks. Khartoum is undefended. The International Convention at Paris, which the representation of thirty-two States took part in, agreed to protect telegraph cables in time of war. Further news has been received from Soudan, but of an untrustworthy nature. It is considered doubtful whether the report that the Arabs under the False Prophet have been defeated is worthy of credence, and General Alison has dispatched three British officers with an escort to obtain reliable information as to affairs in the Soudan. A Kentucky mob attempted to seize two murderers from the police escort in order to lynch them. The escort became unnerved, and lire! on the people, killing six and wounding thirty. Most of those hit were merely spectators. A hundred anarchist placards have been posted in Paris and Marseilles, threatening the governing and moneyed classes with dynamite and the dagger. The Times of the 3rd Inst, publishes a telegram stating that the Egyptian Government have proposed that Arabi should be allowed to go into exile without being tried but that the English Government object to such a course. 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 rebels. Preparations for the despatch of an expedition to the Soudan to subdue the Arabs who have taken up arms under the False Prophet are progressing rapidly. A considerable body of troops is being organised, and a large number of officers who fought under Arabi and wore subsequently amnestied are enlisting. The legal proceedings in connection with the trial of Arabi and other rebel officers is being pushed forward by the Commission, but the preparation of the mass of evidence which has been taken has caused delay in the announcement of the date of the trial. English counsel have been retained to conduct the prosecution. The Austrian Government has issued an order forbidding recruiting in Bosnia for service in the Egyptian army. There is a strong revival of Nihilistic activity in Russia. - The Clyde shipbuilder’s strike has been renewed* The Abbey Park Theatre in New York, was totally destroyed by fire one hour bef ro Mrs Langtrey was to make her first appearance on the American stage. Sir Dillon Bell, Agent-General for New Zealand,flis arranging to send a thousand female domestic servants to this colony. The Times states that it has received information that the English Government disapproves of Baker Pasha’s scheme for the reorganisation of the Egyptian army. In the House of Commons on November 2, Mr., Gladstone in reply to a question stated it was a fact that the Egyptian Government had applied for the assistance of certain British officers in tho conduct of the expedition against the false Prophet in tho S uidan.