Telegrams.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1127, 7 December 1883, Page 3

Telegrams.

HOMB AND FDKKIGM. Cairo, November 30. c Intelligence has been leceived he.e chat of a large body of ge idarmes recently do- j Bpatched to Souakim oua-ha'f have deserted , when only half way on their journey. The • news is causint; some alarm fur the safety of the people in Upper Egypt, who are menaced j by the rebels. j Alexandria, December 1. a In vi/ewof tbe state of'affairs in Upper a Egypt H;M/S. Invincible arrived at thispprp a and will remain to -watch the progress of ] events r . London, November’3o. a The trial c( O'Donnell for the murder of ] Carey, the informer, at Port Elizabeth has t been commenced at the Criminal Court. ,| December 1. \ ' The trial of Michael O'Donnell for the j murder of James Carev at Port Elizabeth 1 whs finished to-day. The prisoner was found j guilty and sentenced to death. . *■ * ’ Paris, November3o. - ,s A serious accident happened to-day on the £ railway line near Montfort, Brittany. Eieh- t teen lives have been liist by the disaster,> '■ .ant 15 passenger Bare Suffering fr am serious 1 injuries.: w ie-.'ii J [ fioyeisurjen^, hayia.jjecided, - * reinforcements to De Brazza. wnp% engaged 1 forming Frauch trading ’stations 1 bn the * Congo, . . ‘.t rr : .i< November 29. t The Committee of the Chamber of Depu- < ties voted a sum of nine million francs to s cover the expense' of the French expedition c to Tonquin, _ I The Marquis Tseng, the Chinese Ambas- 3 sador, who has been in this city for some I days for the purpose of carrying on negotia- 1 lions with the French Government, will c shortly return to England. a December I t The Parliamentary Committee appointed I to consider the question of voting a credit r for the Tonquin expedition, in making their s report, recommended thatendeavours should t be made by the Government to arrive at an t amicable arrangement with Gfiiua, but at ( the same time the Committee recognised the I necessity of sending reinforcements to Ton f quin as a precautionary measure. ( Berlin, November 29. i The Emperor William has telegraphed to ij the King of Spain thanking him fur the cordial reception accorded to the Crown a Prince of Germany, and assuring him of his (the Emperor’s) lifelong friendship. 3 London, November 29. !. The publisher of the Tryone (Ireland) J Courier UaS bee i arrested for printing and tr issuing placards proclaiming the views of 1 the National League , < ■■ ■ :., December 1. :.z It is announced that a Convention has 5 been concluded between De Lesseps and the * syndicate of British shipowners. The Con- ‘ vention makes the following provi-ions : Seven additional directors, alt of whom shall he Englishmen, will he appointed to the Board of Directors of the Canal Com pany ; consulting committees to be appointed to act in London with English ] directors; the surtax at present levied t. i be abolished from January next, and the pilotage dues in July, 1884; the transit i dues to be reduced to fifty centimes per ton j from Januaiy, 1885, and further reductions •. will thereafter be made in proportion 'o the profi s realised by th company ; a competent . Committee, coinposed.bneL.all English- J men, will determine whbtner r tßie pepsenk .4 canal,should .’be; enlarged'or'* second one / constructed... Jtcu s- ■- ; ... J " The ill feeling which has prevailed "for some months past in the North of Ireland between the Orange and the National par. *• ties.continues to increase, and especially in ' the Province of Ulster, wher ■ the tension is now very severely manifesting i 1 self. In' consequence of fears being entertained that serious disturbances may occur a proclama- ( tion has been issued by the Executive forbidding the meeting which were renounced ( to he held at Newry, County Down by the J Orangemen. 1 London, November 29th. r Mr.Archer, Agent General for Queens- ( land, hopes that the work of the inscribiog 1 ot the colonial loan will bo commenced I about the middle of Jann iry. 1 The New Zealand Shiuping Comnany .' have ordered the building of two mote steamers of larger size. ' The English Cabinet have, offered to nominate the Hon. George Joachim Goschen as Speaker of the House of Commons when the Right Hon. Sir Harry Brand retires The Emperor of Germany states that the relations between Germany and Russia are of a perfectly cordial nature. It is expected that the French Chamber of Deputies will approve of the amendments.. made by the Senate in the ReoidVvistes Bill. . and that it will consequently become law. The Agents-Ganeral hav- he-n bringing' additional pressure.to bear on Lord Derby in their endeauour to enlist the approval of the Government to the annexation scheme. Attention having been drawn to the fact that the dates of the South Kensington and Adelaide Exhibitions wdl olasb, the Prince of Wales has replied that the arrangements foi the former having been settled he is now unable to make any alterations in regard to them. The Bank ot South Australia, have determined to apply to Parliament to extend their charter to all Australasia. The Times advises that the surrender of Massowah snoiild be offered to Abyssinia on condition of that Power cheeking El Ma lhi’s career in the Soudan. 1 , : Prince Bismarck is seriously ill with jaundice. Further information from the Soudan states that General Hicks was killed by a lancer on the third da v of the battle, after all his cartridges had been expended. Soldiers were offering four dollars for a driuk from their comrades' flasks.