CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 70, 14 December 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

— * . [By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright 1 Tbeutebs telkorams'i Received December 14. 12 20 p.m. London, Dceember 13. The Standard states that the British force of occupation in Egypt will be genjrally reduced in April next. The ship Mangalore, bound for Australia, returned to Londoii severely Jamijjed during a huricane she encountered ifter leaving. Rangoon, December 13. General Roberts has started from Mandalay for Bhamo. Brigadier Gen« eral Low is preceding with six columns to attack the rebels under Chief Bushway concentrated m the Minber district. Londjn, Deoember 12. A note has been addressed by the Porte to the British Government intimating the desire that they should dis» cuss the question of the evacuation of Egypt by the British forces. Lord Iddesleign, Foreign Secretary, in reply, promised to consider the Porte'n request without delay. Members of the Stock Exchange expect that the. Victorian loan will be placed at 3£. Five thousand Russian troops will winter at Odessa. The agreement between England and Germany greatly curtails Zanzibar terri» tory in favour of Germany. Hanlan is in good condition, and ts delighted at Beach accepting his challenge to row on the Nepean river. The Spectator, referring to the proposed conference on colonial defences, deprecates leading colonists being allowed to act »b delegates, as tending to lessen the power of the Agents^Geueral. A serious boating accident occurred ai Southport, when the lifeboat capsized, and thirteen of its occupants were drowned. A second was despatched to the rescue of the same vessel as the previous boat. This met with the same fate as its predecessor. The boat capsized and fourteen persons were drowned. The wheat market has recovered from Wednesday's depression, and is now more active. Business in arrival cargoes shows a slight advance. Australian ex warehouse, is quoted jit 37s to 3t>B There has been heavy speculative buying at New York. For the wool sales barely 100,000 bales were catalogued, of winch 25.0*) » were withdrawn. French buyers are competing with more animation, but without advance in prices. The position accented by M. Goblet in the French Ministry is regarded a3 emphemeral. The Vlossman Mining Company at Charters Towers, with a rapital of LIBS,*XH), has been privately subscribed threefold. The Marquis of Salisbury's proposal for a conference of tbe Powers at Stain* boul to consider the Eastern Question has been abandoned. Hanlan has sailed for New York. An attempt made to blow up the residence of the King of Koutnania by means of dynamite was partially successful. Home, December 11. The Jeatlj is announced of Marco .Mmyhetti, Italian statesman aiid diplo lualist. ___^^____ — „ »