CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 46, 18 January 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

ENGLAND'S CIRCULAR WITH REGARD TO tiGYPT. THE FLOODS IN EUROPE. THE VICTORIAN LOAN.— FUiiiHKR SUBSURimONS. THE CIRCUS DISASTER IN RUSSIA. FURTHER HARROWING DETAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) | London, Jan. 15. The circular note which was issued by the English Government with regard to the position of affairs m Egypfc, and which was presented to the Powers, will probably be approved, France alone dissenting. The circular sets forth that

Brmsh troops will withdraw as soon as adequate defence has been provided by the Khedive against any organised hostility with regard to the Canal and other territorial waters m Egypt. Interference even by Turkey will be for* bidden. The question of political privileges at present remains unsettled. Mr Gladstone is improving ia health, and will visit Cannes on Wednesday. Sir Auckland Colvin, who resigned his position as British Controller-Gene-ral of Egyptian Finance, will probably be appointed as Financial Adviser for Egypt. The floods m the South of Hunga r y still c inlinue, and frightful distress is reported. The low lying portions of the country are inundated to the deplh of several feet, and great loss ot life has occurred. The damage from floods m the Rhine district is estimated at £4,000,000. Laige numbers of laborers from the West of Ireland have intimated their desire to emigrate to Queensland.

One hundred thousand pounds ad* ditional has been subscribed for the Victorian loa a ; the remainder will re~ mam open until Wednesday, and then it will be withdrawn. Stock-brokers are willing to subscribe to a large amount if tho price is reduced. Jan. 16. 1 The origin of the fire iv the circus is at- ( tributedtoan employe, who threw alight* ed cigarette among a heap of straw m a 1 stable, which was at once fanned into a strong blaze, and the building was m an incredible short time enveloped m flames. Many of the audience jumped from the different galleries into the ring, and were either killed outright or anffocated before they could be rescued. Among the spectators m the lower por-. tions of the building many were suffo« cated, while a Jarije number were trampled to death. Berditchey is the name of the town iv which the firo occurred, and there is great excitement. During the fire ten horses belonging to the circus galloped into the ring, kicking most furiously, and several persons received severe injury from this cause. It is estimated that 400 lives were lost. The Right Hon. W. Gladstone started to-day for Cannea, m the South of France, on a trip for the benefit of his health. Paris, January 16. A manifesto signed by Prince Jeromo Bonaparte has been placarded jhrough* out Paris. It strongiy denounces the Government, and lays claim to the Napoleonic heritage. Prince Jerome has been urreatei m consequence of the manifesto.