NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5838, 15 December 1879, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

TIE FIVE MILLION LOAN. i'ESPER-VUE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND AFGHANS. (REVTBH'S TELEO:iAM< ) Lond Dcc -m’-i. v 11. The New Zealand I .an h i* completely succeeded. Tenders were opened tod.iv, audit was found that nearly three times th- amount required was subscribed for. Calcutta, Di -cumber 12. Notwithstanding tile complete measure* taken bv General Roberts to invvgut tbe spread of *he outbreak, Me hostility among the hill tribes has beer, followed by a general rising near Gabul. Ten thousand .Afghan*, commanded by Mahomed Kha", at'ackc-d a force of British artillery and civairy "Ing to j Iu Gmeied Macphersou's brigade, which was ordered to punish the tribes. The British made a desperate defence, and were compelled to spike four gun*, which, however, were afterwards recovered from the enemy. The latest news states that the fighting continues. The British loss is unknown. The Afghans suffered a very heavy loss. (MELBOURNE ARCUS SPECIAL J London, December 11. Mahmoud Ayub Khan, with twelve regiments, has left Herat to attack Candahar. The French Admiral Duperre has been ordered to seize Tonquin, Cochin China, The floods in Hungary are spreading. Temisoar and Arid are endangered. The Seine, Loire, and Upper Thames are frozen. The winter generally is severe in Europe. A company!* appealing to German patriotism for funds to continue Godefroy's business, to prevent it falling into English jjur American hands. The steamer Indus met with a terrific hurricane in the Bay of Biscay, and lost four boats. t The Turcomans threaten Tchikilar. The Revolutionary Committee of Russia has issued a proclamation confessing the attempt on the life of the Czar. They style his Government a despicable despotism, and will only leave him in peace on condition of his transferring his power to an Assembly elected by universal suffrage.