CABLEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1128, 22 August 1882, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[Reuter’s Special.] LONDON. Aug 19. The return Cricket Match between the Australians and the United South of England was resumed to-day at Portsmouth. There was again a large attendance, and the weather was very fine. The Home Team, wijh six wickets do wn for ]27, continued their second innings ; the remaining four wickets fell for 25, and the innings thus closed for a total of 152. The Hon. Lyttelton was highest, with 61 runs. The Australians, requiring 207 runs to win, went in for their second innings. None of the batsmen save Bannerman, Murdoch, and Bonner made any stand against the splendid bo wling of the Englishmen, and

the innings at length closed for a total of 187, leaving the Home Team winners by 20 runs. In the Australians’ second innings Bannerman was caught for 30, Murdoch caught for 43, and Bonner caught for 66.

Consols remain at 99£. There are no changes to report in Colonial Securities, Breadstuff's, or Tallow. Off coast cargoes of Adelaide Wheat arc now realising 48s. The total quantity of Wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 233,000 quarters, ALEXANDRIA. August 20. Port Said has now been occupied by the British force, and a detachment of troops has been despatched to occupy Ismailia and also Kautara, a station on tne canal, 25 miles from Port Said. The Khedive’s Government at the latter place has been reinstated, and placed under British protection. Further particulars are to hand regarding the skirmish which took place yesterday between General Hamley’s force and the enemy’s which show that the latter offered but slight resistance. During the engagement tin? enemy’s guns at Nefich for a time shelled the British positions. All is, however, now quiet in the neighborhood. In a skirmish which took place near Port j Said between some Egyptians and a body of British sailors, Commander H. K. Kane, of H,M.S. Northumberland, who was in command of the landing party, was slightly wounded.

Port Said, Kautara, and Ismailia are now occupied by detachments of sailors and marines from the fleet. The Egyptian position at Nefich was taken during a recent engagement, and is now held by a British force. The Suez Canal is guarded by British gunboats in order to prevent any attack upon the canal, or upon any passing ships by the Aralu. ... 1 he troop ships which arrived at Port Said ! last night have now entered the Canal, it is 1 believed, with the object of landing troops j at Ismailia, whence they will march upon : Cairo. ■ The stoppage of traffic in the Canal by ; order of Sir Garnet Wolseley was adopted I as a temporary precaution pending the pas- ( sage of the fleet past Aboukir forts without I an attack being made.