CABLEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1159, 26 September 1882, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—(COPYRIGHT.) [reuter’s telegr ams]. Received Sept. 25, 3.15 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 23. Two transports have sailed from Portsmouth to bring home the first instalment of troops from Egypt. The Australian Cricketers commenced a match to-day at Harrogate, Yorkshire, against 11 of England. The Home Team were all disposed of for 72. The Australians in their first innings scored 134. GENEVA, Sept. 23. A number of Swiss volunteers have been enrolled here to serve as Gendarmes in Egypt. ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 23. Fort Ghemleh, at Damietta, has been dismantled and abandoned by the British. ST. PETERSBURGH, Sept. 23. The Czar has returned to the capital from Moscow. Elaborate precautions were again taken for His Majesty’s safety during the journey. Received 1 a.m. Sept. 26. LONDON, Sept. 25. Admiral Seymour and Sir Garnet Wolseley will, it is stated, shortly be raised to the peerage. Received Sept. 26, 1 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 25. It is now officially announced that General Sir Garnet Wolseley and Vice-Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour are to be raised to the peerage for their services in Egypt. NEW YORK, Sept. 25. Heavy rain has fallen during part of the last few days over the Eastern States, and severe floods in various parts have resulted. Several towns in low-lying districts off New York State are inundated, and there has been much destruction of property. Several bridges have been washed away by storm CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 23. The Porte has conceded all the demands of the Hellenic Government in connection with the disputed boundary in Thessaly, and the Conference, which was proposed to be held to decide the question, has accordingly been abandoned, VIENNA, Sept. 23. A bridge over the river Drave, a tributary of the Danube on the Southern Hungarian railway line, collapsed to-day, and a passing train conveying thirty soldiers was engulphed in the river.