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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 93, 27 March 1884, Page 2

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[Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] [Reuter’s Telegrams.] THE NEW CARDINAL. Rome, March 24. The preconization by the Pope of Dr. Moran, the newly-appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, who has been nominated to the office of Cardinal and is now in Rome, will take place at a meeting of the Consistory on Thursday next. London, March 24. The cargo of frozen mutton, ex s.s. Orient, from Sydney, has been landed in good condition. A portion was sold to-day at 51d per lb. Tenders for the West Australian Government loan of £154,000 at 4 per cent, and a minimum of 961, were opened to-day. The total amount offered was £257,500. Tenders at £97 Is. will receive 83 per cent., and tenders above that price in full. THE REFORM BILL. March 25. The Electoral Reform Bill is still under consideration. On the motion for the second reading in the House of Commons last night, Lord John Manners introduced an amendment of which he gave notice on the 4th inst., setting forth that the proposed reform was unacceptable without a bill for re-distri-bution of seats. A debate was commenced on the motion, and lasted throughout the sitting. The House is expected to divide on the amendment early next week. The market rate of discount has further fallen to 2g and is now § below the Bank rate. There are no changes to report in the market for Colonial breadstuffs and tallow. THE SOUDAN. [Reuters Telegrams.] ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE OSMAN DIGNA. Cairo, March 24. Telegrams from Souakim state that the British troops will advance towards Tamaneb on Wednesday next, with a view to surrounding and capturing Osman Digna, who is now in that neighbourhood. FURTHER OUTBREAKS—KHARTOUM IN JEOPARDY. March 25. Telegrams from Berber state that the dissatisfaction among the Arabs between that town and Shendy is rapidly increasing, and that the tribes to the southward of Berber are now in open revolt. Fears are entertained that the movement may continue, and that the safety of the garrison and inhabitants of Khartoum will be jeopardised. No new’s has yet reached here regarding the attack which Gordon Pasha intended to make upon the rebels on the 16th inst. EXTENDED OPERATIONS. Evening. Latest dispatches from Souakim state that General Graham has started, with his staff for Tamonik, with the object of forming plans for the projected operations in that quarter against the rebels under Osman Digna. London, March 25. In the House of Commons to-day Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, Foreign Under Secretary, in reply to enquiries on the subject of the announcement of the intended movement of British troops from Souakim to Tamonik, stated that General Graham’s object was to disperse the rebels who are still in the neighborhood of Souakim, and to open the road from that place to Berber through the Districts occupied by friendly tribes.