TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1177, 22 November 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Not. 17. The Orient steamship Garonne, with a cargo of 3650 frozen sheep on board, j? arrived at Plymouth yesterday. A note has been addressed by the Egyptian Government to tbe English Government, in which the former claims to have a voice in the control of affairs relating to waterways through tbe Isthmus of Suez.

Arrived - Steamship Doric, with 8000 carcases of frozen muttotT, from Lyttelton (October sth); ships Blanche and Colleen, from the Bluff (August 3rd). M; All tbe Agents-General have requested an interview with Lord Derby next week for the purpose of eliciting his latest policy with respect to the Pacific.

The Victorian gunboat Childers, in a three hours* run, averaged nineteen and a quarter knots.

Nov. 19. In the course of a despatch to the Imperial Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Major Sir Evelyn Baring, Y British Diplomatic Agent arid ConsulGeneral in Egypt, states that a force of 3000 infantry, with six guns, will be sufficient as a garrison for Alexandria, and that the Egyptian Government intimated its readiness to be answerable for the maintenance of order in tho country, a large organisation |of the native ar.ny having now been completed by Sir Evelyn Wood, Command er-in-Chief.

The Morning Post says that Lord Derby’s replies to Mr Murray Smith on the question of annexation are unsatisfactory and evasive, severely testing the loyalty of colonists. The Standard considers that Lord Derby’s latest communications imply a favorable change in the views of the Government. The St James’ Gazette considers that Derby has made a distinct advance advance in his replies, while the Globe fears that the shadow of a disintegration of the Empire lurks behind the idea of Australasian Federation. The Marquis Tsing states that' thirty thousand regular troops, with European offiqers, are within easy marching distance of the French fortress* :

~ The news is confirmed the rebels have destroyed five hundred Egyptian soldiers at Souakin, & port on the lied Sea. The British Consul has also been killed. : ‘

A rupture '-has. occurred ■ between General Mclvor aiid hb c&lieagai, Captain the latter ris organising- a he#- expedition to sail under * a foreign , flag. A new steamer, the Valetta, has been launched for the P. and 0. Company on the Clyde. ’ The third of .the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamers has been launched on the Clyde, and named th* y Iluapcka. f ;*

The rumours as to the destruction of "Hicks Pasha’s anny in the Soudan are not yet confirmed. Paris Not. 18. In the course of an interview which was granted by the Marquis Tsing to a newspaper correspondent, the latter elicited from the Chinese Ambassador a statement to the effect that an attack upon Bacninh by the French troops in Tonquin would be considered by the Chinese Government as a casus belli.

Belgrade, Nov. 15. A large number of prisoners captured by the troops during the recent rising at Scernareka and Krutchevaty, are now being tried for participation in the revolutionary movement. The judgments which have been passed upon those who have been found guilty are remarkable for their rigorous severity.,, Cairo, Nov. 17. A Syndicate of Bankers in this country offered to provide the necessary capital if the Egyptian Government undertakes the construction of the projected second Suez Canal.

Hong Kong, Nov. 17, News has been received here that a volunteer force of 220,000 men is being raised in China in view of the prospect of war. Much uneasiness is felt in consequence by foreigners resident ! in the Chinese territory. Genoa (Italy), Nov. 18. His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Germany, arrived here today from Berlin. He proceeds to-night to Valentia, en route for Madrid, escorted by the German Mediterranean naval squadron.

Alexandria, Nov, 19. The report to hand last detachment of the Egyptian troops bad been attacked and routed near Sonakin, a port in the Red Sea, ia noVfcill|y confirmed. The troops numbered 500,

pad were proceeding to reinforce the army in Soudan, when they were attacked by rebel Hillmen. Mr Moncrieff, the British Consul at Sonakiu, who was with the detachment, was killed. Only fourteen men escaped, and they made their way to Sonakiu, which was subsequently attacked by the rebels, who were; however, repulsed by the Egyptian garrison. Latest reports state that another attackon Sonakiu is imminent, acd that the population is flying from toe place, fearing that it will fall into lie hands of the rebels. /t

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. | Sydney, Nov. W, The Hon F. Whitaker, Prenfr of New Zealand, who arrived here 0 the P.M,S. Zealandia, proceeds to Melbourne to meet Major Atkineon and returns with him to attend tie Conference on the Pacific annexation question.