TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1125, 12 January 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN". London, Jan. 8.

The cargo of frozen mutton bj the lonic, from Lyttelton, arrived in good condition generally, but part was damaged by fire (sic). ■ A quantity of the shipment was placed on the market to-day, and realised s|d per pound, The cargo of mutton, ex steamship Chimborazo, from Sydney, is fetching 4|-l per lb. Cheriff Pas! l a, in a letter to the Khedive, contends thai the Soudan, being in possession of the Porte, his Ministry must refuse to follow the orders of the British Government to abandon it without discussion. Mr Gladstone's avowed determination to defend Egypt has reassured the public mind, especially as the general opinion is that it is only a prelude to the establishment of an entire British civil administration in that country. The Propaganda will on Saturday nominate the successor to Archbishop Vaughan as Primate of New South Wales. Jan. 9. Lord Derby has agreed to a modification of the Transvaal frontier. A readjustment of the boundary line is being effected, in order to secure the rights of the loyal chiefs and to protect them from molestation by Boers or by natives who have not accepted British rule. Hopes are still entertained that the steamer Duke of Westminster will be floated, although her position is somewhat precarious. The King of Abyssinia is marching on Massowar.

The brothers-in-law of El Mahdi, the False Prophet, have captured Esneh, and they assert that El Mahdi is desirous of coalescing with Turkey to expel all foreigners from Egypt.

There is a decided recovery in Colo niai stocks and money is easier. The Exchange prefer that the whole of the Victorian loan should be placed on the market at once. The Shaw Saville-Albion Shipping Company have contracted to carry 200,000 frozen sheep during the present year. The latest information from Tonquin is to the effect that fighting between the Anamites and the French has been renewed, and that Hunghoa has been evacuated. Gordon advocates the defence of Khartoum, and the retention of the Soudan as far as the White Nile and north to Sennaar. The Australian Mortgage and Agency Company Limited, in their report, recommend that a declaration of a dividend of 8 per cent be made, and further, that the preliminary expenses and goodwill having been cleared off, a reserve fund be formed of £20,000, consisting partly of profits and partly of the premium on the reserved shares issued in April last. The annual meeting is to be held on January sth. Jan. 10. It is believed that the Transvaal Government will reject the proposed modification of the frontier line, which is proposed to be made in order that native chiefs friendly to England may be afforded British protection.

Telegrams received from Zanzibar state that the parleying between tbe Hovas and the French for a cessation of hostilities has failed.

Truth mentions that Mrs Langtry lias abandoned her intention of the colonies.

It is proposed to bold a World's Fair at San Francisco in 1887.

Tbe commander of the troops stationed at Khartoum telegraphs tbat if tbe retreat from tbat city is delayed it will then be impossible to do so,

The Council of State of Madrid has decided thflt a treaty with England is not expedient,

Cairo. Jan. 8

Nubar Pasha, who has been charged by tbe Khedive with the formation of a new Ministry, has declared himself a supporter of the policy of the British Government. He has partially succeeded in forming a Cabinet. No Europeans are included among those who bave already accepted office undes hie leadership.

St, Petersburg, Jan, 9. Five men have been arrested here ; charged with being implicated in the assassination of Colonel Sudeiken, of the Eussian gendarmes, on the 3Cth ult. Later. Forty students hare been arrested at Moscow on charges of complicity in the murder of Colonel Sudeiken, of the Russian Geadarmes. Alexandria, Jan. 9. Mr Clifford Lloyd, who for some time acted as Advice Minister of the interior, has been appointed UnderSecretary of Home Affairs in the new Egyptian Ministry. A Commission, of which Sir Evelyn Wood is President, has been appointed to devise the best means for the evacuation of the Soudan by the Egyptian troops. Hong Kong, Jan. 9. Intelligence to hand from Tonquin states that an explosion has occurred at the French position at Hanoi, Tonquin, resulting in the destruction of two batteries and the loss of a considerable quantity of material. Calcutta, Jan. 9. Up to the present time the Exhibition has been visited by 268,000 persons. Various satisfactory sales have been effected, and the juries have commenced the work of allotting awards.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, Jan. 10

Quarantine has been established here against vessels arriving from Mauritius, where an outbreak of smallpox bias occurred. The Marquis of Bute is a passenger for Australia by the steamer Orient, which left Plymouth on December Ist. The principal damage done by the file at the Apollo candle works was in two ot the still rooms, both of which were completely glutted. The loss is estimated at £12,000. The insurance amounts to £40,000, divided among twenty Companies, Sydney, Jan. 9. Captain Lancaster, of the brig John Wesley, from the South Sea Islauds, reports having seen the American schooner Greyhound, of San Francisco, ashore at Mamaka, with the loss of her rudder and false keel. Later intelligence from Haabi states that the Greyhound had floated off and been safely anchored at Lifuka.