TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1128, 19 January 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 15. The steamship Duke of Westminster, which went ashore on the Isle of Wight on the 3rd inst., has been successfully floated, and brought safely to port. Jan. 16, In the course of a speech at Newcastle last night, the Right Honorable Joseph Chamberlain alluded to the occupation of Egypt by the British forces, and stated that the withdrawal of troops had only been delayed by the revolt in the Soudan, and that the Government still adhered to the proposal of the eventual evacuation of Egypt as previously announced. Obituary—The Earl of Bantry, aged 82. His son and heir, Viscount Berehaven, is in the colonies. There are 15,000 Christians and 40,000 Egyptians in the Soudan. The Suez Canal is blocked by a sunken vessel. Later. The traffic through the Suez Canal has been resumed. It is believed in political circles that if a Federation Bill was brought forward it would be certain to pass. At the annual meeting of the Australian Mortgage and Agency Company, Limited, held yesterday, the report was adopted. Owing to Earl Granville’s parleying, it is rumored that France will not send any more ccnvicts to New Caledonia, and possibly not to any of the other Pacific Islands, It is reported that the Marquis of Normanbr has resigned the Governorship of Victoria. It is believed that the Government will recognise the principle of Sir George Grey’s Pacific Annexation Act. A rumor has gained currency to the effect that England intends to immediately establish stations along the coast of New Guinea. Sir Julius Vogel has written a letter to the Times, strongly urging the passing of an Act to legalise the investment of trust funds in colonial stocks. The Standard says that the wholesale financial houses consider the minimum fixedt or the Victorian loan as too high, and that unless the public subscribe liberally the Banks will have to fall back on a syndicate. Jan. 17. In its issue this morning, the Daily News, in referring to the proposed Vic torian four million loan, doubts whether it will be successfully floated. An outbreak of fire occurred at No. 67, Oornhill, on the premises occupied by Messrs Silver, and is now (6 a.m.) increasing rapidly. The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend for the past half year at the rate of 18 per cent per annum, and carries forward £55,000 to the reserve. Calcutta, Jan. 15. The International Exhibition to date has been visited by 307,000 persons, and the interest taken in the display shows no signs of abating.

A movement is on foot with a view to the importation of frozen meat to Calcutta in connpction with the projected hue of direct steamers between India and Australia, and it is very probable that the necessary arrangements will shortly be completed, Cairo, Jan. 15.

Intelligence to hand from Khartoum states that the tribes inhabiting the districts of the White and Blue Niles, in the extreme south of the Soudan, have openly declared their allegiance to El Mahdi, and are joining his ranks in large numbers daily. A colonel of the Egyptian army has started for Turkey with authority to enlist one thousand Arabians for service in Egypt, Baker Pasha, who is commanding the Egyptian troops in the Soudan, mediates transferring his base of operations from Souakim to Massowa, off the northern coast of Abyssinia, and has already obtained the assurance of friendship from the Abyssinians. Jan, 16. The Minister for War has abandoned the journey which he proposed to make to Khartoum in order to supervise the evacuation of the town by (he Egyptian garrison.

The statement made yesterday that a colonel of the Egyptian army was about to raise a corps of Albanians for service in Egypt is not correct.