TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1129, 22 January 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 17. The premises of Messrs Silver and Company, army, navy ami colonial agents, Sun Court, Cornhill, have been completely destroyed by fire. Twentyfive engines were working at the fire. Portions of the adjacent buildings, occupied by the Commercial Bank of Australasia and by Hy. S. King, East Indian and Colonial agent and manufacturing stationer, were also damaged «4>y-tbe fire. Victorian stocks have risen one-hall per cent. Later. The damage done to the premises of the Commercial Bank of Australia by the Cornhill fire is very slight. The total damage done by the fire is estimated at a ’;£35,000, and is fully covered by insurance. The Pope has approved of the nomination of the Right Rev. Patrick Francis Moran, D.D., Bishop of Ossory, formerly Professor of Hebrew in the College of the Propaganda, Rome, to the Archbishopric of Sydney. The formal appointment will not, however, be made until the existing vacancies in the Irish Sees arc filled. Jan. 18. The President of the 'Transvaal has suggested a compromise in the matter of the Transvaal frontier line proposed by the British Government,\ in order that certain native chiefs might be afforded the protection of British rule,* A quarter of a million of gold lias been withdrawn from the Bank of England for export to Australia. The Daily News states that this sum is desired to strengthen the reserve of the Australian Banks. The latest information from Cairo states that Baker Pasha is unable to relieve the troops at Sinkah, a town threatened by the followers of El Mahdi. Several other garrisons are reported to be surrounded by the rebels.

The merchants in the Soudan are appealing to France for assistance, in consequence of the threatened attack on Khartoum by the false prophet. A large number of the civilians aie leaving that town. Jan. 19. It has transpired that at the request of the British Government, Gordon Pasha has accepted charge of the special mission and started for Khartoum. Gordon Pasha will be answerable only to the British Government as regards his expedition, and has not accepted any command in the Egyptian army. Rome, Jan, 17. The Propaganda have selected Bishop Moran as the successor to the late Most Rev. Roger Bede Vaughan in the Archdiocese of Sydney. Madrid, Jan. 17. The Spanish Ministry was defeated in the Cortes last night by a large majority, and demanded a dissolution, threatening .to resign unless an appeal to the country be granted. Jan. IS. A new Ministry is being formed by Senor Canovas. 'ihe present crisis has aiisen in consequence of disunion having occurred among the members of the Liberal party in the Cortes. Cairo. Jan. 17. The latest news to hand from Soudan states that the insurgents have cut off any possible retreat of the Egyptian garrison from Sennaar, and have blocked the river Nile below Duem. Jan 18. No further intelligence is to hand from the Soudan. The telegraph line from Upper Egypt to Khartoum has b( en cut by the rebel Arabs, Hong Kong, Jan. 18. It has transpired (bat yielding to British representations, the Chinese Government have suspended operations for blocking (be Canton river with torpedoes. New York, Jan. 19. The ste msbip City of Columbus, hound from Boston to Savannah, has been wreeked, with great loss of life. Accfnlmg to the latest intelligence 120 were drowned.