TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1233, 30 August 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, August 26. General Lord Wolseiey will leave for Egypt almost immediately, and on arrival will assume the supreme command of the British' troop's in that country. ’ Later. General Lord Wolseiey and Earl Northbrook, Secretary of State for India, start for Egypt on Saturday next. August 27. The Standard that Egypt has declared itself bankrupt. Mr Gladstone has decided to address a public meeting at Edinburgh on Saturday. ' Mr A Cashel Hoey, C.M.P., S3cretary to the Agent-General for Victoria, will attend the Postal Conference at Lisbon. August 23. • , It has transpired thatiLord Wolseiey is proceeding to Egypt because General Stephenson declared that the transport of the proposed Soudan expedition the'Nile:Valley was not feasible. A meeting has been arranged to take place between the German, Austrian, and Russian Emperors. Their Majesties will be attended' by the Imperial Chancellors. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’ Association report under date London, August £7th, the arrival from Lyttelton of the ships JBrenhilcla (left May 15tb), and the Gleulafa (left May 24th). ! The British Association for the Advancement of Science meets at Montreal. Berlin, August 26. It is officially announced that Dr Henrich Karl Brugscb, an eminent philiologist and Egyptologist, has been entrusted with a special mission to Teheran. , Cairo, August 26. Major Kitchener reports from D«ngola that spies have informed him that General Gordon obtained a decisive victory over the rebels who' surrounded Khartoum on the 11th inst,, and that during the engagement two prominent rebel leaders were killed.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, August 27. Sailed, this morning—The Union steamship Hauroto, for Wellington. At a meeting, of the Australian Mutual Provident Society to-day, the quinquennial report, previously announced, was unanimously adopted, and was received with general approbation. All the smallpox patients are progressing favorably. The case at Maitland has been traced to’ the Orient Hotel, in George street, where three casCs of the disease were discovered on the 25th inst. ; August 28. A match for the championship of the world and £SOO a side, has been arranged between Hanlan and Beach, and will take place on the Parramatta river on the first Saturday jn May next year. A sculling match is also arranged between Clifford and ’i'eemer for £SOO a side. ' Melbourne, August 27. The police have discovered a gang of French burglars and coiners, who' 'have, been carrying on their operations'' inthis city. One man has already been arrested, and the capture of that ’others is expected to be effected shortly. Arrived, this morning—Union steamship Rotomahana, from the'Bluff. August 28. Sailed, this afternoon—Union Company’s steamship Rotomah'ana, for the Bluff. Poppens, the Wellington absconder, is on board.