TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1293, 22 January 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 18. Sailed, yesterday afternoon New Zealand Shipping Company’s R.M.S, Rimutaka for Wellington with the New Zealand mails. The Court of Appeal has confirmed the sentence of four months’ imprisonment passed in April last upon Mr Edmund Yates, the proprietor of the World newspaper for a libel on Earl Lonsdale. Mr Forbes, the explorer, sails for New Guinea early in February. A good deal of ill-feeling is at present manifested by the native populace of Alexandria against the European residents, and it is feared that rioting will occur. La France suggests that three-fourths of the New Hebrides should bo annexed by Franco, and urges that a naval station should be established there. Jan. 19. ' It is reported that Russia intends to turn Guelpaert, an island in the Yellow Sea, off the north-east coast of China, into a naval station. Mustapha Pasha Fehmi, the Egyptian Minister of Finance, arrived yesterday. It has transpired that in the replies to the proposals of the French Government for the settlement of the Egyptian financial difficulty, Austria, Russia and Germany formally expressed their approval of the scheme and their willingness to endorse the views of the French Ministry. They suggested also that the British Government should eventually convene a further conference of the Great Powers with a view to making s >rno arrangement whereby the absolute freedom of the Suez Canal may be established and guaranteed on a basis satisfactory to the Powers. Arrived—Steamship Victory, from Port Chalmers (left November 22nd). The Second Battalion of the Iloyal Sussex Regiment has been ordered to Egypt, and the First Battalion of the Berkshire Regiment to Souakim. Lord Blackford considers Earl Grey’s suggestion that all matters pertaining to annexation should he referred to a Council of the Agents-General as workable. The Orient steamer Lusitania’s mails have been snowed up in Italy. The postal officials have conferred with the Australian Agent-General relative to England obtaining a larger share of the colonial postages. The former have agreed to formulate their proposals. The English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank has declared a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, and carried forward and placed to the reserve fund £20,000. Jan. 20. In connection with the proposals of the French Government for the settlement of Egyptian finances, it is believed that a Commission of Enquiry will be appointed to consider only the necessary monetary recompense. Sir Stafford Northcote states that the Government have sacrificed the colonies to the unreasonable demands of foreigners. CoNSTANTINTLE, Jftll. 18. The Sultan has ordered the despatch to Souakim of a force of 6000 men to hold the town and maintain order in the surrounding country. Berlin, Jan. 19. The official While Book issued here shows Earl Granville twice refused but finally agreed to the appointment of a mixed commission to adjudicate upon the claims of German subjects in Fiji. The Emperor William is seriously indisposed and confined to his bed. His Majesty’s condition is causing great uneasiness at Court. Cairo, Jan. 19. The Italian Government, which recently decided to garrison its station at Assab, is now endeavoring to obtain an increased interest in the Red Sea. She has demanded from Egypt the cession to the Italian Crown of the island and port of Masowah, and has received the support of Earl Granville in the matter. The Egyptian Government, however, refused to consider the demand, as being contrary to the Ottoman firman J

under which the Egyptian Constitution is established, AUSTRALIAN CABLE, Melbourne, Jan. 19. Arrived—P. and 0. steamship Indus from Plymouth with the English mail. The proposed conference of Premiers on the annexation question is still unarranged. Jan. 20. lleicheldt, the Dunedin insolvent, who was arrested here, has been discharged from custody. Sailed, this afternoon—Manapouri, s.s., for the Bluff. Adelaide, Jan. 19, Arrived Steamship Australasian from London. Mr Jas, Anthony Froude, the historian, is a passenger for Sydney. Arrived, Monday Steamship Te Anau from Auckland with a large number of horses on board. They all arrived safely. The smallpox outbreak is increasing here. Several fresh cases were recently reported.