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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 26 October 1882, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

HOME AND FOKJBIGN. [by electric telegraph. — copyright.) (reuter's telegrams.) (Received Oct. 25, 2.30 p.m.) COLOMBO. October 24. The Hon. Ivo Bligh's tea^ of English cricketers by the Peshawar. (.Received October 25, 10 p.m.) LONDON. i October 24. Further intelligence is to hand regarding the effects of the cyclone which pas'*ed over Manilla yesterday, and fully confirms the previous statements. Sixty thousand people have been rendered houseless. Few, however, lost their lives. Both Houses of Parliament met today for the extraordinary session. In the House of Lords Earl Granville gave notice that, on Thursday next, he would propose a vote of thanks to the army for its recent service in Egypt, and that he would subsequently move the adjournment of the House until November. ALEXANDRIA. October 24. Voluminous correspondence between Arabi and the Sultan has been recovered by the British; but no reliable information regarding the nature of the documents has, as yet, ' been ' allowed to transpire. -■■.'<• - (abgt7s specials.) (per united press association.) LONDON. - October 19. Russia is encroaching upon Boumelia, and it is reported that the Great Powers intend to resist any encroachment. Anxiety is felt in the city with regard to the Victorian loan, which threatens to fail, owing chiefly to its not being inscribed, and also on account of the high price. ' . ' '. .. ' The cargo of frozen meat ex Garonne has been cleared at an .average of almost 6d per lb. ' The meat shipped per Chiinborazcys regarded as being too small. The serfs in the Baltic provinces have commenced a system of boycotting their German landlords. At the Irish conference 800 delegates were present, and the programme Bubmitted was adopted with but little alteration. There was, however, very little enthusiasm displayed, and serious discontent was manifested amongst the loaders. Mr Egau, treasurer of the Land League, has submitted a report, which shows that the sum subscribed in aid of the fund amounted in all to £245,000, and that the balance unexpended, amounting to £32,000, will he carried to the credit of the new league. i News from the Cape states that the Basutos refuse to submit to the coercive measures of Masupka. A terrible outbreak of typhoid fever has. taken place in Paris. The epidemic is speedily spreading with fearful rapidity. Thousands of eases are reported, of which 250 have proved fatal.