LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10234, 25 June 1883, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

(RENTER'S TELEGRAMS.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGHA.PH — COPYRIGHT.) (Received June 22, 1.10 p.m.) LONDON. June 22. In a letter recently addressed to Lord Eandolph Churchill, with reference to the Egyptian rebellion, Mr Gladstone indicates that the Khedive was the author of the massacre of Europeans perpetrated in Alexandria in July last year. It has been ascertained that the announcement of Mr William Gordon's appointment, as British Envoy to the Transvaal, was premature. (Received June 24, 10.40 a.m.) The cargo of frozen mutton by the | steamship Orient has arrived in excellent condition. The first portion of the meat was plrced on the market to-day, and realised 7d per lb. The election for the vacancy in the representation of Peterborough in the House of Commons, caused by the resignation of Captain Whalley, took place to-day, and resulted in the return of Mr Bixton, a Liheral. (Received June 23, 1.10 p.m.) PARIS. June 21. It is stated here that the Queen of Madagascar died six months ago, and that the fact has hitherto been kept a secret. (Received June 24, 10.40 a.m.) June 22. Marquis De Tseng, Chinese Ambassador to France, had an interview to -day with M. Ferry, Premier. It has transpired that the Marquis expressed a desire that the claims of France and China in Annam might be reconciled. M. Ferry is understood to have concurred in this view. The latent telegrams to hand from Tonquin report that General Balnet is organising his forces and fortifying Hanoi and Haiphong, but in the meantime active military operations are suspended for the present. (SPECIAL TO PSEB3 ASSOCIATION.) LONDON. June 19. The Engineer, reviewing the proceedings of the Board recently appointed in Victoria to inquire into the merits of various brakes, says that the verdict in favour of the Woods brake was arrived at in flat opposition to the evidence. June 20. The Deceased Wife's Sister Bill will be retrospective in its effect with regard to legitimising the offspring of such marriages. A treaty of peace has been concluded between the Ameer of Afghanistan aad the rebel Shinwarris. Mr William Redmond, a Parnellite, is a candidate for tke representation of the Borough of Wexford, which was rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr T. M. Healey. Mr Devoy, editor of the Irish Nation newspaper, has been sentenced to sixty days' imprisonment for accusing the agent of Baron Rothschild in New York with dishonesty in connection with a Fenian Bill of Exchange. The election of M. Clemencean as a member of the Cobden Club has caused tha secession of a number of the Whig members. June 21. The cargo of frozen meat by tho steamer Orient has arrived in splendid condition. Messrs A. Durant and Co., general export merchants to Australia, have suspended payment, with liabilities of £50,000. The appeal made by the Marquis De Ray against the recent decision in the French Court has been dismissed. Military men have expressed themselves in favour of the Brennan torpedo, and a trial has been arranged to take place shortly. Eighty "Invicibles" have been arrested on a charge of having been concerned in the murder of Mrs H. J. Stuythe, who was shot dead in County Westmeath, in April, 1882. Earl Spencer, Lord-Lieutonant of Ireland, has completed a, tour thrjugh the North of Ireland, where he was cordially received. It is reported that Princess Victoria is engaged to be married to Prince Waldemar, of Denmark. Messrs Shaw, Savill, and Co. and the Albion Company have decided to increase their capital by £200,000, and build steamers suitable for the New Zealand trade. The Colonial Institute intend to erect a large building in Northumberland Avenue. The Messageries-Maritime Company have in course of construction three steamers, which are to be placed in the Australian trade.