CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1577, 8 January 1884, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

ReOTER'B TELEQaAMS,'" BY ELECTRIC TELEQRAra^COMiaiIT. ! "■' :' LONDON, ■■;,';.'.' ."January 5. Receivccl.January,B,l.2.s a.m.—-The cargo, comprising 4000 'carcases of frozen mutton, per Orient steamship Ohiniborazo, has .been examined and found in good condition. A portion of thc : 'frozen mutton, ex Teviotdale has ibeeu sold' at an average of Sd'pei' pound, •:■'■ ■!,■ ,■,'.•}'■!•: .:■';■. ■ '.LbpONJ. -..;'._.', ■■■ •' '* • ;'■•' ' JanuaryC. The British Government, in reply to the note Recently received from the .Egyptian! .Government,.in which the latter aslcecl for English assistance in the Soudan, lias insisted. .that tho Egyptian troops now at Khartoum should be withdrawn .to the second cataract on the Nile,'- '•• : , ' : ' - ; . :•■ January.7.- , It has further transpired in connection: with .tho;reply, to flie- Egyptian note, that the Government has stated that it is not opposed to th.fi.despatch of a.Turkp expedition to the Soutlaii) provided 1 the wholo expense of sucli expedition is bprno by Turkey.' BRUSSELS; - ~ , ]..+«.../. vi • ; January 5. 'lt is announced that' Gordon Pasha has been requested by King Leopold to proceed to the Congo River to take command of the Belgian expedition, and that he. hasj agreed to tho King's request, andUyilD 'leave at an-early date.-': I .' I -' -\; ' . ST, PETERSBURG, .-.,■.. ■-'■'■■' i v ■'■•■ January 5. It is now known that the Czar did not, as :• alleged, meet with an accident -while, out hunting, but that ho .was,:'.injured by a Nihilist, attempt on his life, and has since been confined to his paliice. ;•• ■ •'• V ; .vU;j CAIRO,,- .:,'. ;;■;,,:■ .-• January G. .- The resignation of the Egyptian Goveniment is believed to be probable, and it is also stated that .the' Khedive is talking of abdicating. ■' ' -' "-PAIIIS,. • ' January 7.' . Intelligence to hand from Tonquin states that the King ot Anain has tendered complete submission to Franco and endorsed the treaty-entered into with the French' Commissione- by his predecessor. "•' ' ' ; Latest news received from Madagascar announces that the Malagassics have accepted tho ultimatum' of tho French Commander, and have agreed to cedo.to Prance the'northern portion ■ of Madagascar. /LONDON, .:. ' ■ ■'"..'.,".. January 7.' The steamship Duko of Westminster, which recently went ashore on the Isle jof Wigli't, still lies stranded,and in a most critical position... The.cargo.is being rapidly removed with a view to the possibility of, the vessel breaking "P- V"'.'...' '/., . '■'''.'■ '..,'.' ~ Later. . The steamship Duke of Westminster has been abandoned by her owners. SYDNEY, ; . .Tuesday,. Arrived—Ringavooma,, from Auckland. ' ' .•-Intensely hot weather 1 was experienced here ; yesterday. Thcthormomcter was registered at 10CI degrees in the shade. News is to hand from Samoa importing the death... of Admiral Landolphe, the French commander'in'the Pacific.