TELEGRAMS. FOREIGN. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE FRENCH RECIDIVISTES. Paris, March 25. ZEBEHR PASHA AT GIBRALTAR. Alexandria, March 26. THE QUEEN AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS. London, March 26.

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TELEGRAMS. FOREIGN. [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.]

THE FRENCH RECIDIVISTES. Paris, March 25.

ZEBEHR PASHA AT GIBRALTAR. Alexandria, March 26.

THE QUEEN AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS. London, March 26.

The committee of the French Chambers, appointed ia connection with the llecicliviste Bill, has selected French Guiana and New Caledonia as places to which convicts are to be transported.

Zebehr P.isha, and his son and other throe prisoners, arrested on suspicion of having been in illegal communication Avith the Mahdi, have been conveyed to Gibraltar by H.M. s. Iris. Il<crci\rd27t)) f 3 p.m.]

A message from the Queen was read in Parliament to-day, announcing, in view of the grave emergency which had arisen in foreign affairs, it had been decided to call out the militia and reserves. The latter forces will be embodied for permanent service. Pabis, March 26. Advices are to hand from General Negrier, commanding a portion of the French force at Tonquin, stating that he lias sustained severe repulses at the hands of the enemy, and has been obliged to retire to Dong Ka with loss.