ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5322, 26 September 1882, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

; BY E-BOTBIC T__BQB_PH—COFY-I-HT. .';,_- issxrrsi r [ - ' Beceived September 25th, 12.45 pan. ;« : LONiy_ N, Se-ehßinber 22. : Tbe Homeward mails via San Fran-cis^;'whie-l-ft Auckland on August 15tb,were delivered ban yesterday,four days before contract rime. Beceived Sejbt. 25th, 3.15 p.m. _ V? September 23. '.-■ ] Two transports have sailed from Portsmouth to bring home the first instalment of the troops from Egypt , The Australian cricketers commenced a matoh to-day at Harrogate, Yorkshire, against; of England. The Home team were all disposed of for 72. The Australians in their first innings scored 134. ]A- tor-ay's wool sale 10,000 bales were catalogued. Tha. tone of the market remains quiet. : Arrived—Duchess -of Argyle, from Lyttelton (June 2nd); Firth of Forth, from Lyttelton (June. 19th); M_t_uca, from Port Chahnere (June 12th). A detachment of Calcutta cavalry and artillery will be despatched to act as an escort to- Cetewayo on his arrival at the Cape. Beceived Sept 26, lsun- "■ September 25. Admir-l"Seymour'and Si* 'Garnet Wolseley willr it is stated, 1 ehortly be raised to the Peerage. <305_T__Sr__NOPLE, Se.fc 22. 'At tbe instance of the Russian Government a Gonferenee of the European 3_nvoyaifl to be held here for a Bettlement of the difficulty which baa arisen between the Turks and Greeks at Arts rea-eding the frontier line. The- ■_£>i§*'f-b- co_ee_ed all the demands of the Hellenic Government in connection with the disputed boundary in Thesa-ly, and the ©onference whia- was propoeed to be held to. decide the" question, has accordingly been abandoned. •. ■■ • ' '■'---'' • *•"'*' ' v '■ VIENNA, Peptember 23. . A bridge over the river Brave, a tributary of the Danube, on the Southern Hongarian railway line, eoSapsed to-day, and a passenger train [conveying thirty soldiers was engulphed in the river. 1 r-'Aaer/s'* S_aoi_L,__a Usit__ Pnss AssoaunoH.} Received September 25th, 11.40 axa. LONDON, September 24, 7.38 a __ The," Pall Hall Gazette " advocates reverting te the status ante, helium in Egypt, except in regard to the maintenance of. a sufficient nuKta-f. 'ip*ji& ■ v j__ Jt is rumoured" that _»ugia_d w_l un--Se'direet or 5 the*' territory ' to the S-BxCanaL ' --- --' £.g^d_s r? red in A iaxmilL Ti4 trsuis- ww te__H»"pe_, twdve pm» !

were killed, and a large number wounded.