Telegrams.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1135, 1 February 1884, Page 3

Telegrams.

HOME ANP FOREIGN; Paris, January 24. Dispatches have been rece'ved from Admiral Courbet that a reconnaissance of Boc Niuh has been made. A large number of the enemy is strongly posted in the neighbourhood. Berlin, January 23. The Einporor, WiUwtn is through indisposition confined, and the state of his Majesty’s health is causing some anxiety. Cairo, January 24, Colonel Gordon has been compelled to abandon the idea of proceeding to Khartoum by way of Souakim, on the Red Sea, owing to the roads by that route being in the hands of the rebels. He has consequently to go via Eorosko, a town on the Mile, in North Nubia. This is actually the only road that is open. It is“ expected that he will start on his mission in day or two, Gordon Pasha is now in this city, and has had a lengthened conference with Sir Elevyn Baring regarding the state of the Soudan. Relying upon his knowledge of the disfricts in rebellion and his acquaintance with the Arab tribes, Gordon Pasha has decided to make the journey to Khartoum without escort. London. January 24. The rumour that Lord Augustus Lottus will succeed the Marquis of Normanby as Governor, of Victoria is incorrect. •_ January 25. The Times this morning publishes the the text of the Annexation and Federation Bill. January 26. A disastrous collision- occurred in the Channel, near the Needles, Isle of Wight, between the ships Simla and City of Lucknow. The funner sunk rapidly, and 22 of her passengers' and crew are reported mis* , sing. It is proposed to convert the Oriental Bank Corporation into a limited liability company. It has transpired that Lord Derby refused to accept the compromise juggested by President Kruger, of Transvaal, in order to bring about a moditioati m of the Transvaal frontier on a basis satisfactory to both Governments. The death is announced of the Marquis of Hertford, aged 72. ; . Cairo, January 26. Gordon Pasha has been offered and accepted the Governorship of the Soudan, and full powers tor the pacification of-the country have been delegated to him by the Khedive. Calcutta. January 25. The Criminal Jurisdiction Bill introduced by Mr C. P Ilbert has now been finally passed by the Council and Gover iorgeneral of India. The measure provides that Europeans in country districts shall be subject to the jurisdiction of native magistrates, but that prisoners shall be entitled to a jury consisting of a majority of Europeans. Hongkong, January 25. News is to hand from Huihow, a coa-tal town on the Loo Choo Peninsula, that the Chinese have assumed an anti-foreign attitude. The houses of several European residents have been attacked and pillaged, and the inmates have taken refuge in the H ovulates. The Chinese officials have tak n steps to repress the outbreak, and it is , expected that order, will toon be restored. New York, January 25. Intelligence is to ;blind from Denver, Colorado, of a terrible* mining disaster near that citjr. "An explosion of. firedamp has occurred in one of the local coal mines, ami so- far ai has been' ascertained, 57 miners have been killed..-- .- j - London, January 26. The collision between the City of Lucknow and the Simla occulted during a heavy gale, about 20 rades frora the Needles. It is supposed that the Simla sank. The Ci y of Lucknow proceeded, to London. The captain of the Simla, With his wife and child, the 'third officer, three apprentices, and Mr Short, a passenger, succeeded in boarding the City of Lucknow ; the chief officer, four other officers, seven of the orew, and two stowaways ware also rescued, by the steamer Guernsey, but the remainder of the crew of the Simla are missing. She had on hoard a general cargo. The Committee of the French Senate withhold the report .on the Recidivistes Bill until the Minister of Marine announces the names of the places to which the recidivistes are to be relegated. At the trial of the new Victorian gunboats the Victory made 12\ knots, and the Albert lOj. The machinery and guns on each boat worked smoothly. Shaw, Shrewsbury and I illywbitp, are organising an All-England eleven to visit Australia. Raines and Gunn will he included in the team, which will play its first match'in Adelaide in November next. Colonel Soratchley returns at the beginning of March. The name of Lord Camperdown is mentioned as that of a probable successor to Lord Normanby as Governor of Victoria.