SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6310, 7 February 1882, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[redter's telegrams.] A GOVERNMENT DENIAL. London , , February 4. Earl Granvill, Foreign Secretary, has communicated to the Press a denial of the statements which have been circulated to the effect that the Anglo-French vote of the Sth ultimo, guaranteeing the maintenance of the Khedive's authority against disorder is tantamount to the intimated decision of England and France, to use armed intervention in the event of anarchy arising in Egypt. NEW EGYPTIAN MINISTRY. Cairo, February 4. The following is the constitution of the new Minstry at the present time : —Mahmoud Baroudi Pasha, President of the Council of Ministers, and Minister of the Interior ; Mustapha Fehmy Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Alisa Bey, Minister of Finance. The remaining portfolios are yet unfilled. GUITEAU TO BE HANGED. Washington, February 4. The application of Guiteau's counsel for a new trial has been refused, and sentence has been passed upon him. He is to be hanged on the 30th June. ANGLO-FRENCH COMMERCIAL RELATIONS. Paris, February 4. An agreement was signed to-day by M. Freycinet, French Premier, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by Lord Lyons, British Ambassador at Paris, for prolonging the present Anglo-French commercial treaty until March 1. EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. Cairo, February 3. Yielding to the pressure of the military, the Chamber of Notables has nominated Mahomed Barondi Pasha, Minister of War under Cherif Pasha, who is Premier of the new Ministry. The Khedive has accepted the nomination, and Mahomed is now engaged in filling up the various portfolios of the Cabinet. [N.B. — The above telegrams have been delayed in transmission between Australia and New Zealand.] LONDON MARKETS. London , , February 2. Consols are 99f. The total reserve of notes and bullion in the Bank of England is •£10,750,000. There are no changes to report in the markets for colonial securities, breadstuffs, or tallow. London, February 3. Consols are unchanged at 99 f. The markets for colonial securities anrl rirodnnß are without quotable change. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,510,000 quarters. SHIPPING. [per merchant shipping and under- ' writers' association.] London, February 3. Arrived : Ship Helen Denny, from Oamaru on October 14.

COLONIAL NEWS. SORATCHINGS. Melbourne, February 6. The following scratchings for the Australian Cup, to be run for on the 9th March, have been posted :—Sir Peter, Savanaka, and Martindale. THE BUEZ MAIL. Melbouiine, February G. Arrived this morning : The P. and O. Go.'s steamship Rosetta, with the inward Suez mail, dated London, December 30. MORE SMALL-POX. Melbourne, February 5. Tvfo stewards of the steamship Mirzapore have been attacked with small-pox. Two further eases, it is believed, are developing. Melbourne, February G. Another case of small-pox occurred among the Mirzapore passengers, and their release lias now been postponed indefinitely. DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE. Brisbane, February 6. A destructive cyclone has been experienced at Card well. A hotel and three houses have been completely destroyed. The jetty and a number of boats have been seriously damaged. THE ZEALANDIA RELEASED FROM QUARANTINE. Sydney, February G. The Pacific Mail steamship Zealandia has been released from quarantine. The passengers', before leaving the ship, presented a complimentary address to Captain Chevalier. REVENUE OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, February G. The revenue of New South Wales for the month of January shows an increase of £123,000 compared with the same period of last year.

; NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. 1 [FEOM OUR OWN COERSSrOMDEKTS.] THAMES, Monday. The meeting of claim-owners and others held at Te Aroha on Saturday evening, to consider the means of obtaining a battery, did not result in anything definite. Major Murray has been asked by the Defence Minister to form one of the commission to consider the reorganising of the Volunteer Force. [press association. J ASHBURTON, Monday. A man named Henry Crullows, an inmate of the Old Men's Home, who went to bathe with three others in the Ashburton river, dropped dead directly he stepped into the water. He had been suffering from heart disease, and had been an inmate of the home for the last twelve months. Before that he was for some years a resident of Timaru. He was a native of Ireland, only 22 years of age, and a great favourite in the home. Deceased was buried this morning, an inquest being considered unnecessary. NELSON, Monday. Whilst putting a new blade to the pro' peller of the steamer Wanaka on Saturday afternoon, the ehief engineer, R. McGill, got his hand crushed. McGill had previously lost two fingers of the same Hand by an accident, but hopes are entertained that the thumb will be saved. WELLINGTON, Monday. An inquest was held to-day into the origin of the recent fire in Hunter-street. The evidence proved nothing beyond the fact that the gasfitter had examined the gasmeter during the day, and that he had used matches in his examination. The jury returned a verdict that the fire originated in the meter-box, either from the meter or the pipe, but there was no evidence to show how it ignited. Mr. Henry Clapoott has been appointed general lectttrei for the colony to the Government Insurance Department. It is intended to revive and push the industrial branch of the business. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. The half-yearly examination of applicants for admission to the law will be held by Messrs. Weston (of Christchurch) and Holmes (of Duuedin) on the third Monday in March. There are thirteen candidates, from all parts of the colony. The police have been making a raid on the sly grog-sellers, the means of detection being two constables dressed in plain clothes, who entered the house and called for drink, as though ordinary customers. In one case a boarding-house keeper was fined £20. The keeper of an eating-house was able to prove that he got the money for the drink and sent out for it to a neighbouring hotel, charging Is per bottle for his trouble, which the Bench held to be a valid manner of conducting the business ; and sufficient evidence in another instance that a man entered a boarding-house drunk and was supplied with more liquor, which the defendant produced witness to swear that he had to send to an hotel for. The R.M. said this was a most disgraceful case, but on the evidence he could conld not convict. The defeat of the Canterbury team at Dunedin was not unexpected, and caused no disappointment amongst the cricketers, at least here. DUNEDIN, Monday. A Cromwell telegram says:—"At one yesterday, when the Northern Councillors came to the adjourned meeting, they found the County Buildings locked, and the police in attendance to prevent forcible entry. Ultimately, an entrance was effected. The Northern members met, and elected Councillor McKellar chairman." At a meeting of Mr. Coombes's creditors to-day, the trustees reported that they had received an offer of £11,000 from Mr. 0<..»1>-.., j.."., of OLruiokuroli, for tlio estate, conditionally on the bank accepting the offer of £SOOO for premises and plant. The meeting decided to leave matters in the hands of the trustees. A fire was discovered this morning on board the barque Manx Queen, lying at Port Chalmers. It originated among the effects of a deceased person, which were being sent home to his friends. The fire was got under after thirty tons of flour among the cargo had been damaged. Waldemann has been committed for trial, for attempting to set fire to his private house on the Terrace, Queenstown. Tile Interprovincial Cricket Match to-day resulted in a win for Otago by 77 runs, being the first victory since 1574. Canterbury made only 78 in the second innings— Asliby, 30; E. Fowler, 26.