SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6564, 30 November 1882, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

♦ [BY* ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. [keuter.] [Received November 30, 1 a.m.] THE CHARGES AGAINST ARABI. Cairo, November 28. Earl Dufferin has had under consideration the evidence taken by the Commission of Enquiry, and has advised that the charges against Arabi in connection wir.h the massacres at Alexandria, and other places, and the burning of that city, should not be brought forward at the trial. BRITISH PARLIAMENT TO BE PROROGUED. London, November 28. Parliament will on Friday next be prorogued until February, lc^.3. ACCIDENT TO GAMI'SETTA. P.\::is, November 28. M. Gambetta met with & serious accident yesterday. While handling a revolver the charge went off, and the shot entered the arm and ploughed some distance through it, inflicting a bad wound. M. Gambetta now lies in a very feverish state. COST OF THE EGYPTIAN WAR. London, November 28. In the House of Commons last night Mr. Gladstone introduced tke supplementary estimates of expenditure in Egypt up to October last, amounting .£i,OGO,OOO. The Premier announced that all the cost arising from the British occupation after October will be borne by Egypt. The total cost of the Egyptian campaign to England and India will amount to four and a-h.ilf millions sterling. FLOODS IN GERMANY. Bkrli.v, November 27. Owing to the continued heavy rain in Prussia, the Rhine has overflowed its banks, and floods have been caused, and all the tratfie on t':e river is at present stopped. THE CLOT CUE PROPOSALS. London, November 27. In the House of Commons to-day the 1 .'lth of Mr. Gladstone's resolutions, — viz., that regarding the Standing Committees on law and Courts of Justice, trade, ecc, was adopted after a further debate. •Received November -20. 2.20 p.ni.l ANGLO-FRENCH RUPTURE. London, November 27. A rupture has arisen in the negotiations which were proceeding between France and Knglaud on the subject of Madagascar. The envoys from the latter country, who recently went to France, have now arrived in London. LONDON WOOL SALES. London, November 27. At the wool sales to-day 9000 bales were offered. I'Jiere was a small attendance of buvers, and the tone of the auction was quiet. LONDON .MARKETS. London, November 27. Consols are quoted at lo2|, an advance of L There arc no other changes to report in colonial securities or produce. SHIPPING. [I'Elt MEKOIIAST SIIIPTINU AND UNDERWRITER.*' ASSO lATIOX.I London, November 27. Arrived : The .ship Ravcnscrag, from Lyttelton on August o. [SPECIAL TO PKFJtS ASSOCIATION,] [Received November 23, 5.10 p.m.] ANOTHER AGITATION IN IRELAND. London, November 27. In Ireland Michael Davitt has commenced an agitation to prevent the payment of rent while a famine is imminent. THE TURIUSII MINISTRY. Assyrn Pasha has succeeded Said Pasha as Foreign Minister at Stamboul. LORD S ALLS C LTRY. The freedom of the city of Edinburgh has been presented to the Marquis of Salisbury. [RcL-eivecl November CO, 10 '> p.ni.l London, November 2S. THE TORIES AND EGYPT. The Tories refrain from criticising the state of aii'airs in Egypt. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. There is great discontent at the inscription of the New South Wales stock being delayed. THE FALSE PROPHET. The Soudan prophet is reported to have lost 20,000 followers since the rebellion commenced. THE EPIDEMIC IN PARIS. The outbreak of typhoid fever in Paris, which occasioned some anxiety, is now abating. THE OUTBREAK IN SOUTH AFRICA. News from the Cape states that Mopach is now suing for peace. THE BR FITS IT PARLIAMENT. The idea of a Parliamentary session in January has been abandoned. [Received November 30. 1.10 a.m.] London, November 29. OVERFLOW OF THE RHINE. The river Rhine has risen to a height which has not been known for the last century. In consequence the most serious floods have occurred, the devastation being enormous, and several pro vinces in the immediate neighbourhood have been inundated. M. G AMU ETTA. The fever of M. Gambetta is subsiding, and he is now in a fair way to recovery. THE BOERS AND ENGLAND. The Boers have decided to send an envoy to England with a view to promote better relations with respect to the Transvaal. THE SUEZ CANAL TO BE ENLARGED. It has been decided to enlarge the Suez Canal, and the cost is estimated at thirty million francs. THE IRISH COURT OF VALUERS. 1 Yielding to the pressure brought tc hear upon the subject the Government have decided to abolish the Court o Valuers for Ireland.