TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1142, 21 February 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. \ London, Feb, 16. The best portion of the frozen mutton ex the steamer Tongariro from New Zealand has maintained a price of 6d per lb, Reports have been received that the garrisons at Centac and Messalimer are retiring towards Khartoum, aad that El Mahdi has raised a rebellion. The followers of the False Prophet are preparing for hostile measures near Khartoum. It is generally believed that the extent of the transports indicates that the British intend sending an expedition to Berber. Sir John Hall will shortly leave tor New Zealand. Smallpox is raging at Khartoum. Feb. 17. A great struggle has taken place between the adherents of Sir Stafford j Northcote and the followers of Lord Randolph Churchill for the Presidency of the Central Tory Onion, which means the control of the whole electoral machinery of the party. The result was the election of Lord Randolph Churchill as President. It is feared that the ship Alexander Duthie, from Sydney to London, has foundered at sea. It is considered probable that the Admiralty will accept the temporary services of the Victorian gunboats on the Egyptian Coast. A number of mutinous soldiers, claiming to represent the Egyptian army, have protested against being called upon to serve in the Sou,dan and have [[petitioned the Khedive to dismiss all British officers. The Arab Notables have been summoned to meet Gordon Pasha at Khartoum. The Servian Ministry have resigned. Feb. 18. M. Ferry's Seditious Cries Bill has been defeated in the French Chamber. The Standard says that it has been virtually decided to disband the Egyptian army. The rebels are now bombarding Tokar with Krupp guns, and an attack on Souakim is imminent. Lord Randolph Churchill advocates the establishment of a British protectorate over Egypt, Obituary—Vice-Admiral the Hon. Henry Carr Glyn, C.B. St. Petersburg, Feb, 15. It is announced that Prince Orloff, the Russian Ambassador at Paris, will shortly be transferred to .Berlin, and will be replaced by Baron Mohrenheim, the Russian Minister in London. Cairo, Feb. 15. Major-General Gordon has arrived at Shendy, an important caravan station in Nubia, and within 100 miles of Khartoum. A telegram from Souakim states that the rebels are massing in the neighborhood of Tokar, and it is fully expected that an attempt will be made to capture the town before the British forces, which have been despatched to their assistance, can arrive there. Increased activity is being manifested among the followers of till Mahdi in the 6outh-east, and Kassala, an important town near the northern frontier of Abyssinia, has been invested by the rebels. Feb. 16. From enquiries which have been made into the circumstances attending the fall of Sinkat last week, it has been ascertained that besides the garrison of the town and the male inhabitants, two hundred women and the same number of children were massacred by the rebel fanatics. Feb, 17. Gordon Pasha arrived yesterday at Khartoum, and was well received by the population. He has issued a proclamation, and has caused it to be publicly posted throughout the districts. The document recognises El Mahdi as Sultan , of Kordofan, and announces the remission of half the taxes now levied, and that free traffic in slaves (sic) will be permitted. The British expedition to Souakim will be confined to the relief of Tokar, and will not operate further against the rebels, Spies have arrived at Souakim stating that the Arabs are now mustering in force near Tokar. The roads are

carefully watched by them, and the spies themselves were hotly pursued. Hong Kong, Feb. 16. News is to hand from Pekiu that Tso Thung Tang, the Viceroy of Nankin, has been superseded by Tbeng Kwo Tchuan, Governor-General of Canton,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, Feb. 18. The cricket match, Australian Eleven v. a Combined Team, was resumed here to-day, when the former won. The following are the total scores :—Australian Eleven, first innings, 318 ; second, 20. Combined Teira, first innings, 222 ; second, 113.