FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3582, 24 March 1886, Page 2

FOREIGN & COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

EKTGI.ISH AWD FOBEIGN CABX.E. (?er Electric Telegraph — Copyright.) (Redter's Agency.) (Beceived 2.45 p.m., March 23rd.l THE REOIDIVISTES. .London, March 22. Negotiations are still proceeding between the English, and French Governments m regard to the question of deporting recidivistes to the Western Pacific. BRiriSH TROOPS IN EGYPT. The Right Hon. Mr Campbell Bannerman, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, stated m the House of Commons to-day, m reply to a question, that it was the intention of Government to withdraw the British troops to Assouan, on the first cataract of tho Nile ; the position at Wady Haifa, on tho second cataract, being held by Egyptian troops. [Rccoived 10 p.in , March 23rd.] RELIEF OF A BRITISH GARRISON. Mandalay, March 22. Advices from General Prendergast announce his arrival at Yenethen. He has relieved the British garrison at that place, who were besieged by an overwhelming force of rebel Burmese. General Prendergast dispersed the insurgents m all directions, and is now engaged m tranquilising the neighbourhood. The adjacent villages are reported to be friendly to tbe British.

by the Ilawarra, Thomas Stephens and Tallaroi, from Sydney, Wanganni from Napier, Glenmore from Lyttelton, and Ariadne from Adelaide, have been excluded. 296,000 bales have arrived, of which 50,000 have been sent direct to the manufacturers, and the number available for the sales, adding 25,000 to the reserve from last sales, is 271,000. A BARQUE ASHORE. The barque Astronomer, 155 days out from Wallaroo, South Australia, Laa gone ashore at Milford. The accident was caused through a heavy fog. The vessel will probably become a total wreck. (Received 10 p.m., March 23rd.) THE GREEK FLEET. March 23. The Greek fleet has left Salamis. IMPERIAL FEDERATION. Mr Gladstone states that he will be nnable to convene a federation conference during the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, as he is unprepared with a scheme to present to such a conference.