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Wanganui Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 4790, 5 October 1882, Page 2

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Caibo, Sept 30. — The Khedive was present at the review of the garrison troops, which numbered 18,000. The appearance of the British and Indian Contingents excited universal admiration, on account of their splendid physique, the latter especially eliciting praise. Over the Khedive's pavilion flashed along with the Egyptian Standard the Royal Ensign and the Union Jack. The diplomatic members were present in full force, and the crowd* was immense.

London, September 29.— A young man named Beehag, the son of a Sydney medical man, was one of the passengers by the Potosi, but on arriving at Plymouth he was found to have been attacked by smallpox, and was. accordingly taken ashore to the hospital there. The steamer was then admitted to pratique.

Several Arabs have been arrested for firing on Turks.

The 60th Rifles narrowly escaped annihilation by the explosion at Cairo.

Henry Edmund Knight, Alderman for Cripplegate Ward, is the Lord Mayor elect of London. He was Sheriff in 1876.

London, Oct. 1.-— Mrßeehag, who was removed from the Potosi suffering from smallpox, is progressing favorably.

The frozen meat by theMataura, although in excellent condition, has only realised 4d per pound, the general complaint regarding it being its excessive fatness.

Colonel Smith, Royal Engineers, succeeds Colonel Pasley, C. B.

It is rumoured that the Government will ask Parliament for a grant of £50,000 each to Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour and General Sir Garnet Wolseley.

The Times states that Sir Beauchamp Seymour is unwilling to accept the Peerage.

Judge Lawson has, in the case of E. Dwyer Gray, M.P., consented to dispense with the necessity for finding sureties, but insisted on payment of the fine.

The trial of the rebel leaders has commenced at Cairo. Abdellah's factotum is a member of the Commission.

Eighty of the Pressburg rioters were bayonetted by the troops.

Eighteen thousand troops paraded at the Cairo review, and the march past the Khedive occupied two hours.

A steamer on the Mississippi has been burned.. The fire broke out in the night, and as the steamer was crowded with passengers the loss of life was terrible, including many women. Eleven persons were saved.

The Australian cricketers received a most cordial farewell, and were accompanied to their steamer by a band of music. Midwinter accompanied them with a view of settling in Australia.

The revenue of the United Kingdom for the year exceeds eighty-six and a quarter millions.