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Western Star, Issue 895, 8 November 1884, Page 4

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(Bbutkb’s Special.) t -HOME-AND FOREIGN. .y ■' London, Nov. 3.

In tbegHouae of Lords to-day Lord Granvill<f{l<)pk occasion to deny the statement current that the Khedive had wired to the Queen that Khartoum had fallen and that Gordon had been made prisoner, the report to that effect is now generally disbelieved. Nov. 5. The homeward mails via .Brindisi, from Melbourne, September 23rd, were delivered here yesterday. IfaW House of Commons last night the ■ Address-in-Keply was again under discussion and.-jlwftir sg reed to * _ „ „ Caibo, Nov. 3. Intelligence has been received that the Mabdi isigatbering his forces around Khartomfl„and has summoned General Gordon to Bunfender. Nov, 4. Major Kitchener telegraphs that information! has leached him that General Gordon J* 8 refused the Mahdi’s summons to surren- • der, and that the Mahdi has since withdrawn ■from'Khartoum and announced his intention of making no further attack on the place tor two months. The Mudir of Dongola has been created a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. The ceremony of investiture was performed by General Lord Wolseley to-day at Dongola. • .. . f - l !i. San Fbancisco, Nov. 4. Arrived, yesterday- —P.M.S. Australia, with fiomeward mails, dated Auckland, Oct. 14. to Melboubne Papees.) London, Nov. 3. Lord Derby proposes that the Colonies shall appoint a, council to advise and,; assist Major Scratdhley in the control of the affairs of New Guinea. He also asks that the Colonies ■ -should 'double the amount of the subsidy ; '* and the Admiralty advise, the purchasing of a ’- steamer - for the use of the High Commis- ' • aioner. " ’ . , t 1 ' ~ ~ The British Association will meet on.the ' llthinst. to decide the place of meeting in , 1886; * ? ' 1 ♦ • • 'The - Imperial Federation Conference w ill reassemble on the IStb. Mr W. E. Forster Not. 4, Obituary—Lady Sherbrooke. Captain Francis Clayton has been appointed commander of H.M.S. Diamond, vice Captain AeT.'Dalc. - •* ' A-’tyue bill has been found against Dudley, the captain, and Stephens, the mate of the yacht Mignonette, for the murder of .Richard Porter. The trial will take place on Thurs--dijOTlS. . 'NoT.S. ; •: . . Thoi-ex Emperor Euecuie met with an accident whereby ohe sustained a slight fracture of the leg. . _ , , : ’ » believed that Governor Cleveland, a • candidate for the Presidential election, has - carried'the day in the New York State. * , Melboubne, Nor. 4. Mauritius advices of the 19th ult. report that t, the crop accounts are favourable, and the yield of sugar satisfactory. The market, bow- * everl has a downward tendency. . V.,. Adelaide, Nov. 5.

, Thecricket match between the English team and 15 oi Adelaide was concluded to-day, and •resulted' in favor of the visitors, who won by threef wickets. AT , Albany, Not. 5. > The P. sad 0- steamship Mirzapore, with the inward Brindisi mails, dated London, Oct. 3rd, arrived at King George a sound this SXDNET, Nov. 4. "• SirH Parkes has resigned his seat in Par- ' lialherifand reti d from political life, ns he is ■ttissitiisfied with the recent Parliamentary pro►•eeediags.—• j