CHOLERA.

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CHOLERA.

■i Berlin, January 19. There arerforty one cases of cholera in Halle, in Prussian Saxony, and nine deaths are reported. EGYPT. It is believed in German official I circles that the Egyptian episode will draw England closer to the Triple Alliance. France and Russia are blamed for instigating the Khedive. Paris, January 19. In the Chamber of Deputies M. Revelle* replying to a question by M. de Zouche; fcaid that the Government recognised the seriousness of England's interference with the independence of the Khedive, and had instructed M. Waddington, the French Ambassador in London, to interview Lord Rosebery, the Foreign Secretary, on the subject. Tke French press are extremely irritated, and allege that England's action practically amounts to annexation. On the other hand, the Austrian, Italian, and German press warmly approve of tfye stand taken by England, and condemn the childish folly of the Khedive. THE PANAMA SCANDALS. In the case against the Panama Canal directors, the Public Prosecutor made severe strictures on the conduct of M. Eiffel, and demanded that all the defendants should be imprisoned without the option of a fine, contending that ihe infliction of a fine would not be a sufficient punishment for such wholesale swindling as had been perpetrated by the accused. A bank clerk informed the Panama Canal Enquiry Committee that the lists supplied by Baron Reinach and M. Clemen ceau of mem bars of the Chamber of Deputies who had been bribed, were similar. M. Clemenceau denied this. Three hundred cheques, involving persons bribed by M. Artois, have been discovered in the bank.