LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1352, 23 January 1884, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

(per reutbr's aoenoy. ) Received Jan. 21, 0.40 a.m. London, 19. It has transpired that at the request of the British Government, Gordon Pasha has accepted the charge of a special mission, and has started for Khartoum. Gordon Pasha will be answerable only to the British Government as regards his expedition and has not accepted any command in the Egyptian army. Cairo, 19. No further intelligence is to hand from Soudan. The telegraph line from Upper Egypt to Khartoum has been cut by rebel Arabs. -JN-sw York, 19. The steamship 0% of Columbus, bound from Boston tb Savanah, has been wrecked with great loss of life. According to the latest intelligence 120 persons were drowned. Received Jan. 21, I*B p.m. Loxdon, 19. The Times to-day announces that i as the result of the recent conference at Sydney, the British Government wiH*probably undertake the maritime defence of New Guinea. (Received Jan. 21st, 2 p.m) Losdon, 18 The P. & 0. steamship Mirzapore takes £300,000, of gold coin for Sydney. (Receivpd January 22, l'sa.m.) Cairo, 20. Communication by telegraph with Khartoum was restored to day, but no intelligence of importance has been received here from Soudan. Vienna, 20. M. de Giers, Russian Foreign Minister, is now on a visit to this city. His Excellency received a cordial welcome on arrival, and fetes have been organised in his honor. London, 21. It is announced that Baron Maclay, New Guinea exploiter, will return to New Guinea at an early date. Received Jan. 22, 1 p.m. / Sydm-y, 22. The horses shipped by the New Zealand Stud and Pedigree Company on board the Ringarooma have been landed all safe. j The coasting steamer Richmond, I 210 tons, has gon* aground ou the bat- J at the entrance to Port Macquarrie. j All the passengers and crew were • landed safely. j London, 21. Bishop Moran, of Ossory, Ireland, the newly-appointed Ai - ch Bishop of Sydney, has been summoned by the Pope to Rome, where he will be appointed Cardinal prior to his departure for Sydney. William Holmes, Liberal M.P. for Paisley, which he has repi-esented since January, 1874, has resigned his seat in the House of Commons. It is announced that H.M.S. Carysforfc, one of the vessels of the Mediterranean Squadron has been ordered to Suez, whence she will convey Colonel Gordon, (Gordon Pasba) to Suakim, on the Red Sea, on his special mission to Soudan.