LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 11, 7 December 1878, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

' London^ December 3, : A. severe, engagement has taken, place, at Periwar between. th» British, aud Afghan forces, The British troops were rexy hardly | pressed at firet, and were driven bodily ; back, bein^ compelled, to. intake a partial | retreat. I They sppn rallied, however, and returned : gallantly to, the charge. After, tome desperate fighting the. British : forces ultimately were completely victorious, the Afghans being defeated with heavy loss. ; The are, becoming very active. , ■ An attempt hai been made to assAsinate Herr Tisza, the Hungariau Trettaurer, at the Convocation of Delegates at P«sth. , A message from the President of the United States promises that an inreajtiga^on I will be held into tlw electoral Returns fruudo iin the Southern State*. He deprecate^ an j '■ change ia the existing financial legislation. It is generalty seated that the Bassian Ambascador at Constantinople has informed the Grand Vizier tha,t the Russians would hold Adrianople, Thrace^ a,nd o,th,er iaiportant points until the departure of the British irojclad. squadron. A Canadian new four per .cent, loan of three million has. been isst\ed. Half the loan is gaaranteed by the British Government. There are ramon that Parliament will be dieuolveU iu Jttn^rj. ■-••■.

A telegram from the Viceroy of India, which stated that Jellalabad had been evacuated, has been confirmed. There are no Afghan troops nearer to the Eyber. Pass than Cabul. St. Betebsbtoq, December 3. TheEmperoKpf Russia is on a visit to* M.Qapow. Ir a speech delivered there he ejfpisessed tlse hqpe that a deQnite treaty of peaep would shortly be cqncluded. JBombaj, SJnd December. •. . Genefal Robests' fowe advanced, and found the enemy posted m the Piewar Bass. He made a reconnaissance, which disclosed the enemy's position. Ah engagement" ensued, resulting m the defeat qf the Afghans. The British loss ia flight, — • De camber 4, Sulieraan Pasha has. been degraded from his civil and military rank, deprived of his position as Pasha, and sentenced to a tfirm of imprisonment, as a punishment for misconduct during the war, whiah is alleged to hate teen, proved against him. Khenedidine has been appointed Vizier ; Earatheodore Prsha has been appointed Miriisten of IVveign, Affairs ; Osman, Minister of W^r. An Imperial hatt mends the immediate^ execution of extensive reforms. Negotiations hare Veen opened between Turkey and Russia for a definite treaty. ojF peace. ■ *