The British Resident has left Mandalay, and the movement is considered a triumph for the party hostile to the British, as the King will refuse all communication with minor officials. There are signs of a con spiracy among the Ministers, who wish to form a Begency. It is believed in Paris and Vienna the outrage at Cabul is due to Russian intrigue. The force defending the Embassy numbered seventy-nine. They fought with the great est bravery. It is said the Ameer's son is fatally injured. Reports from Cashmere are still gloomy. A story had been circulated that famine stricken wretches had been got rid of by drowning in a lake. The Durbar had contradicted it

Egypt

There is a prospect of war between Egypt and Abyssinia. The latter claims the whole of the strip of coast ceded to Egypt in 1877. Colonel Gordon has gone to the Abyssinian King with the view of settling all difficulties by arbitration. The Porte has consented to assist the Khedive.
Edward B. Match, the present Secretary of the British Embassy at Constantinople, has been appointed British Diplomatic Agent and Consul-Genernl in Egypt,

China.
The grain crop in the Province of Che kiang is totally destroyed, and the cotton crop materially damaged. The Province has a population of over 26,000,000.
Africa.
. King Mtesa, ruling near Victoria Nyanza, has abolished slavery throughout his do minions. At least half-a-million serviles are thus liberated.
The cable between Natal and Mozambique has been completed. The section between Mozambique and Zanzibar will shortly be laid, and thus England will bo placed within nine days' communication with South Africa.
American Summary.
San Francisco, September 29.
