Telegrams from th* Transvaal state that Colonel Warren, commanding the expeditionary force to Bechunaland, informed President Kruger that 1.0 white men will b* allowed to remain in the Land of Goshen which thn Boer raiders have attempted to occupy, without permits from the British authorities. Brblin 23. The subcommittee of tiie Reichstag appointed to consider Ihe proposals to subsidise certain lines of mail steamers trading from German ports have re c mimHiided the adoption of t!"-e pio jocted line to Australia, but reji-ct. d on« to bam»a. Received January 80. 111. 85 p.m. London, 2'J. Tli« cargo of frozen mutton ex Lusitania has been landed >n good order and is realising 4£d per Hi. The bank rnto of discount has Uecn rodnced fiDm 5 to 4 per cent. Cairo. 28. L fer toltgrams have l«een received h«re renortintr that t.lip Ara'-s mndenn attrack upon General Earlt's column, but were repulsed by the cavalry. Th« later subsequently attacked the rebels, aui fom-d them to tetreat. to L'erti. Received January 81, 1.20 p.m, Lomddm, 30. Priglit addressed a crowded meet ing of his coiistiti.eiits at Birmingham to-day. In the course, of his speech he referred nt length to the question of annexation, and federation. He de precated any increase of the Empire, and alluded in terms of ridicule to the idea of Imperial federation, I»ut urged strongly that sympathy and good will slionld be manifested by the Mother Country in dealing with the Colonies Washington, 80. The Nicaragua') treaty wks under discussion in the Senate last night, when the repo !*t of the Foreign Com •nittee, which favored the ratification of the. treaty, was dismissed at- length. Ultimately by a considerable, majority the House declined to; art- up-»n the recommendation of the Committee,, and refused to ratify the treaty. • Homk.Bo. In the. Chamber of Deputies last i night Signor Mancini, S«cre.tary of* Foreign Affairs, made a- sfcatmntent re garding the recent extension of If, | alian domination at A^alam! Bdul, a ! bay in the Red Sea. H« refrnwl <•« i peciaily to the euii.-nte cordial.' 1^ ; twfHii England ami lt:i'y with regacl to th« Red Sea coast, a"d declared that ; Italian action in Egypt was parallel with that of England. ■ MkmUMJRK.BI. 