REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2088, 10 May 1883, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. TURKISH REFORMS IN ARMENIA. THE QUEEN'S HEALTH. (Received May 10, 0.50 a.m.) London, May 9. Administrative,reforms in Armenia are now being proceeded with by the Turkish Government. , Massa Effendi has been appointed Governor of the Province of Lebanon, the population of which is chiefly christian, and the appointment has been ratified by the Powers. The Queen returned to Windsor Castle yesterday. Her Majesty's health is improving, and all the effects of her accident at the Castle are being gradually overcome. [SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, May 3. Two hundred persons, members of a secret society called the "Patriotic Brothers," becoming alarmed at the threatened disclosures, have left. Four pictures that have been exhibited in the Royal Academy have been purchased for the Adelaide National Art Gallery. The tenders for the Queensland two and a-half millions will be opened on the 9th. The natives are invading the territory recently annexed by the British near Liheria, and the English Government have taken steps to resist such interference. May 4. The division on the Affirmation in Lieu of Oaths Bill was wildly applauded by the Opposition, many members standing on their seats and hurrahing. The. Government appear to have been in the hands of the Irish party in Jhe House, who not only voted against them, but jeered openly at them. The Yv'f« .sons' Hall in London has Hen bunie.i •lown, and fJI the valrable f.vsijjnia and pain •\e , itvo , "ec i . The Due de Auniale is seriously ill.

A dynamite factory has been discovered at Cronstadt. May 5. It has been now determined that if Mr Bradlaugh attempts in any way to enter the House of Commons he shall be expelled the precincts. It is probable he will resign his seat. The Affirmation Bill was not made a Ministerial question, and the defeat of the Government upon it is not therefore regarded as a question of confidence. The majority against it resulted from the knowledge that even if the Bill passed the Lower House, the Lords would reject it. The question will now be deferred till after the next general election. Sir Stafford Northcote has stated that the Admiralty has already adopted some of the suggestions made by the recent Commission on Colonial Defences, and he and Lord Carnarvon eulogised the public spirit displayed by the colonies in providing as they had done for their own defence. Baron De Lesseps asserts that it would be impossible to form a second canal across the Isthmus of Suez. A vessel named the Graffler has been burnt at Vancouver Island, and fifty Chinese lost their lives in her. May 6. A terrific explosion has occurred at Qosport, in Portsmouth Harbor, where the powder magazine blew up, killing seven persons. The occurrence was accidental. May 7. The Tehuantepec Ship Railway has been commenced. A riot broke out among 1600 bakers in Vienna, and the police had to disperse the mob at the point of the sabre. Mr Vanderbilt has retired from the positiou of President to the American Railway Companies. The Right Hon. Judge Beasy, of the Appeal Court,- Ireland, is dead. He was 73 years of age. [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE.] London, April 23. The forces of Mahdi, the False Prophet, recently attacked one of the cities of the Soudan, but they were successfully repulsed by tbe Egyptian troops, who, however, were compelled to retire to Khartoum to obtain fresh supplies, and are now making active preparations for a renewal of the contest with Mahdi. It is rumoured that Mr Forster will succeed the Marquis of Lome as Go-vernor-General of Canada. The Irish National Convention held its first sitting yesterday at New York. Looney was elected President, and in the course of his opening address upheld the action which the Irish had. taken all through the agitation, and refrained from saying a word which might be considered a condemnation of dynamite outrages. The excitement attending upon the proceedings of the Convention h«s led the United States' Government to take action regarding the matter. A Cabinet meeting was held yesterday in Washington to consider the subject, and a discussion took place as to the best means of suppressing the Fenian head centres, and of preventing the leaders of the party from stimulating their agents to farther dynamite outrages. Earl Dufferin has found it necessary to draw the attention of the Turkish authorities to the disgraceful manner in which Armenia is being governed at the present time. It is reported that Sir John Macdonald, Premier of Canada, has been accused of having committed perjury. ♦ LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. OPENING OF THE MELBOURNE MUSEUM ON SUNDAYS. (Received May 10, 2.25 p.m.) Melbourne, May 10. Arrived, this morning, the Te Anau, from the Bluff. Monster petitions have been signed here both for and against the opening of the Museum on Sundays.