REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2089, 11 May 1883, Page 2

REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. THE PHCENIX PARK MURDERS. SECOND TRIAL OF TIMOTHY KELLY. OPENING TENDERS FOR THE QUEENSLAND LOAN. THREATENING LETTER TO A JURY FOREMAN. MR BRADLAUGH TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT. THE FRENCH AND ANNAMITES. (Received May 10, 8.10 p.m.) London, May 9, Evening. The second trial of Timothy Kelly for the murder of Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke was concluded at Dublin today. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and sentence of death was passed upon the prisoner. Tenders for the Queensland loan of £2,500,000 were opened to-day. The total amount of the tenders received was £2,630,000. Tenders at 97 will receive 93 per cent.; and those above, in full. (Received May 10, 9.50 p.m.) May 10. The brother of Joseph Brady (who was sentenced to death on the 3rd ult, for the murder of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr Burke) has been summoned on a charge of sending a threatening letter to the foreman of the jury by which Joseph Brady was found guilty. Mr Bradlaugh addressed a crowded meeting of his constituents at Northampton last night. In the course of his address he promised to persist in his endeavours to take his seat in Parliament. He was accorded an enthusiastic reception. (Received May 11,12.40 p.m.) The Bank rate of discount has been to-day fixed at four per cent., inclusive one per cent. Received May 10, 8.10 p.m.) Paris, May 9. It has transpired that M. Kergarie, French consul at Thinnai (?) is the bearer of a dispatch from President Grevy to Tudoe, Regent in Annam, regarding the claims of France in Tonquin. The document, after referring to the circumstances under which Prance guaranteed the independence of the King of Annam against China by the Treaty of Saigon in .1875, declares that the impotence of government which has been displayed by the Regent, constrains Prance to adopt measures to secure the better administration of the kingdom, and in this view the French Government definitely decided to occupy the Province of Ton quin, to assume the control of the Annamese foreign relations, and to collect Customs’ duties and taxes. Grevy offers to grant an annual subsidy to the king, as corapen--aation, if the terms are accepted. [SPECIAL -TO MELBOURNE AGE,] London, April 23. It has been ascertained that Guy, the clerk in the Telegraph Department, who asserted that be had been kidnapped by Fenians and kept in confinement for several da3 r s, is suffering from mental aberration, the result of injuries which he received to his head about Easter last. The Czar has definitely resolved to abandon all idea of coronation. Considerable excitement exists in London over the proposed duplication of the Suez Canal, the necessity for which was urged by a deputation of merchants upon Lord Granville. A secret meeting' of the promoters of the dynamite policy has been held in New York. O’Donovan Rossa, who was present, announced that he still had an unshaken belief in the value of dynamite as an agent for obtaining their demands, and that he was prepared to continue its use until those demands have been conceded. The German Government has entered a protest against the manner in which the Porte is carrying on the administra-

tion of Armenia, and strongly advises the Sultan to introduce a number of necessary reforms. April 27. It is rumored that Gladstone intends to accept a peerage*, and to assume the title of Earl of Midlothian, + LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. THE ADELAIDE CUP. THE FIRE ON BOARD THE SHIP LEICESTER CASTLE. THE POSTAL CONFERENCE. THE SUEZ MAIL. (Received May 10, 8.10 p.m.) Adelaide, May 10. The race for the Adelaide Cup was run at the South Australian Jockey Club Meeting to-day, and resulted as follows: Sting ... ... ... 1 Plunger ... ... ... 2 Guesswork ... ... 3 (Received May 11, 1 a.m.) There were fifteen starters for the Cup. Sting won in 3min. 35sec. Melbourne, May 10. At the Police Court to-day, the boy who was under arrest on suspicion of having caused the fire on board the ship Leicester Castle on the 4th insb. was discharged. (Received May 11, 12,40 p.m.) May 11. Great satisfaction is expressed here at the result of the Postal Conference at Sydney. Sydney, May 11. At the Postal Conference yesterday resolutions were adopted in favor of forming (? joining) the Postal Union. The resolution will be forwarded, to the New Zealand Government for its concurrence. Albany, May 11. Arrived, at King George’s Sound, the P. and O. steamer Ballarat with the Suez mail, dated London, April 20.