TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 223, 13 January 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 7. An agitation has commenced in lre T land for the general reduction of home rents, on account of the general deprer

sum. __ There is uneasiness in Germany at Tuisia’s mas-ing tmops in Po’aml. -An explnnation has been demanded. Xe"s has been receiae 1. insurrection has liroken out in Bolivia. The' President, being overthrown, has fled. The nsnrrection is attributed to the il -suecesa of B divia in w >r with Chili. A ithou di Prince H's narok strongly

supported the proposal for subsinising a company to replace Messrs Godefroy, it is doubt ul wlmth-r the Reichstag will apt rove or sanction the plan. The distress in Ireland is increasing. The Maryborough House Fund now amounts to LUO,OOO, but makes only slow progress. ■ jj An impression prevails on the par* • f 1 the Be’gian Commission appointed mr'iio | the Melbourne Exliibitiou that if tlmapplication for extended time be the Belgian Government will aek the Cli mher to vote a subsidy towards t' a due representation of Belgium at the Exhibition.

Parliament will be asked to grant t««> and a half mi lions out of the disestablished churches’ surplus funds to re levathe Irish distress. The Press is favorab'e.

The tenants who refused to pay rent have been served everywhere with notice of eviction. The serv> rs were roughly used The total re«ewe in notes and bullion in the Bank of E ngland is L 14.700,000. T -e Union B-nk hs declared a divide"d o' - sixteen p r cent f-r fh ‘ year. ‘ F-i-ir'e ui bodies have been recovered from the Tay, at the scene of the recent d sast- r.

The rumors of the massing of Russian ft oops on the German frontier, are attracting :1 goo ’ deal of public attention in England ami Europe. Etl Derby, speaking at Huddersfield to-day, -efeired to the agitation in favor of j-rot- otiou as a remedy for distress and depression of trade in England. His Lo dsbip was adverse to the proposal for protection, attd predicted that the protective policy of some of the colonies; would eventually fail. / Jan. 10. It is understood f lie Sultan is personally answerable for the action connection with the recent Mullah incident* hence Ltyani’s pressure. Tite duties i nposed under the German protection tariff are in-reaped otie-third. As a result the German shipping trade hasdeclined. Sergeant Parry died suddenly. Theshock killed his wife. Two chiefs on the Gol-1 Coast nova ceded the seaboard to the British. Jan. 11. A loan has been issued of L 130,000 forthe Wellington waterworks. Dublin, Jan. 7. The Government have advanced L 250.000 of the Church Surp:u3 Fund for relief works. _ _ Cape Town, da". o. The Secretary of the People s Committee in the Transvaal, recently arrested for treason, has ben comitted for trial. He has been liberated on bail. Berlin, bn. 5. The North German Gazette publishes an article to-day, in which it is stated that Germany warmly supported Sir Henry Layard, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, during his recent mptitr * vifc t e Porte. The affair is likely-to bring about a closer understanding between' England and Germany. ° Jan. 11. The Lower House passed a resolution \ oting six million marks for the relief of the famine in Silesia. _ ' Bombay, Jan. o. Despatches from General. Roberts, dated Cabnl. Jan. 4th, announce, that all is quiet within the city, an amnesty being granted to all except the leaders of the’ r -belli->n. General Gough’s force has occupied tho Balar Hissar. Sx. Petersburg,-Jan. 6. ■ The Empress suffered a relapse, .■ nd i» again in a crifciesl state of healthy ..

uf-'i, Panama, Jan 11. ] jSIsS. Bn-haute h-s arrived at the nßßns.' 1 . iflßpoiiviaii troops haw revolted, BP CALCurtA, Jan. 10. pfieral Roberts held a durbar at Cabal lie 9th. He assured the ch e s that Indian Government would respect the b, religion, and property of Afghani-