TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 912, 2 February 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 28. Telegrams are to hand reporting that Chili has decided upon the terms on i which it will conclude p treaty of peace witii Peru. Ihe conditions are the concession by t'.e former of the province of Tarapaka in, lieu ot the transfer oi the. guano.deposits of Lobos Isiand, and an idemnity of twenty millions, payable in sixteen .years ; in,the*rneantime. chili ti> occupy Arien, and retain it if the indemnity is. not pajd in the specified time. In the event of these terms being refused by Peru, Chili will decline further mediation on the part of the ! United States. Jan. 30. A serious railway collision occurred ye: tcrday on the railway line near Bow. in the east of London. Five passengers w< re killed, and several suffered inThe Bank of England today raised its rate of discount to 6 per cpnt. Taris, dan. 29. It has transpired that M. Freycinet lias complete.l the for/nation of a new Ministry as follows :<—-M. Freycinet, Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs ;. M. Leon Say, Minister of Finance; M. Ferry, Minister of E.lucatioii ; M. Tirard, Minister of Coninrrce ; M. Goil t, Minister for the Interior ; M. Bellot, Minister for War. The remaining portfolios are filled by men ho h&xe_.nut !n the past occupied prominent positions in politics. Jan. 30. The Union. General Ba.nk has suspended pa\ment in consequence of the recent collapse of. speculation on the Paris Bourse. Vienna, .lan 30. Reporfs are to hand <f serious Pans'avist intriguing in Bosnia, which has, fomented the present rising hi that, and adjoining proviiues. ♦.. AUSTRALIAN. Melbourne, Jan. 30. Destruc ive bush fires have occurred in various parts of the colony and considerable loss of property, has been occasioned. Jan. 31. Mr Murray Smith has accej ted the position of Agent-General for Victoria, in London. It has transpired that a commandant ot the Victorian Volunteer Force, in succession to the late Colonel Anderson, will be obtained from Ei gland. The P. and 0, Company's steamer Mirzapore will be detained for a period of 14 days, owing to a fresh outbreak of small; ox among her passengers, The Postal Department announces that the P. and O. steamers, will henceforth leave. Melbourne with the Home mails, on Thursdays, instead of Wed esdays, as in. the past, except during the Indian monsoou season. Sydney* Jan. 80. Obitua v y—Patrick HigginSj well known as the contractor for the construction of the Zigzag railway over the Blue Mountains.