TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 9413, 1 June 1882, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. ' ' London, May 27' The House of Commons stands adjourned to Thursday next for the Whitsuntide holidays; ■ ' :i _"" Albert Young, aged' seventeen, on a charge of pending a threatening letter to the Queen, with the object of extorting money trom Her. Majesty, has been found guilty and sentenced <to ten years' imprisonment-. Constantinople,' May 29. Preparations _ are being made for despatching an Imperial (Jprnnussion to Egypt* with ".thki *.vj6wi of effecting a settlement of the present crisis. It is -believed that'the object-of the'Porte ia intervening is to secretly support the military parly in Egypt as against the Khedive. ...... Cairo, May 28. The gravity of the political situation coutinues to increase, and great alarm prevails on account of the state of anarchy which • now ■ exists. The Khedive, yielding to, prayers of the ' Notables and threats of the military, has now. consented to the reinstatement of Arabi Pasha as Minister of War. St. Petersburg, May 22. It is officially announced that the coronation of tbn Czar, which was fixed for August at Moscow, has been postponed "until May next year. In the meanwhile three Committees will undertake.the work of drafting measures for the formation of representative instituti&ns in Russia. The steps which may be approved for creation of/such institutions will be announced to the country at the coronation ceremony. ■■ ■ i -*— r ■•{'■• AUSTRALIAN.' • :l • l May 29. ~ The Victorian" Humane Society proposes to give rewards to. the survivors of the recent disaster at Timsru."" Mr Edwards has been: awarded £4OOO, and Mr - for injuries sustained at Jolimont by the railway accident last year. The Age, in an article draws attention to the serious danger which, it su-ys, threatens Melbourne, in connection with quantities of .detonating explosives, which' are stored, in various ■, places, in the city. r ., . • Mauritius advices to the 16th May report that, engagements ~ip'r'.\ sugar for : New Zealand consist of 175 : ., tqns for Port Chalmers, and 200 tons forJLyttelton, ;In the "Legislative'Assembly this "evening, Sir Bryan O'Loghlen; Colonial Treasurer, introduced his Financial Statement. • *He estimates the revenue for the present; financial, year at ■•£5,520,000, and' 'the expenditure at. £5,570,000, For the year 1881-82 the ,xeve nue,was»£5 5 566j000,-« and «the expenditure was £5,370,000. The State nient proposes a reduction of the duties on beer and tea, and also a reduction of present postage rates. .;, ' f \ ':■'■■. Sydney, May* 29. ■ Thomas Walker," ; of : Yarralla, has distributed the sum : of "£io,ooo among ' various" New South: Wales charities. "'' '*'' x ' ' ' '" May 30. Telegrams are to hand trom Newcastle, reporting that'fully one : hundred, yards of Ingall street have subsided, owing to the fall of' a coal pit underneath . No loss of life has occurred, nor has any serious damage been done, but as other streets in the town are completely undermined-their-position is considered dangerous. : '