TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1098, 28 April 1883, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN London, April 24.

It has transpired that the Cabinet has d; cided that fifteen hundred men shall be sent to reinforce the naval squadron ..which has proceeded to Tonquin, in view of the outbreak oi hostilities between the French and Annamese.

In the House of Lords to-day, Earl Derby, Secretary of State for the Colonies, made a statement to the effect that the Government bad received reassuring intelligence as to the policy of the Boer Government, and would after enquiry he prepared to grant some modifications of the terms of the Convention of July, 1881, under which the Transvaal was retroceded to the Boers,

The cargo of frozen mutton ex steamship Chimborazo was frozen hastily before shipment, and has partly arrived in bad condition. The infcrio r mutton had sold at twopence and the good at sixpence per pound. Consols have declined to 102|-. Now Zealand securities remain at yesterday’s quotations. April 25.

Tenders are invited up to Wednesday, 22nd May, for the loan of a half a million for the Government of Tapmania, The minimum is fixed at 98. In the House of Commons to-day the Hon Evelyn Ashley, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, stated that the papers in reference to the annexation of New Guinea would be laid on the table of the House at the earliest possible date. The Rev C. W. Sandford was to-day consecrated at St Paul’s Cathedral as Bishop of Tasmania. The ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and a large number of Church dignitaries were present.

The jury iu the case of Timothy Kelly, tke third, of the Phoenix Park prisoners, has again been unable to agree upon a verdict.

The race for the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes at Newmarket to-day resulted as follows :—Golliard 1, Goldfield 2, Prince the Second 3.

Later. The jury iu the case of Timothy Kelly, one of the Phoenix Park prisoners, have been discharged, being unable to agree upon a verdict. The trial of Michael Pagan, the fourth of the prisoners who had been committed for trial for the murders of Lord P, Cavendish and Mr Burke was commenced to-day. Another of the prisoners, Joseph Hanlon, has turned informer. At Newmarket to-day Prince Bathany of Vienna, Attache to the AustroHungarian Legation at Loudon, died suddenly iu the enclosure at the racecourse.

A heavy snow fall iu the State of Wyoming has completely blocked the Union Pacific Railway, and in consequence the homeward San Francisco mails have been delayed.

The Queen’s medical advisers fear that some months will elapse before her Majesty will have completely recovered from the effects of her recent accident. In the House of Commons Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, considered it premature to negotiate with the American Government respecting the freedom of the Panama Canal.

The French Chamber of Deputies has accepted M. Tiraud’s scheme for the conversion of the 5 per cent rents into new securities at per cent. Obituary—M, Jules Bandeau, the well known French novelist is dead, aged 72. ' It is understood that the English Government have requested the American Government to extradite the Commercial traveller named lynam, believed to be ‘ Number One,’ and who is at present residing in New York. A deputation of merchants have interviewed Earl Granville, urging upon him the necessity for doubling the facilities for traffic through the Suez Canal. April" 2b.

The ship British Commerce, outward bound from London to Melbourne, has been run down and gunk in the channel,

Twenty-five lives have been lost by the catastrophe. The Queen of Madagascar is seriously ill, and not expected to recover. The strike among the Vienna bakers has been settled. The Canadian Land Companies offer to locate ten thousand Irish families in that country, if the English agree to lend a million of money. Earl Dufferin has been instructed to strongly protest against the Sultan’s misruling Armenia. Later.

A collision, attended- with serious loss of life, took place in the English channel at midnight on Tuesday, between the ship British Commerce, 1417 tons, bound from London to Melbourne, and the ship County Aberdeen, 1865 tons, from Calcutta to London, ilie British Commerce was cut down below the water line, and sank almost immediately, only Captain Jones and the boatswain being saved. Those two managed to clamber on board the Aberdeen. The number of lives lost was twenty-two. The County Aberdeen was severely damaged, and was towed into Portsmouth to undergo repairs. The accident is attributed to the weather, which was very thick at the time. Both vessels had geneial

cargoes. New York, April 25. Later intelligence from New Orleans shows that fully one hundred person.* have been killed by the cyclone, which recently passed over the State of Mississippi.

Intelligence is to hand showing that a majority of delegates of the Irish Convention about to take place at Philadelphia, are opposed to the use of dynamite in conaecliou with Irish agitation. Later.

Further sittings of the Irish Convention have taken place at Philadelphia. At a meeting to-day, Rooney, one of the prominent delegates, strongly urged the Convention to adopt Mr Parnell’s programme, which he eulogised warmly.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, April 25,

Mr Redmond delivered an address at Teuderfield last night, which mainly consisted of abuse of Sir Henry Parkes. April 26.

The ferry boat Waldemar caught fire to-day, and was burnt to the water’s edge. No lives were lost. In the Legislative Assembly this evening, the Postmaster - General’s motion for a continuance of the San Francisco mail service came up for consideration, and, after some discussion, was carried on a division by 41 votes to 3.

Melbourne, April 25, The announcement of the Arawata’s arrival here last night was incorrect. She did not reach here until this morning.