TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1138, 23 August 1883, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Aug. 18. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’ Association report the arrival of the Margaret Galbraith, ship, from Tiraaruj EiizftJjoth, from Oaraaru ; the Gainsborough, from Lyttelton ; and the Soukar and Altair, from Lyttelton. The Hon Mr Gladstone has staled that the Government will give their respectful attention to any wish the colonies may express in regard to the annexation of New Guinea. The strike of the American telegraphists has failed, and the operators are returning to work. The Tamatave affair is still pending, as Admiral Pierre’s full despatch on the subject has not yet been received, but the tone of France on the matter is conciliatory. One of the Irish Catholic bishops is about to visit America in order to raise funds to supplement the Government grant of £50,000 for promoting a scheme of emigration from Ireland. The Hon Mr Gladstone has made an eloquent appeal to Mr Parnell and his followers to abstain from inflaming national hatred between England and Ireland. Aug. 20. A Parnellite named Lynch has been elected to the House of Commons for County Sligo in the room of the late Denis O’Connor, The Tory candidate who opposed Lynch was defeated by a large majority. The French Government have informed Earl Granville, the Foreign Secretary, that Mr Shaw, the British at Tauiatave, us now on board a French ironclad, and that he will be dealt with according to martial law, but will be allowed the right of appeal. A disturbance took place to-day at Down, Ireland, on the eviction of » tenant. A body of policemen, who were escorting a process server, were attacked by the sympathisers of the tenant, and in a fight which ensued two policemen were shot and seriously wounded.

The British Government, fearing difficulties in the Punjaub in connection with the projected visit of the Maharajah Duleep Singh, have induced him to postpone it. In the sculling race over the Champion course, for £2OO aside and the Championship, George Burbear beat ]>rgan by four lengths. Aug. 21. Continuous rioting, lasting many hours, has taken place between Catholics and Protestants at Ooalbridge Town, nine miles from Glasgow, and in the centre of the Lanarkshire mineral district, Many persons have been injured on both sides. Comte de Chambord is in a state of coma, and it is apparent that his end is fast approaching. The Hon Evelyn Ashley, Undersecretary for the Colonies, has intimated that the action of the Queensland Government in ordering aimed vessels has been approved by the Imperial Government. Earl Spencer, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, has visited Cork, where he received a most respectful reception. Mr Shaw, the British missionary at Tamatave, is accused by the French authorities with complicity with the Hovas. Constantinople, Aug. 19. Prince Nicholas, of Montenegro, hag arrived in this city, and has been welcomed with full honors, Alexandria, Aug. 20. The latest reports from Cairo state that cholera has now entirely ceased in that city. The epidemic is decreasing here and in the provinces, and it is hoped that the further spread ot the plague has been stayed, AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Aug. 20. The * Vagabond * writes to the Argus from New Ireland that the Dart (sic) recently landed a party at Araboiyn (sic) to attack a village in that locality, the scene of the murder of Captain Belbiu. The ‘ Vagabond ’ also asserts that ft lieutenant of the French warship

Destreea recently bought the island Irirkl. The transaction was nominally a private one, but was really on behalf of the French Government. Mr Service has telegraphed ** Q-ovornna-tifc 'oi" tTew Zealand, asking when they will be able to reply to the invitation to join in the -annexation conference. Meanwhile the convention is a standstill, and the Argus urges that it is important no time be lost, in view of French activity in the Pacific. Aug. 21. A man who baa been identified as Joe Smith, one ot the Irish informers, has arrived here from Sydney, It has been ascertained that his passage was taken under an assumed name. Sydney, Aug. 21. Mr Robt. Stout, J Dunedin, delivered a lecture here yesterday to n largo

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