TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1150, 20 September 1883, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Sept. 17. Nothing further has transpired regarding the negotiations which are. still proceeding for the settlement of the Franco-Chinese difficulty in Tonquin. After their interview with Earl Granville the Marquis Tsing and M. Waddington left Waimer Castle for Paris, for the purpose, it is believed of carrying on negotiations on the basis suggested"- for Foreign affairs. The Merchant shipping and. Under - writers' Association report the arrival at London, on September 15th, of the ships Brier Holme, from Lyttelton (left May 30th) ; and the Stirlington, from Lyttelton (left Jun« 14th). The cargo of mutton by ,the ship Opawa, from the Bluff, has arrived in good condition, but the quality of the meat was inferior to previous shipments. The first portion of the cargo was sold to-day at to 6|d per lb. News is to hand that the ship St Leonards, bound for New Zealand with immigrants, has foundered in the Channel, after a collision with another vessel, All the passengers and crew of the St Leonards have been landed at Dartmouth.

O'Donnell, who is charged with the murder of James Carey, the Irish informer, has arrived at New Plymouth from the Cape, and will shortly be placed on his trial. Later, The ill-fated ship St Leonards, which foundered in the Chanuel off Dartmouth, was only one day out, having sailed on the 15th iust. The vessel with which she came into collision was the Cormorant. It is feared that the latter is severely injured, but nothing is definitely known regarding the extent of her injury, Sept. 18. The St Leonards sank within so very short a time after the collision with the Cormorant that the immigrants were not able to save anything. Paris, Sept. 17. M. Challemel Lacour, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has received his <X>tige, and will be replaced in that position by M. Ferry, President of the Council of Ministers. The removal of M. Challemel Lacour is deemed to be an indication that the French Government desire to pursue a policy of peace. Capetown, Sept. 17.

Telegrams to hand from Pieterniaritzburg state that in consequence of the attitude of Cetewayo towards the British residents in Zululand, and his determination to continue fighting, Sir H. E. Bulwer, the Governor of Natal, has called upon him to surrender himself to the British authorities, otherwise a force of British troops will be despatched to arrest him. *- AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, Sept. 18. Among the passengers by the Messageries Maritimes' steamer Saghalien, now in this port, and Homeward bound for Marseilles, are the Irish informers, Hanlon and Kavanagh. They are travelling under assumed names, but their identity has been completely established, and they will not be permitted to land. The Presbytery met to-day, for the purpose of taking into consideration the charge, of heresy against the Rev Charles Strong, After hearing some formal evidence,.the Presbytery adjourned until Thursday next. Sydnev, Sept, 18. The divorce case, Howitz v Hotvitz and Solomon, concluded here to-day, the petitioner (the husband), ivith £SOOO damages against the co-respondent.