TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1167, 30 October 1883, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Ocf. 22.

Mr Westgarth, writing in the Pall Mall Gazette advocates the proportionate representation of the colonies in the Imperial Cabinet.

Oct. 24. The Marquis of Lansdowne/has been received with enthusiasm in Canada.

Messrs Chapman and Hall announce the publication of the “ History of Australia.” of which Mr Rusden is one of the author

Oct. 25.

Lord Salisbury, in the National Review, advocates the State taking steps to abolish the rookeries now existing in London and erecting proper houses for the occupation of the poor. At the farewall lunch given on board the s.s. Tongariro many well known colonists were present, and highly eulogised the direct steam service established by the New Zealand Shipping Company.

Earl Derby, Secretary of State for the Colonies, writing to the promoters of the Company which is being formed for the colonisation of New Guinea, says that the Government cannot permit the Company to carry on its projected operations, and that if the latter be attempted, Des Veaux, Governor of Fiji, and the Commodore of the Australian station, will be called upon to interfere apd protect the Natives.

The ship Mirzapore, bound from Loudon to Melbourne, has run ashore at Boulogne, The captain and crew landed safely, but the vessel’s position is critical.

Oct. 26. Count Batthyany has been killed in a duel at Temesvar in Hungary. ' Dr Magee, Bishop of Petersburough, who has been in a precarious state of health for some time past, has suffered a relapse, and much anxiety is felt as to his recovery.

A proclamation has been iss.ued by the Parnellites, announcing that a meeting of the party and its sympathisers will shortly beheld in Inncuarra, one of the northern islands of Arran, off the coast of Donegal.

Intelligence has been received from Hayti that the native outbreak has been renewed, and that 500 residents of Port-au-Prince have been massacred by rebels.

' The Death is announced of Captain Mayue Reid, the well known novelist, aged 65. It has transpired that the French Cabinet recently proposed to the English Government that, as a reparation for the treatment of the Rev Mr Shaw at Madagascar, they should award him one thousand pounds as compensation, and make a suitable apology. The proposal has been under consideration of the English Cabinet, and it has been decided that the French offer should be accepted.

- The promoters of the New Guinea Company have written to Lord Derby , stating that he had clearly mistaken the objects they have in view. These are, they state, purely peaceful, and for trading purposes. They ask His Lordship to accord them an interview, so that the intentions of the Company may be fully explained, Paris, Oct. 22.

The French Chambers were formally opened to-day. The official Yellqvv Book legarding the French,and Chinese ■difficulty tabled confirms the recent in diligence that negotiations,between the Marquis Tsing and the French Government are at a standstill. Documents show that the Chinese Government demand that Tonquin shall be evacuated by the French forces, and that China shall exercise exclusive control over the Red River. It was further made apparent, that the French Government hopes that the reinforcements despatched to Tonquin will accomplish the feat of bringing China to reason. . Hong Kong, (let. 22. , The latest intelligence from Tonquin states that the Anamite position at Bacr ninh has been lortified with Krupp.guus, and the French troops have consequently deferred their projected attack on the place. Telegrams are also to hand that Haiphong is threatened with an attapk by a band of pirates, numbering fully 1000 men.

St. Petersburg, Oct. 23.

Several arrests of Nihilists m the ranks of the Russian army in the Caucasus have been effected, and a commission has been .appointed, to examine the state of the,troops in that district. Alexandria, "Oct.|2s. A fresh outbreak of cholera in this city is causing great alarm. Several Europeans have been attacked, and tho epidemic is increasing daily. ! Natal,, : ,Oct. 25. Cetewayo is now the’guest of Mr Osborne, the British 'Resident in Zuluis not coming as was expected login’s colony. Vienna, Oct. 26. At the sitting of the AustroHungarian Delegation to-iday, Count Kalnoky, Minister for Foreign f ; Affairs, in the course of a speech tooki occasion to emphasize the cordiality 1 existing between Austria, Germany, and’ Italy ; and added that the ■ .relations with Russia were,in their .normal tone, the Russian 1 Press being the sole element of disquiet. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. . Brisbane, ,Oct< 26. Bishop Redwood, of Wellington, New Zealand, is now on a lour through this colony. i f Melbourne; Oct.' 27. The police have made a ■ wholesale descent on the racing sweep jpromoters, eighteen of whom have been arrested. Quantities of tickets, prospectuses, letters, cheques, and stamps have been seized, Sydney, Oct, 27. Mrs Hampson laid , the-foundation stone of a new building for the fSyduey Young Men’s Christian Association today.;; 5000. were present, and much; enthusiasm was displayed on the occasion, . 1