TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1136, 7 February 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Feb. 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company propose to increase their capital by half a million. Prince Napoleon has authorised a renewal of the agitation in favor of the Buona; arte cause. Paris is placarded with appeals urging the police to rise and assist the starving popu ace. Feb. 4. Wreckage belonging to the ill-fated ship Simla has been washed ashore on the Sussex coast. It has transpired that Government has decided to apply to Parliament, for a sum of £2,000,000, to he devoted to defences at Horae and abroad. Later, The Spanish claims to the Sooloo and Caroline Islands will probably he recognised by England if Spain abandons her claim on Borneo,

Government propose asking Parliament for a vote of two millions to complete the defence of naval stations. An extensive Socialistic plot has been discovered in Austria.

The following is a forecast of the Speech from the Throne to he delivered at the opening of Parliament to-morrow; —The negotiations which have taken place with the French Government in relation to recent events in Madasgascar iiave tended to confirm the cordial relations existing between France and England. The unforseen calamity which has overtaken the Egyptian forces engaged in the pacification of the Soudan have caused a temporary suspension of the withdrawal of the British troops from Egypt, but the policy of an early evacuation of that country remains unchanged. Colonel Gordon lias proceeded to the Soudan empowered to report upon the situation there, and to give effect to the Khedive’s resolutions to withdraw his forces from the interior of the Soudan countrv. Negotiations for the settlement of difficulties in the Transvaal are still in progress, and nothing has yet occarre ' tending to discourage a belief that they will result happily. Bills will he intro duced for an extension of franchise, for the better local government of the city of London, for the ensuring the security of life and property at sea, for the repression of corrupt practices at municipal elections, for closing publichouses in Ireland on Sundays, and a Bill to provide for the better dealing with business relating to Scotland in Parliament. A hope will also be express. 1 !; that time may permit of the passing ol a Bill for the extension of local government, including the principle ol local option in regard to the liqm r traffic. Fed). 5.

The Imperial Parliament was opene i to day by Royal Commission. Ih ■ Parneliites intend to introduce twclv 1 Bills dealing principally with reforms i i Ireland, The Amendment by the Right Hon. R. Bonrke on the Reply to th Address insists upon the necessity of England definitely recognising her obligations to Egypt, and it also allude-; to the danger of an uncertain policy. Paris, Feb. 3.

Mr Eugene Rouher, formerly President of the Senate, died, today, agid 70. Cairo, Feb. 3.

News is to hand from Sinkat, .vlnie the garrison is without provisions, to the effect that the foraging P uv ' pa which were sent out to obtain supple s have been cut to pieces by the Arabs. Washing-ton, Feb. 3.

The Tariff Bill, winch is now before Congress, provides for a general reduc lion of Customs duties to the extent of 20 per cent. The proposed reduction will he applied to woollen goods. The death is announced of Wended Phillips, the well-known American orator, aged 73. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Brisbane, Fob. 4. It has been ascertained that no loss of life has occurred from the hurric>ne recently experienced in the north, iho Pool Island freezing works, near Bowen, were completely destroyed, and it is feared there has been a wreck on

Gloucester island, oft' Edgecombe Bay. The storm had a most extensive front, and serious floods are reported in many parts of Northern Queensland. Hundreds of persons at Bowen are in a stale of destitution. Feb. 5. The Marchioness of Nonnanby was taken seriously ill on Sunday, and remained uuc nscious tor some time. She has since regained consciousness, but still lies in a precarious’condition. Svdkev,"Feb. ft. At a public meeting which ' lias been held here to tonsider the scheme of taxation recently announced, in Parliament, resolutions have been passed condemning the proposal of the Colonial Treasurer. Meetings with the same object are being held throughout the Colony.