TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1163, 10 April 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 5.

Mr Redmond, M.P., has assured the Pf 11 Mall Gazette that the chief aspiration of Irishmen in Australia is the establishment of Home Rule for Ireland. He spoke in terras of contempt of Australian society, and said the motive for the stir in favor of the annexation of New Guinea was the desire to secure cheap Kanaka labor. Colonial loyalty was limited to shouting for the Queen,

The Divorce Court has sustained the legality of the marriage of Earl Euston, heir of the Duke of Grafton, with Kate Cook, a courtesan, which he disputed on the ground of her having been previously married. The Court held that Kate Cook’s previous marriage was illegal, owing to the fact that the man she married had already a living wife. Earl Euston is well known is Australia, where he lived for sixteen years as a Government officer under the name of Fitzroy, The marriage of Prince Louis of Battenburg is postponed till May. The body of His late Royal Highness the Duke of Albany was entombed today in the Mausoleum at Frograore, Windsor. Her Majesty the Queen and the various members of the Royal Family attended the ceremony, which was of a most solemn and imposing character. Among the wreaths placed on the Prince’s coffin was one of eucalyptus leaves, forwarded by the Agents-General on behalf of the colonies. Further parleying which has been proceeding between representatives of England and Spain, with a view to the conclusion of a fresh commercial treaty, has proved fruitless, and negotiations have now ceased.

Telegrams are to hand announcing that the steamship Daniel Steenmann, 1790 tons, from Antwerp, became a total wreck on the coast of Nova Scotia, and 120 persons have been drowned. April 7. The inter-University boat race to-day was won by the Cambridge crew. April 8.

It is announced this morning that the Queen has decided to adhere to he r intention of visiting Hesse-Darmstadt, in Germany, and Her Majesty’s departure is now fixed for Monday next, 14th inst.

In the House of Commons last night the Electoral Reform Bill, providing for a uniform qualification throughout the three Kingdoms, was, after further discussion, read a second time, on a division, by a majority of 12t. The Parnellites voted with the Government. Hong Kong, April 7.

Intelligence has reached hers from Tonquin that the French expedition to Hoangoha have commenced to advance, and it is expected that a serious resistance will be offered by the Chinese to the expedition.

The New Zealand Shipping Company have received the following cablegram : —London, April 7. Doric, s.s., arrived at Plymouth, all well, on Sunday ;ra frigerator working well, and meat in good condition. British King, s.s., arrived to-day at Cape of Good Hope. Aorangi, s.s., sailed from Teneriffe on 4th April Ship Wairoa, from Napier, is in the Channel,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, x\pril 7. The persons wounded by the recent railway accident are progressing favor ably towards recovery. The mcmhsrs of the Board of Enquiry have inspected the scene of the disaster. April 8. Biddle, stationmaster at Weribee, through whose negligence the fatal railway accident at Little River is alleged to have been caused, has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter. The inquiry into the collisiow between the steamships Wairarapa and Adelaile has commenced. The evidence is very contradictory.