TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1167, 19 April 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN London, April 15. The Queen started to-daj for HesseDarmstadt, in Germany. It is announced that M. Stool I will be appointed Russian Minister at the Court of St. James, vice Baron Mohronkeim. The death is announced of the Bight Rev. Dr Bickersteth, Bishop Ripon, aged 78. The greatest portion of the cargo of frozen meat ex Garonne is in had con dition, but the balance, which is in good order, realised 6d per lb. The Merchant Shipping and Under writers’ Association report the arrival at London on April loth of the ship Seatoller from Tiruaru, left December 6 th, It is reported that the French have occupied Amoy, in default of payment of the indemnity. A number of the English detectives are in Paris tracking the Irish conspirators. Sir Saul Samuel has presented Sir Moses Montefiore with an address from the Jewish residents in Sydney. April 16. In the course of an address at Dundee last evening, Lord Roseberry referred at length to his visit to Australia, and expatiated upon the importance of preserving and strengthening the bond ot union between the Australian colonies and England, His lordship expressed surprise at the want of interest in colonial affairs which was raanife.ted by the imperial Government, and contrasted the apathy of England with the activity which Franc# was now displaying in its colonial policy; Sir Michael Costa, the eminent musi cian, in seriously indisposed. The Duke of Buccleugh, who has been in a critical state of health for some time past, died yesterday, aged 78. The threatened strike of coal-workers in England has collapsed. Mr Parnell, addressing a meeting at Drogheda, denounced the nationalisation of the land agitation. Baron Macleay has privately complained of the continued kidnapping in the Pacific. The Earl of Roseberry, in the House of Lords, speaking on the Rccidiviste question, expressed his astonishment at the languid interest with which England regarded the colonies, and he urged Parliament to exhibit sympathy in the matter. A letter in the Times predicts that the Rccidiviste Bill will compel the colonies to seize New Caledonia, and commenca a straggle for the mastery of the Pacific, Nine hundred and thirty of the frozen carcases by the Garonne have been condemned as unfit for food. The Right Hon. Mr Childers has asked the Agents-General to nominate a member to sit on the Technical Committee, which meets in Paris in May to discuss the proposed alterations in the Suez Canal. April 17. A letter in reference to the recent death of the Duke of Abany has been addressed by the Queen to Sir Wm. Vernon Harcourt, in the course of which Her Majesty thanks all her subjects f r their loyal sympathy in her bcreavi—mi nt, and states that, despite her de p sorrow at the death of Princ 1 L<'<» j >r<li■, she will continue to labor for the good >.( her country and the prosperity of h»r people. The Times vividly describes tl e failure of the convict system at New Caledonia, and agrees that the Australian colonii a have, a perfect rigot to regard its extension with di-may. Mr Ifidmun I Duncan, writing to the Times, argues that it. would lie cheaper to reform convicts at Home than abroad. Paris. Apiil 15. Official despatches from Tonquin announce that Hmighoa has hi en occupied by the French troops. Hono Kono, April 15. Intelligence is to hand from Pekin announcing that Tchang Shan, Viceroy of Canton, hag been publicly degraded for disobeying the orders of the Govern meat, and that the military officers who are answerable for the loss of Bacninb have been condemned to be beheaded,