TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1174, 6 May 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, May 1. Mr Dalton, tutor to the sona of the Prince of Wales, has privately published a pamphlet advocating the federation of the English colonies. In the House of Commons last night, a Bill to legalise cremation of dead bodies was rejected after debate. Tn the House of Commons to day, Mr Gladestone announced that the had accepted the proposal to hold a* Conference on Egyptian affairs, but required that there should be an exchange of views between England and France beforehand as to the subjects discussed. Mr Gladstone further states that the Turkish Government has not yet replied to the proposal, but that the other European Governments have accepted the same. The Rev. Sydney Linton, the newlyappointed Bishop of Riverina, New South Wales, was consecrated to-day at St. Paul's Cathedral, with the usual ceremony, A man named McDonnell, who is known to be the centre of the present Fenian organisation, has been arrested at Staffordshire.

May 2. Prime New Zealand mutton is now selling at 6d. Last night Sir H. B. Loch, the new Governor of Victoria, was entertained at a banquet by Mr Murray Smith, Agent-General for that colony. Among those present were the Right Hon, Mr Childers, the Duke of Manchester, Sir Henry Barkly (who was Governor of Victoria in 1856), Sir Robt. G. W. Herbert (Permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies), and the AgentsGeneral. In proposing the toast of the evening, Mr ftmith promised His Excellency a cordial welcome on his arrival in Australia. In reply, Sir Henry enforced on those present the necessity of fostering the union between England and the colonies. He leaves for Australia via Plymouth and Hobart, on the 28th inst.

It is proposed to lay a cable between Java and Thursday Island. In the House of Lords on Monday, the Earl of Roseberry intends to move for the production of all papers in connection with the Recidiviate question. The Duke of Manchester leaves on a visit to the Australian Coloniea immediately his private business will permit him. The Chinese Minister at Berlin will supersede the Marquis Tsing as Chinese Ambassador at Paris. The Committee appointed by the German Reichstag to report on the Socialist Bill, presented an unfavorable report, and have rejected the measure. ]t is believed that the reported dynamite outrage at Toronto is a hoax. Earl Derby, Secretary for State for the Colonies, has been created a Knight of the Ordar of the Garter, May 3. The Oriental Banking Corporation has suspended payment, owing to the rapid withdrawal of deposits. The Times states that all its serious lossrs have already been announced, and that depositors will probably be safe, although the shareholders will remain liable for a million and a half. Mr Thomas Welton is the provisional liquidator. The steamship State of Florida, trading between Glasgow and America, is several days overdue. Lifeboats bearing the name of this vessel have been picked up in the middle of the Atlantic, and much anxiety is felt regarding the fate of the passengers and crew. The well known firm of Dalgpty, Ducroz and Co., general merchants, Lombard street, has been converted into a joint-stock company, with a capital of £4,000,000. Four robbers have been lynched in Kansas for murdering bankers. It is supposed the bombs found on Daley were intended to be thrown either in the House of Commons or at Lord Randolph Churchill's meeting in Birmingham. A bottle of nitro-glocerine has been discovered concealed in Egan's garden. It is suggested that Sir Henry Loch, as Governor of Victoria, should be

Specially authorised to give tbo Royal assent to any colonial legislation intended to secure the exclusion of recidivistes. Lord Derby is expected to j make an important speech on this question on Monday. Pabu, May 2. Li Fong Pao, the present Chinese Envoy at Berlin, has been appointed to replace the Marquis Tsing as Ambassador in France, and will at once open parleying with the French GoTernment with a view to a pacific solution of the Tonquin difficulty, Madrid, May 1. The police hare effected the arrest at Barcelona of an anarchist, in whose possession a large quantity of dynamite was found. The prisoner has since confessed that he intended to.hare used the explosives for destroying the railway Toronto (Canada), April 30. A plot to destioy the Parliament buildiugs of this city has been frustrated. Several powerful dynamite cartridges, with fuses attached ready for firing, were discovered this evening in the basement of tli« building, and promptly destroyed,, The affair has caused intense excitement. No clue to the guilty parties has yet been obtained. _ _* . AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, May 2. In the Legislative Assembly hat night, the vote for immigration was reduced to £50,000, owing to the present dearth of employment in New South Wales. The New South Wales Government, in consequence of the great number of m3i) out of work, are now offering employment to one thousand men. May 3. Articles have been signed for a sculling match between Hanlan and Laycock for £530 a side and the championship of the world. The race will take place on the 22nd, on the Nepean river.