TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1279, 18 December 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

5 ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. Lon>on, Dec. 13. The sentence of d<ath passed on Captain Stephens and Dudley, the mate of the Mignonette, has been commuted to six mouths' imprisonment. Dec. 14. An explosion of dynamite took place to-night under one of the arches of London Bridge. Little damage was T caused to the structure, but the shock of the explosion was felt for miles round. No clue at present has beer, obtained as ,1 to the perpetrators of the outrage. 5 Prince Biso>arck has been urged to e appoint permanent officers in the islands of New Britain, New Ireland, Samoa, and. Tonga, to conduct German affairs. I Dec. 15. Lord Reay will succeed Sir James Fergusson as Governor of Bombay. 5 It is rumored in Berlin that Germany intends shortly to establish several ' colonies in the Pacific and at New j Guinea. The evidence of experts who have examined the scene of the explosion i which occurred under London Bridge tends to show that the damage was > effected by means of dynamite. Pro- ( perty in the vicinity of the bridge did not suffer any injury. The Hon, John Douglas, C.M.G., ex-Premier of Queensland, and Mr Simon Fraser, of Victoria, are passengers to Australia by the s.s, Rome. , The parleying which has been pro- • ceeding for some time between the Earl of Granville and the Marquis Tsing, the Chinese Ambassador, in connection ' with the Franco-Chinese question, has been suspended. Vienna, Dec. 14, A disastrous colliery explosion has occurred at Steyerdor, Hungary. A large number of miners were under ground at the time, and seventy of them iost their lives. Calcutta, Dec. 13. 1 Earl Dufferin, the Viceroy elect, i arrived to-day, and was accorded a most enthusiastic reception. Cairo, Dec. 13. Intelligence has been received from Dongola that the mounted infantry Guards and camel corps, under Colonel Herbert Stewart, are now advancing on Koiti, near Ambukol. Dec. 15. Latest despatches from Dongola state that General Wolseley proceeds from Debbah to Corti (near Ambukone), where the British forces concentrate. Colonel Sir Herbert Stewart, with his staff, has already reached Corti, and ' reports that he finds ample supplies forthcoming and the attitude of the • tribes friendly. News has been received here through a messenger despatched from Khartoum of further successes achieved by General ', Gordon in his conflicts with the Arab 1 rebels. The messenger reports that : General Gordon undermined and blew up the rebel forts at Onderman, destroying them and killing a large number of the Mahdi's followers who occupied them. Hong Kong, Dec. 15. Intelligence has been received from Corea of an outbreak and revolt in that country. The rebels chose the occasion of a banquet, which was being given by the King, to make an attack upon the Palace. The King's son and six Ministers were murdered by the rebels, but the King made his escape and fled (o the hi Up. So far as is known, the residents m the capital are safe. A gunboat has arrived there to quell the revolt. The. JNew Zealand Shipping Company have received the following telegram : London, Dec. 13—The Doric arrived at Plymouth today. The refrigerator worked well, and her meat is in good condition. The Tongariro arrived at the Cape of Good Hope to-day. The following are the amendments proposed to b<; introduced into the Federation Enabling Bill : In Clause 15, which provides for the legislative authority of the Federal Council, the words " authority over all Her Majesty's possessions in Australasia, and over all British ships sailing between them," i have been struck out, as likely to conJ flic* with the authority of \hfi Colonial^

Legislative Chambers, and the Admiralty. Any actions under sub-sections A. B. and C. of the same clause referring respectively to " The relations of Australasia with the islands of the Pacific," "The prevention of the influx of criminals,'* and ".Fisheries in Australasian waters beyond the territorial line," will require Imperial sanction. Clause 26, piovidinsr for the apportionment amopg the colonics of the necessary expenditure incurred by the Council, has-been recast, and a hew clause has been inserted, giving power to any colony to retire from the arrangement at its option. : — -+- AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Albany, Dec. 15. The P. and 0. steamship Clyde with the Brimlisi mails dated London, Nov. loth, arrived at King George's Sound this morning.