TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1292, 20 January 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 15. It is understood that the arrangement come to between England and Germany regarding Samoa and Tonga has now been finally settled, and that no attempt will be made to annex either of the islands. Jan. 16. In the course of an address at a meeting of the Empire Club last night, Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General in London for New South Wales, expressed an opinion that fedoration was a delusion. He deprecated the formation of fleets of war vessels by individual colonies, and declared that the Imperial Government ought to undertake the maritime defence of the colonies, the latter paying the cost of their naval protection. The Homeward mails via San Francisco, dated Auckland, December 9th, were delivered here yesterday. Jan. 17, The cavalry corps, under the command of Sir H. Stewart, arrived unopposed at floweyst on Saturday last. The test case agreed on before Judge Chitty with the view of deciding the liability of transferors of shares in the Oriental Banking Corporation, has been decided in favor of Victoria being al- , lowed to rank as a preferential creditor. It is not considered probable that Mil Wilton, the Official Assignee, will appeal, Barnura, the American showman, has refused the offer made him respecting " The Claimant," who has recently beea discharged from gaol. j The Anglo-Australasiau, a new newspaper in colonial interests, is announced. It is believed that Portugal will insist on possessing the mouth of the Congo River. Proposals counter to those made by the British Government last November for the settlement of Egyptian [finance* have been put forward by the French Ministry, and have received the support of Austria, Germany and Russia. Later. This evening M. Waddington, the French Minister at London, presented counter proposals by the French Go vemment for the settlement of Egyptian finances to Earl Granville. The proposals comprise a loan of £9,000,000 sterling, issued under a guarantee of the Great Powers, with a tax on all coupons of the Egyptians bond, and the appointment of a Commission of Enquiry into the resources of Egypt. Paris, Jan. 17. Obituary.—The death is announced of Edmund About, the well-known French author and journalist, aged 57. Cairo, Jan. 17. Telegrams from the Soudan report the arrival at Gaydul of Colonel Stewarts' entire force. The latest telegrams from Korti states that Colonel Stewart "left Gaydul with the troops on Wednesday, and will arrive on Sunday at Metenmeh. The Naval Brigade, who were among the first detachment sent forward to Metemneb, have already proceeded to'Khartoum in a steamer provided by General Gordon, ♦— —■ AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Jan. 16. In replying to a letter addressed by the General Secretary of the Free Church to Earl Granville with reference tu the New Hebrides island p, the Im perial Foreign Secretary states tLat he considers the agreement entered into with France regarding those islands to be still in force. In order to test the truth of the confession made by the convict Barnes that he had murdered the late J. B. Slack } who was believed to have cora-nitted guicide, the body has been exhumed, and on examination it was found that the bone of the throat was broken, leading to the belief that the deceased was strangled, and that the throat was then cut. Sydney, Jan. I<s. Dr Quinn, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst, died suddenly to-day. Gripps, the proprietor of the Coffee Palace, who is under arrest, on a charge of arson, was brought up at the Police Court to-day and remanded,

By the capsizing of a boat in the harbor to-day three persons lost their lives.