TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1327, 14 April 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 9. The Merchant . Shipping and Underwriter* 1 : Association, report the arrival* of the .Ada; Melmore Jrpm Port Chaltnere; Qlenmore from. Wellington; and Euterpe from Napier. Consols tc-day have declined from 97f-.i0.98, a panic haring occurred on the Block -Exchange, owing: to'the present political sneaaineas, -- Russian-slocks have fallen 10 per cent.j and console bare also fallen If per cent, ' ■■ The,French paper Bosphore .Egyp-, tienne says it is supposed M. Floquet will aucceed M. Henri Brisson a* president of the Chamber ©/.Deputies. The Chinese .troops .will evacuate Tonquin on the 16th May.- ■ The French blockade of Formosa, will bp raised tomorrow.

The Orient Bank are forming an Asset Company . with a .capital of £600,000 for the purpose of tjealing with colonists.

Captain Grieves has been selected.for the. command, of the .Queensland Artillery. ’ Ihe meaf cargnes by the lonic, from Nejr.-Zpaland,, and..the.. Liguria, from Australia, are selling at 6d perlb.

, As. a result of th* Comnjission «f Enquiry into the German land claims in Fiji, it is believed tbit Mr .jßapl ml), alone receive a email compensation. , . The Pacific Commission will bring up their report next week, jt ia believed that at all points, with the exception of Samoa, steps will be taken fo absolutely suppress the sale of arras, explosive substance* of all descriptions, .and the sale of alcoholic liquors. Measures will also' be-taken to suppress the labor trade.

Mr J. C. Bray, ex-Promier ofßouth Australia, returns to Adelaide, via America, towards the end of May.

Mr J. B. Thurston, Colonial Secretary of Fiji, will sail on Msjr 7th.

April 10. A great Indian rising is feared in north-west Canada.

The Prince of W«d«s, who has been an active member of the English Royal, Cammisfion on housing the working classes, has paid a visit to the Slum* of Dublin, in order to Ascertain the condition of the lower quarters of that city by personal observation.

The San Francisco iqaily dated Auckland, March 3rd, weif .delivered here today. ’ April 11,

The New Zealand ShipP' n ff Company’s R.M.S. Tongariro left Plymouth this afternoon;for"Port Chalmers, vj* Teneriffe and the Cape. The Indiana .are. joining the rebel Riel in the revolt among the Indian .halfbreeds in North, West Canada. Pending.the result of Jhe parleying on the question, the Canadiap Government have despatched seven thousand troops to the scene. I !

Lloyds’ Australian-wy risks hare bean increased fire ehi (lings per cent. ! A shipment of l beef -ex the steamer Liguria has realised., only 3fd, The meat arrived in an unsatisfactory corid ition. The shipment ex tbjs Weatminster brought 4fd perlb. I April IJ. i

Intelligence !* to hand to, the effect that Ayoub Khan, the leteAmeer of Afghanistan, t .attempted jto escape from custody,-and! haa.been'i cqnvcyed to tbe citadel at'Teheran.' ■ : Intelligence from ;North West America states that this 'insurrectibri 'tv; - . > j fj ;.,; ■ ; :.>(. .fermented by.-the. halfbreed . Riel in. ['BCasnitol^'!is^.'^rdwlnj^vi^ra!3p«nj, : end (that.-’.ihjfj Tndi«n/ r L|» Te surrounded, (Severifl; outlying; jdaiiotjs f*9iJ.jß||W^9fjPd. a number of ‘white - act/lere at Ffoze Lake. ~ ' ■ : .i.Thn death ii«,s»not).n(3ejl of the (Right Hon. George .Swan Lord Major ,of London. 1 '' . ..jEtoiftß, April 9. • Hi* Holiness the ; ipope has been - iudtsppaed, ;h|pt ji*.' { noni<nmKii}g good progress-towardaorjecorery. ,-.h

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

.Sydney, April 10J '■■■ Arrived, yesterday —|- Pacific mail steamship Zealsndiaj from Auckland. Sailed - HauroU, M., for Wellington.

April 11. Intelligence front Coonamble sfates that the tiro menpAngsland Thurston, who escaped from the' Coonamble gaol on the 22nd March, and who hare been at large since/ attacked a storekeeper named Stawart yestc.diy and shot him drisd* The police shortly appeared on the scene, and after exchanging sbota wounded Angel mortally and slut Tiinrston dead. Brisbane, April 10. A Convention is now sitting here to _ discuss the question of separation of Northern and.; Southern Queensland. AU the delegates present are represen* tatires of Northern districts. Melbourne, April 12. t The Merchant Shipping and Under* writers’ Association announce (he following scale of. war risks wilt be charged for insuring vessel* between England" ' end the Anstrsilian colonies;—Outwards —^Steamersj % per cent.; sailing vessels, per cent. ; homewards—steamers, per cent. ; sailing vessels, £ per cent. Launceston, April 10. : Bank notes to. the tains of £2OOO hate ibeen found in .the bash Dearths scene of the robbery of the branch Bank ■6t Tasmania at Beaconsfield in July last.