TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1396, 24 September 1885, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Sept. 20. Owing to the action of the Egyptian Sanitary Board imposing quarantine on vessels arriving from the East, Lord John Manners, the British PostmasterGeneral, has consented to a diversion of the Brindisi mail to the Suez Canal route, outward and homeward. The Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have made ar rangements whereby their vessels will avoid touching Egyptian ports, and mails and passengers via Brindisi will pass through the Canal instead of via Alexandria, thus avoiding the detention and annoyance attending upon quarantine.

The contracts which were entered into by the Admiralty with several Steamship Companies for the use of some of their vessels as armed cruisers will not be renewed.

Mr Gladstone, in his manifesto to the electors of Midlothian, referring to the reform of the Housee of Lords, expresses the opinion that the time is yet distant when it can be effected, and urges that it is necessary to recognise the influence of birth and wealth. He advocates an easy system of land transfer, and that the power to will should be limited to the next life only. The question of disestablishing the Church of England is not, he holds, yet ripe for action to be taken. The Marquis of Burlington and the Right Hon, Mr Chamberlain differ considerably with the views expressed, but Mr Gladstone, if anything, leans towards Lord Hartington’s opinion, There is no freshness in the foreign policy advocated, except in the matter of the Afghan difficulty. The manifesto is generally considered a moderate one, and not at all calculated to arouse the any enthusiasm among the Radical party. Sept. 21. Telegrams to hand from Roumelia state that Prince Alexander of Bulgaria has issued a manifesto to the inhabitants of Bulgaria and Roumelio, in which he accepts the crown of the two States, and calls upon the people to defend the Union, Prince Alexander is now on his way to Phillipopolis, the principal town of Eastern Roumelia.

The feeling of the rit. Petersburg Press oyer the revolution in Roumelia is one of triumph. The Berlin and Vienna papers are perplexed and irritated, whilst the Standard considers it does not concern England unless the Powers interfere in the matter.

Spain is now landing troops throughout the Caroline Group for their protection.

France has conceded great rights to Burnish in connection with the commercial treaty existing between them. Lord Carrington, Governor of New South Wales, sails for Australia on Oct, 22nd. Sept. 22. Prince Alexander of Bulgaria has arrived at Philippolis, and met with a splendid and enthusiastic reception. It is generally believed that the action of Roumelia revolting was done unknown to the Powers, and that they are anxious to limit the movement to the utmost. The recently-formed flying squadron will not visit Australia. Agrarian outrages are again becoming of frequent occurrence in Ireland. Paris, Sept. 20.

Adyices from Admiral Milot, commanding the French forces in the Malagasy waters, state that the troops under his command recently made a reconnaissance at Ilova, a position in Taragal, Madagascar, but were attacked by the enemy, and repulsed with considerable loss. Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 20. Arrived, to-day—R.M.S. Ruapehu, with her meat in good condition.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Melbourne, Sept. 21. . Synot Bros,, wool brokers, of this city, have issued a circular in which a proposal is nude to convene a meeting for the purpose of taking steps to promote the exportation of wool from Australia to China and Japan. M. Daune Ploves Van Amstel,

Consul-General in Australia for the Netherlands, received a telegram this morning from Gen. Van Rees, Governor-General of Dutch East Indies, reporting that Asiaslic cholera has broken out at Koepang, in the Island of Timor, in the Arafura Sea, and that it has become epidemic in the island. Sept. 22.

It is the intention of the Victorian Government to introduce a Bill for the protection of women. It is based on similar linos to the Act now in force in England.

The Cabinet has reduced the sentence passed on the first batch of insubordinate artillerymen to two months’ imprisonment.

The 'Jniou Company’s Rotomahana arrived this morning from the Bluff. Albany, Sept. 21.

The Peninsula and Oriental Company’s p.s. Clyde arrived at King George’s Sound this morning, with the inward Brindisi mails dated London, August 21.