TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1561, 25 September 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, London, Sept. 20. Sir F. D. Bell, in ?v letter to the Times, suggests that France and England should act in concert with regard to the New Hebrides, France to have jurisdiction over the islands, but to undertake measures to prevent the place becoming an Alsatia. The Hon, E. Stanhope has in'imated to Sir G. Berry that Lord Salisbury will not «t present permit to be divulged the details of the arrangements now being made for the settlement of the New Hebrides question. Further serious rioting has taken place in Belfast. The police barracks there were to-day attacked by a large mob. The police fired and killed two of the rioters, and several others were wounded in the affray. Mr Anthony Hordern, who promoted a scheme for constructing railways in Western Australia on the land grant system, died on his passage from Colombo. Mr Gladstone has written to Sir G. Grey expressing his gratification at there being 50 members of the New Zealand Assembly favorable to Horne Rule, which Mr Gladstone states is necessary to secure the happiness of Ireland and the safety and renown of the Empire. The Propaganda has twice discussed the question of appointing a successor to the late Archbishop Gould, of Melbourne, but has adjourned it until the end of September, awaiting the Pope’s option. The Rev, Father Gibney has been nominated as coadjutor to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth. The Australian and New Zealand mails via San Francisco, which left Auckland on the 17th August, were delivered in London to-day. Sept. 21. Mr Stanhope has informed Dr Aherne that a prompt decision on the Queensland separation question will be arrived at as soon as the necssary materials come to band. The debate on the motion for the second reading of Mr Parnell’s Irish Land Bill commenced in the House of Commons to-day. Mr Gladstone spoke, and expressed his concurrence in the necessity for temporary relief being afforded to the Irish tenants. He Stated he would vote for the second reading. Mr Matthews, Home Secretary, in a forcible speech, demanded the - rejection of the Bill, It is expected the division will be taken to-night.

The sculling match between George Bubear, of England, and Peter Kemp, of Sydney, for £IOO a side, was won by Bubear by a length and a-balf. W ben half the course had been [covered 4 to 1 was laid on Kemp, but when at Oheswick he collapsed. The P. and 0. Company intend to build eight steamers of 7000 tons each, to cost a million and a half. The Prince of Wales has thanked the colonies for the invitation to visit Aus Iralia, and regrets that the Queen’s jubilee will prevent him from absenting himself from England next summer.

Among those who have accepted appointments as Jubilee Commissioners are Mr Stanhope, Lords Dunraven, Rosebery, Kimberley, and Granville, Mir Henry Holland, Sir Jas. Ferguson, and Sir Richard Cross. The Duke of Cambridge has been appointed President.

Government will grant L3OOO towards the exhibition. Foreign and English exhibitors have already paid for 11,000 feet. Sir Herbert Sanford has been appointed British Commissioner. Sept. 22. Further serious rioting has occurred in Belfast, necessitating the calling out of the Dragoons, who charged the rioters and cleaved the streets. In the House of Commons to-day, the debate on Mr Parnell’s Irish Land Bill was resumed. Sir W. Vernon Harcourt and Mr John Morley supported the measure, while the Marquis id' Hartington opposed it. Sir M, iiichsBeacb condemned the proposal for what he termed the “ Blackmail con* dition ” of Ireland, as such a course might compel the earlier gammoning of

Parliament to ask that the Executive should be invested with full powers for the suopression of disorder. The division was then taken on the motion for the second reading, with the following result; —Ayes, 202 ; Noes, 297. The Bill was therefore thrown out. Three to one is being laid against Wallace Ross for his match against beach for the championship. Te Soir, a Paris paper, states that unless Egypt is evacuated England will encounter hostility in Oceania. Earl Cooper has been appointed chairman of the Irish Land Commission. Iho Secretary for War intends to make such alterations in (he position of retired officers in colonial employ as will remove the grievances under which they at present labor. Sept. 23. Lord Randolph Churchill has signified his intention of proposing next session that extensive changes be made in parliamentary procedure. An International Sculling Handicap is now being arranged at the Welsh Harp, Endon. Prizes will be given to the amount of £3OO. Dr Aherne, the delegate from the Queensland Separation League, hag been banquetted. The Marquis of Salisbury has stated that the policy of this Government will be to create a peasant proprietary in Ireland. The Times commends the disinterested attempt of the Hawaiian Government to preserve the independence of . Polynesia. Madrid, Sept; 21, A serious disturbance occurred in this city to-day, arising out of a movement in favor of the establishment of a Republic lor Sp&iu, A small portion of the Madrid military garrison revolted in support of the Republic, and marched through the principal streets. The authorities promptly called out the force of loyalists, who attacked the rebels, and fired, killing two officers, and the remainder, finding they were not supported by the populace or the other troops, proceeded in haste to the railway station, where they seized a train and fled from the city. Madrid has been declared in a state of seige. Sept, 22. The majority of the rebel soldiers who fled from the city have been captured by the force despatched against them, after frequent skirmishes. Numerous arrests have been made here of persons supporting the Republican cause. Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 20. The Aorangi, from Wellington (Aug. 26th), arrived here on the afternoon of the lath inst., with her cargo of meat in good condition.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Sept. 22. The Wairarapa left this afternoon for New Zealand, Sept. 23. Arrived, last evening Waihora, from the Bluff. Sydney, Sept. 22. A conference has been begun between representatives of the Shipowners’ Association and the Seamen’s Union over the questions in dispute. At yesterday’s sitting Messrs Smith and Burns stated the case clearly on behalf of the shipowner. Sept. 23. The Mariposa arrived yesterday afternoon. The Tarawera sailed this afternoon for New Zealand. In the Legislative Council lost night, the Customs Bill was real a third lime and passed, The tobacco factory of Cameron and Co. was completely destroyed by fire tonight.