TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1529, 23 December 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN, i London, Dec. 18. : In receiving a deputation yesterday, the Postmaster-General expressed ja hope that the Australian colonies would join the Postal Union, , It is announced that Government Will not proclaim a sovereignty /over Guinea, and also that if the Australian colonies are prepared to give.; a per - msnent grant for the proper adminis-i tration of that country the Imperial Governmentwill assisL i/ .s Mr Tapper, on behalf of the Exech- ‘ tire Commissioners of the Cdldnial and : Indian Exhibition, has presented Sir ! Philip Qunliffe Owen with a service -of plate,; -‘.'j ‘-i New Zealand mutton shows a rise of from to Jd per lb, and is now selling at from 4£d to 4|d per lb in lhe:Smitlifield matket. The RpJchstsg has adjourned for the Christmas holidays without having made foHher progress with the Bill providing .for an increase in the army.' Ibe Homeward mails per the Union Company’s Australia from Auckland, November 9tb, were delivered in Lc&don to-day* via San Francisco. : All the Press, including those papers favorable to Mr Gladstone, support the Irish policy ot the Government, Irish juries are acquitting prisoners in grave cases, fearing the vengeance of' the Land League. ' ’ ! : " T-he Observer states that the Cabinet has decided to introduce > a new Crimes Act, if such a measure shall be found necessary. 1 / " The colonies have submitted conditions for a postal- contract, and asked Mr Raikes to negotiate with the steamship companies. 11 ■ . :-r Dec. 19. ■ Mr Parnell has reserved his opinion as to the plan of the campaign adopted by the Irish agitators .until he shall have conferred with the promoters of the campaign; For this purpose he will forthwith proceed ib Dublin. Dec. 20. Mr O’Brien states that the,proclamation by the Government of the agitators’ plan of the campaign will m no way stop them from carrying it out, but will rather cans? the leaguers to act with greater care than they might otherwise have done. Mr Parnell states that be has been confined to his room through illness, from which he is only now recovering, and be was not aware of the plan until it was published, The Standard regards this disclaimer of Mr Parnell’s flat, and a censure on the originators of the plan. ,f - : An agreement for the widening of the Suez Canal has been concluded, and M. de Lesseps is at present in Egypt making arrangements for carrying out the work. The width of the Canal from Port Said to the Bitter Lakes will be--34 metres, thence to Suez 65 metres. Three hundred; and three entries have been received for the Eclipse Stakes. In the Colin Campbell divorce suit the Duke of Marlborough, General Butler, Captain Shaw, and Dr Bird have established strong answers to the charges brought against them, and which were chiefly made in the servants’ testimony. The Judge summed up •' in favor of the respondent, The costs'will probably exceed £15,000. Dec. 21. The Agents-General of the Australian, colonies have unitedly expressed themselves in favor of The English and French Governments assuming a joint jurisdiction over the New Hebrides, The divorce case Lord Colin Campbell v. Lady Colin Campbell, in which the Duke of Marlborough, Oapt. Shaw, General Butler, and Dr Bird were corespondents, was concluded to-doy. Lady Cohn Campbell having also sued for a divorce, the two cases were by the order of the Court consolidated. After a trial of 18 days, a verdict has been returned that the charges were mutually unproven, both petitions being dismissed. Paris, Dec, 21. A Madagascar loan has been contracted with the Comptoir des Compte .. "n the security of the Customs revenue of that island*

_ >v Washington; In the, House of Representatives the proposellor a redaction (o be made in Woollen goVidtr'anJ import ■duty on wool to, be removed was rejected by a majority of six. . Rangoon, Dec. 'l9. >'• News hag been received' from ; Upper Burmab'that the British forces un'i.r Brigadier-Greneral Low s’prramj;; and captured the stronghold of the rebel jcbief .Boshway. Boehvv.ay, hq.weyer, made-his escape into the jungle.-; . '' s —i I. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. ~ Sydney, Dec. 20. • ? ‘Th'e, s.s. Waihpra arrived this’morning.,:.-.: ■■ t’/W-a.-R A serious fire "occurred at Maitland yesterday. A child was burnt to death. Eight shops were destroyed.:.. ■ Adelaide, Dec; 20. The trial of the two brothers Lewis, who stuck- up the Bank of Australasia at Albert Park was y concluded to-day. The elder. Lewis was sentenced.,to, ten years’ hard labor, and 'the other to seven years’hard labor, • ; ’■ • | ■ Pec. li. has been received from Teeth!pa ■that a 50oz nugget has been- found on the.goldfield. ' ’' ’ 1