TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1556, 22 February 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Feb, 17. In the House ol Commons to-day, Earl Dunraven made a statement in reference to his resignation. He explained his reason to be that he had insisted on economy in the public expenditure, and had objected to coercion in Ireland. The remedy for the evils existing in that country, he considered, would be an extensive measure for securing local autonomy on the representation basis. The Australian Steamship Company have purchased the Great Eastern for £20,000. She is to be placed in the Australian trade, Feb. 18; Prince Alexander, who is in ill-health, returns to Darmstadt, In the House of Commons last night an attempt was made by the Radioa party to raise a debate on the allegei packing of the jury in the trial of M John Dillon and others, which is nov proceeding in Ireland, The Speaker however, ruled that the discussion waf out of order. The motion of Mr Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, that precedence bt given to the Parliamentary Procedun Bill, was adopted. After a lengthy discussion on the Address-in-Reply, it was carried by an immense majority, in spite of the opposition of the Parnellite party, and after the cloture had been twice enforced, Increasing disorder and resistance to authority is being manifested in different parts of Ireland. It is expected that a mixed Commission will be appointed to enquire into, and' settle, the fisheries dispute in Canada. It is expected that H ft nlan, who is engaged to row Beach on the Nepean River, will leave for Sydney in September. Tenders for the Queensland 4 per cent, loan of £2,500,000 were opened to-day, i'ho total amount offered was £2,700,000. Tenders at par (the minimum) receive 88 per cent, above that amount in full, Archbishop Croke has published a letter advising the Irish people to refuse to pay taxes. The death is announced of Sir George Strachan, ex- Governor of Tasmania, Later. The official announcement re the Queensland loan of £2,500,000 shows that £2,680,000 were tendered for. Tenders at par will receive 85 per cent, The average was £IOO 0s lOd. One million two hundred and fifty thousand was tendered for at par, chiefly on account of the Bank. The number of ten. derers was 264. Feb, 19. It is reported that England proposes to neutralise Egypt, owing to the menaces of France and Russia. Referring to the Queensland loan, the Standard considers it has been a failure, and accuses the Bank of England of resorting to nnworthy methods in supporting it. Sir Graham Berry, Sir Saul Samuel, and Sir Arthur Blyth have become Patrons of the Anglo-Australian Society of Artists. Mr Alferst Ingram, the President of the Society, and Sir F, Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, have arranged to work amicably together, Feb. 20. An appeal has been granted to compel Mr Gibbon to vacate his seat in the Queensland Legislative Council, Dynamite bombs with lighted fuses have been found on the window-sill of a Magistrate’s bousein Kildysart, Ireland, The fuse, however, was quenched, and an explosion avoided. Paris, Feb, 19. Le Temps to-day publishes an article denying that any increase has been made in the number of French troops in the New Hebrides. The building of forts which has been reported is only, it states, the building of bats for the troops on the islands. Berlin, Feb. 20. The Emperor William, who has been suffering from influenza, is now much better

Rangoon, Feb, 19. A serious fire recently broke out i this city. It is believed to have bee the work of incendiaries. San Francisco, Feb. 19. The Union Company’s Maripos sailed yesterday for Auckland. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Feb. 18. Mr Gillies, the Premier, has tbii afternoon received replies from severa of the colonial Governments, concurring with the views of the New Zealanc Government with regard to the outrage! in Tonga, but agreeing that nothing can be done except except express sympathy with Mr Baker and his family. Feb. 19, Up to the pfesorft there have been 519 cases of typhoid fever in Victoria this year, 115 of which have been fatal, Sydney, Feb. 18. Sailed—Hauroto, for Wellington, For the Northumberland electorate three Protectionists (Messrs Melville, Walker, and Creer) were returned. Parliament will meet on the Bth of March. Advicejs from the New Hebrides report that the officers of a French war vessel have pegged out sites of several small batteries at Port Sandwich, Adelaide, Feb. 18. The Register newspaper estimates the yield of wheat for South Australia this season at 10,835,000 bushels, being an average of 531 per acre. It is estimated that the available surplus will be 190,000 tons, being 115,000 tons in excess of the previous year. Private firms consider the Register’s estimate of available surplus wheat as excessive, and anticipate a surplus only 160,000 tons. Feb. 19. A disease resembling malignant typhoid has appeared amongst horses in the north-east of this colony. The Government are taking the necessary precautions to prevent the outbreak spreading. Brisbane, Feb. 18. The Government agent of the labor vessel Gelena, which has returned to this port from the New Hebrides, reports that the French are about to erect a fort at Port Sandwich, and that an increase in the garrison is intended .