TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1588, 31 May 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, May 26. General Boulanger declares that the French army, is in a. state of readiness id the event of war. Bishop Barry, of Sydney, preaches a jubilee sermon at Cambridge University on Sunday. Sir Charles Cooper, K. 8., formerly Chief Justice of South'Australia, aged 92, is dead. The Eagle Dawk Gold Mining Company Fas been floated, and the promoter (Mr Mclntyre, M.L.A.), will retnm to Tictoria by the P. and 0. e.s. ValelU, Baron Nordendkjold declines all the I>ropbsmlfl made to him to conduct the antarctic expedition, in consequence of his having engagements which will detain him until 1889. The managing body of the Imperial Institute will consist : of 150 notables, includidg i 5, colonists, There will be 10 representatives from Australia and a similar, number from Canada. The Executive Committee will be selected from the managing body, Two hundred thousand pounds hare been subscribed, and greater enlhuSiarra in ths matter is now expected. The Colonial Institute will be by the Imperial one, numbers of the former receiving extra privilsgei. May 27. Latest advices received to-day from the West‘Coast of Africa report that the Stanley Expedition for the relief of Emir iPasha did not 1 leave Stanley Pool, on the Congo, until 29ib April. The Australian mails per Garonne (Melbpurn ( e,,/V.pril ISth), aad Safazie (Melbourne, April 20th) ware, dalivered here tor<day. The Emperor of Austria, in: bis speech at the openings of; the Hungarian Parliament, referred to the good relationship existing with' all the Powers, A ukase issued, by the Czar, forbidding, foreigners, to acquire or inherit land in Poland has caused much excitement in Austria.

The fbllbfciili;', aphointmenfs h ave been made to 'the RW recently created by. the. Pope Bishop of Grafton, .New South Wales, the Very Reverend Father Doyle; Bishop of Wilcannia, New Sooth Wales, the Very Reverend Father * Dunne ; a Bishop of Point Abgoata. South Australia, the .Very Reyerhnd l Father O’Reilly-'; Bishlop of, Sale, GippM,end, the Tory Reverend J. F; D;g.; Y.F., of fit. Kilda, Melbourne. The Rev. JFulian Vidal has been appointed Vicar Apostolic of Fiji, ahd tbe R'<fV. L. Newarre, head of the New Guinea Mission, stationed at Thursday .Island, to be Vicar of Melanesia. The Very Reverend James J. D. Grimes has been appointed Bishop of pr Grimes is at present Superior of the Npyiciate of St. Mary’s Hill, Paignton, South Devon, England, and was born in the diocese of Westminster on February llib, )842. He t*ias for a considerable time President of Jefferson College, Louisiana, United States^and is a very able preacher and a distinguished member of the Society of St, Mary. The Oriet t and P. and 0. Companies have accepted the > ultimatum of the Poß,t-offfce respecting the new contracts, including a direct mail service, The P. and 0. Company also offer Mr the option of ; extending the contract from Wen to ten years. The Queen has assented to the issue of a Commission Tor the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. The following ll the result of the Oaks run at Epsom tp:day{—The Duke of Beaufort’s Reve'd’Or 1, Mr Valentine’s St. Helen 2, the Duke of West mitisUr’s Freedom 8. May 28. TJie following are, announced as the only official celebrations of Her Mar jesty’s Jubilee ; Service at Westminster Abbey, military review at Aldershot, naval and military review at Portsmouth, parade of thirty thousand of the Home District Volunteers before the Queen at Buckingham Palace. May 2 % A terrible, explosion occurred yesterday at Überton Colliery, near Glasgow, Seyenty persons weye killed, CoNSTAKTINOPLp. May 26. The Ottoman Porte has refused the demands of the Cretan inhabitants, and threatens to proclaim law throughput (b« ial»fi d UUM they aye at once withdrawn. The gyeat European Powers, are, hnffeyer, dissuading Turkey from parrying ont the threat. May 28. The Great Powers, with the exception of Russia, replying to the circular of the Porte urging them to corpe to an i agreement regarding tf}? papdjdaie for ' the throne of Bulgaria, haye announced that an exchange of yiews on the subject will forthwith take place, The Russian Government, hpffeyer, has depliged to discuss the Question. . Bbbli», May 26. It is officially slated that the Crown Prince is suffering from * severe affeo-

tion of the throat,, His medical, advisers, however, state that the case admits of hope, and that with earn he will recover, though bis illness will be a protracted one. Brussels, May 28. The colliery strikes are becoming more general, and are extending throughout the country. Great precautions are being taken by the police and military authorities to prevent rioting. Capetown, May 27. The Ruapehu, from Plymouth (M»y 7th) arrived this afternoon, en route for New Zealand, Rio de Janeiro, May 27. The Tongarirn, from Wellingion (M»y sth), arrived here yesterday afternoon. Her cargo of mutton is in good condition. New York, May 27. A fire occurred last night in the tram car stables in this city and fully 1600 horses perished, in the flames. The building was completely gutted, Ottawa, May 27. An immense popular demonstration has taken place here in favor of the Governor-General, the Marquis of Lansdowne, The Roman Catholics took a prominent part in the proceedings. May 28. O’Brien has left Canada for New York. Bis mission is generally regarded as a total failure.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, May 27. Arrived—Austral, from Plymouth, May 28. Arrived—Waihora, , May 29. An open air meeting is. t» be held under the presidency of Sir Bryan O’Loughlin, to protest against the Irish Crimes Bill. Sydney, May 27. Sailed— Wakatipu, for Wellington ; and Manapouri, for Auckland. Mr Wise has been appointed Attor-ney-General vice Mr Foster resigned. May 28. The annual intercolonial eight-oared boat race between New South Wales and Victoria was rowed on the Parramatta this, afternoon, and resulted in the Victorian crew winning very easily. May 29. H.M.S. Diamond arrived from Tonga torday. She brings news that it is openly staled among the natives of Tonga that the next attack on the Rev. S. Baker will be made with clubs ; they will not trouble firearms. A steamer which arrived to-day reports the total wreck of the schooner Lizzie on the coast of Isabel Isle, Solomon Group.