TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1603, 5 July 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 30. Fifteen of the Nihilists condemned to death for the attack on tho life of the Czar have been reprieved and transported to Siberia. The Crown Prince of Germany is suffering from o severe cold, and his throat is acutely congested. Dr McKenzie has removed the greater portion of the formation, and the medical reports are reassuring. Lord Salisbury received a deputation egainst the sugar bounties. It is reported that the Sobranje will elect Prince Ferdinand to the Bulgarian throne, Bubear easily defeated Ten Eyck in a sculling match reived at Worcester, Massachusetts. The trial of the captain, mate, and two seamen of the ship Lady Douglas, on a charge of killing a Malay seaman named Hassen during the voyage from Shark’s Bay, Western Australia, to London, has resulted in the four prisoners being sentenced to death. The jury, in bringing in their verdict, recommended the prisoners to mercy, Baron Hirsch, the well-known Austrian financier, has presented £IO,OOO to the Imperial Institute. The Imperial Government have agreed to undertake the survey of the route proposed for the Pacific cable, but the work can only be carried on as vessels are available. Shaw’s cricket team sail for Anstra ia in September. Among the members are Ulyett and Preston. The programme of the opening ceremony of the Imperial Institute closely resembles that adopted at the opening of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition. I’he Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the feasibility of State-aided colonisation have sent in a report, in which they propose that the Government should assist private colonisation schemes by guaranteeing interest on loans raised for that purpose. Everything is ready for laying the foundation stone of the Imperial Institute on Monday. A block of colonial granite, contributed by the ladies, will be laid, also Indian stones and English bricks. Representatives from different parts of the Empire will be present at the opening ceremony. Ihe Hastings (New Zealand) Borough loan ot £25,000 has been withdrawn from the market, only £IOO having been subscribed. Sir William Fitzherbert will return to New Zealand, via Vancouver. It is expected that Princes and others in India will subscribe about £40,000 to the funds of the Imperial Institute. July 1. A number of Indian Princes now visiting England presented to the Queen at Windsor Castle yesterday numerous loyal addresses on the occasion of Her Majesty’s Jubilee, In the House of Commons to-day Sir J. Fergusson, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that the remarks in England on the subject of the New Hebrides had not so far expedited negotiations, but be still hoped the discussion would shortly be concluded, and the withdrawal of the French from the New Hebrides arranged. The total subscriptions to the Imperial Institute aye under a quarter of a million, Sir James Fergusson, replying ’to Mr Bryce’s question in the House of Commons, stated that the parleying with France had hitherto been without result. . Negotiations were continuing, buVriO.lhjng definite had been arrived at. He was, however, hopef” 1 . (hat the French WQ«ld withdraw" from the liebrM;, B shortly. The Xmperial Government were pat to be blamed for tfie great delay which had occurred The drought is the worst ever experienced in the North of England, Farmers are compelled t» sacrifice their stock, and the fruit and root crops are suffering severely. The Russification of the Bailie provinces is exciting anger in Germany. A Synod of Anglican Bishops irom all parts of the world will be held at Lambeth next summer, The Queen and Princess of Hawaii sail for New York to-morrow. Vernon’s team will comprise Hawk, O’Brien, Roller, Bow’y, Bates, Peate, and Attwell, for certain ; Wallace and Beid are probables. Cambridge University won every event at H«nloy regatta. Calcutta, June 30, Reports to hand from Afghanistan prove that continuous fighting is taking place between the Ameer’s troops and the rebels, but the accounts as to the various engagements and successes on either side are most conflicting. ■ San Francisco, July 2. The Alameda sailed yesterday at 4 p.trii