TELEGRAMS. AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1608, 16 July 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, July 11. The Australian mails via Brindisi (Melbourne, June Ist) were delivered to-day, July 12. The Queen has presented £IOOO to the Imperial Institute fund. In the House of Commons to-day, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replying to a question, stated that the Sultan will receive Sir H. D. Wolff on Friday next, but the British Commissioner will not remainJn Constantinople after that date. The Crown Prince of Germany has recovered his voice. The Queen will be Lord Salisbury’s guest at his seat, Hatfield House, today. Pr Stoiloff is forming a new Cabinet for Bulgaria, with M. Peteroff as Minister for War,

A heavy fall has taken place in Russian bonds in the Beriiu and London markets, in consequence of the expectation of an immense loan about to be offered.

One hundred and forty deaths from cholera are reported at Catania, in Sicily. The victims are chiefly soldiers.

Mr Spencer, of Christchurch, has obtained the Gi'chiist Scholarship, It is tenable for three yoars, and is worth £IOO a year.

Dr McGlynn's speech at New York on the Papacy and Catholic Church created an immense sensation and excited intense indignation amongst his co-religionists and astonishment in others. He declared that the Papacy was a mere money-making machine, aad said ho was prepared with proof in support of his assertion. He eulogised the Catholic religion, in which he was still a firm believer, but expressed himself utterly unconcerned about the Pope's action in excommunicating biro. Ihe inquiry into the wreck of the Tasmania on the coast of Corsica has collapsed, owing to the death of one of the assessors who was bearing the cane.

The British Paci6c Squadron h«s been ordered to Honolulu.

Mr Hudson Beare, of Adelaide, has been elected Professor of Mechanics for Heriot Wali College, Edinburgh. The French Government is hesitating to appoint a Commission for the Melbourne Exhibition, on the ground of economy, but promise to give every indirect assistance possible. July 13. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury hold a grand garden party today at their seat, Hatfield House, Herefordshire. The Queen and a large number of distinguished guests will be present, It is announced that Sir Pope Hennessy has been reinstated Governor of Mauritius. Mr Clifford Lloyd, Secretary of that colony, has been appointed to a post elsewhere. The R.M.S. Aoraugi arrived at Plymouth this momiDg, with her cargo of mutton in good condition. Thirty-four ironclads and cruisers, seventy-five gunboats and torpedo crafts, six training brigs, and thirteen troopships take part in the grand naval review. Ihey will form into two lines opposite the Isle of Wight and Portsmonth.

The American Pacific Squadron has been ordered to Honolulu. The North German Gazette warns German residents in Paris to closo their places of business on the 14th instant, and not to appear in the streets. The occasion is the celebration of the anniversary of the taking ef the Bastille. Paris, July 12, Sir Graham Berry and Sir Saul Samuel had an interview with the French postal authorities, who strongly resisted the demand for a reduction in the French transit rates on Australian mails, and tbe Agentß-General, therefore, proceeded to Berne, where they hope to ba able to make more satisfactory arrangements for the carriage of mails via Oatend. Sofia, July 13. A new Ministry has been formed by Stoiloff. New York, June 11. Dr McGlynn, who has been excommunicated from the Catholic Church, delivered a speech to-day, in which he dffiid the Pope.

Melbourne, July 13. Sailed, this afternoon—Mararoo, for the Bluff. July 14. The Premier has decided to commnnicnte with the New Zealand GoTt'ruint'nt regarding the representation of iliHt colony at th- Melbourne Kxhibit i-tii. Sydney, July 13. Siiilfil —Z- alaii'iia, for Auckland and r>n Fr.Dii-c''. I'll.' iT;-.i.r! -f '!'(! Commission of line]!!!,) iiiio ii" iiu^*i colliery dioustir

States that carelessness, want of skill, and the loose and perfunctory manner in which the principal operations were performed by the majority of the men led up to the occurrence. At the prorogation of Parliament to-day the Governor's Speech enumerated the work of the session, and expressed the opinion that there are undoubted signs of returning prosperity in the colony. Parliament will probably re-assemble in two months' time.

There has been no further development of smallpox at the quarantine station. It appears that the first Bufferer (Alexander) was in the employ of the family who have been attacked since going into quarantine. July 14. The.inquest on the Hawkesbury railway disaster concluded to-day. The verdict attributes the accident to a great want of supervision of the railway officials in not following written rules, and to the engine not being sufficiently powerful. The break power wad insufficient, and the air couplings incomplete. The jury recommended the appointment of a Commission to generally enquire into the management of railways.

Arrived—Wakstipu, from Wellington,

Hobart, July 13. The Knikoura arrived this morning, and left again for Wellington at 4 p.m. She has 78 passengers for New Zealand,