TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1612, 26 July 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, July 21.

Further intelligence from the Congo states that a report has reached the missionary station at Matadai that Stanley has been shot dead while fighting with a native tribe on the journey to Wadelai.

Franco has refused to recognise Prince Ferdinand, He is averse to accepting the position unless assured that he will be favorably received by the Powers.

The German sugar manufacturers, though willing to accept the British proposals countervailing the duties, insist on the absolute necessity of retaining the bounties, and will not listen to the proposals for their abolition.

The Rolapore Cup at the Wimbledon meeting was won by England with 710 points. The Canadian team was second with 662. Lieut. Warren’s score for the Queen’s prize was 210 points. The objections taken by the Treasury to the amount asked for by Sir Graham Berry as a vote to the Melbourne Exhibition is causing a delay in the appointment of a British Commission, The French Cabinet fear to ask tbo Chamber of Deputies for a vote for the Exhibition, although the Minister of Commerce and the Directors-General of the Paris Exposition supported the granting of it, as requested by Sir Graham Berry. The German Government are asking to hare the transit rates for mails reduced below a penny, and an answer is expected next week. July 22.

The Emir Pasha Relief Committee discredit the report of the death of Stanley. Lord Sandhurst is urging the Government to assist the proposal to settle military pensioners in New Zealand. Lords Harris and Onslow have promised to consider the question. General Boulanger is reported to have declared that the Royalists on two occasions tempted him to take part in an attempt to overthrow the French Republic.

M. de Lesseps estimates (hat the Australian traffic via the Panama Canal when it is completed will amount to 20,000,000 tons. London was startled yesterday by the publication of a report that the Prince of Wales was dead. Prompt enquiry showed the statement to be unfounded, and it was at once contradicted. • The origin of the report is unknown. Later. In the House of Lords yesterday, Lord Harris, replying to Lord Sandhurst, said that Government was unwilling to assist tbo emigration of army pensioners to New Zealand. Lord Rosebery said that he understood the New Zealand authoritiaa were willing to receive these pensioners, and he hoped the Government would reconsider their decision. Lord Onslow said the Government would be glad to assist the movement, but the obstacles in its way were numerous and not easily overcome. England won the Elcho Shield competition at Wimbledon, Warren’s score was 274, not 210. The Court of Queen’s Bench, on the application of the Exchequer and Audit Department, has decided that Mr JBrooks, of the firm of Bi’ooks and Robinson (Melbourne), who is residing in England, is liable to be assessed for income tax on all profits arising from the colonial business. July 23. A grand naval review took place at Spilbead to-day before the Queen. One hundred and thirty war vessels took part, being divided into three squadrons anchored in ‘-wo columns, with line ahead. The ;Princo of Wales, Prince George of Wales, the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany, and other Royalties, and a large number of Peers and members of the House of Commons and members of the diplomatic bodies were present. The Queen, in the Royal yacht, passed between the lines amid a general Royal salute. The flag officers and commanders of the various ships were aftewards presented to Her Majesty on the yacht. .The werther was splendid, and the review a perfect success. The proceedings were a thorough success. At night the whole fleet vas splendidly illuminated,

Rusteu Pasha, Turkish Ambassador, bad an interview wi.h the Marquis of Salisbury, at,which:be proposed that fresh negotiations In opened for the settlement of the Egyptian question on a basis differing rora that embodied in the proposed £nglo-Tutkish Uonvention.

It is believed, that the Firth of Gina, bound to London, v>i ! s lost in a cyclone in January.

, July 24. -irrivml, at Plyrton'b—P. an! O. O’.'.’fi s.B. Clyde, Iron 1 Melbourne, The ahum fight ofl. Portemouib to-Jsy was v*ry suOcessful; The (loot comprised 26 armourei vessels, 9 an*

armoured ships, 5 torpedo cruisers, 38 torpedo boats, 38 gunboals, 12 troopships, 6 training brigs, manned by upwards of 20,000 men. Many Australians witnessed the fight from the Orient, Peninsular, and Union liners. In the case Parnell v. Bowman the Privy Council has affirmed the judgment of the Supreme Court, the appellant to pay costs. Eight Alsatian soldiers have been arrested at Mayence, a city in HesseDarmstadt, Germany, for conspiring with the Patriotic League. Constantinople, July 21. Advices to hand from Crete state that Mnhommed Pasha, Turkish Special Commissioner for the settlement of the Cretan difficulty, has issued a proclamotion granting the demands of the inhabitants. Paris, July 21. Mr Foreman, of the British Postoffice, has proceeded to Rome, and the negotiations relative to the carriego of Australians mails are now entirely in the bands of the Imperial Post-office, which has submitted to France a definite offer involving r large reduction in the transit rate, and liberty on the part of England to divide mails. The latter condition is made a sine qua non. Mr Foreman will make a similar offer to the Italian Postoffice, whose acceptance will probably depend on the action of France. Sir Graham Berry and Sir Saul Samuel are understood to be satisfied with the result of their mission. Capetown, July 23. Sailed—-E.M.S, Tongariro, for New Zealand.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, July 22. Arrived, this morning—Msnapouri, from the Bluff. The difficulty which has been existing for some time between Mr Alison Smith, Acting Locomotive Superintendent and the Engine-drivers’ Association has been amicably settled. The unemployed agitation recently commenced here has completely collapsed, work having been found for the men. July 24. . The Austrian barque Ganges, from London, after entering the Heads, struck off Point Lonsdale, Queenscliffe, at midnight, The crew was saved after perilous adventures, tut the ship will probably become a total wreck. Sydney, July 22. All persons on the quarantine station, except Alexander, will be released to-day. The schooner Reliance has foundered in tbs Tweed River. All on board were saved. Adelaide, July 22. A quantity of valuable rubies have been brought to Adelaide. It is alleged they were found onjthe north-east border. 900 miles from Adel Aide.