TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1620, 13 August 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Aug, 9.

The statement mad* by Mr Smith in the House of Commons yesterday regarding State-aided emigration Bhould hare been reported as follows :—" The Imperial Government wag unable to guarantee advances to settlers, and doubted whether the colonial Governments would approve of»Buch arrangement, and it would be useless to invite the latter to co-operate, since the Imperial Government were unable to propose to Parliament a tchema for a guarantee." The French, Russian/Hungarian and German crops are in a satisfactory condition. American and Indian are expected to be deficient. English harvest operations are progressing rapidly. In replying to a question in the Commons last night, Sir James Ferguson, the Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, stated that tha British Government and France would come to a speedy settlement of the New Hebrides question. He further informod the House that no recidivistes had been deported since November last, but settlers continue to be sent from France to the New Hebrides,

Mr Forman, of the Imperial Postal Department, reports from Home that the Italian postal officials have agreed to a transit rate of 480 centimes per kilogramme for letters and post cards and S2£ centimes for printed matter, the minimum guaranteed being 625,000 francs annually under the Convention for two years from January next. It was further arranged that the Italian quota be increased if France obtained a quota above six francs. The Grosvenor Gallery collection of pictireß will be on view for six weeks in Melbourne, and will then be exhibited in Sydney and Adelaide and New Zealand. The Prince of Wales presides at a meeting of the British Exhibition Commission on Saturday. Mr William Hulf, founder of the Aberdeen line of clippers, is dead. Sir J. Ferguson stated in the Commons that England had not consented to make the evacuation of the New Hebrides contingent on the agreement to neutralise the Suez Canal. Two despatches bad recently been exchanged between France and England on the subject. Aug. 10. The Merrivale Company of Otago, with a capital of ±,165,000, is announced. Fifteen thousand £5 preferential shares are offered. Shaw's cricket team for Australia will comprise Shrewsbury, Ullyett,, Preston, Pilling, Briggs, Maurice also Messrs and G. Braun, The Cabinet are now considering the question of formally proclaiming the National League, and probably will arrive at a decision on the point at tomorrow's meeting, At Naples two deaths have occurred from cholera.

In the Langworthy case damages have been awarded to Mrs Langworthy, by the consent of Mr Langworthy, who apologised to the Court, ani pays the damages forthwith, The question of the settlement of the New Hebrides difficulty was again alluded to in the House of Commons to-day, when Sir James Ferguson stated in reply to a question that since be bad promised to lay papers relating to the negotiations with Fr»nce on the subject before the House further messages had passed between the French and British Governments. Therefore he was unable to produce the papers asked for. Later, The damages awarded to Mrs Langworthy in the breach of promise action are £20,000, and costs. The Court further ordered the payment of £SOO per annum for the child.

An English syndicate has been granted a contract to construct a railway through Asiatic Turkey to Bagdad, The Russians are advancing in Central Asia.

A force has appeared on the frontier ot Bokhara, and scattered parties are engaged in surveying and learning tha roads, and gaiaing the goodwill of the Bokharans.

The Crown Prince of Germany is still suffering severely, and much anxiety is felt in Germany on bis account.

It is expected that the hop crop in England will be below average quality., The superior picking will commence in a fortnight. In reference to the recent BrjceRosden case, Mr H. P. Cobb, M.P. for Rigby, persistß that Sir Arthur Gordon ehou'd be made answerable to Mr Rußden for the information given by him to the latter gentleman. Mr Bryce is sverso to a further action, and Sir Henry Holland declines to interfere.

Obituary—Mr William Cordell, Melbourne, and Mr William Avirgol, Adelaide,

Tha New Zealand Antimony Company, with a capital of £250,000, is announced, The first issue of shares amounts to £120,000. Sir Walter Boiler has been appointed Chairman of Directors. Madame Elmblad was found dead abroad on the Bth instant. Her husband telegraphed that she must have phot herself.

Aug. 11. , Sir Henry Holland is going to the Sugar Conference. At the Mansion House Lord Salisbury stated that several times within the year the peace of Europe had been threatened, but the causes of alarm had now apparently passed. Obituary—Judge Lawson.

' There is an impression that the Land League will be placed under the operation of the Crimes Act after Supply has been passed, ■ Arrived, yesterday—Ships Euterpe and Theodore, from Lyttelton. 1 At a banquet given last night at the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor to Her Majesty's Ministers, Lord Salisbury made a speech In which he stated that the Government would use its powers in Ireland prudently, but at the same time without timidity, and he looked to a revival of prosperity in the Kingdom to restore good relations between England (and Ireland. He expressed satisfaction at the settlement of the Afghan boundary question, which he regarded as evidence of the mutual desire of England and Russia for peace. He declared that England would complete her task in Egypt, winch had been prolonged owing to the failure cf the Anglo-I'irkiah Convention. It was necessary, he urged, to secure the people of Egypt from internal sedition as well as from external attack. His Lordship concluded by saying that the danger ef war had vanished and he expected a period of profound peace in Europe, Paris, Aug. 9.

The official journal to-day announces that Mr Egerton, Secretary to the British Legation, had an interview yesterday with M. Floarens, Minister ot Foreign Affairs, in which he asked that a date should be named within which the French forces would evacuate the New Hebrides. M. Flourens stated he was unable to reply precisely so long as the intentions of England with regard to Egypt and tht proposed nentralisation of the Suez Canal remained undisclosed.

San Fbanoisoo, Aug. 9. The Zealandia arrived on the 7th inst., at noon, from Auckland.