TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1673, 15 December 1887, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Dec. 11. Five of the seven moonlighters committed for trial on the charge of killing Head Constable Whelhan, near Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, during a raid made by a gang on (he house of Sexnn, a farmer, have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from five to seven years. In this case the raid was arranged by the informer Colimn, in order to bring his companions into the bands of the police. President Cleveland’s policy, as enunciated in bis recent message to Congress, is winning him much support. At the banquet given by the Unionists at West minster a resolution was passed expressing confidence in Lord Hartmgton as lender of the Unionist party. In the coarse of his reply, Lord Hartingtou said the Unionists were not ashamed to co-operate with Lord Salisbury, and that, joining Mr Gladstone would mean (be betrayal of England, A largo meeting of those interested ( in the' Home industries protested against the British industries being ruined by foreign competition, and resolved to agitate for the imposition of moderate duties.

Teenier has challenged Beach to row a sculling match. In the appeal case of Commissioner of Railways of New South Wales v. Brown, the judgment of the Australian Court has been reversed with costs. The Mount Morgan appeal cases have been postponed until February in order to ensure (heir being beard together, A mission in aid of discharged prisoners forwarded 105 released prisoners to the colonies during the year.

Dec. 12. News is to hand that a party of colonists have inspected the GwynyrnwdJ mine, North Wales, where Pritchard Morgan recently made the discovery of a gold-bearing quartz reef. They report that gold is plainly vissible in most of (he stone.

Tiie Rev. Louis Navarre, head of the Roman Ca■ holic Mission in New Guinea, has been appointed Bishop of Peulcomia.

The Rev. Mr Berry has declined *o succeed to the pastorship of the iat» Henry Ward Beecher’s Plymouth C<ma relational Church, Brooklyn, New York. It is anticipated that Russian aelion in Bulgaria will provoke a war with Austria in the spring. Obituary—Colonel Culmc Seymour.

A terrific storm raged off the north of Scotland on Friday. The Shetland fishing fleet which was out at the time was almost entirely wrecked, and twentyfour fishermen ware drowned.

Thirty-four matchrs have been arranged for the Australian cricket team which visits England next season. It is probable that Sir C. B. H. MiU:hell will be re-appointed Governor of the Leeward Island or Trinidad. He will leave Fiji for England at once, and leave the Hon. W. McGregor, C.M.G., in charge until the return of Sir J. B. Tlmn.ton.

The New York Herald says that a new fisheries treaty is hopeless, bat an agreement re definition of certain portions of the treaty of 1818 is possible, The South Australian ruby mines are attracting great attention.

New Zealand 4- percents have further advanced £l, and are now £97 10s, Berlik, Dec, 10.

The Imperial Chancellor, Prince Bismarck, was yesterday seized with a sudden fit of illntss, but with the necessary medical attention lie speedily recovered. The doctor in attendance upon Prince Bismarck, however, advises the utmost rest and quietness.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Dec. 32, A murderous attack was made upon a stationmaster at Glen Huntley, a small station beyond Caulfield, on Saturday last, A man who had purchased a ticket violently assaulted the stationmaster, and the latter was found by the guard lying insensible with his skull fractured, and in a critical condition. The man was arrested, and upon being searched the keys of the station and safe were found upon him, but he had only a small sum of money in his possession,

Dec. 13. Sailed—-Tarawera from the Bluff.

FRENCH AFFAIRS. Paris, Dec. 10. M. Fallieres has withdrawn from the task of forming a Ministry, as be is unable to effect a union of Moderate and Republic parties. Dec, 12, The injuries sustained by M. Ferry in the recent attack upon him by Audertin have proved of a more serious nature than at first conjectured, the symptoms having become less favorable. London, Dec. 11. M. Fallieres having undertaken the formation of a Ministry, will virtually mean a revival of M. Rouvier’s Cabinet. Dec, 12, Aubertin, the man who fired at M. Ferry on Friday, is thought to be insane. He threatens to reveal his associates unless M. Kouvier and M. Ferron are promptly killed. M. Ferry is suffering very much from a contused wound near the heart, the result of the shot fired by Aubertin.