TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1716, 27 March 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 21.

Lieutenant-Colonel CoetUgan, who took a prominent; part in (he Soudan in 1883, is now living in a distressed condition in London, and seeking employment as a prison warder. The Banque Theatre, which was burnt at Oporto, was crowded at the time of the occurrence.

The Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, h?s been invested with the Orderiof the Garter. France and Germany each require an additional 6000 ft of space at the Melbourne Exhibition.

France will display a large number of education exhibits at the Melbourne Exhibition. ■"' ' March 22.

Intelligence has been received here of a revolt in North Borneo, the rebels burning the town of Batu. A party of sailors from H.M.'s surveying vessel Rambler landed to protect Wambakuku. Her Majesty the Queen left London to-day for Florence. The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain has declined all offers of recognition in the shape of title for his services in connection with the settlement of the fisheries dispute between Canada and the United' States.

The Orient Company has made an offer to Mr Raikes, Postmaster-General, to carry parcels at 2d. This will mean a sixpenny rate to the public. Charles Hern, ihe landscape painter, of Sydney, has been appointed instructor in water-color painting and sketching from nature to the daughters of the Prince of Wales.

Arrived S.S. Fifeshire, from Port Chalmers, January 26th. Her cargo of frozen mutton has arrived in splendid condition. The shipment of butter from Port Ohalmera hns arrived in a perfectly sound condition.

March 28. The insurrection in JNorth Borneo has been quelled. Arrived Opawa, ship, from Napier (November 30th); Otaki, ship, from Lyttelton (December 14th). Earl Stanhope, Secretary of State for War,. speaking at Worthing, said that Government did not intend to legislate on the Irish land question until a future session.

Two hundred and fifty tons of Mawddach (Wales) quarts have been crushed and yielded 400 oz of gold. Colonial stocks have declined £ per cent.

Very severe floods have occurred in Hungary, and great loss of property has been occasioned. Several villages have been destroyed. The cemeteries were scoured by the rushing water, and cffins are scattered over the country. In many instances the coffins were smashed to pieces, and the remains of those buried strewn over the around. Gfent distress prevails, and seeps are being taken to collect, funds in aid of the suff rers.

The committee of the Wesleyan Conference have resolved in favor of the union of delegates from the Primitive Methodist, Bible Christian Methodist, Free Methodist, and New Methodist Churches, in one affiliated conference. March 24.

It is reported that Mr Cecil Raikes, the Postmaster-General, will succeed Sir William Jervois as Governor of .New Zealand.

Th 9 Right Hon. J. A. Balfour, speaking at Stalybridge, said the Irish policy of the Government was bearing most excellent fruit in Ireland, which was being gradually relieved of a heavy yoke. The Cambridge and Oxford boat race was won by Cambridge by five lengths. Cambridge led from the Btart, and kept ahead throughout the race. Time 20min 9sec. The weather was foggy. Messrs Wingate and Binell. of Glasgow, have suspended payment. Messrs Landale and Hawthron Bell, Australians, rowed fourth and Bixth, respectively, in the Cambridge boat.

A meeting which Mr W. O'Brien intended to address to-day at Xougall has been proclaimed. In a speech at Stalybridge, Mr Baifour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, said that the chargeß brought against his administration in Ireland were ridiculous and grotesque falsehoods. Mr Balfour declared that Mr Gladstone's alliance with Mr Parnell was an evil augury of the political future, and was merely sought by Mr Gladstone in urder to purchase eight four unstable lrUh votes. The Parnelhtes, even though they were assisted by Mr Gladstone, would nsver succeed unless the people were entirely ignorant of [riah afflira. Lisbon, March 23.

Particulars of the fiie at the Oporto theawe shoiT that the outhreak originated through an explosion of gas during the last act of the piece that was being performed. The doors from the uppei boxes and gaiiery became blocked by the rush of men, who drew their knives and fought for egress. Sume of those who escaped had tht>ir clothes oorap'etely torn off, and were covered with wounds. About twenty persoiiß were trampled to death in the stampede. Several were killed by jumping from windows, and seventy were Kiiffoca ed, and the calcined bodies were found in the debris. The actors engaged in the performance escaped iq their costumes,

Pakis, March U.

The claims of Turkey to the presidency of the Suez Canal hare been admitted by France.

Roke, March 24. fier Majesty Queen Victoria has arrived at .Florence,

Vienna, Marsh 24.

By the recent floods m Hungary sixty villages were entiroly submerged. The loss of life and property has been very great. Calcutta., March 23.

The rebel stockade on the road between Lingtu and Sikum has -been captured by

the commander of the British expedition which was despatched to Sikhim for the purpose of dispersing the Thibetan raiders.

The rebel fort at Lingtu was captured by the British troops without any resistance being offered. Rangoon, March 22.

The town of Myongoon has been burned by an incendiary, and 1500 Burmese are rendered homeless.

Ottawa, March 25,

A Bill to give effect to the provisions of the Fisheries Treaty has been introduced into the Canadian House of Commons.