TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1815, 13 November 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, November 8. H.M.S. Agammenon, at present in commisßion in the Mediterranean, liaß been ordered to proceed to Zanzibar, The Sugar Bounties ConTention will not be ratified thi« session. lhe University mission in Central Africa protests against the Anglo-French-German slavery crusade on the ground that it will endanger (he lives of the natives and the prospects of the mission. November 9. Lord Brownßlow succeeds the Earl of Onslow as political secretary to the Board of Trade. The Church Association hare decider! to take sction against the Bishop pf Lincoln on charges of ritualism. After the recent meeting at Birmingham, Mr Gladstone drove through the Black Country, which for miles was gay with impromptu decorations. In the course of the journey he was met with the greatest enthusiasm. The Daily Telegraph says that the Admiralty propose to build at least eight ironclads, twenty cruisers, and a number of torpedo boats. The Admiralty have made an offer to residents of British ports that if they provide vessels the department wil! defray the oopt of equipping the same excepting the cost of guns and material, and that the vessels may then be retained for the sole defence of the ports providing tlrm.

Mr W. L. Rees Las applied to Mr Goßohen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, for a guarantee of 3 per cent upon the snm of £300,000 to be expended in emigrating to New Zealand two thousand families of the Lewis crofters who ar« now in danger of starving. The Government are favourable to the proposal, but 'ire reluctant to act until the Colonial Government approves of the scheme. The State-aid Colonisation Association hnve withheld their approval of Mr Rees's co-operative proposal, but ara willing to assist individually. General Steward, military adviser to Victoria, states that the colony is arming its steamships and steam barges, in addition to the regular fleet, for the defence of Melbourne,

While speaking on Irish affairs at Birmingham yesterday Mr Gladstone said the residue of his life was the property of Ireland. November 10.

Alderman James Whitehead was sworn in to-day as Lord Major of London. The usual parade was abandoned, it being deemed more expedient to distribute the, cost of such a show among the poor of the city, This Bction is partly commended by the Press,

Speaking at Guildhall, the Marquis of Falisbury said that Government were resolute in pursuing the po'icy which it was believed would be successful in settling the dispute with America. The causa of complaint was against Washington statesmeu, not the Americans, because the elections had shown that the statesmen did not represent the people. Referring to European matters, Lord Salisbury said that the Great Powfrs vrere offering every inducement to refrain from war. There was great danger while fire powers maintained 12,000,00© soldier?, and it might naturally be asked where was suspicion to end. It was therefore necessary that England should be prepared for any emergency.

The ship Thaodor Huger. of Hamburg, bound to Sydney, collided with the steamer Nantes in the English Channel' to-day. The force of the collision was so great that both vessels filled and sank within a few minutes. Sixteen of the crew of the fbeodor Huger were saved, while only two of the Nantes were rescued.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has cited the Bishop of Lincoln, charged with Ritualism.

In the House of Commons to-day Mr Goschen announced that the Government had abandoned the proposed wheel tax.

It is semi-officially : stated that the Chinese Government are much irritated at the action of Australia in refusing Chinese immigration, and that they are determined to insist on being allowed the same privileges as other nations. So far the Colonial Office have not shown a disposition to hurry matters.

The parcels post system with New Zealand commences on Thursday next. Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales, has invited the various Agents-General of the colonies to join him in sending an expert to report on a disease which is decimating rabbits on Cholmondelej'« estate in Cheshire, News has been received that Hansen, a Danish explorer, and his party have successfully crossed Greenland in snow shoes.

The Maoti football team met the Halifax Free Wanderers yesterday and wore defeated by four goals and « try to one goal and a try,

Paris, -November 9. Five unemployed waiters hay«j been arrested on suspicion of being l concorned in the recent dynamite explosion*. Admiral Krantz, Minister of Msrinp, states that if Germany expends 250,000,000 marks en hrr navy, France will expend a sioaiUr sum to increase the effectiveness of the French navy. November 10. The Revision Committee hsve decided that the charter adopted by the Constituent Assembly should be ratified by a plebescite. Amsterdam, November 10. King William, who has been seriously ill for a considerable time past, is improving in health. St, Petersburg Novembrr 10. M. De Giers, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in accepting af Oamaniscb, expressed a hope that Russia and Turkey would enter into relations based upon mutual confidence. Suakim. November 9,. A sortie was made from the city to-lay with a view of spiking the enemy's guns, but it proved a faiijure. A vigorous engagement resulted, ;the enemy losing heavily, while the British loss was only five killed. MajorQeneral Grenfell has applied for reinforcements. Washington, November %. The Repub icans have n majority of fifteen in the House of Representatives. November 8. It is exported that Mr Blaine will replace Mr Bayard as United States Secretary of State. November 9. The final result of the DolliDg for the President gives the number as Harrison 235, Cleveland 168. The Republicans carried California and Indiana. New York, November 10. A terrible explosion took place in a coal mine at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and it is feared that 160 persons have lost their lives.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, November 9.

George Syme. sentenced to death for shooting Mrs Clifford, his mother-in-law, was executed yesterday.

November 10. Sailed—Mararoa, tor the Bluff, i Stdney, November 9>

The Supreme Court has decided that the by-law under which eight officers of the Saltation Army were conricted jand sentenced at Woollongong is ultra vires and unreasonable. The prisoners have therefore been released, A sad boating accident occurred here this afternoon. A boat confining several people was being rowed in the neighborhood of Black Wattle Bay, when a steam launch collided with it. Two of the occupaniß, Messrs Nettleton and Bardille, were drowned, A young lady, the fiancee of Nettleton, was gallantly rescued by a man named Bourne, who jumped from G'enbe bridge, ■ dii tance of 25ft, and swam ashore with her.