TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1818, 20 November 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, November' 15. Ths New Zealand Caledonian wold Company, with a capital of £IOO,OOO, will ob floated shortly. The Maori football team beat the Hartlepool Rovers' Club at Durham, by ■ try to nil. Mr Jasper Pyne, M.P. for Waterford West, has been drowned at Holyhead. He foil overboard from a steamer,

The ship Renfrewshire is posted as overdue.

In the of Commons Mr R. C. Graham, M,P. for Lanark, delivered himself of a violent and bitter speech directed against the police. He scathingly denounced the administration of the Homo Department by ¥t Matthews, particularly condemning bim for j allowing the Whitechapel murders ! to go unpunished while his officers clubbed thn unemployed for asserting the right to meet in pubic places. He declared that Parliament alone stood between Mr MaHhews. and death, for if the!people* did not feel confidence in their representatives to see that justice was done, the life of the Home Secretary would have been in jeopardy maDy a time. If the present brutal policy was persisted in there would be in London a repitition of the Chicago riots. Hortalbary won the race for the Colquhotin sculls at Cambridge, i November 16. In the House of Commons this evening Mr W. H. Smith stated that the (iovernment did not intend ito proceed this session with the following measures : Tithes Bill, Irish Drainage Bill, and the Bill providing for the Board of Agriculture. Thoy would, however,; go on with the Employers' Liability Bill end the Scotch University Bill. The Tithes Bill and Scotch Local Government Bill would be th e first business for consideration next session,

The league at Wexford has voted Mr John Parry. M.P. for Wexford l South, and Mr John E. Redmond, member for Wexford North, each £3OO annually. It is believed that Mr Jasper Pyne committed suicide.

The libel action Sir J. Pope Hennessy v. the Times, in which plaintiff claimed £20,000 damages for alleged defamation of character«in an article respecting Sir Pope Eennessy's restoration to the Governorship of the Mauritius, has been settled by the Times apologising and paying 40s damages and all costs. Proceedings were commenced in July last. Mrs Gordon Weldon. the notorious litigant, brought a charge of conspiracy Bgainst Mr Riviere, formerly conductor of the Covent Garden Concerts, and against other persons. The case was dismissed, and the Judge who presided directed that Mrs Weldon, and several of her witnesses, should be prosecuted for conspiracy and perjury. November 17. The election of a representative for JDewsbury, in place of Sir John Simon, who recently resigned his seat in the House of Commons, took place, to-day Mr Olyroyd, a supporter of Home Rule for Ireland, was returned by a majority of 2,302 over Mr Arnold Porster, who stood in the Unionist interest. The Standard says that when the new movements of Russian troops on the Austrian frontier are completed, the former will much exceed the total strength of the army maintained by Austria in times of peace. The St.. Petersburg Press declares tfaot Russia is not increasing her frontier army, but that it has been largely reduced. A severe gale has passed' over Scotfand, Ireland, and the northern districts of England, and many wrecks have been reported on shore. The damage is considerable, and a number of fatalities have resulted.

. Colonel P. Duncan, C,8., M.P., for Finsbury, is dead. Mr John Bright, who has been suffering from congestion of the lungs, is improving in health. The Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice has made a new order with reference to colonial securities. The order omits colonial securities from the list of investments of trustees, owing to the House of Commons haying rejected the colonial clause in the Trustees Liability Bill, unless the investment is Imperially guaranteed,

The Italian Defence Commission recommended that Naples and Palermo should be fortified, and that torpedo stations should be established at Rome, end at Sardinian, and Sicilian harbors. Steps should also be taken to augment the existing army and naval armaments. November 18.

Lord Randolph Churchill, speaking at Paddington, deprecated a rupture between England and America. He said that a prominent American gentleman had assured him that it England tpcame involved in a struggle for existence. th<> whole fcrces of the United States would assist Great Britain to I overcome her difficulties. He advocated J restriction in the liquor traffic and } pauper immigration.

Paris, November 115. The Government intend to propose a duty of 2f per kilogramme on imported sheepskins, The German ironclad with the Emperor William and Prince Henry on board, grounded whilst entering Copenhagen. It is understood that the German fleet will reinstate the trading' company in possession of the ports of Zanzibar and execute reprisals on the natives. The company are organising % force to reconquer the interior of that country. The committee who were appointed to draw up a scheme for the revision of the French constitution, propose to abolish both the Senate and the Presidency of the Republic. November 16.

A German gamekeeper fired upon three French chasseurs, who chased a roebuck across the frontier and refused to retire.

The Government Lebel Rifle Factory at Ohatelleranlt has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at two million francs,

Pardo, the Parisian murderer, has been sentenced to death. He made a remarkably clever defence. By an explosion of fire-damp in a mine in the department of Puy-de-Doma, thirty men lost their lives. Rome, November 16.

Parliamentary opposition to Premier Crispi is growing critical. The German military staff has warned the Italian ( authorities tbat tbe principal object in > mobilising the army should be to gather promptly three hundred thousand men in the valley of tbe Po. November 17. The Russian Minister at Rome has assured tbe Vatican that in : future Russia supports their claim in opposition to the aggression of the Quirinal. The assurance has given offence to the Italian Government. November 18. The Senate has passed the new penal code. Vienna, November, 15. It is reported tbat Austria intends to transfer two divisions from Bohemia to the Galician frontier. The JSmperor of Austria refuses to meet the Czar unless the Russian troops are withdrawn from the frontier,' St, Petersburg, November; 15. It is reported that Russia will attempt a huge conversion operation in December. Russia is about to increase her forces on the Western frontier by three division! of infantry from the Caucasus. Other changes are contemplated' in the direction of increasing the strength of the army, Calcutta, November 16. It is believed that an Indian, coaster with 900 natives on board, foundered during a cyclone, and all were lost. Cairo, November 14. News has been received . that the White Pasha has fought a great battle against tbe Dervishes, of whom large numbers were killed, - News has been received that Suakim is being bombardei by Arabs. ' Suakim, November 17. News has been received that tbe Dervishes made great preparations for the recent attack against tha ! White Pasha, and that they also threatened Wady Haifa. Natal, November 15. Dinizulu, on his arrival here to view tbe Governor, was arrested by the British officers. Santa Cruz (Canary Is.), Nov. 15. A serious epidemic of yellow fever hae broken out here. Lima, November 15. A proclamation announcing the annexation of Easter Island to Chili, has been issued. New York, November 15. Mr J, Chamberlain wbb married to Miss Endicott, of this city, to-day. November 17. The New York Herald states that the Republican party are agreeable to Lord Sackville West returning as British Ambassador at Washington under the Presidency of General Harrison.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne; November 17. Patterson, of Victoria, won the draughts tournament. ' November 18. The barque Lois, from the Bluff, which passed Cape Otway and signalled that she had lost her rudder, arrived here to-day. Sydney, November 16. Great excitement has been caused at Broken Hill by the further attempts to bum down the town. November 17. When the mission vessel John Williams left Kaitea on Nov. 4tli, French soldiers were constructing a fort, and a war vessel was lying in a position to shell the village. Six hundred natives had defied the French and taken to the hills rather than submit to annexation,

Sailed —Wakatipu, for Wellington. The Qon. Mr Mitchelson, Minister of Public Works, is a passenger.

At the Newcastle races to-day,'two horses collided, and one of the jockeys named Waldron was killed, while the other-was seriously injured. Mrs Doyle, who attempted suicide br cutting her throat 'after murdering her two children, died to-day, The management of the Kew Asylum led to a commission being appointed to inquire into certain charges, and the report just presented to His Excellency the Governor gives some rather startling disclosures. The the Lunacy Commission declares that many patients are confined in institutions who not be. Further enquiry is to be made. Acting on the suggestion of the Government of New Zealand the several colonies, except Queensland and South Australia, have agreed to unite in sending a collection of minerals to the Paris Exhibition. Brisbane. November 17; Mr Quong Tart, a Chinese merchant of Sydney, passed through here to-day dii 1 big way to China. He was interviewed by thb Chinese residents, who forwarded in his care a petition to the Chinese Government asking for protection agaiust the lawlessness of the Queensland people.