TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1828, 13 December 1888, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, December 9. Mr H, J. Trotter, M.P. for Colchester, is dead. Sir Henry Norman’s appointment has not yet been gazetted, and it is reported that there is some hitch over his appointment.- He will arrive in London in a month. ■„ The newspapers say that the newlymarried Duchess of Marlborough separated from the Duke'after a visit to the ducal mansion at. Blenheim, during which Lady Colin Campbell was one of the,guests. Henry George has sailed for America. He returns in March to conduct a lengthened propaganda of his. principles in the United Eingdom. ; What, is‘regarded as-a proof of the growth of feeling in favour df lahd nationalisation-in Great Britain is’the fact that landowners,- when leasing properties,, now insert clauses throwing upon tenants the burdens of the taxes which may be imposed on the ground rents or values of properties. Dec. 10. Evictions are being resumed on the Clanricarde estate in Ireland. Admiral Tryon met with a seyere.accident to-day. He slipped on a staitcase, breaking his arm and receiving , other injuries. The admiral is progressing favourably., ' SiVF. D. J Bell is procuring salmon ova from Scotland for shipment to New Zealand. The Duke of Sutherland has offered 9000 acres to crofters for purposes of settlement. The vicar of Camberwell' has remitted £IOOO to Father Damien, spiritual attendant on the lepers at Honolulu.

The political personal quarrel, which for seme time has estranged Mr Gladstone and Mr Bright, is healed, Mr Bright having tearfully dictated a message of reconciliation to his old colleague. It is rumoured on good authority that His Holiness the Pope will leave Home to take up his residence in| France in the event of a European war. The county cricket council have refused to allow Spoflorth to play for Derbyshire until he has resided in the county two years. The match between the j Maori football team and Bailey Club was drawn. There was no score on either side. The condition of Mr John Bright’s health is still serious. He is greatly weakened by his recent attacks. The Tongariro arrived I at Plymouth yesterday, all well. Her meat is in good condition. Deo. 11. During the discussion of the. estimates in the House of Commons,! the votes.for, the Irish pcMce were violently opposed,and a scene occurred, in which Mr Parnall took part. The cloture was twice applied,! aid the votes were eventually carried.

Attempts are being made to organise a flour ring, in England; ' Madrid, Decembers. The Spanish. Ministry have resigned. Deo. 11.

Senor Sagaat-i has re - formed the Cabinet' as i follows ; Seuor AmigoForeign -Affairs ; Senor Chinchilla, War ; Senor Becerra, Colonies, I Paris, December 9.

A Bonapartist manifesto has been issued, which practically amounts to sealing an alliance with Boulanger's followers. The document has caused much excitement in political circles. Deo. 10. M. Floquet is consulting with expert* in reference to the prospects of the Panama Canal. Dec.ll. The French Budget has been voted. M. Hermit, the specialist in car cis- ! eases, asserts that the Edperor William’s life is hanging by a thread owing to danger of meningitis or | abscess of the brain supervening. It is rumoured that the . German doctors are considering the advisability of having recourse to trepanning, but this : statement has not been confirmed. ' Berlin, December 11. The Emperor William warmly congratulated, the Emperor of Austria on the fortieth anniversary of his accession, and referred to the unalterable! bond of friend* ship between; the l 'tWd empires. Calcutta, December 9 . ' Hews is received that ilsaak Khan has quietly settled down at Kerki. Two thousand of his adherents have dispersed and fled to Bokhara.

Washington, Decembers. Secretary Bayard demand* the release of the American steamer detained by the Government of Hayti, and three warships are proceeding thither to! enforce the domand. Dec. 9. A mob attacked the gaol at Birmingtown in Alabama, for the purpose of seizing and lynching p murderer. A .sheriff ■ party repulsed the rioters, killing nine of them;, • Dec. ill. Senator Frye brought forward a motion in the Senate to the effect that the Committee of Foreign Affairs! be directed ,to. enquire into the recent! proceedings at Samoa affecting the rights of America. He insisted that...the United States were bound >-to resist the encroachment, of Germany. He believed that England was conniving at Germany’s action, which,. he characterised as an outrageous insult to America.

Besides the nine men who were killed in the attack on the gaol at Birmingham, Alabama,: thirty more were seriously wounded. The sheriff who ordered' the mob to be fired on, has been arrested^