TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1849, 5 February 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, January 81. Tbo Contemporary Review has an article exposing Bismarck’s efforts to ensure his son Count Herbert s i succession to the Chancellorship of the German empire. It denounces Herbert Bismarck’s brutal . treatment of the Empress Victoria, and the Emperor’s gross insults levelled fit the Prince of Wales, - The house of the Secretary tb the American Legation, at Ascot, baa been ransacked by burglars and £7OOO Worth of jewellery stolen. Ten.children who were by, at St. Helens, in Lancashire, are ing from hydrophobia. They havq been sent to Paris for treatment by M.' Pasteur. ! * In bis address last night Mr Goschen slated that one of the main questions to be discussed next session was local government for Scotland, Georgina Weldon applied for a new trial in the case against M. Riviera, but His Honor declined to grant the application. February 1. The Royal College of Physicians has censured Sir Morell Mackenzie for publishing his work on the late Emperor Frederick.

Thousands of ladies signed a protest against Sir C. Dilke’s nomination for a seat on the London County Council. Sir J. Lubbock bas been elected chairman temporarily. Woollen manufacturers ore urging the Government to increase the duty on imported goods. February 2.

The Maori footballers played Gloucester County to-day, and won by 1 goal and 1 try to 1 try. February 3.

The German expedition which is being fitted out in Berlin for the relief of Emin Bey, will leave at once for Zanzibar under the command of Dr Paters, who takes the place of Captain Wissman, the latter having been appointed to the command of German operations on the coast. Archbishop Redwood, of Wellington, has bad an audience with His Holiness the Pope. Prince Alexander of Battenburg has resigned the position held by him in the German Army, and will, it is said, join the Austrian army, The ship Sir Walter Raleigh, which recently went ashore on the French coast, is being dismantled and her cargo is being discharged. The solicitors to the Bank of New Zealand have written t» the Stock Exchange, stating that counsel’s opinion has been obtained that the £7 shares now fully paid up are free from liability, excepting the reserve liability, and that it is advisable to obtain the authority of the colonial Parliament confirming the redaction of the capital. Statutory authority is necessary to allow holders to reconvert £7 shares into £lO shares. Paris, February 2 .

It is reported that the new Panama Canal Company has been issued hot failed to gain support, St, Petersburg, February 1. Three .hundred Cossacks will be sent to reinforce Achimoff at Tajurah Bay, Vienna, February 2.

It is rumored in the city that the Emperor Frederick Joseph is likely to abdicate.

Calcutta, February 1 . News from Ann am states that the son of tbe dead king, a boy ten years old, bas been elected king, And a regency formed.

Ottawa, February 1. Lord Stanley, Governor-General of Canada, in his speech at the opening of the Dominion Parliament, directed attention to the necessity of securing a line of direct steamers to Australia, New York, February 2, Lebung Chang, Chinese Ambassador, in a communication with the United States Government, says that China will not bear much longer the violation of treaties and the bad faith of America. Washington, February 1. The Chinese Ambassador to the United States has asked Mr Bayard, the Secretary of State, to respect- treaty rights with regard to the admission of Chinese into America, It is probable that tbe Senate will reject the English extradition proposals, as a protest against Irish political crimes. ' The Senate has finally rejected the proposal to raise American Ministers in Europe to the status of ambassador. February 2. Tbe Senate, as was expected, has rejected the British extradition treaty. It bas decided to exempt political offenders from the provisions of the American and British extradition treaty.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, February I. Arrived—Waihora, from Bluff. Tbe statement of tbe accounts of tbe Exhibition show the receipts to have been £101,730.

Mr B, E, N. Twopeny has arranged for the transfer of the principal exhibits in the armament court to Dunedin. Ho says that the most of tbe British loan collection is obtainable, but the cost is excessive. Mr Hazon offered to provide an orchestra of twenty-four players for £9OOO, but this was refused. An offer was also of 36 players to go to Dunedin for £7OOO, and this offer is under ; consideration. Only a few educational exhibite are obtainable, as tbe collection at the Melbourne Exhibition is broken up, and a large quantity is sold. Mr Twopeny is urging tbe various AusItalian Governments, to whom portions <wer6 given, to lend them for the exhibition at Dunedin, ' V February 2. V.&.jnwn ; has been arrested on a charge -of murdering the Chinaman in Little Bourke Street whom Cutler was alleged to have killed. Omissions in the electoral rolls will prevent the local option polls being held this year. Mr Stead’s racehorses Lochiel, Russley, and the Rose Argent filly, arrived yesterday. The Geelong Cup was run yesterday, and was won by Malua, by two lengths, Lrroy 2, Menotti 8 ; time Bmin 12|sec. Sydney, February 1. Advices from Japan give particulars of a shocking accident, involving great loss of life. A Japanese warship was placed upon the slip for repairs, when by some means it capsized, and a large number of men who were employed cleaning the vessel’s bottom were crushed to death. Tbe scene which followed was of a most heartrending description. It will be some months before the ship can be righted. A serious fire broke out at Narrabi, in the Naomi district to-day, and before the flames were extinguished 10 business places were destroyed. Tbo damage is estimated at £IO,OOO. The stock returns for tbe last year show a wonderful decrease over 1887, The decrease in sheep is folly nine million, and in cattle two hundred thousand head. The droughts the principal cause of the falling off. Reports from the Western District state that good rains have fallen. February 3. Arrived-—Taopo, from Taranaki. Mr G. B. Dibbs, Premier and Colonial Secretary,v Mr F. Abigail, Minister of Mines in the late Government, and Mr McMillan, who moved the amendment which ousted the last Government, have been returned. Mr F. Salter, Minister of Education in tbe new Ministry, has been defeated, Up to yesterday 37 Freetraders had been returned, and 30 Protectionists. Brisbane, February 1. Four of the natives concerned in the murder of Captain Ansell, of the schooner Star of Peace, at Buller Bay, New Guinea, have been condemned to death, and five others to short terms of imprisonment, Adelaide, February 1. The British War office having objected to retired officers holding the position of Commandants in any colony, Major-General Downes' has determined to resign. Hobart, February 1. Tbe Federal Council has resolved to present an address to the Queen urging that the English law should be altered to permit of tbe investment of trust funds in colonial stocks, The Federal Council have forwarded to Bis Excellency an address on Pacific affairs, with a request that he will cable to the Secretary of State asking that copies of all treaties relating to tbe Pacific Islands should ba sent out, and urges the conclusion of additional treaties to guarantee the independence of Samoa and Tonga. Ttbey quote a resolution passed at the Sydney conference in 1888, to the effect that further annexation in the Pacific by foreign powers would be detrimental to the interests of the Empire,