TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1851, 9 February 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, February 5. The Freetrade candidate for a seat on the Manchester Chamber of Commerce has been defeated. Mr Baldwin, a New Zealand legal student, has succeeded in gaining admission to the Middle Temple. Captain J. Manson and Harold Bell, apprentice, of Auckland, were among those drowned on the Killochan, At the inquest on the boy Gill, murdered at Bradford, a verdict of murder was returned against the milkman Barrett, Judge Hackott, of Victoria, died at Nice. The Earls Onslow and Kintore, Governors elect respectively of New Zealand and South Australia, have been created Knights Grand Cross of the Order St, Michael and St. George, Sir Dillon Bell has received promises of forty pictures for the loan collection for the Dunedin Exhibition, including several from the Prince of Wales’s collection.

It is asserted that England and Germany have entered into a secret treaty to protect the northern ports on either side of the German Ocean. The Empress Victoria is much distressed at the article on Bismarck and the Emperor William, which appeared in the Contemporary Review, and denies that she in any way inspired it. The insinuations which point to Sir Morrell 1 Mackenzie ns the author of the article have .not been denied, Irish - Americans are protesting •gainst the treatment of Mr O’Brien. Mr O’Brien, whose health has Buffered during bis imprisonment, hafc been sent Id the infirmary. His clothes have been restored to him. February 5. The Rimulaka arrived at Plymouth to-day, all well# Her cargo of frozen meat is in good condition. ; The Maori football team leave for Australia by the Orient liner Oroya, The defeated the Blackbeath Rovers by 2 goals and 8 tries to 1 goal, Mr John Morley condemns the treatment of Mr O’Brien by the prison authorities as brutal and senseless. The Queen has issued instructions permitting ladies to wear high-necked dresses at court instead of evening costume, which has hitherto been the rule. The South Australian loan is a failure. Only £553,700 was subscribed in place of the £1,317,800 asked for. The average price was £IOO 4s sd, The balance will be left open at pair. Syndicates refrained from tendering; February 7. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop oif London have written to the Times, protesting against the issue of an edition of the New York Herald in Loudon on Sunday. The Edinburgh Presbytery of the Free Church of Scotland, by a majority of 5, agreed to transmit Professor Blackie’s overture asking the Assembly to modify the formula! of subscription to the Confession of Faith. Paris, February 5. M. Sadi Carnot, the French President, is urging the desirability of a political truce, in order to give the Paris Exhibition a chance of success. M, Deschanel, a Radical, and member for the Department Eure-et-Loir, succeeds M. Ferrouillal as Minister for Justice in the French Cabinet, February 6. M, Ploquet, the French Premier, having expressed a desire to place General Boulanger under arrest, M, Fteycinet made strong opposition to the proposal, declaring that such a step would provoke a bloody revolution, It is understood that , the Premier has now abandoned the intention indicated. Vienna, February 6, Prince Rudolph was buried to-day at the Capuchin chapel. There was little or no pomp displayed, the family only being present. The Princess Stephanie did not attend the funeral, The Emperor Francis broke down completely at the crypt. Later. The Emperor Francis Joseph has recovered from the effect of the prostration which overtook him at the funeral of Prince Rudolph, Count Taafe, President and Minister of the Interior ot the Austrian Cabinet, has issued au official proclamation, thanking the people for their sympathy and devotion to the Emperor, who has commanded him to announce that bis life henceforth will be devoted to the welfare of the Empire. Rome, February 6.

Signor Crispi, the Italian Premier, referring to the European situation, said Italy would like to disftrm, but under present circumstances it was inadvisable to do so. Id the event of the European Powers arming, Italy would have to redouble her activity, as France was erecting fresh fortresses on the Italian frontier, Zanzibar, February 6. The terms demanded by the Arabs for the surrender of captnrod missionaries ace bo extravagant that overtures

hove been suspended. Natives of the : town surrounded the Saltan’s pelade and’ protested vociferously against the blockade of the coast by foreigners, i Ottawa, February 6. Principal Grant, Who lately made V tour of the colonies, considers that it is l , necessary that England, Canada, and 1 . Australia should protest against the action of Anjerica in rejecting the ex-? tradition treaty. I Washington, February 5. ■ A destructive fire has occurred at Buffalo, in the State of New York, extending over an area of seven acres, and involving forty blocks of buildings. Port-au-Prinor, February 5. Fighting has taken place between the insurgents under arid the. forces under General Ganave. Tbs latter were defeated, hundreds being killed or captured. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, February 6. G. L.Onyons, Chief Manager’s clerk in the National Bank of Australasia, was sentenced to five years’ penal servitude for stealing debentures to the value | of many thousands of pounds'from the bank, I, February 7, ( Arrived—Wairarapa, from Bluff. In view of the approaching general 5 election the farmers of Victoria have j prepared a manifesto urging the impost- ( tion of an ad valorem doty of 25 per cent on live stock and dead meat, without any drawbacks j a duty of 3s per cental on imported cereals, peas and maize ; £1 per ton «n potatoes ; 4d per lb on imported butter, cheese, and bacon ; ai bounty for exported wheat fixed on a sliding scale ; and bonuses t to encourge line culture and fruit growi°g. t Sydney, February 7. j Arrived—S.S. Bay ley from Bluff. Sailed—Rotomahana, for RusselK ' r. "■ fi Adelaide, February ?. T Sailed—Pukaki, for New Zealand. Hobart, February 6. The Intercolonial Trades Congress t has opened its sittings here, The ] President expressed the hope that their c labors would result in the inauguration o of a'legal'and compulsory Court of ( Arbitration, which would prevent strikes s and lock-oats. s