TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1862, 7 March 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 2 . Tho Duke of Sutherland is about to marry Mrs Blair, of New York. Mr William Henry Gladstone is in a precarious state of health, March 4. Mr R. Gent Davis, M.P, for Kennington, who was recently committed to prison by a judge for contempt of court, has eloped with a lady, leaving his wife behind him. He had previously applied for the Ohillern hundreds. Mr R. Peacock, member for Gorton, is dead, The army small arm stores at Weedon has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £IOO,OOO. The University of Aberdeen has conferred the degree of Doctor of Law upon Professor Shand, of Dunedin, and Doctor of Divinity upon Mr Michael Watt, New Zealand, A rumor comes from the German seaport of Kiel to the effect that a conflict has taken place at Samoa, An American warship is supposed to have first fired a blank cartridge, the German ship Olga replying with ball. Neither the American nor the German Legation in London is able to confirm the rumor, [The rumor is undoubtedly incorrect]. The R.M.S, Ruapehu arrived, alt

well, at Plymouth yesterday. Her cargo of frozen meat is in good condition. Mr Gladstone, junior, who has been suffering from a stroke of paralysis, is recovering. Sir Thomas Gladstone, brother to the ex-Premier, is seriously ill, and his condition is causing anxiety to his friends. Berlin, March 3. Herr Steubel has started for Samoa to replace Dr Knappe, German Consul there. Municm, March 3. The ninetieth birthday of Dr von Dellinger, the celebrated divine, who opposes the infallibility of the Pope and is under the ban of excommunication in consequence, was celebrated with great rejoicings. Home, March t. Signor Crispi is engaged on the formation of a new Cabinet, March 4.

His Holiness the Pope, in reply to congratulations on bis 70th birthday, said that it was madness to suppose that, because the Italian Government was at present at peace with the Vatican, they had finally abandoned the struggle against the Papacy. Belgrade, March 4.

It is expected the King of Servia will abdicate and appoint M, Ris tics Regent.

Sofia, March 4. M, Zankoff states the Czar told him he was grieved Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, was a persecutor of the orthodox clergy of the Greek Church, and trusted the Bulgarians would expel the unlawful ruler.

Washington, March 3. General Harrison’s Cabinet will be finally composed as follows, with the addition of those portfolios already cabled :—Proctor, War; Tracy, Navy ; Wanawaker, Postmaster; Noble, Interior ; Miller, Attorney-General ; J. Blaine, Secretary of State ; Palmer, Minister of Agriculture. New Y ork, March 4, O’Connor beat Gaudaur as be pleased, Gaudaur collapsed at the end of the first half mile. The water was rough. Time—19rain 45sec. O’Connor leaves for Australia shortly to meet Searle. Ottawa, March 4. The Canadian House of Commons, by a majority of 48, refused to continue the present arrangement with the United States regarding the Fisheries for another year,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, March 4, Cohen, who was tried and acquitted on a charge of selling land which be did not possess, is suing the prosecutor for £IO,OOO damages for false imprisonment. March 5. - The Rev, Dr Bromby, Warden of Melbourne University, is dead. Sydney, March 4. In reference to the Willoughby divorce case mentioned in this morning’s cables, i it may be mentioned that Mrs Wilt, loughby arrived in Australia three yeors ago, and was until lately a member of the St. Maur Dramatic Company. The Kenilworth, from Gisborne, had a narrow escape of collision on the night of February 25th, with a large steamer steering in the direction of Cook Strait, 'The steamer, it is alleged, bore right down on the schooner, though the latter was burning flare-ups. The schooner bad to keep away to such an extent that the raainboom camo over and damaged the rigging. March 5. The Royal Commission on Tramways reports that the charges of corruption are without foundation. Mr J, Hughes, raemb for Mudgce in last Parliament, who stated that Mr Huntly, the auctioneer, one of the promoters of the com-

pany for leasing tramways, offered him £IOOO to vote for the leasing, failed to satisfy the Commission that Mr Huntly really offered him $ bribe. Brisbane, March 5. Out of revenge for dismissal a butcher named Hodgkinsoa fired twice at Edward Hungerford, a medical student of Sydney University who is visiting the Brothers station at Croydon. It is believed the wounl will prove fatal.