TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1882, 23 April 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 18. It is reported that (he Times will pay £SOOO into Court if Parnell brings his libel action in England. O’Connor has wired agreeing to row Searle on the Thames in August. Lawrence’s creditors have accepted 10s in the £. Father McFadden, committed for trial for complicity in the murder of Inspector Marlin at Gweedore, has been admitted to bail. River Plate stock raisers are sending Jive cattle to England. A branch of the Imperial Federation League is being formed in the city with Sir John Lubbock as President, April 19. Replying to a correspondent, Mr Gladstone said : I must decline to bind myself as to the number, and even to the matter of retention, of Irish members in the House of Commons if Home Rule for Ireland is realised. Professor Long considers that New Zealand most become a formidable antagonist to France and Denmark in the production of batter suitable for the English market. He doubts if a higher class can be made than in New Zealand. The professor recommends the opening of shops throughout Great Britain for the sale of New Zealand produce. Mr Parnell has withdrawn the action for libel against the Times which he commenced in the Dublin Court. Sir P, Napier Broome, Governor of Western Australia, in a despatch forwarded to Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, suggests that £1,000,000 should be spent in establishing a national scheme for colonising the south-western corner of the colony, and expresses an opinion that the scheme would prove highly successful, and the larger the operation (he more self-sup-porting would the scheme be likely to become. St. Andrew’s University has conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity on the Rev. Wyatt Gill, of New Zealand. Information has been received from British Honduras that the English missionary, the Rev. Mr Hobson, bis wife, and a lady companion of the latter, who resided on Ruatn Island, situated in Honduras Bay, bays been brutally murdered by a native servant, The bodies of the victims were horribly mutilated. Advices from Zanzibar strengthen the suspicion that the German Emin Bey relief expedition was undertaken with ulterior designs, and that the supposed relief is a subterfuge, A settlement having been arranged in connection with the Yandelieur estates in Ireland the tenants have been reinstated on their farms amid great rejoicing, April 21, There is now a great rush of emigrants from Connaught and Munster to the United States, The Duke of Edinburgh is suffering from a severe attack of Maltese fever, and is returning to England in the flagship Alexandra. Messrs Butterworth Bros., of New Zealand, have been registered with a capital of £30,009. Paris, April 21. M. Gilly, a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Department of Gard, has been sentenced to a term of six months’ imprisonment for using language in which he defamed members of the Budget Committee. Brussels, April 17, General Boulanger has decided to remain in this city, April 19. At a meeting of friends and adherents of General Boulanger it was decided to remain as passive as possible during the time the Paris Exhibition is open. Large donations are being received from General Boulanger’s sympathisers. April 20, The expulsion of General Boulanger from this country is considered inevitable, and it is believed that this will be done in response to on unofficial demand from Prance. Vienna, April 20. The Austrian Government have decided on strongly fortifying Sereivo, on the Russian frontier, St. Petersburg, April 20. , Several officers connected with artil- \ iery regiments have been placed under arrest on suspicion of being concerned in Nihilist plots against the life of the Czar. Owing to the activity and threats of the Nihilists the Prefect of St. Petersburg is endeavoring to dissuade the Czar from attending the funeral of the Minister of Works, as it is feared that an attempt on bis life will be made. It is reported here that the Russian Government have demanded payment by Prance of 40,000 roubles for her bombardment of Sagallo when Captain Aohinoff, the Cossack, landed with his expedition. Miss Florence Monkonner, a native of Melbourne, whose abilities as a pianists and composer have elicited great

admiration on the continent, has been playing before the Czar at Qatschina, The Russian Minister of Marine recommends the building of a largo number of cruisers, but opposes any increase in the Black Sea fleet. Belgrade, April 20. Servia at present is bordering on a state of anarchy. The ex-King Milan, fearing the return of his divorced wife, Queen Natalie, is likely to abndge his travels. One section of the Cabinet are willing to grant-a decree for the expulsion of ex-King Milan from Servia. Cairo, April 20. It is reported here that El Senonissi’s followers bays captured the Mahdi. Mexico, April 20. A large exodus of Mormons from Northern Mexico is expected. New York, April 19. Ten thousand Americans are flocking to the Oklnhomo reserve, which is to be opened for settlement on Monday next. In the rush for land it is feared there may be a disturbance, and a force of 2000 soldiers has been ordered to the district. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, April 21. Arrived—Wairarapa, from New Zealand, Sailed—Hauroto, for Wellington, Melbourne, April 21. Yesterday evening a pilot engine on the Sandhurst Railway dashed into a stationary passenger train. The latter was partially telescoped, but fortunately no one was killed, though ten persons received slight injuries.