TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1884, 27 April 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 24 Tho ii'dinbnrgh Council have, by twenty-fonr to thirteen, carried a proposal to confer the freedom of Edinburgh on Mr Parnell.

Professor Smeaton, Edinburgh University, and Warren De La Rue, M.A., French Scientist, are dead.

Lord R. Churchill, referring to a heated controversy which has arisen over the result of the late election for Birmingham, severely condemns the provoking attitude of Mr J, Chamberlain towards the Tories of that city.

Preparations for the great Agricultural Show at Windsor are m a forward state. It will be opened by the Prince of Wales on June 24th, and Her Majesty will pay a visit to it three days later. Joe Thompson, the Australian bookmaker, has offered to back Slavic against either Smith or Mitchell for £IOOO a side, for the championship of England and Australia, the match to take place either in London or Melbourne.

It is stated that Lord Randolph Churchill has had a violent quarrel with Mr Chamberlain.

It is proposed to divert Irish emigration in the direction of Queensland and Western Australia,

Archbishop Walsh requests that Father McFadden, committed for trial for complicity in the murder of Inspector Martin, be tried in England. The Queen remains at Sandringham until Saturday. Her Majesty has deferred her visit to Baron Rothschild until summer.

Extensive preparations were made to receive General Boulanger at Charing Cross station. He was provided with a special steamer and also a special train. M. Henri Rochefort and Count Dillon accompany the Genera), who has already been inundated with invitations. The Government have remained neutral in the matter.

Sir F. D, Bell is arranging for an exhibit of New Zealand frozen meat at the Paris Exhibition.

It is understood that the names of six gentlemen willing to accept the Chief Oommissionership of the Queensland Railways have been submitted to the Government of that colony. These included Mr Mathieson, Superintendent of the Glasgow South-Western Railway, Mr Robertson, Superintendent of the Highland Railway Company, and Mr Newton, Secretary of the London and Tilbury Railway Company, It is expected that the Emperor William will visit Osborne in July, in order to bo present at the naval review to be held at Spithead on the 28th July in connection with the naval summer manoeuvres. He will not visit London on the occasion.

It is reported in the city that Mr Goschen will issue short-dated Exchequer bonds, bearing the same interest as consols, to provide for the coversion of the remainder of the National Debt. The tenants who were recently restored to their holdings on the estate of Captain Vandeleur, Ireland, have decided to pay their rents at once.

General Boulanger arrived at Dover to-day, where he was received with all honors customarily bestowed on visiting royalty. The fever from which the Duke o Edinburgh is suffering is unabated, and his condition is considered critical, tier Majesty the Queen is much alarmed,

A Colonial Securities Trust, with a capital of £1,000,000, is being formed.

Sir Arthur Blythe, Agent-General of South Australia, and Sir Chas. Tupper Agent-General for Canada, have been invited to become New Zealand trustees of the Midland Railway Company’s debentures.

Arrived—'Nelson, from Port Chalmers, Janaary 12th ; Orari, from Wellington, December 31st ; Margaret Galbraith, from Wellington, January sth; Silverhow, from Lyttelton, January 16th; Zealandia, from Auckland, January Bth ; Mataura, from Napier, January Bth ; Frilzoe, from Oaraaru, December 29th ; Otaki, from Oaraeru, January 24th ; Claremont, from Wei. lington, via Picton, January 24th ; p.e. Bailey, from Bluff, February 15th. April 25.

General Boulanger left Brussels quietly. He expects to remain in England for two months. The indictment preferred against him includes a charge that he, when a Minister in the French Cabinet, transferred a monopoly for the sale of tinned provisions from an Australian contractor to Count Dillon, and the. latter resold at a profit of 4,000,000 francs. The conference at Nottingham represents 250,000 colliers, and has been appointed to consider the strike and an advance of 10 per cent in wages.

Charlie Mitchell has accepted Joe Thompson’s challenge to fight Slavin for £IOOO a side and the championship of England and Australia, provided ho (Mitchell) is disengaged iu autumn.

Gibraltar, April 24. The German war vessel Alrxandrine has arrived hero, and sails to-day for Samoa, Paris, April 23. During tho course of service in the Cathedral of Alencon, fiftj-eight miles south of Caen, m Normandy, a petard was thrown upon the altar, The Archbishop of Paris, who was officiating, had a narrow escape from the cfffots of the explosion,

Zurich, April 24,

It has been discovered that a plot had been arranged to kill the Czar by dynamite during Easter. The arrest of several military officers has been made in connection with it.

•STienna, April 25

Incessant conflicts are taking place here between train employees who have gone out on strike and the military. The rioters having stoned the cavalry, the infantry were called out to clear the streets, The riot is assuming an antiSemitic character, The mob displayed great savagery during several encounters with the troops, and, having attempted to set fire to the gun factory, they were fired upon by the military and many were wounded. Later. The strike among the tramway bands has ended and the men are returning to work.

Cronstadt, April 24. Several naval officers have been arrested for complicity in the plot against the life of the Czar. The attempt was to be made during the Easter festival, but the route taken by the Czar was suddenly changed. It was intended to have used poisoned bomb shells. Belgrade, April 24. The Regents of Servia are urging Queen Natalie to delay her return to this country. The young King will be crowned in June, Sofia, April 24. In his address Prince Ferdinand says that the autonomy of Bulgaria is assured. Suaxiji, April 23. The Governor of Suakim, with an Egyptian force, have left to recapture Port Halaib from the dervishes. New York, April 24. A plebiscite token in Massachusetts has rejected the proposal for a prohibitory liquor Jaw,