TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1887, 4 May 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 30 Carl Rose, operatic impressario, is dead. Tbe Empire Lodge has addressed a circular to the colonial lodges offering to entertain distinguished masons visiting England, Sir Hercules Robinson has received a farewell entertainment at the Cnpe. Lord Knutsford, being unable to find a successor, bas requested bim to resume tbe Governorship foranotber term, but Sir Hercules has not yet made up his mind, Sir J. G. Sprigg, Premier of Cape Colony, has intimated to the Colonial Office, on behalf of tbe Ministry, (hat the colonists intend to decide the future of the Cape regardless of Downing street. Mr Gladstone in an article in The Nineteenth Century, expresses the opinion that the claims of tbe Pope to temporal supremacy are obsolete. May 1. The estate of the late Duchess of Cambridge has been proved under £250,000. It was a French steamer called the Chateau Marjour that collided with the British India Company's s.b. Manora io the Channel, when the former sank. The Marquis of Donegal, who recently figured in the Divorce Court, has become bankrupt. His liabilities are stated at £500,000 and his assets at only £IOOO. The Sev. Henry H. Montgomery, M.A., "Vicar of St. Miry's, Kennington, who was nominated in March last to the Bishopric of Tasmania, rendered vacant in consequence of tbe acceptance of Dr Sandford of the coadjutorship to the Bishopric of Durham, wp-b consecrated Bishop of Tasmania at Westminster Abbey to-day. May 2. The Standard's Vienna correspondent declares that the Czar tried hard during March last to compel the Sultan to become a party to a treaty by which the control of the Dardenellea would be secured to Russia. When tbe Porte rejected Russia's overtures the Czar warned it that tbe Russian Black foea fleet would be made ready for action. The same correspondent states that M, Nellidoff, Russian Ambassador in Constantinople, who has recently been on a visit to fit. Petersburg, has returned to Constantinople with fresh instructions, Paris, April 30. The Victorian and New Zealand courts are the most advanced at the exhibition. A stormy meeting of shareholders io the Comptoir d'Escompto has been held, at which two thousand members were present. Resolutions were carried dismissing the directors, and agreeing to go into liquidation with tbe object of forming a new company. Jiixtreme confusion prevailed at the meeting and the liquidators were mobbed, May 1. Owing to the expressed determination of the representatives of foreign Powers to absent themselves from the opening ceremonies in connection with the Paris Exhibition, as a protest against com. memoratiog the revolution, it bas been decided that President Carnot shall open tbe exhibition without any ceremony. Berlin, April 30. The commander of the German corvette which conveyed ex-King Malietoa, of Samoa, to the Islands of Tahat, where he is now being kept in exile, reports that he expressed regret for his former attitude towards Germany, and begs tbe Emperor William to look upon the past as expiated by the exile that be has undergone. It is stated that in view of this expression of regret the Emperor William has decided that he shall be speedily liberated. Vienna, April 30. The Austrian papers are quite excited in conseqnenee of the reports which are being circulated to .the effect that Russia intends to seize Stamboul. Constantinople, April 30. Rumors are being persistently spread about that Russia is secretly menacing Turkey. St. Petersburg, April 30. Pontillige Pontiline, chief of the Russian secret police, and a number of his subordinates *have been dismissed on the ground of discoveries leading to the } supposition that they had been tampered i with by conspirators, Corea refuses to cede Deer Island, | upon which tbe Russian Government intended to establish a coaling station. May 2. The police at Cronstadt have discovered a large store of explosives, and have found evidence of a plot against the life of the Czar, Tbe Czarwas expected to be present at a military demonstration at Krosinge Se!o, bat wired at the last moment that he would not attend. Brussels, May 1. iThe marriage of Princess Ulementine; daughter of the King of Belgium, to Victor Emanuel, the Prince Royal of Italy, has been abandoned, owing to the % opposition of the Belgian Catholics.

Cairo, April 30. Rumours are being reiterated to the effect that El Bennussi, flushed with his succese over tbe Mahdi, intends to make a demonstration against Egypt. May 1. A detachment of cavalry attacked the Dervishes at Wady Haifa, and killed 32 of them. San Francisco, May 1. Peter Jackson's backer is ready to match the Australian pugilist for 20,000 dollars against the world. Ottawa, May 1. The Canadian Government are asking Parliament to vote a subsidy of £25,000 per annum for a fortnightly steam service between Vancouver, Australia, and New Zealand. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, May 1. The Anglicsn Church Congress bas been opened, and high dignitaries are present from all parts of Australia. The nature of the proceedings is parely deliberative. St. Andrew's (Anglican) cathedral presented a brilliant spectacle to-day, the occasion being the consecration of Archdeacon Davies, of Brirfbaue, as the Bishop of that See. The occasion was noteworthy as being the first consecraof a Bishop in Australia. Many high dignitaries of the church were present. The Hawkesbury Bridge was opened by the Governor to-day in the prepence of a large assembly. Several representatives from other colonies were present. May 2. Arrived R.M.S. Zealandia, from San Francisco, via Auckland ; Wakatipu, s.s., from Wellington, A man named Hibble was to-day sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, on a charge of bigamy. Hibble was recently married to a Mrs Corston, of Auckland. Melbourne, May 1. Rabbits have become numerous in the northwest districts, and unless immediate measures are taken by the Government for their suppression, it is feared the next wheat crop will be destroyed. A. notorious criminal named Wallace has been arrested with a complete plant for coining silver money in his possession. Sailed—-Taupo, for New Zealand, Work has been resumed at the Phoenix Foundry, where the employees went out on strike on the 25th March demanding higher wages. The proprietors have now taken on a number of non-unionists. May 2. Sailed—Manapouri, s.s,, for the Bluff, yesterday. Brisbane, May 1. The new Governor, Sir H. iNorman, has arrived, Hobart, May 1. The agricultural returns show a slight decline in the average yield of wheat and an increase in the average of other crops,;