TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1894, 21 May 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London - , May 17. Mr John Blackett, recently appointed Consulting Engineer in London to the Government of New Zealand, has assumed the duties of his position. It is reported that Sberington Alexander, formerly of Australia, is the anonymous donor of a £IOO,OOO for the establishment of the National Portrait Gallery referred to by the Marquis of Salisbury in the course of bis speech at the Exhibition on the 7th May. An appeal made by Lady Sandhurst against the decision of the Court that women are ineligible for seats on Connty Councils has been dismissed, Lord Coleridge, the Lord Chief (justice of England, holding that while women could exercise a right to vote for candidates for County Councils, they could not sit as members of Councils. The Globe Sugar Refinery, which it largest in Greenock, has closed, owing to the increased cost of raw sugar. It is reported that Her Majesty the Queen will shortly spend a week in Ireland. All hope of saving H.M.S. Sultan, which struck on a rock iu the vicinity ot Malta, has been abandoned, and efforts are now being made to save her guns and other portions of her armament. The new schools at Eton were opened to-day by Her Majesty the Queen, The Middlesbrough Council has passed a resolution in favonr of cremation, It has been decided to evict the tenants on the Irish estates of Viscount Massereene and replace them with Ulster Protestants. It is feared bloodshed will result if this decision is carried out. Sir Polydore de Keyset has made complaints of the erection ot the Yictorian gold arch, on the ground that it causes a certain amount of dust, and has threatened to pull, it down. The commissioners have looked into the matter, and reminded the president of the English commission that the Victorian court is erected on private ground, and therefore neither he nor they have any right to interfere. The informant who laid the charge against Lord Mandeville, son of the Duke o£ Manchester, for obtaining the sum of £IBSO by means of false pretences, refuses to offer any evidence in the case, but the magistrate who heard the preliminary stage, insists on the charge being proceeded with, and has instructed the public prosecutor to take action. The Greymouth Gold-dredging Company, with a capital of £20,000, has been registered. The Marquis of Salisbury has forcibly expressed himself in favor of a British protectorate over Matabele land, and considers that by the Zambesi river an international highway and permanent entrance has been discovered outside of Portuguese territory. The carrying out of the OanadianAustralian mail contract is contingent upon Sir John Macdonald arranging with England for a faster Atlantic service, Her Majesty the Queen has declined the request of Sir H. Loch to sit for her portrait for the colony of Victoria. The Rev. Mr Jones, in a letter to the Christian World, denounces the attitude of Prance in the Pacific Islands, and accuses her of continued persecution in tba Loyalty Group. It is thought probable that the Tories will agree to the abolition of the Viceroyalty of Ireland. The gamblers who were hrrested on the Adelpbi Cob were remanded till Thursday; Bail was allowed. May 18.

The police have made inquiries into the loss of the 5000 sovereigns from the steamer Iberia, and express the opinion that the gold was short saipped in Melbourne. Messrs Bureton and Stokes, the two cyclists who are touring the world on their machines, have reached Rome. Peter Jackson, the colored Australian fighter, will, it is believed, shortly arrive in England, when he will accept challenges thrown out on behalf of SUvin, The personal estate of the late Sir Thomas Gladstone has been sworn at £254,000. Prince Albert Victor will leave for Belfast on Monday. It is intended to hold a grand military review at Aldershot during the visit of the Emperor ot tiermany to England, The disputed points in connection with the conditions of the race for the American Cup have been removed, and Lord Dunraven will compete. Two hundred members of the Hons of Commons hove signed a memorial to M. Sadi Carnot, the French President, in which they regret the absence of Lord Lytton, the English Ambassador, at Paris, at the opening of the Exhibition. Paris, May 17. The capital of the new Cnmptoir Id’Esoompte, amounting to 40,000,000 franc?, has been pubectibed threefold.

The applicants for shares are chiefly shareholders in the old company. The trial of members of the Patriotic League has come to a conclusion. M. Pilley, Deputy for Gard, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, and Deputies Saiine and Chirac to a fortnight. Senator Peyron was acquitted. Berlin, May 17. German merchants are promoting a society for the purpose of establishing German merchants and manufacturers abroad. May 18. The Conference which has been silting dealing with Samoan affairs is expected to close on Tuesday next, For the last few days the questiompf government has been under consideration, and the delegates have approved of the principle of dual control over the Native Government. St. Petersburg, May 15. The Shah of Persia has arrived here oh a visit to the Czar, and was accorded a splendid reception. Rome, May 18. His Holiness the Pope was taken suddenly 511 to-day, and his condition causes a good deal of anxiety; as he is very weak. Valencia, May 18. The Anarchists rad Republican agitators made a determined effort to seize and loot Succa to-day, while the main portion of the population was working in the fields. The conspiracy was detected by the gendarmes, and the ringleaders were arrested. New York, May 17. The chess tournemenfc, which has been going on here for soma months past, stands: Tschgorin, first, with 29 points; Weisse, second, 26|. This, however, is subject to the replaying of drawn games. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, May 17. Sailed--Taupo, for the Bluff. May 18. The Maori football team played Ballarat yesterday afternoon, and after a splendid contest, the game resulted in favor of the home team by 4= goals and 8 behinds to 8 bebinds, Sydney, May 17. A rich silver lode has been discovered sixty miles from Cloncurry, a copper mining centre in the Burke district! An assay gives SOOozs, to the ton. The lode is said to be traceable for thirty miles. May 19. At the cycling sports yesterday the two-mile first class bicycle race was won by Busst, of Melbourne, Fenelon, of England, second, and Mutton, of Sydney, third. It was an excellent race, and Busst covered the distance in 6min 48|sec. Newcastle, May 18. Sailed—Janet Nicoll for Lyttelton,