TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1895, 23 May 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, May 19. Sir W. dervois, ex-Governor of New Zealand, has arrived here. It is stated; tbat he will shortly be appointed to superintend some important military engineering works, Henri Rochefort, the French political refugee, who at present is visiting London in company with General Boulanger, has been-arrested for attempting to shoot Pilotil, an artist, in Regent Street. It is asserted that the latter first assaulted Rochefort. General Boulanger offered bail tor Rochefort but the offer w»a declined by the police. Later. Henri Rocbefoit, arrested for attempted shooting, has been • bailed out by Mr Frank Harris, editor of the Fortnightly Review. ' Captain Murrell, of the ship Missouri, received a great ovation on arrivali at Tilbury docks, in recognition of bifl conducS in rescuing the crew and pas-. !seagers of the, steamer Denmark last month. The Right Hon. Mr Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has, announced that Government will invite the House to discuss the question of light gpld coinage on Tuesday next. The directors of the British India Steam Navigation Company have dispensed with the services of Captain Burkett, of the s.s. Jumnae, for marrying a ( lady passenger who was betrothed to a, doctor residing in Brisbane. The directors consider such conduct most reprehenßible, and have taken this step as a warning to other officers, Mr Gladstone will spend the Whitsuntide recess in a yachting cruise on the Devonshire and Cornwall coast. He intends to address meetings on the mainlead during the cruise, Mrs Adams, widow of Stephen Adams, has been arrested on a charge of poisoning her husband's brother, James Maybrick, a merchant of Liverpool. May 20. Mrs Dallas Glyn, Shakesperian actress, is dead. At the inquest on the remains of the late Mr Irving Bishop, the coroner gave his decision that autopsy was illegal without the consent of the relatives, and the three doctors who took part in the operation have been arrested. Mrs Maybrick (not Mrs Adams as previously telegraphed), who is accused of poisoning ber husband's brother, is a niece of Jefferson Davis, ex-president ot the Confederate States. Wallace Ross, who is now in England, has accepted the challenge purporting to be put out by Laycock. All the gamblers arrested at Park Place have been discharged. The clubowner was fined £6OO, and other officials in smaller Bums, Henri Rochefort. who was arrested for attempted shooting of M. Pilotil, artist, has been bound over to keep the peace for six months, Rochefort rfsserted that he only intended to frighten Pilotil, and says the revolver was enclosed in a case, Mr Gladstone has received the addresses of sympathy and encouragement wbiph were forwarded to him by the States of Minnesota, and, Wisconsin. Copies of papers containing verbatim reports of the speech delivered by Sir Hercules Robinson at the farewell banqu*t tendered to him prior to his departure from the Cape, have reached here by the mail steamer: The newspaper reports show that the extracts of the speech cabled from the Cape were greatly exaggerated, and that the remarks made by Sir Hercules as to the necessity of the federation of South African Spates, and the ultimate declaration of independence, which caueed considerable consternation in political circles in London, were much magnified. Mr J. L. Carew, the member for Kildare, who was sentenced to four months imprisonment in February last, on a charge of inciting, has been released from confinement, owing to ill-health. May 21, British exhibitors are complaining at delay in receiving the official list of awards at the recent exhibition in Melbourne, The Times has paid forty shillings into court in satisfaction of the claim brought by Mr Parnell. The House of Commons by a majority of 45 rejected Mr Pritchard Morgan's motion denouncing the levying of royalties on gold-mining in Wales. New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed stock is quoted at 106^-. Paris, May 21. Nearly 300,000 persons visited thß Exhibition on Sunday. It is rumored here that a plot to massacre the French in Madagascar had been discovered. Thirteen members of the Amoric&n Republican party, who *re on a visit to the Paris Exhibition, have been entertained at a banquet by the French Government, Berlin, May 19. Very severe storms have been experienced in Austria and South Germany, * and immense damage has been done to

bridges and railways. Thm has also been great IoV of life j many cattle have been drowned, and crops have been devastated by hail. St. Petersburg, May 19. The Gourka Palace at Warsaw has been undermined. The ..police of this pity are aware that several bombs have reached St. Petersburg, and the Czar b»s been advised not to Shah of Persia at the railway terminus on the. occasion of his official reception, here. The plot discovered against the life of the Czar is confined to th ; « military,: but it is believed that r,amific,*lions are pf a most extensive nature. The Czar ; has directed Durnovo, who recently succeeded the late Count Tolstoi as Minister,of the. Jotenor for Russia, to, adhere inflexibly to the policy of reform proposed by the deceased stateeman,, ... ~..-. ~ ..,.■ t. The Czarewitch has bser} appointed a member of the, Council of the Empire. I Constantinople', May 20.; I The Sultan has forwarded /to the Emperor ,and Empress of Germany i, presents to the value of £70,000. Rome, May 21. The military after a severe struggle have succeeded, iu repressing rioting'by armed peasantry in Lombardy. His Holiness : the Pope is improying in health, Cabdl, May 19. The Ameer is forcing the adherents of the rebel Ishak Khan to emigrate. Thousands are proceeding to Bokhara, New York, May 19. In the sculling match yesterday at Toronto, O'Connor beat Hamm, Lee, and Petterßon, May 20. Menmuir, the murderer, will be executed by electricity on June 24th. Jackspn. ; ,the Australian pugilist, will remains in America for the present, instead of proceeding to England as intended. The Cttliforniau Athletic Club are endeavoring to arrange matches for the Australian with Jack Kilrain and others. Washington , May 21. Admiral Kimbprley, in command of the American naval forces at Samoa, is urging the authorities, to issue rations to the Samoans, Honolulu,* May 20. King Kalakaua in-enus shortly to visit the Paris Exhibition, • -»•.- AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, May 20. Sailed—H.l.G.M.S, Sophie for Auckland. Sydney, May 20. Arrived—Manapouri from Auckland. Sir Henry Parkes, Premier, intends to open correspondence shortly with the Premiers of the other colonies in order if possible to obtain concerted action by the whole of the colonies in respect to the Chinese question. Arrived—Brignntine Reaper from San Francisco, with thirty thousand sacks of wheat; barque Earl Granville, from Lyttelton, with thirteen thousand sacks of wheat. May 21. A monster meeting of loyalists was held last night, at which resolutions were passed denouncing Mr Dillon's mission, and expressing sympathy with the Imperial Government in the Irish difficulty. Brisbane, May.2l. Parliament was opened to-day by His Excellency the Governor in person. Albany, May 20. Arrived Orizaba from Plymouth. New Zealand passengers, Messrs Farquharson,, Lambert, Withy, M.H.R., Mrs Withy, and Professor Wallace. , Hobart, May 21. The Ruapehn arrived last night with 57 passengers for Australia and 90 for New .Zealand. She left again at five, o'clock this afternoon for Wellington.