TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1898, 30 May 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, May 26. It is reported that Duckworth, a ! Rothdale millowner, assaulted the Rev. C. Spurgeon, son of the eminent Baptist minister, on board the Mariposa, for paying attentions to his wife on the voyage from Auckland to San Francisco. At the Fire Brigade parade at Whitehall yesterday the police control was very deficient. The carriage of the Prince of Wales was mobbed, and the Princess of Wales was unable to distribute the prizes, Madame Melba, the Australian cantatrice, was deluged with jewels and presents by admirers during her stay on the Continent. She received £2lO a month at Brussels, £4OO a month at the Paris Opera House, and eventually refused £BOO a month at the Paris Gaiele, She sings in London in June, and returns to Paris for the winter. Captain Morrell, of the Missouri, and 'his crow were presented at the Mansion House, yesterday, with medals and £IOOO in recognition of their gallant conduct in rescuing the Danish immigrants. They had a splendid reception. The will of the late John Bright has been proved at under £86,000. May 27. Lord Knutsford complains that he was inundated with applications for Birthday honours, and says that it was impossible to accede to tbe request of one-twentieth of the applicants. He regrets that he was unable to give a baronetcy to tbe Hon. Wm. McLeay, M.L.C.. of Sydney, wbo was however created a Knight Bachelor.

Her Majesty the Queen has ordered the release of a convict named Garner, now serving a life sentence in Western Australia for murdering his wife’s mother in Lincolnshire, in the year 1863. The Surprise, 1650 tons, Commander the Hon, Maurice A. Bourke, was damaged in a collision, and has gone ashore at Syracuse Island, off Sicily, where she now lies full of water. The Cope Colony Government are converting their five per cent debentures into per cents. Arrived—S.B, Balmoral Castle from the Bluff (left March 29th.) A drive in the Abercorn mine ot Merthyr Tydvil collapsed, and imprisoned fifty-eight miners. They were, however, safely rescued. The iiiDglish and American delegates at the Samoan Conference are consulting their respective Governments prior to assenting to the ratification of the protocol .dealing with the future government of Samoa, It is alleged that during the crowding which occurred at the fira brigade demonstration at Whitehall on Saturday the Duke of Cambridge struck a reporter of the New York Sun. The latter has issued a summons against the Duke for assault. May 28. Lord Salisbury, in moving the second reading of the Naval Defences Bill in the House of Lords, said that while the present rulers of Europe were earnest in their endeavours to avoid war, it was quite uncertain who would be in power five years hence, and patriotism required that provision should be made against real and genuine risks. The Bill was read a second time without a division.

Bishop Perry has resigned the Canonry of Llandaff through ili-health, It is expected that the naval review to be held early in August will be the most splendid spectacle of the kind yet witnessed. Over 100 warships will bo drawn up in line, stretching along the Solent and Spithead, with Nelson’s old flagship, the Victory, at the head. Sir James Fergasson, in reply to » question in the douse of Commons, stated that Government would send delegates to the International Labour Protection Congress, to be held in Berne in September, but their functions would be limited to discussing questions connected with factory work. Iha Peninsular and Oriental Company have declared a dividend of five percent. Lady Stuart, widow of Sir Alexander Stuart, of New South Wales, is dead. The Postmaster-General, resenting Mr Honnikor Heaton’s persistent questions on postal matters, called him “an advertising politician.” Mr Heaton appealed to the Speaker, but the latter ruled that it was an orderly remark. Paris, May 25. French delegaies from Tahiti explain that the I'ibuai (Austral) Islands were annexed in consequence of Raratongo seeking British prelection. May 26. The Chember has decreed to remove I the remains of M. Carnot, grandfather of .the Present, ono of the great figures of the Revolution, of Franpois Marceaux, a young general of great promise, who was killed in 1796, aud of Deputy Baudin to the Pantheon. Berlin, M«y 26. The Caar of Russia is expected to yisit Berlin towards the end of June. The strikes are spreading throughout Europe.

The Nord Deutsche Zeitung warns Austria that on extension of her garrisons in Novibozar, between Servia and Montenegro, and the occupation of the town of that name, will be regarded as a casus belli. May 28. All the members of the Westphalian strike committee were arrested, on the ground that they disobeyed the Emperor’s warning and introduced a political element into the di.-pate between themsolvs and the mine-owners. A fire destroyed the stores at Lubeck, and a quantity of flax was burned. The damage is estimated at two million marks. ** ■' Rome, May 25. Signor Orispi, Premier, declines to deny the existence of a Military Convention between Germany and Italy. He deems it to be sufficient to merely state that the alliance is very strong. Athens, May 27. It is reported that the Cretan | Assembly has voted in favour of the annexation of the Island to Greece, Calcutta, May 26. Rains have greatly improved the prospects of the Indian harvest. Capetown, May 24. The R.M.S, Ksikoura sailed for New Zealand to-day. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, May 27. Arrived yesterday—Wakatipu, from Wellington,