TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1905, 18 June 1889, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jane 18. It is reported that Italy has occupied Senhabit in Abyssinia, Mr Gladstone, speaking at St. Ansell, near Trnro in Cornwall, advocated Home Rnle for Scotland and Wales, and the disestablishment of the Church. The will of the late Carl Rosa, operatic manager, has been proved under £BO,OOO. The Inman line has offered to concede the demands of the seamen for an increase of wages to £8 per month, bat the proposal was not accepted. The seamen demand that the concession shall be universal. In consequence of the strike traffic with America is partly suspended, Dr King, Bishop of Lincoln, who is lying under an ecclesiastical charge of ritualistic practices, has intimated that he now admits that the Archbishop of Canterbury has jurisdiction to hear the I charges against him. It is rumored that an attempt has been made to kill Mr Gladstone by throwing five cartridges into bis carriage as be was driving st Lantydrook. The attempt was, however, unsuccessful, and the veteran statesman escaped unhurt, Jane 14, The reported attempt on the life of Mr Gladstone turns out to be a hoax. The Cork Defence Onion have declared a dividend of 81 per cent on the capital invested in working boycotted farms, June 16. The Spectator, in referring to Mr Dillon’s explanation about the funds of the National League, says that it entirely overthrows the contention of the ParnelJite party that the movement is conducted solely on constitutional lines. It asserts that the league is unable to obtain funds in England without explaining for what purpose they are expended, It adds that the delegates therefore prefer Australia and America as a field for collecting subscriptions, as in those countries no questions are asked. The Rev. Glyn Moale, principal of Ridley Hall, Oxford, who was nominated by the Anglican Synod, of Sydney for the Primacy of Australia, has declined the Bishopric. General Boulanger asserts that on the eve of the Sobnoehell incident be, when Minister of War, secretly equipped an army of reserve, thus giving France a total of 600,000 troops over the strength of the German army, but M. Fearon’s hostility led to a revolution which enabled Germany to regain her equality. The assertion bag caused a sensation in political circles in Paris and Berlin, The Manchester Cop resulted as follows : Lord Lurgan’s Cotillion, 1 ; Indian Prince, 2 ; Lord Lorno, 8. Mr Gladstone has met with unexampled enthusiasm in bis tour through Cornwall, especially at Launceston and Plymouth. The Provost of Edinburgh will not attend the ceremony of conferring the freedom of the city on Mr Parnell. Lisbon, Jane 14. The Portuguese Government have decided to give bounties upon exported wines, in order to checkmate the growing sale ot Australian and American brands. Paris, Jane 18. The cabdrivsrs of this city have gone out on strike, but it is expected they will shortly resume work, Jane 14. The following is the result of the race for the Grand Steeplechase de Paris, ran at Autneil meeting:—Torpilleur, 1 ; Sitcb, 2 ; Fairfax, 8. Berlin, June 13. The Duke of Edinburgh is oh a visit to this city. Capetown, June 15. Mr S. J. Paul Kruger, President of Transvaal, has despatched General Smit with a strong artillery escort to Swaziland. The general supposition is that the action foreshadows the annexation of that country. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, June 14. Colonel Bruce Talloek has been appointed Commandant of the Victorian forces. The Age in a strong article (his morning says the re-publication of the Age article challenging Mr John Dillon, one of the Irish delegates now in Australia, to account for the disposal of the league funds by the London Times, will act as a timely corrective to the false misleading reports as to the growing success of the mission in Australia, with which Mr Dillon galls his dupes in Ireland, and will convince the people of England that we are not each fools in the colonies as Mr Dillon represents ns. bile readily admitting that the Irish people are suffering cruelly from oppression and neglect, we in Australia have no sympathy with the organisations employing assassins and dynamiters to get rid of political opponents, and which grow fat by trading upon tbe ignorance of their friends,

Jane 16. As bd outcome of the measures-taken by (he Government to prevent the entrance of foreign war ships into Port Philip an OrderJn-Oonnoil •is issued in the Gazette appointing a special anchorage for foreign men-of-nar, in the rear of the western ’ entrance to the south channel. None of Ithe foreign vessels will be permitted to Itdod aVtaed parties. Tbe Indian ."Government bare informed the Government of Victoria that they are prepared to purchase 2000 horses in Austral* for army service. : ; j:|-'-ifeNyT,;-Junol4. Sailed—Wairi'fapa far 1 Kassel I. j Jane 16. Mr Deasy, one of the Irish delegates, recently acetmed tlie postal authorities of tampering with 'valuable letters ‘addressed to him, The Government mads strict enquiries, but the matter was involved in mystery, It bse now transpired that the mission of-Mr Deasy was one in connection with matrimony as well as politics, and that tbe mother of the lady to whom he was engaged viewed the match with some degree of mistrust. She admits having opened letters addressed to her ‘daughter, and (has exonerates the officials. Newcastle, June 16. Tbe establishment of a coal trust, with a Capital of £8,000,000, is pfor jected. The object of th> moveraent is to combine with the proprietors of tbe leading mines to (maintain tbe present price of coal.