TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2005, 8 February 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN

London, Feb. 5

Colonel Saunderson, M.P. for Armagh North, will make a lecturing tour through America and Australia in tho autumn. Mr Sonnies denies that unusual costs were allowed Mr Parnell in his action against the Times. An impression is gaining strength that the Great Powers will coerce the Porte to grant certain reforms in Croti\ Obituary— Duke Montpensieur, of apoplexy.

It is understood that Mr Campbell Parnell will receive £250 damages and £l5O costs to settle his libel action against the Times.

Allpress, arrested on a charge of stealing £70,000 from the Commercial Bank of Melbourne, states that after

committing the robbery he escaped !o China, and thence to America, Subsequently ho visited Germany and Monte Carlo, arriving in London a week ago. He was discovered passing documents which had been abstracted frrm the Bank, and property to the value; of £IO,OOO has been recovered. It is expected that extradition proceedings \y\ \ bo instituted on Saturday, and prisoner will bs kept in custody pending the arrival of a Melbourne detective.

Captain O'Shea has retained Sir Edward Clarke, the Solicitor-General, to conduct his divorce case.

After a long delay the trial of the Bishop of Lincoln for ritualistic prac-

tices has finally commenced. It first came before the Ecclesiastical Court in February last. Mr Parnell himself instituted the proceedings which brought about a settlement of his aotion against The

Times. The latter pays costs as between party and party. Allpress asserts that he revisited Adelaide, and he also states that he was successful at the gaming tables at Monte Carlo. It is expected that tho bank will bo recouped in its losses. Allpress is anxious to bo extradited promptly. The Colonial Office, which is inquiring

into the question of colonial divorce generally, is devoting extreme care to the measure, recently passed by Now South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, and tho protests against the measures lodged by religious bodies are receiving due attention. The legal points involved will be referred to Lord Salisbury and Sir B. Webster.

The R.M.S. Tongariro arrived, nil well, at Plymouth yesteriay, with her cargo of frozen meat in good condition. The exhibition of Wolseley's shearing machine in London has been attended with great success. The St. James Gazette has couiained a series of articles in which it was asserted that all Australian borrowings wero used to foster the state of Socialism which dominates the whole fabric of

credit, speculation, rent; and wages, especially in Victoria, where each loan caused surface prosperity and inflation on tho strength of former reputation. It adds that Victoria bas pawned herself to British capitalists. The centralisation of Melbourne had starved the country of population and labor, and tho country industries are neglected owing to capitalists being unable to hire labor end make a profit. The result is unhealthy speculation.

The Australian cruiser Persian has been launched at Sir W. Armstrong and Co.'s works at Elswick,

Madrid, Feb, 5

A Spanish deputy haß called attention in the Cortes to tho persistent presence of the British squadron at the Cunaries. Paris, Feb, 5.

Le Temps asserts that tho fear of the Australians as to an influx of recidivistes from the French colouiosis unwarranted, as only thirty-two have escaped in five years, and of those sixteen wero captured and extradited.

Tho estimates for the past year show that tho expenditure exceeds the revenue by 36,000,000 francs. Berlin, Feb. 5.

A socialist riot broke out on Monday at Stasspart, in Prussian Saxony, During a melee ono rioter was killed and four wounded, while many of the police were etabbed iu their endeavors to quell the disturbance.

The editor of the Kolnischa Zeitung has been imprisoned for a month for publishing slanderous statements referring to the Empress Frederick. The rumor is revived that Prinee Bismarck meditates resigning. St. Petersburg, Feb. 5. Tho Czar declines to recognise the Republic of Brazil during the lifetime of tho ex-Jimperor Dom Pedro. Sofia, Feb, 4. t A plot involving several officers, who pero conspiring to murder Prince Ferdinand and tho members of the Ministry, has been discovered. Numerous arrests are reported.

Iho p'ot against Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, j s ascribed to Russian machinations.

Sak Francisco, Feb, 4. Sierra City, California, has been smothered with avalanches, and a large

number are digging for thosa buried, [Tho following is to hand per the San Francisco mail :—An avalanche fell on Sierra, a city in California, on January 3, and swept most of the buildings into ruin, Several persons were overwhelmed and suffocated. Enormous snow drifts blocked travel in all directions in the Californian mountains. Should a warm rain set in the destruction to the valley country would be incalculable.] New York, Feb, 5.

The National Equitable Lennox Hill Bank which suspended payment owing to the abstraction of securities bas reopened, The Republicans have secured quorums in both Houses of the Americen legislature. The block of buildings known as Fear's bus been burned to tho grouud, and ten persons who were unable to got oat perished in the flames. «, _ AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Feb. 5. Sailed—Rotomahano. A scare occurred in the mining department yesterday, almost amounting to a panic. Broken Hill proprietary shores fell te £74, but afterwards recovered to £7B, The cause is supposed to be the fact that the output last week fell below the average, but there is nothing else known to warrant alarm, Intense heat still prevails. An actuarial investigation into the, affairs of tho Premier Permanent Building Association, which recently closed its doors, reveals an extraordinary state of affaire, During three years lobcs amounting to a million and a half were issued. As an example of the loose w»y in which advances were granted, it is stated that one person borrowed a hundred thousand pounds, though ho was already responsible for five previous loans amounting to £50,000, and not one of them was paid. The Argns and Dsily Telegraph each have articles dealing with the N.Z, Primacy doadlock. Sydney, Feb. 6. The sohooner Summer Rose, from Newcastle to Tweed, was wrecked near Yomba. Six of thoso on board were drowned. Brisbane, Feb. 5. The Queen's assent has been granted to the Chinese Restriction Bill. Feb. 6. The ketch Evelyn, loaded with exploßiveß, was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition. Tho crew were rescued by a passing steamer. The Government have sent a vessel to recover or destroy the vessel, Adelaide, Feb, 6. The Bhip Cambrian Princess, which went ashore at Wallaroo, has been floated off.