TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2028, 3 April 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 81. A Fensdtional scandal in high life is on the tapis, although strenuous efforts are, being made to induce the wife lo forego divorce proceedings. The hushand is a prominent member of (he Government. The Standard says that the situation between Russia and China regarding the Chinese frontier is critical, Sir P. .Roberts lias been appointed ' Commander-in-Chief in India for a further term of 12 months. The late Dnke of Manchester desired to be cremated, APolico Bill is projected, one of the provisions of which will forbid colonial meat being sold as British. The warehouse of Lister and Co., manufacturers of sewing silks, &c, at Bradford hus been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £60,000. April 1. Arrived—Deva, barque, from Oamaru (December 26th). __Only 2,500,000 out of 4,500,000 Victorian sovereigns have been received and it is believed that many are in India. Sir James Fergusson, replying to a question in the House of Commons, stated that the Government were parleying with the Chinese Government over the Sikkim difficu'ty. The returns for the year show the revenue to have been £89,304,000. This is exclusive of £5,085,000 transferred to local taxation.

The Moss Bay Hematite Iron Steel Company (Limited), „f Workingcon, Cumberland, have suspended operations. Lisbon, March 31. The general election had resulted in a large majority in favor of the Governmant, Major Pinto was elected for Lisbon. Paris, April 1. Private letters received here indicate that 5000 Kanakas are suffering from leprosy in New Caledonia. The press are complaining of the delay which has taken place in isola'.ing those.suffering from the malady. Brussels, March 31. The work of excavating a ship canal from here to Antwerp has been begun. Berlin, March 29. Count Herbert Bismarck has been decorated and Prince Bismarck pensioned. The latter 16 compiling his memoirs, A sensation is caused in Berlin by the alleged discovery that the house of a Government official holding a high position has been the sceue of disgusting orgies, which were attended by persons of high rank. It is said that young ladies of position have been ruined. Warsaw, April 1. The result of inquiries into the recent baby-farming scandal is that the murderess of seventy-five infants has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment,

Sofia, March 31. Bulgaria is arming for an expected fray witb Servia, The official press is defiant, and boasts that ihey will'thrash their enemy again, St. Petersburg, March 29. A train laden with petroleum exploded at Batram, a port on the Black Sea. The riotous students at Moscow were flogged with the knout, and the University closed. Students are agitating for autonomy and admission of Jews and females. There is a reign of terror at Odpssa, lhe sale of portraits of the late Czar have been prohibited. March 31. Sohebrikora, who was arrested for writing a letter to the Czar, demanding reforms in Russia, has been released bv order of His Majesty. In doing go the latter remarked that the tone of the letter was very bitter. The Czar and Czarina inspected the military prison at St. Petersburg, and gave orders for the release of sixty prisoners, and also that the sentences of the remainder should be reduced.

A man who was chosen by the Nihilists to 9SBassiu*t<) the Czar has committed suicide in the city. He left a letter divulging hie, associates, and in consequence the authorities have made numerous arrests. Generally there is an alarming increase of revolutionary symptoms. Buenos Ayres,; March 31. It is estimated that the Argentine wool clip will be 50,000 bales shorty but the quality is superior. Ottawa, March 31. Other Englishmen are reported to be missing in Canada. ISew York, March 31. An American cutter captured the Pathfinder, but Mr W. Winslow, Secretary of the Treasury, has ordered her release, Washington, April 1. Tho revised Repub iean Tariff Bill effects a reduction in the revenue of 45,000,000d0i5., and imposes a 15 por cent, ad valorem duty on hides. San Francisco, March 30. The Californian Athletic Club hns offered a purse of twenty thousand dollars ior a boxing match between Sullivan and Jackson,