TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2030, 8 April 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 4. Ihe Marquis of Normauby died at (Brighton last evening. The Union S.S. Company of New Zealand’s new steamer Mamari has made her trial trip, and aftaincd a speed bf nearly fifteen knots. : A syndicate, including Messrs Antony Gifcbs and Son, has offered £7,500,000 for the Mount Morgan mine, Queensland. Ihe Rev. Mr James Fleming, of Whithorn, Scotland, has been nominated moderator of the United Presbyterian Church. . April 5. The executive have confirmed the sentence of death passed on ■ George Davies Tor the murder of his father. There is a great movement on foot to bbtain a reprieve for his elder brother Richard, who also lies under sentence of death. _ The Unioa Company’s steamer Kitokouo has been launched at Dumbarton. China has signed a convention admitting Englishmen to CJhung Kiand and Upper Qangize, j Mr Stanley thinks Emin Pasha ungrateful for departing to Central Africa without returning thanks for what he (Stanley) bad done for him. It is stated that the Khedive also expressed disgust at Emin leaving Zanzibar. , Paris, April 5. Notwithstanding the . great, outcry raised at the proposal to engage Sarah Bernhardt to represent the Virgin Mary in the passion play in Paris, she took the character, and a great sensation was caused tbronghout France. The French Government have decided to send three warships to rendezvous on the coast of - Dahomey to assist the troops in gaiqing: reparation for the arrest of the Governor of Senegal and other French subjects. Berlin, Anri I 5. : A pamphlet published in Berlin asserts that the Emperor and General De Caprivi are members of a secret league of patriots which has been formed to unite the Liberal Opposition and the Socialists in one body. Prince Bismarck is said lb have been dismissed because he had taught the Kaiser everything he wanted to know. The authorship of the pamphlet is ascribed to the Emperor William himself. An order issued by the Emperor renders the middle class eligible for the position of officers in the army, increases the pay, and prohibits luxury. The promotion of offenders is stopped. It is announced that the Sultan and eight chiefs of Mandara, a Kingdom of Central North Africa, have hoisted the German flag. Lisbon, April 5. Dom Pedro has gone to Cannes, and before his departure received the sacra, meats. He is in a comatose state. He has accepted the proceeds of the forced sale of his property. Rome, April 5. Sncci, an Italian faster, has subsisted. for eighteen days on water and painkiller, and is hopeful to endute fasting for forty days. Teheran, April 5. A British syndicate is arranging for 8; monopoly of the tobacco trade in Persia, New York, April 3. ■ I® the chess' match between America and Canada, the former scored a decided victory. April 6. BiStimates of the damage done by the recent cyclone and floods on the Mississippi have been overrated. St. Johns, April 5. Ihe colonists insist on .French maritime territorial rights being extinguished, and declare that Newfoundland will agitate in that direction until British supremacy is undisputed. The Premier arid Attorney-General have started for England to bring the 1 whole question under the notice of the Imperial Government.