TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2080, 2 August 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

vri 0 " London, July 26.

Viscount Donlo dented the stateitoent that he and two other? tossed ’ up for Belle Biltob.' It is "considered iniprobable Mat’/ reliable' 'evidence will be forthcoming io. convict the respondent of improper relations with /Wertheimer, It is expected'that the j&nsstan.harvest will be above the’ The ftini in aid of th o stirvivors of the Light Brigade amounts to £4OOO. Mr Dillon and Mr ■ O’Brien intend to go on a stamping four .through. America. They are indignant at' ihe allegation that the Irish are disggisled with Mr Parnell’s leadership. i-S'. July 80. The potato blight has appeared in

Armagh. " • r " v ‘‘ ‘ Mr Streeter, the wall-known jeweller, has purchased half a mildon acres of land at Roebuck Bay, Western Australia.

H.M.S. Britomart has been despatched from Tralee with police and marines to Blasguett off- the west ebabt of Kerry, for the purpose of evicting tenants of the Earl ofCork'who refuse to pay rent, It is almost certain that the tenants will resist eviction, and it is expected that • serious conflict between; the tenants : end police ( will result. In the Donlo divorce case a verdict was returned to the effect that neither respondent nor co-respondent had'been gnilty of adultery. There was’ great excitement in the court when the result became known. Sir James Hannen in bis charge to the Jury said that the suit had bleirly been promoted by the Earl of Clancarty and not by- his son. Wertheimei-’s extravagant l( geberosity had possibly been prompted by compassion for the position- of the respondent. After Weston’s conviction Lady Dnnlo’s relations with Wertheimer were certainly imprudent, but the theatrical standard ‘ was different'to that of other ladies." Her letters to her husband did her credit, and Were natural in tone. She ought to have received her husband’s protection. The crowd in the street cheered Lady Dnnlo loudly as she left the Court, It is reported that the Queen, in the coarse of a conversation with the Duke of Fife, expressed a hope that penny postage would be established throughout the Empire during her reign. 1 Joly 81. The Bank of New Zealand shares, old issue, are £5 10s, and new £7 10s. The ship Marlborough, which left Lyttelton on January 11th, is posted as missing. Lord Erne and Colonel Sannderaon refuse to be included in the deputation of Unionists to visit the colonies, and Mr Abigail is inviting others to take their place. The Pall Mall Gazette appeals for funds to enable Mr John Barns to continue acting as a member of th« London County Council. Paris, July 80. By an explosion in a colliery at St. Etienne 120 miners have been killed. Bbrdin, July tO.

General Von Caprivi has published a memo explaining the reasons why Germany is satisfied with the African settlement. It would be impossible, he says, to entertain a thought of going to war with England because of the colonial dispute. July 81.

Prince Bismarck asserts that a bloody cataclysm is impending' in Germany in the near future, owing to the spread of Socialism.

Si. Petersburg, July 80.

The edicts against the Russian Jews declare that they must reside in large towns only, and forbid them owning ami farming land. Ten thousand have been expelled from the villages and rendered homeless. It is intended to enforce tb<* law compelling the Jews to 'reside in sixteen counties only. Artisans, miners, farmers, and professional men will all la mined if the edicts are pressed. It is estimated that a million wilt he expelled from tbefr present homes, and it is believed thflt the object is to drive all the Jews into the overcrowded towns where they will be dtoitttated by starvation and disease,

Constantinople, July 30.

Four hundred persona have been arrested for assaulting the Patriarch, and several werei killed, ' The city is greatly agitated. It is believed that the rioters meant tq attack the Sultan’s; palace Rome, July 30. The Pope applauds Bishop O’Dwyer’s reply to Mr Dillon,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE,

Stdnet, July 31. Arrived Hauroto from Wellington.; Melbourne, July 81. I Sailed—Waihora for the Bluff. I Adelaide, July 31.

Ten days ago the Sydney police received a letter signed ‘‘Jack the Ripper,” staling that be had arrived; and intended to commence operations in< a certain street within a week, The

writing, cfniparpii with fao-vimiles of the letters received by the London police, showed a strong resemblance. The police and detectives were strengthened, and kept on the,alert. The affair, however/is believed to be a hoax. T 0 police are reticent, and .the; press is silent abont the matter. . Hobart, July 31. The motion introduced into the House of Assembly by the l Colonial Treasurer, sanctioning the purchase of the Tasmanian main ;i line of railway for £1,106;500 at 4£. per cent in insert!) d stock, has been carried in both He uses,