TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2082, 7 August 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. | LONDON; Aug. 3. | The rumor is retired that.Sfr W. H; Smith, leader of the House, wilt accept a peerage, and that Mr Balfour ;will succeed him. Mr W. L, Jackson, Financial! Secretary to the Treasury, is mentioned as likely to assume the Chief'Secretaryship of Ireland; Sir Michael HicksBeach, President of the Board of Trade,! is likely to take charge of the Colonial Office, Lord Knutsford becoming Lord Privy Seal. The Marquis of Salisbury has declined to accept the overtures ot the friends of Lord Randolph Churchill regarding the latter* rejoining the Cabinet, ~. . t ■■ It is hoped that the Panama pana will be 1 completed; for three bundrec million dollars below the estimate. Mr R. W, llanbury, M.P. for Preston has given notice to ask the Governmen l what money has bben paid in respect o: the Brenman torpedo, He describes i as mi ingenious toy, devoid of practica ntiliiy owing to its limited range, He also asserts that : foreign Governments have condemned the principle of weapon, ~ I It is announced that the Marquis of Hartington will marry, the Dowager Duchess of Manchester in April. , Aug. 4. I The Emperor of Germany has arrived at Dover.

The Emperor of Germany goes to St. Petersburg after his visit to England, He had a great reception at Osborne in the Isle of Wight. j Cholera is spreading in Spain, and it is expected that it will extend to Paris,; 'The Dunlos and Wertheimer dined together after the divorce case was over. The lady goes on a starring tour in Ireland, and it is expected that Lord Dunio will pay a visit to the Cape, , Lisbon, Aug. 2. ■ The commander of the Portuguese vessel which seized a British steamer at Mozambique has been cashiered, ; Paris, Aug. 4.

It is reported in Paris that a dynamite mine has been discovered on the railway line between Revel and; Mp«y« v; the route which the German Kmperor intends to take to St, Petersburg.

Berlin, ' Aug. 1. , In the Reichstag Herr Wahcrichteb asserted that Count Waldersec recently advised the Government to declare war against Russia, The latter at once denied the assertion, hot Herr Wabcrichten re-affirmed bis remarks.

St. Petersburg, Aug. 2. i A Russian loan of sixteen million roubles la announced, : 1 The Czar is said to be willing to accept Prince Waldemir, the youngest son of the King of Denmark, as Prince of Bulgaria, The subject may possibly bo settled Ct the coming interview between the Czar and the Emperor of Germany,

Aug, 4, i It is reported that the Czar’s edicts against Jews denied that old enactments had been rigorously enforced, Mecca, Ang. 5. . The death rate from cholera has increased to five hundred dai'y. Zanzibar, Aug. 5- ; At a mass meeting of Arabs the slavery decree recently issued by the Sultan was accepted.

! Capetown, Ang. 4. ! The Supreme Court has ordered the Union Bank to be wound up.

Rio db Janeiro, Aug. 1. j The New Zealand Shipping Com* panjr’s R.M.S. ftimutaka sailed for Plymouth to-day. New Yoke, Ang. 4.

A bridge jumper aatned Macaffrey leapt into the Charles river at Boston from a height of 150 feat, and was killed. !

Thirty deaths have occurred iq Chicago from sunstroke,

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydwky, Aug. 4. Arrived—Monovrai from Auckland. Ang. 5. . Sailed— Haqrato for Wellington. In the legislative Assembly notice of motion has been given that an address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Government bo informed of the intended appointment ctf a Governor to the colony before tfie intended appointment is finally Aug. 5.

Jq the House to-day, Mr Monro, leader of the Opposition, moved that the finance accounts are manifestly unreliable and that they be referred back to the Government for correction. Mr Gillies, the Premier, announced that tfie motion would be treated ag oJ of Confidence^” Adelaide, Aug. 5. Arrived Jorgenson’s boat btorns King, Briseahis. Ang. 5,.

At a public meeting resolutions were passed protesting against the imposition of a properly tax. Several murders by blacks are re. ported from (Jlonoutry,

DISASTROUS PIKE,

Athens. Aug.,4.

A' destructive fire has been raging over the peninsula of; Mount. A 1 hog. The forests, have, been (devastated, and the monasteries and .hermitages, ,foij which the mount has long been brated, were al| destroyed; Twenty! monks anddiertni's lost their lives, and the damage is estimated-at £1,000,000.