TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2119, 1 November 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Oct, 28

An unconfirmed report has reaebed Lisbon that » detachment of British African men had a severe fig'it with the natives of Marabeleiaad, and that tbe former lost 200 nfcen.

The Irish Bishops have fossil a Pas'oral coademniugboycotting and the plan ofcampaign, and appealing to j Government to lake steps to prevent deplorable resnltsfrom ths potato blight.

Mr speaking at ; Edinborgh said ho was in favor of ttys disestablish, ment of tbe Church of Scotland, but be tbonght that an endowment shoo'd accompany the disestib iehmenL Referring to the affairs in Tarkev, he remarked that it was bopejess to eXpebt • proper system of government in that country. In,the coarse of bis remarks ->n the Irish i question he said that if Home Rule were granted to Ireland he would favor the retention of Irish representation io the House of Commons.

Mr C. A, V. Conybeare, M.P. for Cambborne, has been unseated from the local School Board, owing to the convictions which were recorded against him some time ago under the Grimes Act. Arrived—Ship Abercarne, from Timsrn (July 17th) ; barque Duke of Argyle, from 'Hmaru (July 3rd) ; ship Golden Horn, from Lyttelton (July 28rd). Got. 29.

Mr H. M. Stanley chsrges the iSnglisbmen who were in charge of his resr guard in fche Emin Pasha relief expedition, with barbarous neglect to dying natives, and states that jealousy prevented his subordinates from trying to straight, M*] o * Barttelot, Mr Stanley alleges, was killed for ill-treating a chief’s wife. The revelation has caused a great sensation in England, and Mr Stanley is accused of maligning the dead.

Owing to the peculiar character of the evidence in the appeal case Ah Poy versus the Collector of Customa at Melbourne, which was to have come before the Privy Oouaoil about the middle of next month, a special Court, presided over by the Earl of gelbourne, has been selected to bear the case.

Several minor brokers on tha Stock Exchange have failed, bat it is expected that they will be able to effect satisfactory Battlements wifb their creditors. Mr Gladstone has been presented with the freedom of the city of Edinbnrgh. In the Quran's Banoh Division in Chambers to-day, Baron idoddlestene made an order for Messrs Tyser and Co. to surrender tha New Zealand Company’s books and doonments, bat refused an "order of ejectmont against tha TysSrs from the company’s offices. The New Zealand Shiping Company hare destined the terms of the Treasury for the renewal of the direct mail service to New Zealand, aa ; they consider the amount- insufficient, It is thought likely that Messrs Sbaw, Seville and Albion Company will accept a renewal; Colonial stocks are recovering. The Australian squadron will Bail for colonial waters in the spring. Mr Arthur Giver Madia, managing director of Madia’s Select Library Company, isdead. Sir Gavan Doffy considers Mr Balfour’s Irish Land Purchase Bill elaborate, and that as the guarantee is secure, the land purchase advances are unnecessary, Be thinks Mr Parnsll’s scheme a strange alternative and a serious mistake. Freeman’s Journal accuses bir tiavan Daffy of seeking to oast Mr Parnell, Bbrnb, Got. 2f. Farther conflicts have taken place amongst the populace at Ticino, and there has been maob bloodshed, Bibun, Oct. 26. A battalion has been sent to Friebarg a mining town in Saxony, in consequence of a number of armed radicals having threatened to resort to extreme measures to bring about the downfall qf the Government. Aotbhs, Oct. 26. One of tbs results of the general election is that M. Delyanats has replaced M, Iriooupis as Prime Minister, Bt. Pbibrsburu, Oct. 22. The Russian peasantry at Bogodovoklov refuse to longer remain as serfs, and are attacking the landowners. Nine thoqsand troops have been despatched to suppress the rising. Wabhiu«tok, Oct 29, The Republican importers are furiour at the effects of the M< Kiuley Act and it is exoeoted that Republican candidates will suffer greatly at the next election. Zanzibar, Oct, 29. British troops have attached and burnt Witn.

AUSTRALIAN GABLE. Stoket, Oct. 29. Arrived—-R.M.S. Aiameda, for Ban Francisco, vi» Auckland, Lady Kintore, wife of the Governor of Sontb Anstrsiia, is a passenger by her,

Hobart, Oct. 80. . Ths floor of the Exchange foil to-day while being repaired ; one workman was billed and five injured, i The R.M.B. Limuteka arrived at 5 o’clock, I bis, evening,, and leaves again for New Zealand at 6 p.m. She brings 05 passengers for Australia New Zealand.