TELEGRAMS

Temuka Leader, Issue 2162, 12 February 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. J London, Feb, 8. Lord Salisbury has thanked Signor Gnspi, ex-Premier of Italy, for the friendship ho showed towards Great Britain, Sir William Camming, wh®, was alleged to bare been detected at cheating the Prince of Wales in cards, halfissaed fm writs for slander. Sir 0. , Jtussell has been retained for the prosecution. Bis Royal Highness] has been subpoenaed as a witness. The imports of the United Kingdom for January show a decrease of £4,400,000, and the exports a decrease of £1,750,000, compared with je*nuary last. A Conference between the United States and Canada on the subject ot reciprocal trade relations will be held in March. Berlin, February 8. Madame Adelina Patti has been arrested here tor breach of contract to sing in St Petersburg. She was admitted to bail, Berlin, Feb. 9. Patti's jewels were seized when she was arrested and the pnma donnv had to deposit the amount of the o.aim to get them back. February 10. The German Government are abandoning the proposed Koch Institute. Rome, February 10. The Pope intends to issue an encyclical letter advising French Catholics to adhere to the Republic. Signor Rndini has formed an interim Government, and will take steps to eff ;ct a redaction in the expenditure, His programme includes the improvement of trade relations with France,and he will adhere to the Triple Alliance. Vienna, Feb, 8. Baron Hirsch has given twelve million francs (£47,000) to promote Hebrew emigration to America. S hakim, Feb. 10. The rebels are advancnig upon Tobar. It is intended to erect fortifications to secure the town. Washington, Feb. 8. A Russian Jews Colonising Society has been formed in San Francisco, for the purpose of bringing over men to engage in agriculture. Ottawa, Feb. 9. Sir John Macdonald has issued a manifesto declaring the Government will develop the resources of Canada as an integral part of the Empire, and that unrestricted reprocity is veiled treason. Valparaiso, February 8. Owing to the scarcity of labor inconsequence of the civil war the Chilian harvest has been lost. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, February 9 . Nine of the crew of the Orion, from Glasgow, have been landed suffering from lead poisoning, The metal is supposed to have been contained in sugar supplied to the ship. One man has since died. February 10. Owing to the burning of the cloakroom at the Spencer-street railway station the passengers have sent in claims amounting to £4OOO, Government have decided to exhibit at the Royal Agricultural show in Fogland in June. Sydney, Feb, 10. Mr Eddy, Chief Commissioner of Railways, and the Hon. R. White, M.L.0., have left on a visit for New Zealand. Adelaide, Feb. 10. The Colonial Treasurer has decided to allow the balance of the loan <o remain on the London market till the 14’b inst. Perth. W.A., Feb. 9. The barque Thornilie Bank, laden with railway iron, has been completely galled by fire, The origin is unknown, bat it commenced in the lazareite. Brisbane, February 10. An extraordinary tide visited Cairns and Townsville, and the lowlying parts of ihe mentioned towns were flooded. Hobart, February. 10

The Attorney-General is drafting a Constitution for submission to the Federal Convention. It will probably be modelled on that of America, as the Canadian Constitution is considered too advanced for the present. (Jnder the proposed Constitution each colony will become a province; elect its own senators and the members of Honees of Representatives, and be presided oyer by a Lieutenant-Governor ; the Senate to consist ofao equal numberof members from each province, and the provincial representatives to be one member for p?ery twenty thousand inhabitants. The Constitution provides that the Governor General shall be appointed by the Imperial Government. The powers of the Federal Parliament will probably include imposition of taxation (the question of Customs tariff), and odminstration of defence, postal,telegraphs, marriage, divorce, commerce, coinage, bankruptcy, quarantine, and a Federal 1 Supreme Court.

Thursday Island, Feb, 9. Daring a fierce gale the cable ship Recorder w«s driven ashore in a serious position, but was afterwards floated off uninjured.