TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2171, 5 March 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March, 1. Mr Gladstone has purchased the ad vowson of a rectory at Liverpool. Arthe coroner's inquest on the last Whitechapel mutdflry the jury returned an open verdict, Toe-man Sadler, who was arrested under Strong suspicion, will probably be discharged. Mr G Kynocb, M.P. for Aston Manor, is dead. MirchS'.,.. Sailed—S.S. Westminster for New Zealand v:affMaJbourne._ - The Shaw Savill Company have dpclared a dividend of ten per cent. The man Sadler, arrested on suspicion of being " Jack the Hipper", has been discharged. The Wesley centenary, was cele.bra.ted by a special week of service throughout the country. Archdeacon Farrar delivered an eloquent speech at the unveiling of the statue of WesfeyT The Berlin correspondent of the Globe s»ys that great uneasiness is felt at ,the Emperor's threat to smash all opposition to his policy. Yon; Oaprivi s)go.ifi°.B his intention to resign in the autumn. There is a revival of the rumours affecting the money market, chiefly owing to the state,of affairs in Argentine.,

A telegram from San Francisco states that daring the bnrrioane in Japan 28 vessels and one hundred lives-were lost. Paris, Maroh 1. The French crops are seriously damaged by frost. Prince Napoleon is serious'y ill a Rome, March 2. : The supporters of Victor JNapoleon have declared themselves adherents of the republic. The French Chamber has rejected a bill regulating the nee of the pari-mutuel, and the reeult is that the Government will suppress all betting. St. Petersburg, March 1. Rassia intends to continue railway extension to the frontier of Afghanstan. Valparaiso, March 1. larapaca has bsen captured by the rbbele and/Eresident Baluoaceda is losing ground. . The British Admiral.-compelled the rebbls to stop ~lbe bombardment of Iquiqxie until he bad embarked the women and children. March 1. The Chilian rebbls fired oh ;a British steamer and attempted to seizin her cargo but the captain assumed a defiant .attitude and was eventually allowed; to proceed. Lisboit, March 1. The Portuguese Government have succeeded ic floating their loan. News . has been received that a rebellion has broken .out at Bisaao, a seaport belonging to Portugal, south of Rio Grande, in HenegambU. The Portuguese Government are helpless. Washington, March 1. The United States will send out an Arctic expedition in May, Engineer Percy, of the United States Navy, will have command. The Nicaragua Ship -Canal .Bill has been abandoned for a season.

< The douse' of Representatives has passed a Bill giving a subsidy to mail steamers. This Bill was indroduced in place of the Shipping Subsidy Bill. The Canadian Government has definitely agreed to give Lord Bartington's steamers a subsidy of £150,000 per annum for a fast line across the Atlantic, The Australian colonies will b« expected to subsidise the line from Vanoouver to Sydney. March 2. Tbe House of Representatives rejected a subsidy for a cable at Hawaii. The question was referred to a conference. The town of Quiua.in Arizona, has been destroyed by floods, and fourteen hundred persons rendered homeless. One hundred were drowned, aud tbe country is a lake for fifty miles. OmW4, Feb. ,28, Sir J. Macdonald it seriously ill. Mirch 2. It is estimated that Sir J, Macionald the present Premier, will .secure a majority of nine at tb,e elections, Calcutta, March 1. The Natives attacked Mi>jor Muir, the Government agent iq Boloochistan, and wouqdedi him-' Fortunately tbe injuries were not serious. The would-be assassin was captured. March, 1. The Wonthro rebellion in Burmah ; bBB been suppressed afld the ruler has .9ubojilted to the Government. Hqnoj,u+tj, March. 1. Revolutionste threaten the life of tbe of Queen Hawaii. Singapore, March 2. The revolt in the Caroline Islands has been suppressed. Capetown, March 9. Tf?e R.M.S. Rimouka sailed to-day for Hobart and Wellington.