TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2173, 10 March 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH. ANIK FOREIGN. . : London, March 5. Lord i Salisbury,, speaking at the banquet given , by the Associated Chambers of Commerce, said that two <lork shadows threatened the trade of Great Britain. One was the revival of [irotection, especially in France and America, and the other was the struggle between capital and labour .at Home. It was, howeyer, useless to remonstrate, and in hia opinion the Eight Honrs Bill was impracticable. t he Guards are to Ibave the Bermudas shortly.

The Grand Lodge of English Freemasons, at the instance of the Prince of Wales, have considered Sir Robt. Stout’s connection with the Wellington Grand Orient Lodge, and have resolved to deprive Sir Robert of bis rank in the Lodge of England, and to inform the Lodge of Ireland, O'Connor, the oarsman, has challenged the world for a £IOOC a side. Official intimation has been received to the effect that the New Zealand Government declines to send exhibits to the Mining Exhibition to ba held at Sydenham. The House of Lords has decided the appeal of Vagliano Bros., merchants, of Old Broad street, London, in favour of the Bank of England.

Fearing a revival of the city bear rumors, large blocks of securities are being thrown on th» market. The Bishop of Down has virtually excommunicated the supporters of Parnell.

An anonymous pamphlet Ins been issued to the electors of the Forost of Dean. It states that the woman Fanny who was concerned in the Dilke-Crawford divorce case has been found, and that she acquits Sir Dilke of the accusation of having committed adultery wuh her. She also denies having seen Mrs Crawford at Sir Chas. Dilke’s residence, M*rch 6. >• Contracts for the settlement of the Argentine finances have been signed, and thele'eling in the city has improved. Professor Thomas Smith has been chosen Moderator-elect of the Free Church of Scotland. Mr Robert LindsayAnlrobus, Jortior partner in the well-known banking firm of Contis and 06., of the Strand, W;O., committed suicide to-day by shooting himself. Lord Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice of England, regards the reports circulated to the■ rff-ct that Justice Sir James Stephen, of the Queens Bench, had developed symptoms of insanity as unfounded. The Judges'have met to obtain Justice Stephens’ retirement. Belgians on, the Congo are accused of cruelties towards the natives, and of trafficking in negroes for' profit and pleasure, March 6, Numerous protests are being formed against Sir Charles Dilke’s candidature for the Forest of Dean. Sir Charles has replied in a pamphlet' inviting a )ib*l action. Two Protestant clergymen at Arklow, country Wicklow, have been imprisoned for fourteen davs for holding open air services, Mr Parnell intends to interfere at the general election in English districts possessing Irish votes. The Freeman’s Journal is appealing for funds in aid of the Parnellite cause,

The joint stock bankers in London and the Provinces are willing to publish a month'y summary of assets and liabilities, and admit that large reserves are desirable, A committee of bankers will confer with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the matter. The Statist asserts that the Bank of England will issue £1 notes and apppint country banks issuing agents, on condition that they lodge consuls wjth the bask, and aso that gold displaced be remitted to the bank. The Statist adds that there is widespread distrust in the city. A very Urge amount is locked up and serious difficulties are likely to prevail. Berlin, March‘9.

Prince Bismarck will ba nominated as s candidate for ra' of the' Reichstag. An official report oa experiment with Dr Koch’s remedy show that of 1091 patients treated for internal tabercu'qsiß j 13 were cared, 171 ia)pro?«d f fjߧ aniraproved and died. Ot 708 treated for external disease, 15 were cnrei, 385 improved, 297 unimproved, and 9 died. Constantinople, March 6. The French Ambassador in Turkey is protesting against the appointment of Judge Scott, of Bombay, to a judicial position in Fgypt, Rome, March. 5. Signor Radini states he will neither relax nor dissolve the Triple Alliance. New York, March, 7.

Mr Chaoncey Depew, one of the railway magnates of the United fßtatpg, spd othjr directors and oncers of the Railway Company have been arrested in coqnepwith the collision which took place between trains in a tunnel on the New

York, line on the 11th ult., resnltingin the death of several passengers. | Washington, March 5.: The Senate has rejected the Brussels Slavery Convention. 'I he House of Representatives has finally omitted the subsidy for the cable to Hawaii from the votes. Congress has closed its sittings. San Francisco, March 5. The American Consul at Honolulu has threatened to land y body of marinas to prevent bloodshed i the event of a revolution breaking ( a, Ch iawa, March 7. At the elections Sir John McDonald has secured a majority ot 35, The seaboard electorates strongly supported the Government, while Ontario and Quebec were almost rqully divided. Two Minis’ers were defeated. Sir Richard Cartright and the Hon. Wilfred Larier were elected. Buenos Ayres, March 5. The Argentine Government is repealing the tax on bank deposits, and in return demands from the banks a loan of 20,000,000d01, The Banks refused, and a forced issue is feared. The money market in this city is excited, and it is feared that the funds of the Provincial Bank will be absorbed. March 6. A financial panic has occured in this city, and a great run was made on the Provincial Bank. The Government and private merchants are coming to the assistance of the Bank. The banks in the city have suspended payment for two days to permit of their arranging for a loan in order to secure the Provincial Bank. Dr Vincent F. Lopez, Minister of Finance has resigned. Valparaiso, March 5. Newspapers are not allowed to appear in Obili.

March 7 The insurgents have run short of ammunition,