TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2175, 14 March 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. LoifDON, March 8. A sensational abductiou case is reported from Clithtroe. A retired Australian banned Jaokson, with thn assistance of two friends, forcibly carried away Mrs Jackson Whi e she wasileaying a church. Mrs Jackson had been lining apart from her hnsband, refusing'all conjugal rights.' She.was taken to Jackson's bouse. ajt Blackkbur.n,.and the nsidence is now baibg by her friends^. Post warns the Federal Convention •that the commercial ; viewa of ihe new British democracy-are as .keen as their own, and ' they may refuse to be any longer parties^"-to a' oue-sided bargain.

Letters are being published by Mr W. tl. Smith and Mr R. Cobb, member for Rugby, respecting Mf Jns.tipe, Stephen's fitness to retain his seat on the b'eaoch. Mr Smith declares'that ho is not in poßsession oi, sufficient 1 evidence to justify bim in removing Justice Stephen. Mr H.Vincent. M.P., at the suggestion of Sir Julius Vogel, will move for. ihe appointment of a Royal Commission to enquire injto th ( e means of prodaoing a closer commercial anion of,the component parts of-the-British Empire. If the commission is appointed Sir Michael Hicks-Beach will probably be chairman, and Messrs Griffin, Barns and Mandeley the other members.

Mr Par net I is issuing a manifesto to the Australians.'--The prolamine of the National Federation* League is home rule, land reform,- .amelioration of labour, abolition of grand juries, ani repeal of the Coercion Act.

Lord Carnngton advocates the appoiniment of a Minister of Industry. The trade councils have determined to support the proposal, A blinding blizzar 1 is ragiog. The temperature haß gone down to z-rb, and many shipping disasters have occurred in the Channel. March 11. There has been heavy snow in the northern part oi Kent, and the working oif telegraph and'railway lines is seriously interfered. with. At Faveisbam, opposite the Isla, of S.happey, a train was ssowed up- all night, ...' n. ■■ A lifeboat.at LSydd, in the Sooth of Kent; capsized during the storm, and Beven of her crew were drowned. , It is reported that offers bave been made to underwrite the Victorian loan '■•;» 96. "■"■"■■ : Mrs Jackson, whose abdaeiioncan3ed, some stir this.week, has been reconciled to her husband. !

The Duke of Cambridge advocates a vigor oils' policy \n Soud aff: '"" . England And France have .arrived at an agreement respecting the claims of the latter , jn... Newfoundland. ; The terms of the settlement will.be published shortly. . •-• Basilar, March 10. Prince Bismarck has*cousented to c be nominated for the ■Reichstag. ; - Belgrade, March 11:' Ex-King Milan charges Farax Hani, a prominent-politician, with ; complicity/ in the strangling of two women. Hani will probabhbe prosecuted. Valparaiso, March 10.

■■ The rebel igovernment is being formed at Iquique. They intend to confiscate the property of their opponents, , . iStjakim, March ,11. The remainder of the rebels; have sur> mitted. '•■■■ Washington,-March 11. The United States frigate Thetis is making preparations to surve/ the route of the proposed cable to Hawaii. The Californian Senate have passed a Bill excluding Chinese from the State, Madeid, March 10. The Spanish Government is depatcbing seven thousand trocps to Cuba to suppress a movement in favour of separation, which is being fostered from Washington. Milan, ex-King of Servia, insists on the expulsion of Queen Natalie from the kingdom, and expresses regret that he ever endeavoured to conciliate her. St. Petersburg, M«roh 10. Reports from Russia state that the town of Taganrog has been buried three weeks under snow, and IQ.OOQ labourers are engaged digging out the inhabitants, who are on tbe verge of starvation. Buenos Ayres, March 10. The Argentine Government have ordered ,the suspension of banking business for three days,, pending the receipt fjf subscriptions to the national loan,