TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2190, 18 April 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 14. Mr Bdwarda 8. W. DeOobain, M.P. for Belfast East, is the other member accused of being concerned in a grave criminal offence. B|th be and Captain Varney have made tneir escape. Captain Yerney.y accused of procuring finales for Juumoral purposes, while Mr D'Cob.in ra accused of commi ting unnatural oflfflnees. Influenza which is Spreading throughont Yorkshire, is attacking its previous, vicirns, many dfwhotn have succumbed. Sir W. Gamming has subpoenaed he Prince of Wales in the baccarat case. April 15. Che influenza is spreading throughout England It is also spreading in Germany. Sir John Pender refuses to make any alteration in the cable rates to New Zealand and Queensland. Victorian and other securities have fallen per cent. One of tbs brokers ventured an advance of 5a to 7s 6d and I monopolised the market. Mr Justin McCarthy has written to Mr Parnell asking him to release £II,OOO of tbs Irish evicted tenants’ relief funds deposited in the Parisian banks. Berlin, April 15. Germany is endeavouring to arrange commercial treaties with Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria, so as to bring about the formation of a customs coalition against Franca. An Italian loan of £20,000.000 is being arranged in this city, St. Petersburg, April 15.

Tho Jews are being treated with increasing severity, and are being expelled from the province wholesale.

The Russian Government is continuing to spend enormous sums on military preparations and construction of railways to facilitate the mobilisation of troopa on the Polish frontier. Lisbon, April 15.

A-nglo-African treaties are being discussed.in the Cortes. Tha Portuguese Ministry baa resigned. New York, April 14.

It is expected that lynching wiM be frequently resorted to ns as a form of punishment in parts of the States. Valparaiso, April 15.

President Balmaceda having been deserted by many of bis troops was signally defeated by the insurgents. Tbailosses on the President’s side were very heavy. The insnrgents are now marching on to Santiago and Valparaiso. The bound from Newcastle to this port, was ran ashore by the order of the Chilian Government to avoid cap. ture by the insurgents. The owners claim compensation.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Brisbane, April 16. Afire at,.Mackey, destroyed seven business premises. The damage is estimatsd at from £6OOO to £7OOO. A woo'ahed on Quuibardo station containing 560 bales of wool was burned down by Unionists. Adelaide, April 16. Nearly thirty cases of phthisis and lupus have been treated in the Hospital privately according to Kooh’s process, with satisfactory results. With patients in the early stages of disease the experiment was especially suocassfu l . there have been heavy. floods at Tbumby Bay. Hundreds of stock were drowned, and people had .to be rescued in boats, Six inches of rain fell in twelve boars. la the Town Hall last night Sir George Grey was accorded a public reception by the Colonial Association. Great enthnsiam was shown during the proceedings.