TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2203, 19 May 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH';ANp FOREIGN.

London, May 14

Mrs Dinkin Birtimore hoe been found dead on the Bette-j-coed mountains, in Wales, with her head battered in. Her busbapd, who vmb arrfipted.Qn a charge of eommUtingi the morder, has confeeped o ,the crime. .

The situation of Corfu iis desperate, the populace is,so t jnfariate4 i tgainß't the Jews that the latter are unable to bury their dead without the aid of the soldiers.

A Grerk mob to-day killed two' and injured mcny others. Ther the bouses, which .were afterwatds destroyed by fire, Ihe French warship Seigaelay. wee giranded on a sandbank off Jaffa, in 1 the Levant. Her position was supposed 'to be' hopeleßS, bat Lord Charles Bereaford.wbo commands the Undaunted, ran a hawser, half-a-mile out in the teeth of a gale, and extricated the ship after fifty-two, hours' .bard labour.

A revolt baß broken oat in Dutch Gaines of an alarming nature, The lower classes are rebelling against the dominion of the upper class. Mr Gladstone is improving. Portuguese stocks are iruproTibg. May 15. The pity has voted £3OOO to prepare • suitable reoeption for the Emperor of Germaßy on July 10th. The Qaeen will accompany him to Gaildba)/. May 16. Germany and Italy are. supporting England in assisting to suppress the persecution of the Jews in Ccrfu. During the outrages twenty Jews were killed. The populace of Corybines .is emigrating to Turkey, and Greece is supplying food to those expelled from the Island. The Frinoe of.WaJes.wbo is prostrated with infloeDza, is progessing favourably. A draft agreement between England and Portugal, with reference to Sooth African territory' baa teen signed, and has produced an excellent effect in Lisbon. Portugaljeceives a triangular territory 50,000 ffuare miles in extenjt. bounded by the Pougwe and Zambesi rivers and,a Hnefrom'Martimda; to the junotion of the Shtre and , Rur drivers, England obtains a rectified frontier to Manicaiand and a right of< passage-over the Limpopo. There are,, hopes that* the Victorian loan will be quoted, at | , per cent, dieaount.

Edwin Long, U.A., and Ihomas Collier, R, A., fr6m iofldenaa, sod A, Simpson, editor to|',tli6 ReTree, are dead. Bishop Moorhouie ?s suffering;from influenza.

Tbe Prince of Wales has b*d a bad attack of rheumatism.

It is reported that England is negotiating with Portugal for the purchase of Gob. a port town, and territory between the boundaries of Madrid, and Bombay.

Despatches received respecting''the Manipur revolt show that Mr , Quinton Intended arresting th- chief Rcnopultj; in open durbar, ahd leave the Regent on the throne. Many newspapers denounce the action as treacherous, and blame Mr Quinton and the Marquis of Lansdpnne for i». 'lbe papers also condemn tbe ioadeqate force sent to Manipur. Lisbon, May 14. ; The Government era determined to resist any attempt*, thai may be made to incite a revolution. May 18. It is stated that the King of Portugal is inclined to abdicate. The Government intends to issue a paper currenoy. 1 here is a panic among depositors. It is reported that the Kiog is summoning a couucil of Republicans. St. Petersburg, May 16.

It is now believed th»t the man who made the attack on the life of tbe Czarewith at Kioto was a Nihilist lie succeeded in making bis escape. Tbe Governor of Aatracban has been ordered to clear his province of Jews. The Russian Government have ordered five hundred transport carriages for ambulance purposes-to be supplied to the Warsaw railway. The Russian Government covertly continue tbe oppression to which the Jews are subjected, and 22,000 have been expelled from Moscow to the southern and western districts, 20,000 others will be-sent away next month. Athens, May. 15.

A mob invaded the Jewish quarters at Corfu, disarming the troopa and murdering IT Jews. The Governor and Mayor of the town have been removed. The troops at Corfu were compelled to fire on the rioters, many of whom were killed. Cairo, May 15. In consequence of ihe oppoeitioo shown by the Minutry to reforms they bare been compelled to give way, and Tig an Pasha has formed anew Cabinet. He is a Christian and takes the portfo'io of Foreign Affaire The other Ministers i ere "alt "Mien of English proclivities. WASHINGTON, May 14. Ihe Italian consul at New Orleans claims that he is preventing the Italians from killing the Major and Lawyer

Parkinson, who bet Jed the mob, and other leading lynchers. May 15. The Philadelphia hospitals intend te abandon, the use of, Dr Koch's specific. Mr J G Blaine haa broken down physically, and it is thought that be will not be, able to eland the strain of a fight for the Presidency. A committee at New Orleans has been appointed to inquire into and famish proofs demanded by the Italian Consul regarding the Mafia Society. Nkw York, May 15. l'pwards the end fef April a woman named Brown was found murdered in the Btr«ets of New York under circnmstanoea which suggested that the crime had ' been committed by " Jack the Ripper," who committed the murders in Wbiteohspel, London, and a man known th " Frencby," engaged as a drover in connection with the chipping trade, was taken into custody on suspicion of being connected with the crime. The coroner's inquest on the victim was concluded to-day whsn the jury brought in a verdict of murder against " Frencby." May 16. The wheat available for ezDort is 89,000,000 bushels, Ottawa, May 16. It is feared that Sir John Maedonald, the Premier is, suffering from paralysis of the throat. Sir Charles Tapper, speaking on the question of fair trade cl«ims, maintained that in the past freetrade had not only made Boiton and New York the capitals of Canada, bat had also undermined the British sentiments of the Canadian people. On the other hand; protection h*d converted deficits into surpluses. Bvekos Atbbs, May 15. The Argentine Government have decided to oaptnra the Chilians who have' infringed on the territory of the State. Calcvtta, May 15. The Manipnrie who were tried tor the murder of Commissioner Quinton, Lisatenants Skene - and Simpson, and Mr Cossins, were sentenced co be beheaded by the public executioner. Pxkik, May 15,

The Chinese rioters at Wuha wounded Mr Co'in Meckanaie Ford, the British consul, and destroyed the consulate. They also . burned the Custom House as well a* the Catholic Mission.