TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2217, 20 June 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. . London, June 16; Mr Francis Scbnadthrst, secretary to ; National Liberal Federation* denies that the Home Rule policy; has- been aban. doned by.the Irish National Federation League. The; census return show that the ipopulation of England and Wales to be: twenty-nine millions. Jane 17.

Lord Salisbury, replying to a large deputation on the' subject of Imperial Federation, referred - to the feeling of unrest prewailing in Canada and Australia, and their reluctance to acquiesce ;in precisely the present state of tbitigs. iHe thought it ‘ would bis an insnlt to summon colonial statesmen to a conferiance in London without a definite scheme ito place before it. It would be extravagant modesty for the Federation League jto rely longer on the absence of a out and dried scheme. The enigma waiting solution was how to invite the colonies jto share the privileges and responsibilities of the Empire without disturbing {the : Constitution. It was urged that [England end her colonies should' now form a Zollverin or Ereigsverin, but the freetrade principles of‘England were a difficulty in the way of the ‘former while the-tendency of enterprise ‘and the discoveries of science to [annihilate space formed-a difficulty in the way of the latter (

The rehearing of the WeidermailWalpole case resulted in a plaintiff recovering £3OO from Walpole for breach of promise and libel. The, Princess of Wales invito all English'women to subscribe to a fund for Mtfi Grimwoo’d.thfi' ManipurA^oi oß * It is reported that, the .'Russian Church agents, engaged in proselytuiog Work, are employing wholesale, bribery In the form of gifts of (and to induce Armenians and Syrians to embrace the orthodox Greek, faith,

The O’German “Mahon, , M.P. for Carlow. An address, signed by ten thousand residents in the, 'Forest of D?ap constituenpy congratulates Sir G. Dijke on bis detprmmalien io re-enter, into,public life.

Jaqe 18. Mr Spurgeon is ill. , Ue wasaqfferjng from influenza and had a.rejapse, The Liberal leaders look on Sir Charles DilkaV return to public life with disfavour. Two hundred and foriy-nine deaths occurred iu London last week’, from influenza. Paris, June 17. M. Tnrpiuj inventor of the explosive known as, melinite, which,is used in the French army for; ch»rjßing;;6bells, was sentenced to a years’, imprisonment, and a fine of, onra'charge of selling the secret to Sir- W. Armstrong and* Go. Captain Tripone, convicted, of disclosing ecerate of the War Office, was sentenced to ffva years’ imprisonment and a fine of £l2O. . Rome. June, 17, The eruption of Monnt Tvsuvius is ceasing. Calcutta, Jane 17. Senepulty appeals to the Governor General of India against the,sentence of death passed by the court-martial. Wabhingtok, Jane 16. The American wheat crop is estimated »t abont 500,000,000 bushels giving a surplus for export of 100,000,000 bushels. June 17. Four hundred bones were destroyed by the firo-at Seabrighfc in New Jersey.. Hundreds of people were rendered homeless, A train fell from a bridge into Coom rapids, lowa, and several persons were killed. New York, June 18. Ihe temperature is 100 degrees in the shade. Several deaths ace alrcdy recorded from sunstroke. Port au Pbiitoe Jane 18. Another revolution has taken place in Hayti. During the emeute President. Qippolyte was killed.