TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2251, 8 September 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. 3. A conference of chambers "of commerce is being held in Dublin. A resolution has been passed favouring the expediency of arranging a close commercial union between England and the colonies. It is believed a congress of all the chambers of commerce in the British empire would conduce largely to this end. Sir Arthur Rollittt advocated tariff in favor

The'silver bullion on the Espiegle was intended to pay Armstrong's firm for munitions of war. (

P. F. Slavin, the Australian pugilist, who was recently declared bankrupt, has paid his creditors in full with 4 per cent, interest, and an application to have the bankruptcy annulled has been granted. At the City Court to day Mr Patrick J. Foley, member for Conemara, was summoned by the Wandsworth Guardians for refusingtopay for the support of his wife, who is in the workhouse. The case was adjourned. '

Sept. 5,

Rhodes employed as a sorter in the London Post office, has been arrested on a charge of stealing two thousand letters, from which he abstracted in the aggregate the sum of £20,000, as well as a large number of cheques and post-office orders. Mr T. Burt, M.P., secretary of the Northumberland Miners' Association, will preside at Newcastle-on-Tyne on Monday. i Alexander Jacques, faster, has completed 35 out of 50 days' fast, and keeps very well. The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, who had been gradually regaining strength from his recent severe illness, has suffered a relapse.

In connection with the visit of the French fleet, the Admiralty stopped the leave of crews on Her Majesty's ships at Spithead and nearly provoked a mutiny. The position became very serious but eventually the Admiralty yielded. The military manoeuvres of Austrian and French soldiers in Vienna and Paris, show that 1 smokeless powder will come into extensive use in the field. With balloons, telephones, and semaphores, tactics were also practised. Information has been received that during the recent riots at Tcshangsha, in China, a Belgian priest and two sisters of mercy were murdered. The Duke of Rutland has provisionally accepted the vacant Portfolio of Postmaster-General.

Bourke's " Colonial Gentry" has been published

Paris, Sept. 4.

The French Republic, which was declared upon the surrender of Sedan, attained its majority to-day. During severe storms in the city several persons were drowned. The sewers being flooded caused thousands of rats to invade the houses.

Madrid, Sept. 3,

By a railway collision in this city, a large number of people were injured. Berne. Sept. 4.

Iu consequence of the death of Dr Jacottes, the projected observatory on Mount Blanc has been abandoned. , Berlin. Sept. 3. The German Government are secretly purchasing immense quantities of corn. Orders have been given to largely increase the German artillery. The Press declares the time is drawing near when the unity of the Fatherland will have to be defended again, and that a second Sedan is possible. The anniversary of the surrender of Napoleon at Sedan was observed throughout Germany with unusual fervour. St. Petersburg, Sept. 5. Russian peasants at Maiakoff refused to permit the destruction of some diseased cattle. A riot followed and Cossacks fired on the peasants, killing seventeen and wounding many others, j Mr Arnold White, representative of Baron Hirsch, has had a satisfactory interview with the Czar, relative fo the Baron's proposal in connection with his compatriots. A sensation has been caused in. Warsaw by the preparations which are being made to concentrate a large force within a fortnight. The reason of the mobilisation is not known, Constantinople,, Sept. 6j. The Porte is preparing a Circular respecting the arrangement with Russia concerning the Dardanelles, and explaining that the concessions made were to facilitate navigation. The dismissal of the Grand Vizier and several of the Ministers was made in person by the Sultan, and was brought about owing to frequent instances of brigandage, in some of which the Sultan had had to pay the ransoms himself out of his privy purse. The digrace of. Kaimel Pasha is attributed in the capital to his policy with regard to the Triple Alliance,

which he favored. Djevad Pasha, the new Grand Vizier, is a favourite with Russia, and there will be a change of policy.

It is rumoured that the Great Powers have protested against the agreement between Turkey and Russia respecting the Dardanelles. Pekin, Sept. 3. Rioting has been renewed at Tchang Sha, and the missions and the whole of the foreign property have been burned. No lives have been lost.

New York. Sept. 3. Highwaymen boarded the train at ;.Samuei; in- exploded a dynamite cartridge in the train, plundered the carriages during the excitement. The robbers escaped in the direction of Mexico, and the amount of their plunder is not known. Washington, Sept. 3. Mr Egan, the American Minister at Chili, will probably be recalled. Sixteen blocks in Dallas City,Oregon, have been burned. The loss is l 1,000,000 dollars.

The match between Gaudaur and Hanlan is off.

Ottawa, Sept. 5,

The Hon. J. E. Foster, Minister of Finance, is accused of corrupt practice in subsidising the West Indian Steam Company.

Premier Abbott intends to introduce a Bill to prevent bribery. Chicago, Sept 5.

The explosion of twenty tons of dynamite at White Pigeon, in Michigan, destroyed the factory and killed six persons. Port au Prince, Sept. 9.

A crisis is impending in Hayti, and General Hippolyte, the President, has strongly garrisoned the seaports.