TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2262, 3 October 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH A|pf FOREIGN l||D<J!N, Sept. 29. Arrived—Mora|fiu£e, s.s., from Auckland, AugustV|s;)!i;' Alderman David of Watling street, isLordMayor^lect. John Gorst, has been on a visit to Ireland, statesthat the best off of the peasantry in Irtelfnd are worse off than the poorest in England. The Hon. J. ■ •W. fFortesque, in a letter to the says that an Australian f*^Mltit-General or Minister of the Crowflpsbught 4o have answered the charges he: niade against colonists in his article on " The Seamy Side of Australia." Mr Christie Murray, in an article in the Contemporary Review, says that New Zealanders are superior to Australians in culture, loyalty, and racial traditions. Sir George Grey he described as an orator, scholar, and patriot; Sir Henry Parkes as a great figure. Mr Murray considers the separation of Australia from Great Britain as inevitable, owing to the vanity and courage of the colonists, partly to the inertness of the Colonial Office. Ultimately they will enter into an alliance with England and America and rule the world. He in- I sists on the necessity for and proposes a scheme of State emigration. The Nineteenth Century strongly supports the Marquis of Lome's sug-. , gestions as the most practical solution of the Imperial Federation enigma. He would make the representatives in London of the Dominion of Canada, Africa, and Australia leading members of the Cabinet, and to be always consulted when the foreign policy touches colonial interests, the representatives quitting office when the colonial Governments were changed. Sept 30. The Paris correspondent of the Times says that the Russian loan is certain to be subscribed. The supremacy of the Rothschilds in the financial world i» gone. Berlin, Sept. 30. The German bankers have withdrawn from the Russian loan in deference to the public outcry at their unpatriotic behaviour. Belgrade, Sept. 30. The report that the young King of Servia is betrothed to Princess Helena of Montengro is denied. Madrid, Sept. 30. The secret police ar3 watching the Generals quartered in large cities of Spain, as it is believed that a revolution is being plotted. St. Petersburg, Sept. 30. It has been ascertained that numbers of Russian nobility have been guilty of embezzling thousands of roubles intended for the relief of sufferers by the famine. Bombay, Sept. 30. Persistent reports are afloat that the Russians, who have been exploring the Pamir plateau, in Central Asia, have killed Captain Younghusband, the British politial agent. Calcutta, Sept. 29. The police in various parts of Burin ah have been armed in anticipation of trouble with Tsawbja's followers. There is considerable excitement among the Wungths. Hong Kong, Sept. 30. Severe conflicts have occurred between the French and Tonquinese pirates at Haipong. Forty-seven of the latter were killed, Pretoria, Sept, 30. The Boers are highly indignant at the comments made on them and on the Transvaal in Lord Randolph Churchill's letters to the Daily Graphic, and he was burnt in effigy in Pretoria this evening. Ottawa, Sept. 29. A Canadian agent is snipping sixty waggon loads of eggs to Liverpool. Sept. 30. Strenuous efforts are being made in the trial of O'Brien the reporter, to show that Prince George of Wales was larking in a low quarter of Montreal when he was assailed by roughs, but the evidence is very conflicting. San Francisco, Sept. 30. The report of a murder which took place in 1887 has been made, and has caused considerable excitement. An American citizen has confessed that he and six others in the year mentioned murdered 24 Chinese miners at Snake River, Wallalah, in Washington State, and stole 60,000 dollarsworth of gold dust. Washington, Sept. 29. The Government have instructed Mr Patrick Egan, the United States Minister of Chili, to protect the rights of American residents. New York, Sept. 29. Thirteen fires took place in St. Louis on Sunday and the aggregate damage is estimated at half a million dollars. ' Intelligence to hand from Central America states that a revolt broke out in the Republic of Guatemala on the 15th instant, and the loss of life is reported to have been 500 killed.

Valparaiso, Sept. 29.The Junta have demanded from Mi Egan, of the American Legation, three Americans who had been arrested. Sept 30. The Chilian press is demanding an indemnity from England for the action of the Espi?jle in carrying off Balmaceda's bullion. ♦ AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Sept. 30. The panic caused by the failure of financial institutions is subsiding, and it is not expected that there will be .any^further suspensions. Oct. 1. A train became derailed near Newcastle, andtyas capsized. The fireman named Cockrbft, who came from Invercargill, was killed. Melbourne, Sept. 30. Experimental telephonic communication has been successfully tried between Adelaide and Melbourne. Oct. 1. The revenue for the quarter shows a decrease of £95,000, comared with the corresponding quarter last year. Adelaide, Sept. 30. Mr Henniker Heaion, M.P. In an interview stated that he was convinced that the cable rate to Australia would be reduced to Is per word within two years, and he asserted that the cable companies were making £IOOO per day out of messages. Oct. 1. The revenue for the quarter shows an increase of £58,000 over the corresponding quarter of last year.