TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2263, 6 October 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOEEIGN London, Oct. 1. General Boulanger's wife, from whom he had been separated for some years, had recently offered to xorgive ' him and share , her husband's exile, but her letter was never answered. Messrs Alexander and Co., cornbrokers, of Old Broad Street, who recently failed, have made the creditors an offer-of 7s 6'd in the £. The revenue for the past quarter amounted to £20,000,000. Mr J. M. Lowther succeeded Sir J. Fergusson as Political Secretary to the Foreign Office. Oct. 2. Mr H. M. Stanley has gone to Brussels to interview the King of the Belgians on matters relating to the Congo. He joins the, Arcadia on his ;way to Australia. ' ' . , A great crowd N ,assembled to-day to witness the departure-i of Lord. Sheffield's cricket team for Australia, and cheered them heartily. Sir F. D. Bell has sailed for New Zealand. Mr Dillon has been served with a writ in bankruptcy in connection with the non-payment of his bail, which was estreated after his escape to America. Special prayers will be offered in the synagogues of England on October 12th, for the Russian Jews. The Rothschilds have given £IO,OOO to the fund for their relief. Oct. 3. The tenants having accepted Mr Barry's terms, New Tipperary presents quite a deserted appearance. Madrid, Oct. 1. Mr Cotton, the English barrister who was injured in the Burgos railway collision, is dead. The Judge has ordered the railway company to deposit £BO,OOO to meet claims for compensation. Berlin. Oct. 4. The exhibition of the Holy Coat at Treves has been closed. It is estimated that since the opening fully 2,000,000 people have inspected the exhibit. Vienna, Oct. 1. Two nitro-glycerine bombs were found under a bridge in the environs of Reichenburg across which the Emperor Francis intended driving. The masonry of the bridge was also discovered to be destroyed and some of the rails had been damaged. The train passed over hours afterwards. The zone system in force on the Hungarian railways continues to give successful results. St. Petersburg, Oct. 1. The Russian press is forbidden to allude to the distress in the famine districts. The Russian Government, in consideration of the recent opening of the Dardanelles by Turkey, renounces its .claim against the Porte for compensation. The NovaVremya says England had better not interfere in the Pamir plateau, unless she desires war. Twenty-five million Russians are unable to pay taxes. The merchants of Moscow have subsubscribed £15,000 for the relief of distress among the peasantry. New York, Oct. 1. The Guatemalan Consul at New York says that the telegrams about the revolt are an invention. General Sansez was killed in January. The World's despatch, on the other hand, says that a thousand insurgents are marching to capture the city. The United States Government have i ordered cruisers from San Francisco t* Valparaiso. Ottawa, Oct. 1. Before proroguing, the Canadian •House of Commons unanimously adopted a petition to the Queen on the lines of the address voted last week in the direction of abolishing " The most favored nation clause," in commercial treaties. Oct. 2. The judge who presided over the trial of O'Brien, the reporter, for libelling Prince George of Wales, declared that the evidence showed defendant's accusation to be untrue. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. t Sentence was deferred. Burneos Atres, Oct. 1. The Argentine Government has decreed the issue of a forced paper currency, fixing the premium for gold at 150 per cent. Payments in gold are suspended for two years. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Oct. 2. There was a heavy fall in mining stocks to-day. The shrinkage for the week amounts to £550,000. Melbourne, Oct. 4. Influenza is spreading with great rapidity in the metropolis and throughout the country. The hospitals are taxed to the utmost, and many deaths are reported.

Sydney, Oct. 3. The Metropolitan Building Society will resume business, having . a surplus of £136,000 Adelaide, Oct. 2. The auxiliary squadron has arrived here. Several of the crews are suffering from typhoid fever, which it is alleged was contracted during the visit of the fleet to Melbourne.