TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2264, 8 October 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND! FOREIGN

London, Oct. 4. The Princess Beatrice has given birth to a son. Mr Gladstone spends the winter in Italy. ..A r Mr O’Brien saysParnellism is as dead as Caesar., "9a The National Liberal Federation has passed a resolution in favor of either altering the constitution of the House of Lords or abolishing it altogether. Oct. 5. A great fire is raging in Tooley street on the south side of London bridge. The N.Z.S. Company are having built a steamer of 6300 tons and capable of carrying 70,000 carcases of frozen sheep. The name of the Gaiety chorus girl who committed suicide was Lydia Manton, and one of the city newspapers hints that she was the recipient of attentions from the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, and was the nominal mistress of Lord Charles Montagu, son of the Duke of Manchester. The latter gave evidence at the inquest. The coroner, who held the inquest into the death of the chorus girl, Lydia Manton, denies that there was any secrecy about it. The court was filled with reporters and the public. The Hon. J. W. Fortescue, in a letter to the Pall Mall Gazette, accuses the Victorian Government of showing a sham surplus. He cites the refusal of South Australia to contribute to the cost of the New Guinea Protectorate and the New Plymouth Harbour Board’s default, as instances of broken obligations and cheating creditors.

Mr H. A. Smith fyas suffered a relapse and London physicians have been summoned to Walmer,Castle, where he is staying.

Captain O’Shea is, bringing an action to upset his divorced wife’s marriage settlement. The Rev. C. Voysey, who was deprived of office in 1871 for heresy, .and afterwards founded what is known as the Theistic Church, declares that Mrs Besant, who recently announced her conversion to Theosophy, is in a hypnotised state, and that Theosophy is a fraud.

MrPlirasoll urges seamen to support the Tory party. Paris, Oct. 6.

A manifesto issued by the League of Patriots declares their intention to continue the struggle for the principles inaugurated by General Boulanger. Rome, Oct. 6.

The Pope has notified his regret to the French Government that the behaviour of pilgrims led to the scene in the Pantheon. The Bishops have issued a circular discouraging pilgrimages to Rome, „ The crowd invaded the Pantheon and made violent speeches against the Pope. His Holiness was much distressed at this outburst of popular indignation. Public protests were made at Leghorn, Florence and Bolognia against the insult to Victor Emmanuel. On the motion of Menotti Garibaldi the Veterans of the Italian War of Independence passed a resolution in favor of abolishing the article in the Constitution making Romanism the State religion. Oct. 6. Large disorderly crowds are parading the streets hooting the pilgrims and yelling “ Down with the Pope.” The French Catholic pilgrims arrested for the outrage in the Pantheon have been expelled from the country. Similar displays against the Pope are being made in the provinces. Vienna, Oct. 5.

Count Esterhazy’s carriage was found in the river .Danube at Presburg, and his body was recovered shortly afterwards. It is believed that he was robbed and murdered. A bomb, with the fuse alight, was found in the Archbishop’s palace at Trieste, but no explosion occurred. The perpetrators have not been traced. St. Petersburg, Oct. 5. The Russian loan will be devoted to the construction of railways. The Czar has announced his intention to give up balls and Court festivities, and devote the money thus saved to the relief of the famine-stricken people. Thousands of people are dying of want. Cabul, Oct. 5. The Ameer of Afghanistan will not offer any resistance to the exploration of the Pamir Plateau by the Russians. New York, Oct. 4. President Barillas declares that there has been no rising in Guatemala and that peace prevails. Oct. 6. The Methodist, Ecumenical Congress have opened their session. One hundred and twenty British delegates were present. Washington, Oct. 5. President Harrison demands an indemnity from Spain for the outrages

on American missionaries in the Caroline Islands. The boiler of a steam tug exploded at Chicago, killing eight persons and injuring many others. Valparaiso, Oct. 4. It is expected that the Chilian Junta will request the United States to recall Mr Egan the American Mihester. The refugees are leaving the foreign legations, and further arrests have been made. Among the prisoners is Egan’s son. Oct, 6, Mr Egan, the United States Minister, has notified the Chilian Government that persistence in their present attitude will lead to a cessation of friendly, relations Rumours are afloat that General Balmaceda is not dead but concealed in the American Legation. Buenos Ayres, Oct. 4. The Argentine Chamber of Deputies has agreed to the issue of 45,000,000 piastres of paper money for the purpose of establishing a National Bank. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Oct. 5. A good deal of damage has been done in the vicinity of Geelong by a gale of a cyclonic character. Sydney, Oct. 8. Rabbits and hares are increasing to an alarming extent in the country districts, though owing to the good season the damage is not noticeable. The ravages in Cobar sections have driven stock off the runs. Dalton, who battered his wife to death with a branding iron at Surrey Hills (a quarter of Sydney) in April last, has been sentenced to death. A remarkable series of stalactite caves have been discovered qear Merulan 114 miles south-west of Sydney. It will take weeks to explore them. FIGHT WITH WEASELS. A correspondent of the Hawke’s Bay Herald says The weasels are increasing in the direction of North Makaretu, where the other morning a settler found a turkey lying dead with a hole in its throat, through which one of these vermin had sucked its blood. Am idea of what we may expect should the Rabbit Board carry out the wish of some may be gathered from the following cutting from a Home paper :—“ Mr T. Sanderson, jun., was going over his farm at Benridge Hag, near Morpeth, the other day, followed by his collie dog at about thirty yards’ distance, when he heard the dog give a sharp bark, such as it is accustomed to giye when raising a rabbit. Of this he took no notice, till he heard a succession of three given with more vehemence than the first. On looking round he saw the collie pursued by a swarm of about three dozen weasels, some of which were on her forequarters and some on her hind, and the rest following in keen pursuit. He called to the dog, but it made off at right angles, and did not seem to heed his calls. He followed, and was not long in coming up with the dog. The weasels did not pay much attention to his presence, and he had difficulty in beating them off. It was not before he had killed about nine of them that they were dispersed. In all he killed thirteen. He tried to get the dog to follow and attack the rest, but she would not. He pursued them himself for some distance, and when he returned to the place where he had made the slaughter he found a little one dragging off one of the largest of the dead ones.”