TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2290, 8 December 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. ' ■ ■ i ; ■' - - il; , r , London, D|c. 3. The English Grand Lodge of Masonry have decided that the minority of the New Zealand Lodges are entitled to retain their allegiance to . England, though the majority have seceded to the local Grand Lodge. The’ new Continental commercial' treaties virtually exclude Central Europe from the cheaper. British manufactures and products. .• Lord Comber mere, jps timtewer. by a cab in London to-day and killed.

Mr Goschen addressing the London Chamber of Commerce urged that his scheme for the issue of pound notes should be strictly scrutinised before legislation was introduced to give it effect. He hopes to see the reserve of gold in the Bank of England increased to upwards of £40,000,000. and expects that the public will absorb £26,000,000 worth of notes.

The fact of neither the Duke of Orleans nor Mr Armstrong being of English domicile will probably prevent the Melba divorce case coming on for hearing in London. The jury found the members of the Salvation Army at Eastbourne guilty' of unlawful assembly in the street, but returned a verdict of not guilty on the indictment charging them with conspiracy. x , Earl Russel in his evidence denied all the charges made against him by his wife, and explained that her accusation that he had turned her out of bed and left her naked on the floor arose from his action in removing her wet night dress. The countess was then seized with a violent fit of hysteria, during which she threatened him with the poker and said that she would commit suicide unless he left her alone. The respondent admitted that he had been disagreeable towards his wife and probably cruel, and that he had limited her to six cigarettes per day. In cross-examination Earl Russell admitted that he had seduced a girl and paid her £SOO, but he informed his wife of the fact prior to marriage. He left Oxford because he had been falsely accused of improper conduct, but he was afterwards invited to be the guest of the Rev, Mr Jowett, late Master of Balliol College, Oxford, who attended bis wedding. Dec. 5. In the Russell Divorce Case, Sir Charles Butt, President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, in summing up said that the main charges were not corroborated, and some of them appeared to be false and malignant. A verdict was given for respondent and the result was received with cheers.

Mr TV. B. Perceval, the AgentGeneralfor New Zealand, has arrived. Captain Kane, formerly of H.M.S. Calliope, has been appointed to the position of Flag Captain on H.M.S. Clanwilliam at Portsmouth.

Prince George is convalescent, and an official bulletin has been issued to that effect.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes that when the issue of £1 notes by the Bank of England reaches £50,000,000 any additional issue will be based on gold only.

Mr Brodie Hoare in a letter to the Times contends that MrGoschen’s £1 iipte scheme offers singularly infinitesimal advantages, and will tend to diminish the effective power of the rate of interest tp dra\y gold into the country. The Cambridge University authorities sentenced a girl of good char'acter to a fortnight’s impnsoniqent for being in company with an undergraduate. The legal advisers of the .Duke of Orleans'allege that Mr Armstrong can only proceed in the Dublin courts for crimi emu ■

Sir J. Walsham, British Minister at Pekin, telegraphs that no Europeans W,ere killed in the Mongolian revolt. ! Paris, Dec. §.

Dom Pedro, ex-Emperor of Brazil, died here at midnight in the presence of his family. The Countess d’Eu maintains her right in frazil, - Rome, Dec, 3-

The Pope advises the French Bishops to abandon their aggressive attitude towards the French Government. St. PETEnspuRQ, Dee. 3, In a rescript the Czar recommends the repression of the Stundist’s sect on the ground that it injures the orthodox faith. Dec. 5. Yielding to the pleading of the Princess of Wales, the Czar has refused to sign a degree subjecting Jews to further cruelty. Shanghai, Dec. Q, The battle of Eirchow, on the 30tff November, ended in a decisive victory for the Government troops. No quarter was granted and the wounded were beheaded. There was a great carnage, and the fugitives took to the mountains.

The number of Chrstians massacred was 500. The British residents are safe. New York. Dec. 5. Five thousand persons are reported to have died of starvation and disease caused by prolonged drought in the Cheapas district of Guatemala. Two freight trains collided in Thompson, Connecticut, and the wreckage was dashed into by an express train. The debris caught fire and many waggons and cars were burnt. Four engines were destroyed, three persons killed, and five injured. At St. Paul, the -capital of Minnesota, a wall of a building which had been injured by fire fell, and killed ten persons and injured fifteen others, Ottawa, Dec. 4. Arnold, one of the Public Works Department, has been committed for trial in connection with the recent corrupt charges.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE, Melbourne, Dec. 4. The Standard Bank, which has an agency in London, suspended payment at midnight. The balance sheet submitted- in Agust last shows subscribed capital £507,000, deposits £1,099,000, reserve £IOO,OOO. The assets included uncalled capital £264,000, advances £1,339,000, and other securities £92,900. The Standard Bank, which has suspended payment, is not a bank of issue, but a small financial institution. Dec. 5. The Federal Building Society took a decisive stand. While not actually suspending payment it declined to pay but arranged with one of the associated banks to take over the deposits and give the unfortunate depositors a deposit receipt for twelve months. This had the desired effect and restored confidence. Dec. 6. The County Bourke Permanent Investment Society resumes business to-morrow. Satisfactory arrangements have been made with the depositors. It is expected that the other societies will re-open in a few days. Sydney, Dee. 9. Tom Sullivan, the New Zealander, announces that as the six months during which Stansbury, the present, champion sculler of the world, may refuse to row matches for the championship expires in a week, he again intends to challenge him, and if not answered will claim the championship, and proceed to America, and j row anyone for the title who offers. | Stansbury declares his willingness to j row anyone for the championship, j provided that the stake is £SOO a side, which sum, he says, it was agreed should accompany the title. |

In the cricket match, New South Wales v. Lord Sheffield’s team, the local men batted lirst, making 74, Bannerman being the highest scorer with 25. The Englishmen made 94 in the first innings, M. Reid being 20. Turner took 6 wickets for 45. In their second innings the New South Wales team lost 5 wickets for 132 runs, the principal scorers being Turner 40, Dorman 32, Moses (not out) 30. The weather was glorious, but the wicket difficult to play.

Adelaide, Deo. 4,

In the House of Assembly a motion has been carried that as an experiment in settling the northern territory fifty Indian laborers with their families should be obtained.