TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2291, 10 December 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

; ENGLISH; AND FOREIGN. London, Dec. 6. > Mr John Eedmond, who resigned his seat for Wexford North in order to {contest the election for Cork, has acjceded to a requisition to stand for his sold electorate. He will probably be .ire-elected without opposition, although Mr Davitt is mentioned as a possible {candidate. Sir Vernon Harcourt expresses himself in favour lof an increase in the Inumber of labor members in the House of Commons. ; The Duke pf Clarence and Avondale has informed the Queen that he is betrothed to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck. The Queen has approved of the match, and the press are generally in favor of it.

Seven Socialists were found guilty of obstruction and unlawful assembly at Chelsea. Sentence was postponed. The Roman correspondent of the Chronicle says that Crispi, the exPremier of Italy, has caused a sensation by a speech in the Chamber of Deputies to the effect that the country should be prepared for war, which is inevitable shortly. The Timaru Harbour Board’s debentures have risen 1 per cent. Miss Williams, a servant whom Earl Russell admitted seducing, denies the statement and threatens an action against the Earl. Hong Cheong, in the course of an anti-opium address at Exeter Hall admitted there were 2000 Europeans in Australia, mostly people of good social positions, who were slaves to the drug. Dec. 8.

The Farmers’ Clubs of the United Kingdom are forming a federation to protect themselves against the demands of the labourers.

Sir Arthur Blyth, Agent-General for South Australia, is dead, aged GB. Prince George of Wales passed a good night and the anxiety of his friends is decreasing. Princess Victoria of Teck on returning to London received a warm public greeting. The Qneen visited Marlborough House to congratulate the young people. The interval before the marriage takes place will only be a short one. Commenting on the engagement of the Duke of Clarence to the Princess Victoria of Teck, the Times expresses a hope that the Queen will be able to lay her hand on the head of a child Who will wear the Crown of England to the fourth descent from herself. In the course of an address Mr Morley said that he was an adherent of a graduated system of taxation, on tlje basis of equality. The charges brought by Mr Marius against his wife Florence St. John, involve Arthur Cohen, financial Journalist;. Sir Charles Russell appears for the petitioner, who admits that before her marriage she was Marius’ mistress but denies that she has been guilty of adultery with Cohen. Paris, Dec. o. Mr Ribot intimated to the Vatican that the French Ambassador woqld be withdrawn if the Bishops were encouraged to embarrass the Government. The Papal Secretary replied that the Vatican had not influenced the Bishops. Berlin. Dec. 5.

The Disabled Pension Bill has been read a second time in the Reichstag. It is not intended to bring it into operation until January 1893.

pqBENIUCpX, Dec,, G, The King and Queen pf Denmark have invited Queen Victoria, the Piliprpr pf Germany, the Czar and Czarina, and the Prince and Princess' of Wales to their golden wedding. Hong Kong, Dec. 7. A battle has taken place at Chiuikiany between the Government troops and the insurgents. The former were 4500 strong, and the latter 3000. After a stubborn fight the insurgents were defeated with 1100 killed. During the recent outbreak the occupants of orphanages were not spared, and their bodies were devoured by pariah dogs. Washington, Dec. 6. President Harrison is asking Congress to authorise a demand for i eparation and an apology for the attack on American sailors at Valparaiso. New York, Dec. 7. The State of Minnesota has been visited by a great blizzard, and in the State of Dakota many trains were embedded in the snow.

Eight thousand Adventists in Kansas are awaiting the end of the world on Christmas Day, The deficit caused by the McKinley tariff in five months is 7,000,000 dollars, and it is estimated that the deficiency at the end of the year will be 18,000,000 dollars.

Rome, Dec, 6. Marquis Rudini expresses amazement at the desire to restore temporal power to the Pope. He declares that the movement will in no Avay change the policy of the Government. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Dec. 7. The Assembly will reject the Council’s amendment re-inserting plural voting in the Federal Constitution Bill, and if the Council persists, then the Bill will be laid aside. Dec, 8. A new Barristers’ Association has been formed, the members of which pledge themselves not to hold briefs for any member of the profession not practising purely as barrister. This boycott is directed against the new legislation amalgamating the professions. Several leading counsel denounce the association. 1 Sydney, Dec. 7. The Sydney Morning Herald says Hong Cheong’s assertion as to the prevalence of opium smoking among Europeans in Australia is exaggerated. Dec. 6.

Mr Ried, the leader ®f the Opposition, moved a resolution of “ want of confidence ” to-night in a lengthy speech. He asserted that he would stake the whole of his political life in the future in the endeavour to obtain the imposition of a land tax. He would consider himself disgraced if he occupied office for a year without introducing a tax which would reach those who locked up the land. The fiscal question would be satisfactorily settled only by a plebiscite. If protection were arrived at by such means he would be prepared for it. Sir Henry Parkes, by interruption during the speech, gave evidence of the existence of a certain amount of bad feeling between himself and Mr Ried. Perth, Dee. 8.

Parliament has been opened. In the opening Speech mention was made «f the satisfactory and prosperous condition of the colony.