TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2296, 22 December 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London/ Dec. 17. The London Corporation have voted £2600 to purchase a pre|ent/for the Duke of Clarence on the! Occasion of his marriage. 1 >; Mr Barton, a Conservative, has been elected to fill the vacancy in the MidArmagh division in the House of Commons, created by the death of Sir J. P. Corry. During the riots at St. Vincent in the West Indies matters bjecame so serious that the sailors war.JSuzzprd Mdr"t&*~k\nd. fracas which followed Captain Brown was neai'ly killed. A strong syndicate has been formed to pump water from the Darling river to the Proprietary Mine at Broken Hill, and to connect Stephen Creek with the scheme and mine direct. Machines, capable of raising 1,000,000 gallons of water daily, will be complete in about fifteen months. Mr Bramwell Booth, of the Sal-' vation Army asserts that the " Darkest England " scheme propounded by his father promises to be an abundant success. He states that £25,000 will be set aside to establish an over-sea colony immediately the General returns, that £40,000 will be expended in establishing a city colony; and £34,000 in promoting a farm colony. He threw out a hint that the Colonies should be asked to provide passage money for those sent out under the scheme, and also funds with which to build homesteads, the money so advanced to be repaid in three or four years and secured by mortgages on the homesteads. Dec. IS. Baron De Worms, Political Secretary of the Colonial Office, addressing a meeting at Eastbourne, condemned Lord Carrington's strictures on the Colonial Office as most innacurate and misleading, and showing astounding ignorance. The Times asserts that the accounts of the Salvation Army will not satisfy business men, and that the shelter homes, workshops, and farms all show a deficit.

The Standard, discussing the Salvation .Army reports, considers it an absurdity to criticise the year's working of General Booth's scheme at Home, as it touches the merest fringe of " Darkest England." The Daily News refers to it as a good beginning of a vast enterprise. The late Mr Robert Alger Newborne, auctioneer, has bequeathed the sum of £115,000 to London charities. Mr Pallin has purchased Narellan (Chester— Princess Maude) for 160 guineas. No offer was made for Chicago. A packet of dynamite has heen discovered in the Dublin Post Office.

Mr D. Gray, of Peterhead, has written to Baron. Oscar Dickson, a Gothenburg merchant, offering to cooperate in arranging an Antarctic expedition. Dec. 19.

It is believed that the Duke of Clarence and Avondale is willing to accent the position of Viceroy of Ireland.

Her Majesty the Queen has expressed sympathy with the efforts being made to suppress rabbit coursing. The Radicals complain that it is an attack on the poor man's sport. Dec. 20. The cause of the riots in St. Vincent was popular indignation against a reduction in the number of Judges. The mob stoned the Governor, and attacked his residence, but sailors from the Buzzard dispersed the rioters. Madrid, Dec. 18.

Spain is trebling her duties on several French articles in retaliation for the French taxing Spanish wines. Berlin, Dec. 18. The Russian Government are endeavouring to float a railway loan in Berlin. Dec, 10. General Von Caprivi, the German Chancellor, has been created a Count as a reward for his satisfactory arrangement of the commercial treaties. The Emperor, speaking at Potsdam, said he considered that the establishment of the League vital to the interests of the country, and millions of people .would bless the successful conclusion of the Customs League. Vienna, Dec. 18.' The Emperor is ill and confined to his bed. The magistracy of the city have closed the Methodist Church and inhibited the pastor from preaching because an article of his belief; is that the sacrifice of the mass is a blasphemous and a dangerous deceit, a!Kr/tha"t*such*belief is insulting to-Catholics.

St. Petersburg, Dec. 19

The Russian Government refuse to accept monetary assistance towards the famine-stricken peasants proffered

by Italians and Germans, and the residents in this city had much difficulty in inducing the Government to accept casual aid from England, including £IOO,OOO subscribed by the Quakers. The reports published here state that the Russian famine districts have been declared in a state of seige owing to the prevalence of brigandage and anarchy. Copenhagen, Dec. 18. Five thousand cases of influenza have been reported here in a week, the King and Queen being among the sufferers. Cairo, Nov. 18. ""The nuns who escaped- from Khartoum report that 50 Europeans are still captive ot Omdurman. Dec. 19. A monk who escaped from Khartoum states that Slatin Bey is at Omdurman, and though he is free he is closely watched in order to provide against his escape. Slatin Bey during the Soudan war was Governor of Darfur, an extensive territory belonging to Egypt, to the westward of Kordofan, but. his supplies becoming exhausted, he yielded to the Mahdities in order to avoid bloodshed, and was carried away prisoner. Capetown, Nov. 16.

The R.M.S. Rimutaka left here for Wellington via Hobart on the sth inst. Ottawa, Dec. 17.

The partisans of the Hon. H. Mercier are much incensed at the dismissal of his Government on the report of the Baie Chaleur Railway Commission, and threaten to wreck the residence of Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor of Canada. New Yoiuc, Dec. 17. Cyrus Field is not expected to live. AVasiiington, Dec. 18. Mr Stephen Elkin has been appointed Minister of War. Rio De Janeiro, Dec. 20.

A conflict has taken place between the police and the people of Pernambuco, and it is reported that 60 have been killed. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney Dec. 19. The approxinate result of the year's work at Broken Hill is a follows ; 475,000 tons of ore were mined, yielding 16,038,000 ozs of silver, and 68.000 tons of lead. The proprietary mine contributed nearly 10,000,000 ozs.

In the Legislative Assembly the Colonial Treasurer introduced a measure to empower the issue of £4.000,000 of Treasuay bills at a maximum interest of 4| per cent,, over a period of four years. It was stated that there was an enormous loan expenditure during the past year, which averaged £427,000 per month, and that for the next year the Government were committed to an expenditure of £350,000 per month. Messrs Curruthers and McMillan spoke in favour of the issue, and said they were inclined to think that if the local stock were established it would meet with a ready sale. The bill passed, only one member raising his voice against it. At one o'clock this morning Mr Reid, leader of the Opposition, urged the Premier to agree on an adjournment, but the latter declined, saying that the Government iutended to force on the financial debate. This led to a stonewall on the Orders of the Day, which was kept up till 5 o'clock, when the House adjourned for three hours. The stonewall in the Assembly was continued till 4.30 this morning. Several disorderly scens took place during the sitting. At the hour stated the cloture was applied, whereupon the Opposition, with the exception of three members, left the Chamber. The financial resolutions were then put and curried by 50 to 30, and the House adjourned at 5 a.m. News by steamer from New Caledonia states that the influenza epidemic is raging on the island and is proving very fatal in the prisons. Melbourne, Dec. 18. The Government statist reports that the public wealth of the colony is £134,700,000 and private wealth £456,162,000, the latter amount being equal to £4OO per head of the population. The value of the railways is put down at £36,000,000. The Bill empowering the Colonial Treasurer to issue treasury bonds to the amount of £2,000,000 has finally passed. , Dec. 19. By a large majority the Trades Hall decided to oppose General Booth's scheme fo» tbs formation of over-sea colonies. . A .tug picked up*- the disabled steamer Rotokino 50 miles out, and arrived last night. It appears that the Rotokino broke the thrust shaft on the evening of the 12th. The engineers managed to splice it on the 14th, but it "held for only 17 hours. The weather was fine at the time, with a smooth sea.

Dec. 20. A large block in Caledonian Buildings was partially destroyed by fire.’ Messrs Stoke and Martin diesinkers, are the principal losers. Their loss is estimated at £15,000, with no insurance. The total damage is estimated at £25,000. Adelaide, Dec. IS. The Commonwealth Bill lias been shelved by the Legislative Council for this session. The Indian Immigration Bill, dealing with the Northern Territory, was rejected. The barquentine Seabird, which was washed over Macquarrie Bar, Jins become a total wreck,, and it is feai’ed the whole of her cargo will be lost. *wmgggi3;,*a.fi» wmaammmmmasamßs* 1 1 iiw ■