TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2298, 29 December 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

I ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Dec. 22. The passenger steamer Abyssinian was burnt to the water's edge in the Atlantic. No lives were lost. She belonged to Guion and Co of Liverpool. The butchers are freezing old Kentish ewes for the purpose of frauduently imitating Colonial mutton. Lady Blyth, the widow of the late Sir Arthur Blyth died at Eastbourne, having only survived the death of her husband by a fortnight. Mrs Osborne has sued Major and Mrs Hargreaves, of Torquay, for slander, in alleging that she 4f*had stolen and sold to Messrs Spinks, diamond merchants, Mrs Hargeaves' pearls during a visit. The details were complex, but a letter addressed to the Judge and handed to counsel led to the discovery that Mrs Osborne had negotiated Spinks' bank note whereupon her solicitor retired from the case. The case created quite a sensation. The proposal to confer the freedom of / Liverpool on Mr Gladstone was only lost \ by one vote less than the statutory number required. This was effected by the retirement of the Tory section, who left the chamber amid hisses and cries of "shame." The Times says that the Unionists regret the petty slight offered to Mr Gladstone.

In. the annual review of the year's work published by the Salvation Army reference is made to the wonderful outburst of enthusiasm and the romance attending General Booth's marvellous campaign in the Australasian colonies. Dec. 23. The Biarritz Club refused to elect Mr Gladstone an honorary member, in consequence of which Mr Andrew Fairbairn, Unionist, who proposed him, has resigned from the Club. Mr Gladstone has removed to St Rapheal, a maritime villiage of France.

Lord Carrington declares that although Lord Knutsford is satisfied himself, there must be a change in the policy of the Colonial Office before long. The income of the London hospitals for the year 1891 has declined £150,000 as compared with the previous year, a fact which is attributed to the large amount of subscriptions received by General Booth in aid of the Salvation Army funds. Dec. 24.

The Waterford election is being conducted in an orderly manner. It is believed that Mr John Redmond will be returned.

Mr R. Biddulph Martin, of Martin and Co,, bankers, and Mr R. H. Inglis Palgrave, F.R.S., estimate that the gold coin in circulation in including stocks in the Bank and other banks, amounts at a miffimrum to £60,000,000 and at a maximum to £75,000,000, which is £25,000,000 lower than the previous estimate. A heavy black fog has been hanging over the city for the past three days, and in that space of time twenty deaths have occurred from drowning and other accidents. Dec. 26.

The Economist states that the new investments offered this year will be £85,000,000, which is £67,000,000 below that of last year, and £104,000,000 below the 1889 investments.

It is expected that sixty of the Unionist members of the House of Commons will not seek re-election at the general elections. The Unionist press are elated at Mr Redmond's victory in the Waterford election.

The Marquis of Ripon, Sir Charles Dilke, and Mr W. P. Caine, have subscribed towards the fund for the payment of Mr Burns' expenses in contesting the Battersea election.

Speaking at Barford Mr Ben Tillett stated that for fifty years Mr Gladstone was in a most favourable position to help labour and yet he had done nothing in that direction. Mr Tillett also said that Mr Gladstone had never mitigated the conspiracy laws. The report that the Biaritz Club had rejected Mr Gladstone as a member is not true.

Paris, Dec. 22. The death is announced of Mgr. C. E Freppel, Bishop of Angers. Dec. 25.

The protection policy adopted by the Government has led to an advance in the price of bread and meat. Lisbon, Dec. 24.

News has been received of a terrible gunpowder explosion, which destroyed the Portuguese expedition to Magihimba. Sixty of the party were killed and 170 wounded, among the,latter being Senhor Kontieho, leader of the expedition. Madrid, Dec. 26.

During a midnight mass on Christmas eve four bombs were exploded in a church in Velencia. The altar was wrecked and several of the congregation were injured, Two arrests have been made. Rome, Dec. 23.

Some sensation has been caused by the trial at Naples of two Dukes on a charge of the treacherous murder of a young officer, who was the suitor of the sister of one of them. One of the accused was acquitted and the other received a sentence of five years imprisonment. Thirty-five labourers lost their lives in a terrific snowstorm in the Abruzzo district. Berlin, Dec. 21. A German Committee for insuring peace by means of arbitration has been formed. The progressist members of the Reichstag have joined. Dec. 24. Count Caprivi proposes to introduce a Bill to prevent the people from countrydistricts crowding into the towns to gain their livelihood. Vienna, Dec. 23. Diphtheria of a malignant type is raging in South Hungary, and in several

villages the whole of the children have succumbed to the disease. Brussels, Dec. 22. The'Vicar-Apostolic in China telgraphs [ to Father Minn that 1000 Christans were murdered in Mongolia. Protection has now arrived, and the Belgians are safe. Dec. 25. A cargo of dynamite on board a French lugger at Antwerp exploded and twenty of those on board were blown to atoms. St. Petersburg, Dec. 28. Bight soldiers of the Imperial Guard have been sentenced to death for decoying citizens into the barracks and murdering them. The Minister of the Interior has insisted that the governors of the provinces in their reports to the Czar shall suppress the serious features of the famine. Dec. 27.

The Czar has imprisoned Baron Stadialbery and deprived him of his rank, owing to his cruelty while Governor of Esthonia.

A large number of workmen employed in mills and factories in the city have been arrested on suspicion of being connected with the Nihilists. Many of those held in custody were found to be in possession of suspicious details of the Czar's palace. Twelve thousand persons are starving in Northern Finland.

The convicts who are engaged in the construction of the Siberian railway made their escape to Valdivostock where they pillaged a number of the residences, murdering the inmates and outraging the women. Constantinople, Dec. 24. A Turkish commission is sitting in Constantinople, the object of which is to come to some arrangement with the Marquis of Salisbury with regard to Egypt. Ottawa, Dec. 24. The Quebec Parliament has been dissolved. The elections take place in March. A Royal Commission has been appointed to enquire into the whole doings of the Mercier regime. The Canadian Liberal press is accusing the Hon. A. R. Angers, LieutenantGovernor of Quebec, of gross corruption. It is alleged that the followers of the Hon. H. Mercier, Premier of Quebec, misappropriated £250,000. Dec. 26.

The Treasurer of Quebec declares that a deficit of £500,000 has been concealed by the previous Treasurer.

Thirteen Conservative members of the Dominion Parliament have been unseated on the grounds of corruption. Nicholas Conolly and Thomas McGreevy have been committed for trial on a charge of conspiring to defraud the Government. McGreevy expected acquittal, but now threatens to subpoena the Hon. Sir H. Langevin and Sir J. P. Caron, who held portfolios in Parliament, and confront them with damaging documents Washington, Dec. 25. Mr Springer, Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means in the House, proposes to introduce a Bill making imported wool free and not charging a tariff on woollens.

Mr Blaine is preparing a statement for President Harrison to present to Congress showing the grounds on which the request that action should be taken against Chili was based. New York, Dec. 28.

The World states that M. J. G. Blaine, Secretary of State will be the Republican nominee for the presidentship.

Dec. 26. The American exports are increasing amazingly. The Buffalo and" St Louis express trains collided to-day at Hastings. A brakeman was sent to stop the latter train audit is alleged that he delayed doing so by going to an hotel for a drink. Ten persons were killed and fifty injured. Many persons were killed and fifty injured. Many were scalded owing to the bursting of the boiler of the St. Louis express. Valparaiso, Dec. 25. The enquiry into the disturbance with the men of the United States cruiser Baltimore has concluded. Two Chilians were found guilty of stabbing, but the police were exonerated from blame. Rio De Janeiro, Dec. 22. The Brazilian navy is in favor of monarchy, and betrays a muntinous spirit, The army adheres to General F. Peixotou, the head of the Government. Dec. 26. The Government of Pernambuco have taken a firm stand in suppressing the riots, and have expelled several of those suspected of complicity. Seventeen rioters have been killed in conflict with the Government troops. Buenos Ayres, Dec. 22.

A seizure has been made in La Plata of a large quantity of ammunitions of war imported from Krupp's. The seizure has led the Governor to increase the number of police and military.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, Dec. 24. The fate of the one-man-one-vote is sealed by the abandonment of the Electoral Bill, owing to the Legislative Council declining to appoint managers to a conference with the House of Assembly on the Council's amendment favouring dual voting, with which the House disagreed. >ffeM When the afflfts of the South Melbourne Permanent Building Society are settled it is expected the Society will pay 16s in the £. The Government are considering the ; advisability of establishing a Department of Industry, on similar lines to the New | Zealand.

Sydney Dee. 24, The Mararoa took 360 passengers. Tremendous heat was experienced throughout the country to-day. At Wilcannia, 583 miles north-west of Sydney, the thermometer registered 170 (?) intne shade. The great heat is proving disastrous to the crops and grass. Bush fires are raging in some parts; there is a water famine at Bourke, and the Government have made arrangements with the South Australian authorities to despatch water trains immediately. Brisbane, Dec. 22.

A number of mounted and fully equipped men are preparing to camp at Clermont, apparently in readiness for the shearing, which begins early in January. It is alleged that many of the men belong to the criminal class. The Colonial Secretary is despatching reinforcements of police to the district.