TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2307, 19 January 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. '■ London, Jan. 14. The New Zealand-River Plate Land and Mortgage and Agency Company ,Jias placed £IO,OOO to the credit of the retained dividend fund, in preference to declaring a dividend. At 'the annual meeting the chairman stated that capital would certainly be withdrawn from New Zealand if the recent legislation were put into operation. The necessary appropriations for New Zealand and the Plate, together with the sinking in the prices of the company's investments in •London, amounted to £90,000, but !no considerable portion was likely to be lost. Mr Matthews, Home Secretary, speaking at Birmingham, said it would be little short of criminal to evacuate Egypt at present. The Government; would introduce free education in 1 Ireland on Tuesday. It is reported that Prince George is engaged to the daughter of Prince Christian. The English press generally pay tribute to the memory of Cardinal Manning. Jan. 16. Cardinal Manning's teetotal principles rendered his treatment difficult. He was only ill three days. The Pope was profoundly affected by the death , of the venerable Cardinal. It is ■ expected that the Right Rev. Herbert Vaughan, Bishop of Salford, will succeed him. Jan. 16. English shippers are arranging to j convey from New York to a Russian port a donation of 500 tons which is being sent to the famine strickenstricken districts by residents in the United States. The Quakers, who recently sent a delegate to Russia to investigate the famine, are appealing for funds for those in distress, and undertake to personally distribute the relief. They state that that they have verified the statement that millions of peasants are destitute, and one half of them are in actual danger of starvation. Dr Browne, Bishop of Worcester, is ill with pneumonia, and his ■ con* dition is regarded as critical, Obituary—The Rev. Cant Carpenter Unitarian minister, from pneumonia. Six of those arrested at Walsall in connection with the alleged Anarchist conspiracy were brought before the court to-day. The police gave evidence that a widespread conspiracy in England and on the continent had been discovered. Among the pri- I soners' property were found bombs, fuses, seditious papers, and directions, how to destroy public buildings and theatres when full of people. The prisoners were remanded. Paris, Jan. 14. The Swiss Government have declined the offer of the French Government to enter into a commeriea} treaty, Lisbon, Jan. 15. The Portuguese Ministry have resigned owing to Senor Carvalto, the, treasurer, having advanced £500,000! to the Loyal Railway Company, i Count Maldoin is forming a new Go- j vernment. ! Sqi-ia, Jan. 14. It is reported that fifty officers in the Bulgarian army have been arrested for complicity in the conspiracy against the Government, and that the cook at the royal palace attempted to poison Prince Ferdinand by mUing ; strychnine with his food, St. Petki""" t ii p t T -oiiURG, Jan. 14. a ou Tolstoi has undertaken to distribute the food purchased by subscription in Great Britain for the starving jieasants. Cairo, Jan. 15. Ismael Pasha, ex-Khedive of Egypt, approves of Prince Abbas taking his father's position. j The French Press in Cairo isj conducting an Anglophobist campaign! and insists on France and Turkey! joining Great Britain as guardians or; Egypt. Prince Abbas, the new Khedive, reviewed the garrison yesterday in! presence of large crowds, and was! accorded an enthusiastio welcome. j Hong Kong, Jan. 14. Fifty of those on board the steamer Nanchow, which sank in the China' Sea, were rescued. Zanzibar, Jan. 15. Slave huuters in the Lake Nyassa: district have defeated the force under; Consul Johnston, who had eleven of his party killed and several wounded. An explosion has occurred upon the African Lakes Company's steamer: Domira on Lake Nyassa, resulting in eleven being killed and eleven injured chiefly Europeans and Sikhs. The Domira captured and burned two dhows on Lake Nyassa, but a storm arose and swamped the boats when returning to the vessel. Captain Maguire was amongst those drowned

along with an Indian officer and three Sikhs. An attack was made on the Domira by Arab slavers, who by false offers of peace induced some of the men to land. Immediately they did so the chief engineer, the doctor, nine Sikhs and Swahilis were shot, and two Europeans severely wounded. Assistance has been sent. Delagoa. Jan. 12. Notwithstanding the slight reverse met with at the hands of the slave hunters, Major Johnston, leader of the South African Company's expedition, is pursuing the slavers in the vicinity of Lake Nyassa. Washington, Jan. 14. The arbitrators in the "dispute between the United States and Great Britain with regard to Behring Sea will meet in Paris. New York. Jan. 14. Mr Forbes, of Boston, has made an offer of £30,000 for the champion trotter Orion. ABritish steamer landed ten Chinese at Port Townsend, on Puget Sound, in contravention of the United States regulations. The vessel, which came ' from Victoria, Vancouver Island, is being pursued. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Jan. 15. A meeting of depositors of the Sydney and Suburban Building Society is being called to consider the position with a view of renewing deposits for a term. Several persons have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Australian Mercantile and Guarantee Society. This is the society with which Messrs Bell and Davis, who escaped to Honolulu with a large amount, were connected. INFLUENZA. London, Jan. 15. The death is announced from influenza of Mr E. Whitley, M.P. for Liverpool. Jan. 16. Sir Edwin Arnold, the author, is suffering from influenza and pneumonia. Lord Abinger and Admiral Kelly have died. Both were the victims of influenza, Paris., Jan. 15. The military college of St. Cyr is closed owing to the influenza. Rome, Jan. 14. The death is announced, from iq-: fluenza, of Cardinal Sinaeoni, Perfect- j General of the Propaganda. Venice, Jan. 15. j The death rate in Venice has increased fivefold owing to the influenza, «. LABOUR. London, Jan. 14. The Shipping Federation is considering the advisability of entering into an alliance with the mining and manufacturing industries, to establish a mutual defence league, Jan. 15, The Trades Council has passed a resolution eulogising Mr Service's labours on behalf of the poor of Melbourne. Sir Charles Dilke, addressing the Miners' Federation, advised the men not to force tjie compulsory 8 hours. The resolution proposing an international strike of miners was defeated, and it was resolved to endeavour to seek a remedy for the grievances through Parliament, The Miners' Federa*;; on g k representing l^ oUoo men> have ...... co await the action of Parliament with respect to the eight hours legislation before declaring an international strike. Jan. 16. In the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice to-day, Justice Sir Arthur Kekewich granted an injunction restraining Edwards, of the Trades Council and the Federation of Trade and Labour Unions, from issuing a circular boycotting firms who discharged members of the unions, as it was a gross interference with the liberty of trade. Sydney, Jan. 17. At the conference of miners and non-associated colliery-owners, the miners proposed that the colliers should pay the old rate before the strike of the associated miners. The owners and miners' representatives will lay the proposal before the directors of the various mines before arriving at a final decision. Berlin, Jan. 16. The leaders of the printers declare that the strike is at an end, owing to the want of funds and desertion by members of the union.