TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2325, 1 March 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Feb, 25. For the third successive year Colonel North’s Fullerton won the Waterloo Cup. His dog started the favourite at 7to 4 against. Mr Heywood’s Fitz Fife was runner up. Colonel North’s Simonian won the Waterloo Plate. A chimney sixty yards high fell at the Barraclough Flannel Factory in Bradford, killing nine women. There were eighty people working in the factory at the time. Mr Lidderdale has turned up safely, and explains that his absence from the city was voluntary. Lord Wantage’s Committee on the Army declare that with the exception of the Guards there is not a single battalion of infantry effective for short service if the necessity arose, and they recommend an increase of pay and the granting of other privileges. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Standard states that the Czar has promised to subsidise to the extent of £90,000, the capital subscribed by a syndicate who have voluntarily offered to equip a fleet. The Czar makes it a condition that four cruisers are to be built by the syndicate within the next decade, and that they are to be employed in protecting the Russian interests in the Baltic,

The mortality in London has risen 20 per 1000.

In the course of an intervier Mr Howard Vincent, M.P., said that the United Empire Trade League was growing in favour, especially among the middle classes. Arrangement had been made for holding a conference on June 22nd and following days. He urged that the various Australian colonies should be strongly represented at the gathering, and that experts should be appointed, who would be able to influence Parliameut in matters relating to the League. The first effort of the League would be in the direction of clearing the British Empire of restrictive treaties, and he pointed out that any success that was achieved would improve the commerical position of Australia in London.

The approaching London County Council elections are creating much interest. The progressive party are delighted that Lord Rosebery has consented to stand for the East Finsbury seat. A large meeting of the moderate party was held at St, James’ Hall. Sir Henry James presided. Resolutions were passed, denouncing the administration of the present County Council. Both sides are exhibiting tremendous energy in the contest, and neihter party is leaving a stone unturned to secure a majority of seats. The Times says that Mr Gladstone inspired the editor of The Speaker to impeach the loyalty of the Marquis of Hartington (now the Duke of Devonshire) during the crisis of 1890, and remarks that a worse attempt to stab an opponent has not been made of late years.

General Booth, in an article in the Contemporary Review, says that the greatest social danger in the Australian Colonies is the result of prosperity. He advocates the formation of industrial villages with plenty of provision for recreation. He had been offered some large tracts of land in Australia which when cleared would be worth £2 per acre, and he considered the Governments ought to advance the money necessary for taking the land on security, Jf compelled to do so he would borrow the money at 3J per cent, and then transfer the surplus population to Australia and elsewhere. The daughter-in-law of Lord Robert Montague has been committed for trial for the manslaughter of her little daughter, whom she pinioned and shut up in a dark room, thus causing death. Feb. 26. Mrs Montague has been committed for trial on a farther charge of systematic cruelty to her three sons. It is alleged that she declared she had punished their bodies in order to save their souls. The feeling against accused ran so high that during the hearing of the charges additional constables had to be stationed in the court. General Booth is despatching a commission to Africa to decide upon a site for a colony for the receipt of the submerged tenth. The Czar has censured the officer who expelled Captain Younghusband from the Pamir Plateau, and has expressed regret to England over the occurrence.

Jewellery valued £2OOO, belonging to the Dowager Lady Vernon, has been stolen by burglars from her residence.

M, De Cobain, member for Belfast, who has failed to appear to answer serious charges of immorality alleged

against him, has been expelled as a member of the House of Commons.

A Congress of Chambers of Commerce will met in London on June 23rd and the three following days. The late Rev. C. H. Spurgeon will be succeeded as pastor of the Tabernacle by his brother, with the Rev, Mr Pierson as preacher. Mr G. W. Hasting, member for East Worcester, charged, as trustee under the will of the late Major John Brown, with committing frauds to the extent of £15,000, has been declared a bankrupt. Pams. Feb. 25. The, . Anarchists in France are distributing dynamite throughout Europe, with the intention of using it during the celebration of May Day. M. Rouvier has failed to form a new Ministry, M. De Freycinet, Ribot and Bourgeos refusing to cooperate With him. Feb. 27. Sub-lieutenant Anasty, who confessed to the murder of Baroness Barrard, has been sentenced to death. The Radical insistence on a policy of anti-Clericalism renders the establishment of a stable Government in France doubtful. President Carnot has summoned M. Lambert, member of the Senate, to form a new Cabinet. Berlin, Feb. 27. In the Reichstag Chancellor Yon Caprivi has been twice defeated on a motion respecting cruelty towards recruits and the fostering of religious feeling in the Army. Germany has decided to retain her possessions in South-West Africa. Constantinople, Feb. 27. M. Vulleovitch, the Bulgarian agent in this city, was stabbed in a public thorougfare on Wednesday, and died to-day. It is believed that his assassin is a Russian. Ottawa, Feb. 25. Startling evidence has been given before the Royal Commission, implicating Mr Mereier and Mr Pacaud, his financial secretary. It is alleged that the expenses of Mr Mercier’s country seat and household were defrayed from the Baie-Chaileur railway subsidy. Feb. 27. The heavy gain by the Government at the bi-elections throughout the Dominion is attributed to a distinct distrust of the pro-American policy of the Liberals. Washington, Feb. 25. Mr Forster, Secretary to the United States Treasury, recommends that a tax of one dollar should be imposed on immigrants, and that owners of steamers should enter into a bond of £II,OOO undertaking to return paupers to the port at which they embarked.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, Feb. 26. The Legislative Assembly sat all night and completed the estimates. In the early hours a scene took place, and Mr Tookey, member for Sydney, was removed for disobeying the ruling of the chairman. The Rowing Association by one vote declined to admit manual labourers as bona fide amateurs, The ship British Commodore, whm’ u arrived to-day from Europe ; reports having met with very heavy weather during the voyage. Two of the crew were washed overboard and drowned. Smith and Finlayson, late directors, and Miller, ex-manager, of the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Bank, have been sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude for conspiracy. Jones, another director, and Buck, one of the auditors, were acquitted on a similar charge. Feb, 28. The Supreme Court refused to grant a mandamus in further cases against the imposition of Customs duties. In the Supreme Court yesterday, Smaure, on a charge of embezzlement, received a sentence of five years’ imprisonment. Adelaide, Feb. 28. Drought has been severely felt in the northern districts, and many *of the squatters are utterly ruined. ' Perth, Feb. 28. Several nuggets of gold have been found at Murchison, the largest being 1440z5.