TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2334, 24 March 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 20. Bishop Vaughan, of Salford, succeeds Cardinal Manning. The British punitive expedition to Timbo and Sierra Leone met with a severe repulse. Captain Robinson was killed, and all the officers and thirteen men wounded. The late Mr Parnell's personalty is proved at £12,000. His friends intend to present Glasgow with his portrait by Professor Herkomer. The ironworks in Staffordshire, which had to stop for want of coal, are starting work. The War Office have appointed Colonel Harman, of the Artillery College, Woolwich, military adviser to the Australian colonies. Herman, Kohu and Co.. formerly of New Zealand, colonial exporters, have failed for £56,000. The assets are set down at £30,000. M. Waddington, the French Ambassador to England, has expressed regret to the Government for. the arrest of the brothers Purdit, two Englishmen. Sergeant Holden has been committed for trial. The plans he sold to the French exposed the entire armament of Malta. Five persons have been burnt to death in a fire at Kensington. March 21. Mr Lasker is winner of the national chess tournment. Mr Gossip, of Adelaide, was last. G. W. Hastings, the fraudulent member, has been formally expelled from the House of Commons. Bishop Vaughan has begged His Holiness the Pope to let him remain at Salford. Lord Salisbury has replied to the Washington Note. It is rumoured that he has declined to renew the modus vivendi. March 22. The Rev. Heng Cheong gave a lecture to members of the House of Commons on the opium traffic. He urged England to dcvelope the coal deposits of China. The financial papers adversely criticise the Victorian policy outlined by Mr Shiels. The Globe says that it is enabled to state on diplomatic authority that the Czar persuaded the Duke of Cumberland to accept the Guelph Fund in order to conciliate the,Queen and detach England from friendship with the Triple Alliance, and turn her into an ally of Russia. Two of Mr Pritchard Morgan's estates, valued at £40,000, have been seized as security for costs in the suit brought against him to compel him to pay royalty on his Welsh gold mine. He was unsuccessful in his resistance to the claims of the Crown. It is reported that Mrs Osborne is in a comatose state. Arthur Goring Thomas, the dramatist, committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a train. The Government has consented to appoint a Department Committee to inquire into the treatment of habitual drunkards. [Paris, March 20. Hyeres was profusely decorated to-day in honour of the visit of Queen Victoria. Berlin, March 21. Von Caprivi has now resigned, and is working hard to avert a crisis. The Prussian diet has been dissolved. The Clerical party is dismayed at the turn affairs have taken. Important arrests and seizures have been made in connection with the anarchists. The prisoners arrested on a charge of taking part in the recont Socialist riots have been sentenced to terms varying from two to 38 months. Prince Bismarch has been taken suddenly ill. The prosecution of the Cologne Gazette for hostile criticism of the Emperor's action regarding the Education Bill, has been abandoned. The state of the Emperor's health is unknown. Mysterious rumours are current about it. It is expected that Germany will increase her navy. Lisbon, March 21. The Portuguese scheme for the settlement of the national debt proposes a reduction of 50 per cent, in interest on the foreign debt, and the raising of a new loan of £4,000,000. Rome, March 21. A house has been blown up at Lusa, a town, in Piedmont, and ten lives lo§t. The occurrence is believed to be accidental. March 21. News has been received from Massovvah that Captain Beltini and his escort were massacred while on a visit to Amhara in the Province of Abssinia. Vienna, March 20. An autopsy on Schnieder, the murderer, revealed that he was suffering from dropsy on the brain. Constantinople, March 21. The Sultan is delaying the issue of a firman recognising the new Khedive. The Russian envoy has threatened to leave the city unless the supposed assassin of Vulcovitch is deported to Russia. St. Petersburg, March 21. The deficit in the direct taxation of Russia this year is £4,500,000. ' March 22. The Russian Government have decided to build four ironclads, one cruiser of very large size, two ships for coastal defence, two torpedo cruisers, one torpedo gun-vessel, two despatch, and two torpedo boats, all to be completed by the close of 1890. Washington, March 21. The American navy is being got ready by way of protest against Lord Salisbxuy's attitude respecting tho

Behriiig Sea dispute. Sir G. Baden Powell, British Commissioner, is confident that an amicable settlement will be arranged. New York, March 20. A revolt has broken out in Venezuela. Severe fighting has taken place, in which the rebels were repulsed. Calcutta, March 21. The Indian Budget shows a surplus, the famine having occurred only towards the close of the financial year. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, March 21. The man Stone, who shot his rival near Candabolin, committed suicide before he could be arrested. Melbourne, March 21., Mr Shiels, the Premier, announces that he will next session remove the Land Tax and place a tax on the unimproved value of land. The Stock Tax will also be increased. He is in favor of an Id come Tax similar to thai proposed by the New Zealand Government. He proposes to to introduce measures to establish courts of conciliation and to abolish bogus banks. Mr Shiels also desires to settle labourers on lands which might be purchased withh Government inscribed stock, the occupiers to gradually repay the Government. It is intended to establish a Labor department, and the butter bonuses are to be continued. He expresses himself strongly in favor of the One-Man-One-Vote principle, but will not press the question till the third session, as Parliament lias now before it the more important work of restoring confidence. There is every probability of an Australian eleven visiting England during the present season. It will be merely a scratch team, and will play minor matches in England, Ireland, and Scotland. The members of the team do not intend to seriously test the question of supremacy between England and Australia. The eleven will include Trumble, Ferris, Murdoch, Spofforth, Garrett, and Wood. March 22. The Governor opened the Melbourne Dock Company's dock to-day. It is the second largest in the world, and will accommodate fifty-five vessels. Its area is 9G acres. Brisbane. March 21. The Government will shorly introduce a measure providing for a construction of railways on the land grant principle. They also intend to impose a cattle tax in order to help the exportation of frozen meat. March 22,. There is great destitution among the unemployed. A number of families are said to be starving. The Government have accepted the offer of the Salvation Army to distribute relief. Hobart, March 22. The Postal Convention is concluded. The next conference will be held in Queensland.