TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2361, 26 May 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, May 22. The Cobdenites insist that the adoption of freetrade in the colonies must be the , only safe basis for a financial union of the Empire. News from West Africa states that the rising of the Jebus is crushed, four hundred being killed. Three British officers and thirty men were wounded. May 23. Information has been received that the King of Jebah has been captured. The s.s. Duke of Westminster left London for Auckland on Thursday. Orme was scratched for the Derby at 9 o’clock this morning. It is not likely that the conversion of the Auckland Harbor loans will be effected as the terms are considered unfavorable. The Committee of the London branch of the Imperial Federation League has been instructed to submit a scheme for the commercial union of the Empire based as nearly as possible on freetrade principles. The Swedish-Australian Antarctic expedition has fallen through. Paris, May 22. Deacon, in reply to the Judge, said thai the murder of Abielle was the result of the sudden impulse of a man of honour and he had regretted that he had died ever since. This statement was received with loud cheers. Deacon admitted that he nad harassed his wife by employing detectives to watch her, but he had frequently asked her not to receive Abielle. He intended to sue for a divorce after the trial. Immense interest was shown in the case, and much sympathy for the prisoner was loudly expressed. Mrs Deacon denied the accusation of adultery, but admitted that she had often met Abielle in her husband’s absence. The jury found that Deacon was guilty of wounding without intent to kill. The French Government have decided to construct six more ironclads. St. Petersburo, May 22. The Russian Government has agreed t< advance 75 roubles to each needy emi grant who goes to Baron Hirsch’s colony Brussels, May 21. The new Belgian Senate, which is on i more democratic basis, is unanimous tha the Lower Chamber should retain tin

XllluitlliV t 5 .Ul 14ii(lUvJci| Il4.c4ivT>6rSf May 23. The success of the Clerical party in the General Election has provoked tin Liberals. When the results were an nounced serious street lighting took plact in the capita], and many persons were injured. The riots are still progeeding Hong Kong, May 22. Threats are being made to destroy the French mission at Tanyan. Zanzibar, May 20. It is reported that there ax-e one hundred deaths daily from cholera al Hanere, on the East African coast. May 21. The natives have declared war against the Government in Morocco. The Sultan is massing his troops and the French are greatly strengthening the forts on the North frontier, Ottawa, May 23. The difficulty between Newfoundland and Canada has been settled by the restoration of reciprocity. The Government of Quebec will prosecute ex Premier Mercier on three charges of malfeasance. Washington, May 21. Perry, the notorious train robber, was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment, cumulative on four counts. May 23. The Hoods in the Central States are subsiding. The damage by hoods in the central States is estimated at £200,000. It is expected that the Chinese in America will be ordered to return home. By a hre at Oswego, Lake Ontario, lumber to the value of 1,000,000 dollars wag destroyed. The Republicans are urging Mr Blaine to stand for the Presidency, and it is likely that he will consent to do SO. Negroes in Boston are . , societies and -- ’ . . - nn “S secret .. -.mnufacturing bombs m ... uo deal out revenge for the lynching of some of their race some months ago. Rio de Janeiro, May 23. A Brazilian ironclad was wrecked off Cape Polonio and 130 people were drowned.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, May 24. The Countess of Glasgow and family will come to Sydney by the Australia. They will be the guests of Lord Jersey till they leave for New Zealand. Lord Glasgow arrives by the express to-morrow. Melbourne, May 23. Lord Glagow was formally received on his arrival by Lord Hopetoun. He leaves for Sydney by this afternoon’s express. The retrenchment Committee proposed that the Land and Agricultural Departments should be amalgamated, and suggested the advisability of Victoria and New South Wales maintaining one observatory between them instead of two separate establishments. A shocking accident occurred harbor on Saturday. The half-deck centre-board boat Express was conveying a team of footballers from Morclialloc to Moruington, when she was struck by a squall in the open water of Port Philip and capsized. The boat was found sunk stern first. Fifteen members of the . knmington Football Club, including three sons of ihe Rev. Mr Baidwelf, were drowned. Three bodies only have been recovered

May 24. A fire at Dandenong destroyd five private houses and a coffee palace. The damage is £SOOO. Adelaide, May 24. Tile area of land under wheat last i season was 152,453 acres, showing a de--5 crease of 11,150 acres. j The effect of the drought in the north and east are very disastrous. At Gualto > 30,000 sheep have been destroyed, and at other stations they are dying by hundreds. Many owners are killing the lambs to save the ewes. THE RAINHILL AND WINDSOR MURDERS. Melbourne, May 23. The Bishop of Melbourne visited Deeming yesteaday at the latter’s request. The convict expressed contrition, and stated that he would not make a speech on the gallows, but die protesting his innocence. Up to early this morning he continued to protest his innocence of the Rainhill murders. Deeming has left a statement with the Governor of the gaol, but it is not believed to contain anything new. There were about a hundred persons present at Deeming’s execution, including the leading doctors and university professors, and representatives of the English, Australian, and New Zealand Press. At a few minutes to 10 o’clock the Deputy-Governor of the Gaol entered, accompanied by the executioners, and proceeded to the convict’s cell. After prayer by the chaplain Deeming was pinioned, and punctually at 10 o’clock he walked to the scaffold. He was slightly nervous and twitched his head while the noose was being a 1 justed. In reply to the question whether he had anything to say, Deeming merely replied “ Lord receive my soul.” His face was pale but otherwise the doomed man seemed calm. After the drop fell there was not the slightest movement in the body. A great concourse of people surrounded the prison when the last sentence of the

law was to be carried out. When the Deputy-Governor entered the cell the prisoner was repeating the prayer which he uttered on the scaffold. The execution was carried out without the slightest hitch or delay. The Cabinet refused the request of the Medical Association for Deeming’s head,

. on the grounds that they saw no reason why the body should be treated differently to those of other criminals. . The jaunty air which characterised the . convict when he was first incarcerated . rapidly disappeared after he had received , sentence of death, and he became amenable to prison discipline and respectful to the officials. During prayer with the clergyman ! before execution Deeming implored pardon for the heinous sin he had committed in sending his family to their last

account without warning. The murderer’s last night was spent in an agony of suspense. He cried bitterly for a long time, but slept heavily towards daylight. The Government are considering whether they will allow the last document handed to the gaolor by Deeming to be published. May 24. The Under Secretary of State for Great Britain requests that Mrs Deeming’s effects may be sent to her mother, Mrs Mather. Deeming however, by his will, claims everything, and the Chief Secretary finds himself unable to comply with the request until he has inquired into the legal aspect of the question. In a letter to the gaol chaplain, Deeming expressed penitence for the Windsor murder, but denied complicity in the Barnhill tragedy. So far none of the papers left -by the murderer have been published, but it is believed they contain an admission of the Windsor crime. London, May 23. The English papers contain long cabled reports of the execution of Deeming. The Standard regrets that the English journals should have encouraged a morbid desire for t]ve details of , outrages, trial, and Q£oou+ { - “ llllg s characterises D'*- ...mu. The paper j ~ii -oeming as a vulgar ruffian . ~uest criminal. Melbourne, May 17. A ludicrous feature of the confinement of the condemned man Deeming is the number of letters he receives daily through the Governor of the Gaol and his solicitor, Mr M. Lyle. Hundreds of these epistles have come to hand, all dealing with the great question of sanity, and trying in some mysterious manner to influence the destiny of the felon’s soul. The writers generally address the prisoner as “ Dear Comrade in Christ,” or “ My beloved brother,” or “ Fellow sinner,” and one, a lady, starts with “ My poor lost soul,” asking the culprit to “ come to her arms and hear the word.” Each and everyone tells of the life beyond the grave where all will be bright and happy and all forgiveness. The lady, correspondents would be interested to know that the prisoner only reads those written in a female hand. A woman of a rather business-like turn of mind, giving the name of Williams and writing from Brighton, has preferred a modest request to the prisoner. She asks him in a letter of several pages to dedicate his autobiography to her, and she proposed to devote the proceeds to the erection of a handsome marble monument, suitably inscribed, to his memory in the Melbourne cemetery. “ There are a lot of kind people in the world,” said Williams, when he read this. “Do you know, I never met any of those good people when I was outside, hut I should liked to have known this lady.” Another religious enthusiast, in the fond hope of paving the way to a better land for Deeming, has Stmt him perhaps the strangest gift of all. This is a small bag . of earth from Mount Zion, on which

the word “ Presentation is neatl worked. Accompanying this is a sma bunch of flowers gathered on Mount Zioi the whole bearing the stamp of th Convent of Cedron, Jerusalem. Th letter accompanying the gift directs hoi the articles are to be used to ensure th necessary result. Certain genuflection have to be gone through so many time a day, and certain prayers have to b said. “ This is all very well,” sayi Deeming, “ but if a fellow don’t knov the prayers what is he to do ?” Th' letters which Deeming is receiving, o: rather which are being sent to him ii such great numbers, come from all parts There are some from Adelaide, Sydney Brisbane, and even Tasmania.