TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2391, 4 August 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, July 3]. Lord Victor Cavendish was married yesterday to Margaret, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Lansdowne. The ceremony was performed at Westminster, the Duke of Devonshire and a brilliant company of Dukes, Duchesses, Lords and Ladies being present. The Pall Mall Gazette thinks that Sir George Gibbs’ loyalty disagrees with his republican speech at the Federal Convention. Gardiner, of Stanford street, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for cheating girls whom lie was preparing for a career on the music hall stage.

The anarchists have invented a new infernal machine in the shape of a book, which upon being inverted explodes with immense violence, calculated to cause enormous damage. Aug. 1. Lord Mayor Evans has been knighted. Great Britain is urging the Canadian Government to deepen the St, Lawrence canals sufficiently to give passage to the gunboats. The cost is estimated at £2,250,000. The German Emperor has arrived at Cowes.

The German Emperor was met on his arrival and conducted to Osborne by the Prince of Wales, the Dukes of York and Connaught and Prince Christian, The Queen gave him a cordial welcome. There was a splendid display at Cowes by the yachting clubs. The Queen has invited the Emperor of Germany to dine with her. At the Denham (Norfolk) amateur athletic meeting to day, L. A. Cuff won the 100yds hurdle handicap, and was second from scratch in the 300yds handicap. A prisoner at Glasgow has confessed that he was employed to assist in the murder of Lords Leitrim and Mountraorris by the man who shot Carey at the Cape. Dr. Forbes Watson, Indian authority, is dead. The Earl of Bathurst in dead. Paris, July 30.

A circular is being distributed in France, urging the Cardinals to support Cardinal Rampolla or Cardinal Gibbons at the next election tor the Papal Chair, and to oppose any candidate favoured by the Triple Alliance. Aug. 2. A syndicate of French capitalists have taken over the concessions granted to the Panama Canal Company along with the assets of the latter, and the prospectus of the new company to carry on the undertaking will shortly be issued. The Republicans have gained one hundred seats in the French provincial elections.

It is suggested that the dispute between the French and the Congo natives should be referred to arbitration. M. Ribot demands that the natives shall remove their frontier posts. A report, which is not, however, confirmed, is current that an attempt was made to dynamite the public buildings at Versailles. Madrid, Aug. 1. Tiie discovery of America by Columbus, in the vessels supplied by the sovereigns of Spain, will be celebrated by a joint naval display. Romk, Aug. 2. Mount Etna is again quiet. Beiimx, July Ml.

Tarraock, of Nuremberg, has won the chess championship of the world. A wing of the Ileilingerberg Palace in Baden was destroyed by fire, which originated in Princess Beatrice’s bedroom. The fire was caused by a maid accidentally igniting Princess Beatrice’s bed curtains. The Princess escaped in bar nightdress, without being burnt, and awoke the household. Princess Beatrice suffered great loss in jew'els and clothing. Thousands of people welcomed Bismarck on hL arrival in Jena. The Prince in addressing the assemblage declared that he had sw'orn to protect the Protestant empire, and that it w ; as out of the question to rule with a Catholic party as the chief factor. He advised his countrymen to prevent absolution or government of bureaucracy, and asserted that he was determined to speak his mind on public matters whatever’ the consequences may fill. He asserted the Min inters, were tfie sole cause of his expulsion from office, and that the Emperor was their mouthpiece, St, PCTinisimiiu, Aug. 2. pierce cholera riots have taken place at. Easiikend, the chief town and military headquarters of Russian Turkestan. Military were called out to maintain order, and shot Go of the rioters and wounded 22 others.

Owing to the ravages of cheueva. A strae'jjaq and hjaku ai-e in a desolate condition and commerce is at a standstill. Vienna, Aug 1. It is reported that cholera has spread to Austrian Galicia. YqKQgAi.iA, July 30. The 'president and si* Judges of the Japanese Supreme Court aro accused of card-playing and intriguing with •dancing girls. Great scandal has been caused, and the Minister of Justice has resigned pending an <jnquiry.

Taxcikks, Aug. 1. The rebels defeated the Sultan’s troops, and many of the latter are deserting and joining the former, who are marching on Tangiers and burning villages en route. The European portion of the population is greatly alarmed. Capetown. Aug, 2. Franchise Bill, increasing the qualification to the occupation of property worth £75, has passed both branches of the legislature. Washington, July 31. The soldier who was hung up by his thumbs has sued three officers for £IOOO damages for the outrage inflicted on him.

Dr. Talmage, the well-known divine, who has been on a visit to Russia, had an interview with tiie Czar, whom he describes as genial and simple in his ways, and showing interest in religion exceeding that in politics. Dr Talmage considers that foreigners have been monstrously wrong in their judgment of the Czar. Mr Watson, one of the Georgian members of the House of Representatives, accused members and Speakers of legislating while drunk. The statement was received with wild uproar and hisses, and a Committee was at once appointed to investigate the charges. New York. July 31. The heat in New York is unexampled. On Friday the thermoneler registered 107 in the shade. Mail traffic is suspended. A hundred deaths are reported from sunstroke in Chicago. There is a water famine. Aug. 2. The heat in New York is abating. Three hundred deaths have occurred from sunstroke. Cauacas, Aug. 1. The rebels how have complete possession of Venezuela.