TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2393, 9 August 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Aug. A. H.M.S. Champion has annexed Cornwallis Island, south-west of Hawaii. A niece of Mr Goschen, while walking, was wilfully shot in the face by a labourer. A girl friend who was accompanying her was struck on the head with the gun and received concussion of the brain. The man was arrested. His motive is at present unknown. The Inverna won the royal yacht squadron prize at Cowes, defeating the Kaiser’s yacht Meteor. Six yachts sailed in the race for the Australian Cup. The Thalia was second, and Urania third.

The Althorpe Library was sold for £225,000. At the Psychological Congress, Professor Sidgwick, the president, invited a test of the powers of Dr Bramwell, medical hypnotist. The result was a triumph for the hypnotist, which led the congress to believe that the method of hypnotic suggestion would be useful in the reformation of criminals and the education of children. The Shelley centenary is being celebrated at Horsham. Aug. 6. • A dynamite machine destroyed part of the Pigott Hotel, Limerick, The reason of the outrage is that the proprietor supported the Tories in the recent election. The English press generally eulogise Sir George Grey’s services to the colonies. The Daily News asserts that he prevented a State Church in the colonies, and saved Australia and New Zealand, when he was Governor of those colonies, from land-grabbers. The Pall Mall Gazette considers Sir George a reformer of remarkable prescience and boldness in treating humanitarian matters.

The High Court of Foresters is sitting at Ipswich. A motion was passed condemning the Hon. A. J. Chamberlain’s pension scheme. Mrs Rylands, 'widow of Peter Rylands, was the purchaser of the Althorpe library, which she intends to present to the city of Manchester. The Council of Judges advise drastic reforms in legal procedure favourable to suitors. They advise a Court of Review in criminal setencncs, unsuccessful appellants to be liable to have there sentences increased. They also advocate a special cause list for mercantile cases with special judges.

H.M.S. Curacoa has annexed a portion of Pagopago Harbour as a coaling station. Paris, Aug. 4. Cholera has decreased in the suburbs, but is spreading in the city. Hail storms have done great harm to the vineyards in the Medoc district along the Garonne. The French Concordat Committee recommends the suppression of seven Archbishoprics and seven Episcopates. The anarchists are circulating throughout the city 100,000 placards, directing the extermination of the judges and jurymen who condemned Ravaschal and other anarchists. Berlin, Aug. G.

Jaeger, cashier for the Messrs Rothschild, Frankfort, who abcouded after embezzling a large amount of the firm’s money, but was subsequently arrested, was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. His accomplices were also sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. Rome. Aug. G. The Pope has issued an Encyclical that the formulae of Freemasonry is subversive of religion. St. Petersburg, Aug. 4.

Cholera has made its appearance in St. Petersburg, and from Kivisk, South of Moscow, to Balsk in Sibera. It is spreading in Novgorod district. Aug. 5. The town of Rzcezyca, luO miles south of Minak, on the Dnieper, has been wilfully get on fire and destroyed; 14 people were burnt to death and 2000 rendered homeless, Belgrade, Aug, G, A conspiracy has been discovere* 1 hero having for its object J " position it P-;; ioe Ni ; ho | iis 0 f New York, Aug. 6. Mrs Harrison, wife of the President, is seriously ill. A severe eathquake has been experienced in Chiapa, a state south-east of Mexico, and San Cristobal, the capital, has been destroyed. Intelligence from Venezuela states that severe fighting has taken place between the Government troops and rebels in the vicinity of Caracas. General Crespo, the insurgent leader, is reported to have been killed. A filibustering expedition lias left Keywcst. in Florida, to effect the freedom of Cuba Island. Tangier*, Aug. 4. The Sultan’s troops are reluctant to attack the Morocco rebels, who are now threatening Tangier. The Sultan of Morocco desires to resume negotiations with Sir C. Ewan Smith after Mr Gladstone has assumed office.