TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2406, 1 October 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Sept. 20. The conspiracy charges alleged against a number of persons connected with the Authors' Alliance and bogus literary societies have occupied the court for over a week. The accused were convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment; Morgan got eight years, Tomkins five years, Steadmau fifteen months, Campbell eighteen mouths, Tolmie six mouths, and Clarke four months. Mr J. Morley, Irish Secretary, has decided to appoint a small Royal Commission to report promptly as to an effectual measure of dealing with evicted tenants. The Times, discussing the decision, considers that Mr Morley has struck a deadly blow at all land contracts in Ireland, and that the surrender will have a pitiful result. There are indications in many parts of Ireland of the intention of tenants to resist payment of rents in the winter on the grounds of bad harvests and low prices for stock. Mr Gladstone is reported to have invited Archdeacon Howell to propound a Disestablishment Bill on lines acceptable to the Welsh clergy. The relatives of Andrew Mcßae, grocer's assistant, who has been cowmitted for trial for the murder and mutilation of Annie Pritchard, at Althorpe, declare that, the woman is still alive, and that she will be. produced at the trial. They also assert that the case is one of mistaken identity. An unseemly dispute marred a vast piMyer meeting i:i the Tabernacle held in support, of the Rev. Thomas Spurgeon's succession to tlis Pastorate. Twenty-four saddles were cut about with knives by the Ist Life Guards at Windsor because the squadron was obliged to parade on account of dirtj saddles. Some of the men were noisv and hooted the officers. Sir A. Loch, in a letter to the Times, corrects a statement made bj the authors of " Life and Times of Sir G. Grey." He asserts that it was Lord Elgin, and not Sir George Grey, who afforded timely aid during the early days of the Indiau mutiny, by diverting the China expedition to Calcutta. Mr Streeter, the well-known authority on precious stones, in a letter tq the Times says that Australia is pregnant with every description of precious stones, and he predicts that in the near future it will become the El Dorado of commercial enterprise.

Mis:; Smith, a governess, and others J were convicted on a charge of forging the will of Mr Park, of Teddington, bequeathing Smith £20,000 if his son did not marry her, Smith was sentenced to ten years, and her accomplices, Mecklethwaite to seven Paul to five, Ingram to six years, u"" 1 Allison to 12 months. T»-- evidenc:e ' showed Uiat womail had obtained ft S"'",Tig influence over Park, and she could not prove she had been engaged to the son. The Russians hav« seized a seventh British sealer in Behriug Straits. Sept. 29. The Rev. Mr Alien, secretary to the. Marriage Law Reform Association, urges the Agents-General to agitate for reform of the marriage laws. Messrs Beyts and Craig, trading as Beyts, Craig and Co., steamship agents ill Loudon for a Bombay firm, have each been sentenced to two years' imprisonment on a charge of forging bills of lading to a considerable amount. Dr Scott Sanders, formerly an officer in the army, who was arrested in Liverpool on a charge of forging the name of Scolde Bros, to a cheque, has been committed for trial. A warship is going to the Siberian coast to demand the release of British sailors seized by Russians upon sealing vessels. By the steamer Star of Victoria, 100 tons of plant for extracting ore by the Luhrig process, has been slrppe I to New Zealand, consigned to the Ores Reduction Company. Lord Ripon has invited the AgentsGeneral to meet him on the 30th to discuss colonial matters. Sir C. E. N. Braddon, in an article in Blackwood's Magazine, on the Tasinauian mines are regarded as more phenomenal in wealth than Broken Hill. He considers that it is likely there will be quite (U).UOO people on the. Zeehan and Lhuulas fitflds by the cud of the. \\vu\ it is renni'Vod that the Gladstone Government, in 188-1, ordered Sir Robert George Hamilton (at present Governor of Tasmania,) who was then Under-Secretary for Ireland, to draft a scheme of Home Rultt for Ireland. Alderman Stuart Ivuill, the Lord Mayor elect, has replied to Sir D. Evans, the Lord Mayor of London, confirming the statement that he finds himself unable to attend the services officially, but lie offers to send a locum tenens. St. PicxEusuußfi, Sept. 27. It is reported that Colonel Yanoff will be reinforced by 12,000 men in Pamir next spring. The Novoe Vremya thinks that Mr Gladstone is not inclined and is not able. to. quarrel with Russia,

Paris, Sept. 27. Speaking at a Socialist congress at Marseilles, Herr Licbknecht said, all Socialists were one nation. The congress manifested the gre itest enthusiasm and elected him permanent President. Sept. 28. The French treasurer of the Uganda Mission declares that if the British leave the country, the Germans will replace them, and the result will be a massacre of Christians. He suggests that King Mwanga should be pensioned under a British protectorate. Cardinal Lavigorie is in favour of the British taking control of Uganda if they compensate the missioners. Constantinople, Sept. 27. News comes from South Arabian ports that the Turkish troops, after a battle lasting a whole day, defeated the rebel Arabs of Yemen, with enormous loss. It is believed the country will now be pacified. Athens, Sept. 27. The Bulgarian Government have closed the Greek school at Bourgas. In a note to the Powers the Greek Government claim that this is a violation of the Treaty of Berlin. Madrid, Sept. 28. A Spanish ecclesiastic named Martin has been elected General of the Order of Jesuits. Home, Sept, 27. Anarchist plots have been discovered in Boulogne and Pavia. Many bombs were found. Eighty arrests have been effected. Sept. 28. A hundred persons, suspected of belonging to a league for the purposes of murder and robbery, have been arrested at Palermo, in Sicily. Berlin, Sept. 28. The Berlin Post says that the deiicit in the Prussian Budget next year will be £1,000,000. Calcutta, Sept. 27. The Wan a tribesmen have proclaimed their goodwill to Great Britain. Ottawa, Sept. 2G. The Canadians accuse the United States of promoting the seizure of sealers by Russia. Washington, Sept. 28. The Irish eleven beat twelve of Philadelphia by 7 runs.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Melbourne, Sept. 28. The annual report of the Railway Commissioners shows a deficiency, after meeting interest and charges, of £430,000. The revenue was £3,095,000 and. expenditure £2,138,000. Sept. 29. Replying to a question as to whether the Government would take proceedings in connection with various financial institutions, the Premier said there was a well established rule *' uat before the Attorney Gener*' could t " ake action a written statement as t 0 breaches o* should bg gubmitted t 0 .u by some one who would take the responsibility of laying an information. In the debate upon the tariff Mr Wrixon suggested that before adopting what was virtually a prohibitive tariff it would be desirable to have an exhaustive enquiry by a tribunal composed of members of Parliament and others into the effect of the working of the tariff. Progress was reported. Sydney, Sept. 28. At the Medical Congress, an interesting paper on crinal insanity, by Dr Springthorpe, of Melbourne, alleged that the test for irresponsibility of insanity was wrong in theory, false in fact, cruel in metaphysical conception, and unreliable in practical application. A committee was appointed to consider the question with a view of arriving at a better understanding in regard to the question from a legal aspect. A paper on five cases of general paralysis, by Dr Herbert Macandrew, of Hokitika, was read. Perth, Sept.. 28.

Considerable sensation was caused in town to-day when it was learnt that Mr Thomas Cockburn Campbell, President of the Legislative Council, had committed suicide within the Council buildings by taking chloral. He left a letter wishing the clerk of the Council good-bye, and previously made his will, but. so far no cause is assigned for the rash act. Brisbane, Sept. 20. TheTotalisator Tax lias passed the Legislative Council. Hoisaut, Sept. 29. I*llo Government intimate that they have no intention of abolishing the Agency-General. They have merely requested Sir E. Braddon to withdraw from the directorates of companies, as such connection might compromise the colony.