TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2453, 19 January 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN,

London, Jan. 16

Sir Henry Fletcher Vane has commenced proceedings against Lord Barnard to obtain possession of the Duke of Cleveland’s estates.

Mr T. Shaw, M.P. for Halifax, is dead. The new Oriental Bank has paid a first dividend of 4s in the £■ The evicted tenants in Ireland threaten to commit outrages unless they are reinstated.

The receiver who was appointed when the London and General Bank (Ltd.) suspended payment in September last, reports that the institution was grossly mismanagecband that when the dividend of 10 per cent, was declared the reserve fund was exhausted. The auditors were not to blame in the matter, for although they entered a protest it was ignored by the directors.

The rumours published by the Conservative press as to the state of Mr Gladstone’s health are dying out.

The Premier has been engaged with the Cabinet in a prolonged conference on the Home Rule Bill. Political excitement is increasing as the opening of the session draws near.

The Home Rule scheme is finally drafted. Mr Gladstone believes that it will secure unanimity among his supporters. He has expressed his willingness to appoint a Scotch Committee in the House of Commons, and Welsh Land Commission.

The Irish members have agreed upon a scheme of distribution of the funds in the hands of the Paris bankers.

Mr O’Brien has refused to pay Lord Salisbury’s costs in the libel action, and will be adjudged a bankrupt. Action is suspended in connection with Ebb Smith’s offer to sell the British Government his interest in the New Hebrides, as the Foreign Office considers the time unfavourable for approaching the French Government, in consequence of the Panama complications. Sir A. Clarke is awaiting a favourable opportunity to bring the matter forward again. Jan. 17

The Times says that the Khedive’s appointment of Fakhri Pasha as the new Premier is an open defiance of British authority, and that Mustapha Fehani, ex-Premier and Minister of the Interior, was dismissed because he is in sympathy with English ideas. Fakhri is a prominent opponent of Judicial reforms. The natives generally disapprove of the Khedive’s action, and there is much excitement in Cairo, The new Ministry have not yet been sworn in. The Daily News says that the English officials in Egypt will not recognise the new Ministry. It is believed that Russia and France caused the election.

Fanny Kemble, actress, is dead. Professor Bryce is credited with drafting the Home Rule Bill. The Rev. Mr Collins, of Birmingham, has been appointed to Ponaonby, Auckland. The British Government claim a monopoly of pearl-fishing on the southern coast of Burmah, and have compelled an Australian firm to desist from operations, under a penalty of a criminal prosecution.

Cold weather is felt all over Europe. Hamburg is icebound, and skating is renewed in England. Berlin, Jan. 15.

In the Reichstag, General Von Caprivi, said that in the event of war the Balkan States would not be likely to assist against Russia, though she was really their most dangerous enemy. Jan. 17.

A German White Book shows that the Government consider that Baron Cederkrantz, late Chief Justice of Samoa, and Baron Pilsach, President q£ the Municipal Council at Apia, were subordinating the interests, of the whites at Samoa to the Natives, and interfered too much with the Consuls. The result of General Von Gaprivi’s warnings is that public opinion is slowly veering towards the Army Bill. Vienna, Jan. 15.

A report is current here to the effect that the Czarewitch is to marry Princess Alice of Hesse, granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

The Servian reserve Are being put through a Special course of drill. This fact Is regarded as having some political importance. The Wiener Tazeblatt says that Russia and France have agreed, in case of war, to each mobilise 000,000 men in six weeks.

St. Petersurg, Jan, 15. General Von Oaprivi’s speech on the Army Bill is badly received in Russia. Rome, Jan. 15.

Mousignor Navarre, Roman Catholic Bishop of Guinea, is appealing for missionaries. Jan. 16.

Italian and French squadrons are on their way to Tangier. Madrid, Jan. 15.

The Spanish navy is watching England’s action with regard to Morocco. The Government fear that she may seek to establish a supremacy in that country similar to her position in Egypt. Brussels, Jan. 16.

News has been received that a train load of dynamite exploded at Matadi on the Congo, resulting in the death of fifty persons, including many Belgian officers. Tangier, Jan. la.

The governor of the prison in the city of Morocco is brutally ill-using Jews. The Powers will probably protest. Cairo, Jan. 16.

The Khedive is about to dismiss the Premier, Fehmi Pasha, the ground that he is opposed to reforms. Hong Kong, Jan. Id.

There is a great outbreak of smallpox in Shanghai. The Emperor of China has also been attacked, but is recovering. The Heir Apparent is ill. Ottawa, Jan. 15.

The Canadian Government have resumed the levying of hostile canal tolls on American vessels. Jan. 16.

A company have applied to Parliament for power to construct a canal to connect Lake Erie, Montreal, and New York. The canal is to be provided with locks, and the proposed route is along lake Ontario and the river St. Lawrence, as far as lake St. Louis, where it will branch off along the Hudson river to New York. The length of the canid will be about 700 pules.

Washington, Jan. 15,

The accumulation of ice in the Ohio river is causing some distress, as supplies cannot be forwarded to districts along the river, and attempts are to be made to remove the be obstructions by dynamite. Mr Blaine is sinking. The authorities of; tne Chicago Exhibition have invited the Prince of Wales to visit it.

Jan. 17

Intense cold is being experienced in the United States. In Missouri the thermometer has been below zero for a month. A blizzard has devastated lowa, and there have been many wrecks on the coast. An American syndicate has bought up the Eastern Canadian coal mines, and secured a monopoly of the Atlantic coast. New York, Jan, 17.

The trial of Dempsey, the labor leader, and Beatty and Davidson, in connection with the poisoning of free labourers at Carnegie’s homestead works, is proceeding. The informer, Gallagher, a free laborer, deposed that Beatty engaged Davidson and himself to dose the free men, and that Dempsey applied for powder to use in a similar manner in connection with the street car strike in Chicago. He (Gallagher) mixed the poison in soup and tea intended for the men, three other cooks assisting. A terrible domestice tragedy is reported from Delaware. A son killed his father, mother, r.nd sister, and then inflicted such severe injuries on himself that he is not expected to recover. The father had threatened to turn his son out of doors because of his lazy habits, and it is supposed that this led the son to commit the deed. The mob attempted to lynch the murderer on the way to the police station, but the police were able to save their prisoner.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, Jan. 16. By the capsizing of a yacht, off St. Kilda, two brothers named Bond, and another person, name unknown, were drowned. The Government dairy expert states that the farmers of Victoria last year netted £250,000 profit from butter, and this year that amount will be doubled. The industry has raised the price of land £1 per acre, and the price of stock £1 per head. Jan. 17. Mr Patterson has given notice of his intention to move a vote of “ Want of Confidence ” in the Shiels Government. This is the outcome of the Opposition caucus. Lord Hopetoun will not leave on his visit to New Zealand till the political atmosphere is cleared. kSTDNEr, Jan. 17. A gigantic fossil has been discovered in Yarrangabilly cave with a foot three times as large as elephant’a, Perth. Jan. 16. The Western Australian Parliament is prorogued.