TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2523, 1 July 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, June 27. At. the election for the vacant seat of Pontefract in the House of Commons, Mr Missery, Home Rule candidate, defeated Mr Lees, Conservative, by 32 votes. Obituary Sir Lothian Nicholson, K.C.8., and Lord Calthorpe. Mr Deasy, the Nationalist member for West Mayo, was sued by a servant for assault in Pimlico. The charge at first was common assault, but by the advice of counsel it was changed to indecent assault. It is alleged that the landlady had. to interfere. Deasy’s counsel claimed that the charge of indecent assault should be dismissed, on the ground of conflicting evidence. The magistrate stated that he believed there was a case for committal, but adjourned his decision. Despatches from Sir Gerald Portal show that he is building roads and forts in Uganda, and establishing native workshops and a postal service. June 28. Mr R. H. Glyu, chairman of the Bank of New Zealand, intends to ask Lord Brassey to join the directorate of the Colonising Company, which he is busy floating. The Duke of York has not been very well lately, and will take complete rest at Sandringham until the date fixed for the wedding. In doing so he is aching under the advice of his medical attendants, but his illness is not serious, and his condition does not give cause for any anxiety. Smith, connected with forging letters alleged to have been written by the poet Burns, was sentenced to twelve mon ths’ imprisonment. Mr Fortescue, in an article in the Nineteenth Century, says that the politicians of New South Wales and Victoria caused the recent financial crisis. They spent borrowed money to obtain votes, published misleading reports, and opposed inquiry. The colonies must borrow or make default. The White Star liner Gothic, of 8000 tons, hes been launched at Belfast. She will trade to New Zealand after autumn. Sir G. Portal has ordered the missionaries in Uganda not to meddle with politics, but to confine their attention to churches and schools. June 29. The conversazione given by the Colonial Institute was attended by 2500 persons, including Lord Ripon and Lord Knutsford. The illness of the Duke of York is denied. Paris, June 29. It is reported that the French Squadron has arrived at Bangkok, and is preparing to take possession of the city. • Berlin, June 28. Two hundred and twenty-five members of the new Reichstag support, and 192 oppose the Army Bill. Madrid, June 28. A dynamite scare has seized the authorities in Madrid, and the vaults under the Parliament buildings are being searched for deposits of explosives.. Constantinople, June 28. Further arrests of Armenians have taken place in the capital. Sofia, June 28. Replying to the demand of the Russian Government for the payment of a war indemnity, the Bulgarian Government have presented a counter elaira. Calcutta, June 27. The Viceroy considers that the provisional rates now adopted will relieve the Government from pressing necessity. June 28, The Pope is founding a Roman Catholic College and appointing native priests in India. Capetown, June 2T, The Cape Parliament is legislating to prevent the influx of Chinese. Suez, June 28. One thousand deaths were recorded at Mecca yesterday from cholera.