TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2525, 6 July 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, July 2. | Mr Gladstone, while paying a visit to I the Earl of Dysart, at Petersham, fell downstairs. He sprained his ankle and sustained a shaking, but was not seriously hurt. The Prince of Wales opened the National Workmen's Exhibition at Islington. The Czarewitch and the Prince and I Princess Christian are the Queen's guests. I They were present at the State ball last night. The gathering was most brilliant. I The Australian members of the House !of Commons are forming a party. Mr McArthur will probably be chairman, and Mr Hogan secretary. The death is annouuced of William Cook, ex-billiard champion. A Dalziel message states thai cholera is increasing in Marseilles. Sir Arthur Gordon has been raised to the Peerage. I The Crown Law Officers advise against pressing the claims of the owners and crew for £2500 from the Dutch Govern* ment for improper seizure of the barque Costa Rica in Java waters. Lord Rosebery, the Foreign Secretary, endorses the advice. The Earl of Jersey, late Governor of New South Wales, in the course of an interview with a representative of the Pall Mall Gazette, said that repudiation by the Australian colonies was impossible, and that commercial men in Sydney were as honorable as those in London. The proposal to establish a State Bank was, he thought, a dangerous experiment, and the system of payment of members of Parliament was an incentive to needy adventurers. Imperial federation was now within the range of practical politics, but Australian federation was an academic question. A Times correspondent says that the Canadian Cabinet are discussing the advisability of sending a ministerial delegation to Australia, to discuss trade matters and details in connection with the Pacific cable scheme. Keuyon Benham, a fraudulent banker, has been sentenced to 14 years, and his brother Albert to five years, the Judge considering that the latter was merely a tool. Berlin, July 2. The Emperor is considering the best means of reorganising and strengthening the German Navy. St. Petersburg, July 5. The Ruisian cruiser Vladivostock is reported to have been wrecked at Port Lazaroff. Calcutta, July 3. As the outcome of the slaughter of a cow by Mohamedans at Azinghur, in the north-west provinces, riots broke out in the town and the police were compelled to fire on the mob. Troops have been summoned to the scene of the disorder, and the situation being regarded as serious, English ladies and children have been sent away to places where they will be afforded greater security. The French have occupied two more islands in the Gulf of Siam. Washington, July 2. The annual boat-race between Yale and Harvard Universities was won by by the former by 3 lengths. July 3. At a banquet given to the Canadian representatives at the Chicago Exhibition the mayor of the city, in proposing one of the toasts, advocated the annexation of Canada by the United States. This sentiment did not meet with the approval of the gathering, and an uproar ensued the mayor being loudly hissed. '