LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1035, 25 May 1894, Page 5

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

The Doric's cheese arrived in good condition. The Hawaiian elections are over, and Hie Republican Constitution is being framed. It is proposed that President Dole shall continue to preside over the provisional Government, and tha 1 that form of adminiV ration shall remain i-i cxistance for £w > years. " ExQueen Liliuokalani has been convinced of the hopelessness of her trying to be reinstated, ard is willing io have the islandd annexed to the United States with a view of obtaining a pension, as President Harrison advised. A petition to that effect is now being prepared for submission to President Cleveland." The Queen was deeply touched at the warmth of the reception extended to her at Manchester. The Sultan of Turkey will not give permission to the Khedive to make his proposed visit to England next month. There is a general desire throughout the United States for a decision on the Tariff Bill. The Republicans admit that it is impossible to defeat the measure, which it is now expected will pass next month. Mr C. Jeannerefe, member for Carcoar, New South Wales, brought under the notice of the House a gr^ve scandal in connection with a licensed private lunatic asylum, where, it was alleged, the inmates were treated inhumanely. As a consequence of the statements made one patient has been removed from the asylum to the Government institution, and an inquiry is to be held. A letter received from New Australia urges the Australian Press to use their influence in preventing young women from coming to the settlement. The writer of the letter says the new colony is no place for respectable women. Professor Bryce succeeds Mr Mundella as president of ijie Board of Trade, and Lord Tweedmouth takes Mr Bryce's place in the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Imperial Government have agreed to lease to King Leopold of Belgium half of the Equatorial Province formerly governed by Emin Pasha. M. Jounart, Minister for Public Works, Prance, declines to allow employees on State railways to conbine. After an excited debate, the members of the Government left the Chamber amid shouts of * Tive la Commune ! ' The Chamber adjourned till Monday, but it is understood the Government will resign.