TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1231, 23 August 1884, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN,

London, August 19

News is to,’hand' Irom Mexico that a conspiracy against the' President, General Manuel Gonzales, had been discovered, and two generals of the . army who were implicated had been tried and shot. „ Franz Lizst, the famous Hungarian pianist, has been struck with blindness. A Nihilist outrage has been reported town -situated on the river Kasanka, 450 miles east , of Moscow. One of the magazines situated a short distance from the town was exploded, killing one hundred* persons. Five officers in the employment of the Government of Kasan were also killed. A force of 6000 Chinese troops are proceeding to Kelung. , August 20. Thirteen hundred French troops have sailed from Algiers for Tonquin. The health of Her Majesty the Queen is such that she requires repose, and in consequence of this Her Majesty has declined to see ‘King’ Tawhiao and the members of the Maori embassy. The Times in its issue this morning, publishes a telegram from its correspondent at Hong Kmig stating that Li Hung. Chang, Chinese Viceroy, who had been directing negotiations with the French Minister, M. Paternutre, nt ' had been ordered to return to Nankin. The Times also announces 5 that the Chinese Government, it is understood, has determined to oppose the French occupation of Kelung by force of arms, and that 5000 Chinese troops are about to proceed to Kelung. A death .occurred at Birmingham from disease, which is pronounced by local medical authorities to be undoubted Asiatic cholera. The appearance of the disease in England has caused much alarm, and great efforts are being made to prevent the possible spread of the epidemic. Intelligence is to band from the West Coast of Afiica that Dr Nachtigar, the German Commissioner, who had gone there on a special mission with the German gunboat Moewe, has hoisted the Gorman flag at Lilat (Cameron’s stallion), and at Bunlia, and that the officers of the Moewe have pulled down the British flag at Berferda and hoisted: the German standard in its place. Tawhiao, the Maori King had a fare--well interview to-day at the Mansion House with Lor'A Mayor Fosvler. August 21. It is non announced that the disease from which a death occurred at Birmingham was sporadic and not Asiatic cholera. It is reported that H.M.S. Bacchante will be the flag ship for the Austra ian station. Dr. Nachtigar, the German Commissioner, has annexed the territory south of the Congo, Emile de o.arv<pa, who proposes to form a settlement in New Zealand, hrs had an interview vvi th King LeopoH, and explained to him the nature of bis proposals. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’ Association report under date London, August 20th, the,arrival of the ship Inv?rcargill from Lyttelton (left May 28th). Paris, August 19. The Ifitest accounts Irom Toulon state that cholera is increasing there daily. Bomb, August 19. The cholera epidemic is rapidly spreading throughout Italy, and several deat.bs from the disease have occurred in various towns. Cairo, August 20. ' The Nile is falling steadily, and the passage of the cataracts, by which it was proposed to convey the British ex pedilion to Khartoum in boats, is now impossible. It is believed that the dispatch of the proposed expedition "via the Nile Valley and Dongola will be abandoned, and that the troops will be despatched from Souakun, across the desert, and by way of Berber to Kb artoum. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, August 21. James Hawthorn, who was sentenc ed to death for the murder of bis brotl ter

William ; Hawthorn at Brighton on the 21 sit March last, .was executed 10-iav. Sydney, August 20 Arrived—Tarawerai yesterday. Proposals to be submitted by otovernment for the extension of the railway-' system of the'colony'■'include the nmsiruction • f 600 miles ( .f hew rail?. a> ri a p;an f<»r light railways m.v-t t he j laies. C iff-rd, the oarsman, lias issued a challenge t° all comers to row a scaling match for any sum up to £. r )00 isid ; ,; Adelaide, The Orient steatnahip Cuzco with the the English mails, dated London, July IBih, arrived here this morning.