TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1538, 29 July 1886, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, July 25

Among those injured by the truck accident at Plymouth dockyard was Captain Blackshaw, of Now South Wales, one of the competitors in the recent Wimbledon meeting, who received rather a severe contusion on the head.

A sculling match has been arranged, to take place on September 18tb, between Gamlanr, an American oarseman, and Beach, of Sydney. Proposals are on foot in America to present a testimonial to Mr Gladstone.

A demonstration is being organised in honor of the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Lienienart of Ireland, on the occasion of hi* departure from Dublin. The English Government has t long been aware of Russian designs on Port L»z«n flf. Chins and Japan will also ende.iTor to thwart Russian designs. Messrs Harris, Goodwin and Co., of Leadenhall street, will vest their estate in the hands of trustees, with an ultimate view of realising on it.

It is proposed to erect a statue of Mr Gladstone in Dublin.

Owing to the opposition of the railway interest on the Stock Exchange, the proposal to float the loan for the construction of the Manchester ship canal has been withdrawn.

The American Government send Mr Batea as their representative to Samoa to meet the representatives of other Powers and consider the neutrality of the island.

The Times and many other newspapers demand that Sir Charles Dilke be prosecuted for perjury. The Queen sent a telegram of sympathy with the sufferers in the dockyard accident.

O’Brien and Davitt will visit Chicago as delegates to the Irish League Con* vontion, which is to be held in that city on August 18tb. July 26,

A meeting held in Barcelona have invited the Catalonia representatives in the Senate to resign their seats as a protest against the adoption of ths Anglo-Spanish treaty. It has transpirsd that at an interview which took place on Saturday between Lords Salisbury and Hartington, ths latter promised the support of his party to the measures introduced by the Oon--Bervatives..dealing wi'h the Irish difficulty.

It is expected that tbe position of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the new Ministry will be filled by the Earl of Iddlesleigh. A movement is on foot to shelve Sir Michael Hicks-Beach by calling him to the House of Lords. Mr Whiffen has been appointed a liquidator in the Commercial Bank estate.

A Royal commission will be,granted for the Jubilee Exhibition. A thousand deaths have occurred in Labrador, British North America, from starvation.

A stranger, supposed to be Australian, has committed suicide at Hackney Downs. July 27.

The Earl of Rosebery has Informed M. Waddington, the French Ambassador in London, that bis Government will not consent to any departure from the present understanding concerning tbe New Hebrides.

Tke barque Orownthorpe, well known in tbe trade with tbe colonies, has been abadoned, hiving been dismasted during heavy weather. A portion of her crew has been saved and landed at Capetown. At the time of the disaster the Orownthorpe was bound from t London to Brisbane. It is believed Lord Churchill will taka office in the new Ministry as Chancellor of the Exchequer, a'nd act as leader of the Conservative pafty in ths House of Commons.

The Mayor and naval authorities of Plymouth are feting a hundi-ed colonists, who are on a visit to that town. The Australian cricketers were entertained at a banquet at Stoke last night. The Australian mails, ex the Yaletta, from Melbourne, 11th June, were delivered here yesterday, tin Briudigi,

Tbe Mflisilia arrived yesterday from Australian ports, Paris, July 25. The first convoy ol recidiviules leaves for New Caledonia on the 15th of October. The official journal to-d»y, in an article on the New Hebrides question, states that the occupation of the group by France was only temporary, and solely, for the protection of French colonists. It adds that the English and French Governments are now engaged studying the modus vivendi with a view of taking joint steps for the maintenance of order in the islands. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, July 27. The master (Taylor) of the ketch Champion hag been committed for iriel on a charge of defrauding the National Insurance Company pf New . Zealand. Sailed, this evening—Wakatipu, for Wellington. Melbourne, July 27. A general rainfall has been experienced throughout the colonies. Albany, July 26. The Clyde, with the English mails to the 25th June, arrived at King George’s Sound last evening.