TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1995, 16 January 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jbd. 12. At a meeting of tlje Council of the Imperial Institute, over which the Prince of Wlies presided, it was agreed ■to establish a School of Modern Languages. Professor M»x Muller, the eminent philogist, in on eloquent address, supported the proposal. iho. report of the Parnell Commission is complete and in print. It will be presented to the Speaker at the opening of the session, Die action for wrongful arrest brought by i homson (the man who was supposed to be a deserter from the Calliope) agaiust Captain Woodward, of H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, has been compromised. Mrs Pi zgeorge, wife of the Duke of Cambridge, is dead. Influ rnz« is decreasing. Jan, 13. The R.M.S. Ruapehu left Plymouth on Saturday. The departure of the ’Frisco mail is postponed till January 14tb. It is understood that the New Zealand Shipping Company are about to issue £3OO 000 worth of five per cent debentures in order to liquid sto the mortgage held by Mr Dawes, and provide a hundred thousand pounds additional capital. It is expected two pounds per share will be written off for the purpose of enabling a dividend to be paid iu April. The Marquis of Darlington is suffer ing a severe attack of congestion of the lungs, brought on by neglecting a cold. The London edition of tbe New York Herald states on authority that Parliament will be dissolved as soon as Mr Goscben’s budget is passed. Jan. 14, It is officially stated that the Australian mails on board the train destroyed by fire in Nebraska were saved. Sir John Pope Hennegsy, late Governor of Mauritius, has announced that he will contest the West Waterford seat in the House of Commons, in the Liberal interest. It is staled that Captain O’Shea is anxious to withdraw his divorce ingsThe New York Herald’s statement that Parliament will be dissolved as soon as tbe Budget was passed is denied.

Lord Hartiugton is out of danger. The Prince of Wales presided at a meeting of subscribers to the national leprosy fund. He spoke in terms of admiration of Father Damien and his work. £7OOO have been collected,

All reports from Madrid about the King of Spain’s health, and the state of affairs generally, are said to be unreliable, as they are submitted to a strict censorship, a revolution being feared. Madrid, Jan. 13. The King of Spain is now out ol

danger, A band of Republicans cut the railway line iu Andalusia. Troops are now iu pursuit of them, Paris, Jen. 13. The Governor of Senegal, who was recently captured by the King of Dahomey, has been released. Berlin, Jan. 13. The Emperor of Germany informed the Reichstag that the peace of the world was assured. St. Petersburg, Jan. 13. The Russian Budget is indicative of the maintenance of peace tbe voles for rearming being on a moderate scale. New York, Jan. 13, By a fire at a racing stable in Versailles, Kentucky, the celebrated trotting stallion Bellboy was destroyed, and thiriy-four other horses, valued at 100,000 dollars, were also burned. Chicago, Jan. 14.

A cyclone in Illinois and the adjoining States has caused immense destruction of property. In St, Louis and other cities several persons were killed and many injured. Port-au-Prince, dan. 12, The Haytians have insulted the British Consul in this town. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Jan, 13. Arrived—Mararoa. Sailed—Waihora.

Jan. 14, Tho revenue returns for lost year show imports £24,000,000, exports £12,000,000. The New Zealand Government have replied to the representatives of Victoria on the subject of scab, that the colony is virtually free from that disease ; also that they consider that the Stock Conference was not warranted in passing a condemnatory resolution regarding the administrative acts of a sister colony. Sydney, Jan, 13. All the colonies have accepted the lime and place proposed for the Federation Conference in Melbourne, Jun, 14. In view of a possible outbreak of the influenza epidemic the local Board of Haalth have communicated with the J Governments of the other Australian

colonies and New Zealand to ascertain what steps they are respectively taking to prevent the spread of the disease should it make its appearance. The corporation are paying extra attention to the sanitation of the city, and are having all drains thoroughly cleansed, A. Cremation Society is being formed here, Sailed Wakatipu for Wellington, Mattersou and Stephenson, the scullers are passengers by her.