TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1999, 25 January 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 22. Bismarck intends to forco the Socialist Bill through the Reichsiag. Sir C, Topper, of Canada, will assist Sir J, Pauncefore, British Minister at Washington, to negotiate the settlement of the Fisheries difficulty. The verdict of the jury in the fire at Pfirestgftte Industrial School holds the officials blameless. The origin is ascribed to the imperfect sweeping of the chimney. The Chronicle applauds the idea of holding an exhibition of New Zealand products in London, "Index" in the Sporting Times expresses the opinion that neither of the Hon. J. W. White's colts, Narellsn or Kirkham, have any chance of winning the English Derby. An influx of gold is expected from Russia at »n early date. Lord Nspier's funeral was made the occasion of a pageant extending from the Tower to St. James'. There was fin immense military display. The streets were crowded. Rabbi Adler is dead.

The St. Petersburg correspondent of •the D'lily Telegraph slates that a vas? plot agaiust tho Czar has been discovered, iu which a number of officers and Court officials ore implicated. The ringleader, a Colonel of the Guards, has committed suicide. Jan. 23. The Hon. Mr White's horses, Kirkham and Narellan, have been entered for the Two Thousnnd Guineas, the Grand Prix of Paris, and the St. L#g^r. Mr Henry George has started for Australia via San Francisco, Inflaenz* is decidedly abatiag in Europe. At a conference of the London Trades Council and other operatives' clubs it vras decided to urge the opening of muppums on Sundays. One gentleman offered to pay the expense for one year. Three thousand persons attended the conversazione given by the AngloAustralian Society of Artists. The collection of pictures intended for exhibition at Sydney was much admired. Princess Louisa will probab'y be an exhibitor, Slavin has refused to fight McAu'iffe. He will only meet Sullivan or the winner of the fight between Jackson and Sullivan. The Forth bridge has been satisfactorily tested. The jury have disagreed in the case of Marks, Woolf, and Marix, committed on a charge of blackmailing the Transvaal Mining Company. It is unlikely that a new trial will be ordered. Mr Parnell's action against the Times has been further postponed till the 3rd February. Lord Knutsford 6tates that the Queen's assent to the Divorce Bills of Victoria and New South Wales is postponed until the opinion of the Governments of the colonics is obtained as to the possibility of making the length of domicile similar in both colonies. Ernest Benzon, the Jubilee Plunger, has been srrested at Nice on a charge of forging a cheque for £IOOO. Madrid, Jan. 21. Sagasta has succeeded in forming a new Cabinet, mainly of Liberals and Democrats. The Marquis Vega is Minister of Foreign Affairs. Berlin, Jan. 21. A Ryndicata in this city hos taken the entire Russian 4 per cent loan at 90. Cairo, Jan. 21. Stanley wes entertained at a grand banquet given in his honor by Sir Evelyn Baring, the British ConsulGeneral, Araongrft the guests on (he occasion were the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain and Mr Jesse Collins, M.P., who are touring in Egypt. Tangierb, Jan. 21. A casino similar lo those of Monaco

has been opened. The proprietors bone to attract a largo number of Europeans and Americans. Zanzibar, Jsn. 22. Emin Bey is in a critical condition, and symptoms of insanity have appeared. New York, Jan. 21. An apparatus for the execution of criminals by electricity has been tested in Clinton prison, and a bullock, with which the experiment was made, was killed instantaneously. Jan. 22, Terrible, storms have occurred on the Atlantic. Thirty steamers are now overdue. Washington, Jan. 21. bullivan has refused to fight again until his appeal against his sentence for fighting Kilrain is settled, Jan. 22. A terrific snow storm has occurred in Nevada, Immense numbers of stock | are perishing, and traffic is stopped.