TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2089, 23 August 1890, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. ■■ LoKßOir', Aug. 19. \ In 'Uruguay, South' ''Araejpa, "affairs both political' and "fin'ancp 1 in country are strained, arid. aggtorm may be expected at any mometitW^ In the Speech" from the v T|Wne at thb clofiing of Parliament, reffleAee W«b made to the'Behring Sea dignity, and it was stated that England had offered to submit the matter to arbitration; It is said the United States refuses arbitration. . The potato crop in Ireland is rotten; and it is expected that the supplies will not last until October. Pears are entertained of famine and feversftppearitig. j At the funeral of Cardinal Newman the Right Kev. Monsignor Stonor represented His Holioess the Pops, ' anft Prince Doria the> laity of Italy. Amont those present were the Dukes of Norfolk and Newcastle, Lords Coleridge,'.'BojliM, Talbot, and Kerr, and ro»By,of the Anglican clergy. Enormous crowd* lined the streets 'as the cortege passed through. „«. ' Aug. 20. i A sailor from ing from Asiatic cholera haß * arrived ijn London.; >• j Bishop O'Dwyer, of Limerick, tbfe Dean of Durham, the Rev. D. B. Mutire, Provost of Oriel Col leg*;' Oxford; and the Rev. H. v*. Woods, President of Trinity College, Oxford, were present at Cardinal Newman's funeral. The H 66. W. Clifford, Roman Catholic Bishop <j>f Clifton, preached* the sermon, tj Cardinal Manning, Mr Gladstone, and Mr Francis Newman were unable to travel. i - The British India Company are building four steamers adapted to the meat traffic. Paris, Aug. 19. A cyclone in the Department of <\.ude has damaged vine crrps to an estimated extent of a million Bterliog. Aug. 20.1 By storms in France, 500' houses have been destroyed, and thirty lives lost. In places where the gales, were mo6t violent the people areoamping The damage is Estimated at a millicjn francs. New York, Aug; 20. ; A cyclone in the State of Pennsylvania levelled 100 houses, and twenty persons were killed. It is estimated, that a million dollars worth of damage -was /donb. The Padreno, of 5000 tons, the firfct" steamer from New York to Australia direct, has sailed. BuEiros Ayres, Aug. 19.

It has been ascertained that reckless advances, which were virtually robberies, have almost rained the Natioual Bank.

-AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Melbourne, Aug. 21. Mr Dow is not included in the secorid charge against the directors of the Premier Building ..Society, and the Cabinet have decided to ask him to rejoin the Ministry. Mr Deakin becomes Solicitor-general. Mr Patterson has resigned the poftofolio of Works and takes the Postmaster-Generalship. Mr Anderson will probably succeed him. Newcastle, Aug. 21. Sailed—Wakatipu for Wellington,