TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2224, 7 July 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH IND FOREIGN. London, July 2. The German Anarchists and Socialists in Lonon are preparing for a hostile demonstration upon the arrival of the Emperor. The police are prepared. July 3. The Irish Land Purchase Bill has passed through Committee in the House of Lords. The Hierarachy with the exception of the Bishop of Limerick have signed a resoulution calling upon the people to repudiate Mr Parnell’s leadership. The emigrants Information Office at Westminister is issuing a warning to emigrants who 'proposed I 'to go to the Argentine territory, July 4. Mr W. G. Clapham, a colonist recently deceased, has bequeathed £300,000 to charities in Great Britain, Tasmania and Victoria. He however stipulates that Romanists are to be excluded from participation. The Genadier Guards, who were ordered to Bermuda in June, 1890, leave on their return to England on the 10th instant. The death is announced of the eldest son of Mr Gladstone, after an operation undergone for the removal of a tumour. j In the cricket match the Gentlemen defeated the Players by an innings and 5 runs. Ferris took 7 wickets for 28 runs. The Rev, Newman Hall, of Christchurch, Westminster Bridge Road, retires from active work next June. After the civil war in the United States he made two extensive tours in the States for the purpose of allaying the bitter feeling towards Great Britain,

Mr Parnell, who was advocating the cause of his candidate for the Carlow seat was driven from Ballen South with loud execrations and the beating ofkettlcs.

In the House ot Commons to-day the Education Bill was passed through Committee,

A Wholesale poisoning case is reported from Eexham, North Wales. A party of seventy including a bride aud bridegroom, had partaken of luncheon, when all of them showed signs of poisoning, and it is feared that in many of the cases fatal results will ensue. Rome, July 3. The eruption of Mount Yersuviusis increasing. A Brazilian tourist who hod paid a visit to the mountain was suddenly enveloped in smoke and fell into the crater. Amsterdam, July 2. The Emperor and Empress of Germany were accorded .an enthusiastic reception on their arrival in this city. Vienna, July 2, An impression prevails in politicial circles here that the renewal of the Triple Alliance will precipitate a conflict with Russia.

The State railways in Austria have reduced rates from 10 to 40 per cent., and private lines have followed suit. July 3.

The Postal Union closed their sittings to-day and the protocol will be signed on Saturday. Bucharest, July 2.

The betrothal of the Crown Prince of Roumania to Miss Varesco, a maid of honor to the Queen, has been abandoned under pressure of public opinion. The Government insists that he shall marry a European princess. St. Petersburg, July 3.

Great satisfaction is felt in Russia at the announcement of the young King of Servin’s visit to the Czar at Moscow.

The Russian Government is buying large quantities of wheat for the starving peasantry in the province of Hasan, July 4.

The Czar has abandoned his proposed visit to Denmark and Germany, he having taken umbrage at the renewrl of the Triple Alliance, Constantinople, July 3. A waterspout destroyed two villages in Syria. Twelve lives were lost. Since the Czar’s edict enforcing the departure of Jews from Russia large numbers have made their way to Palestine, and it is now believed that they are suffering acutely from pestilence and famine. Calcutta, July 4. Four leading priests have been arrested for complicity in the recent revolt at Manipur. Pekin, July 4, The leader of the fanatical riots at Vuhu, when the mission station was attacked, has been beheaded. San Fiiancisco, July 3. A salt lake has been formed since the earthquake at San Jose, in Lower California. New Yoiik, July 4. “ Frenchy,” a stock-driver, has been convicted of the murder of the woman Drown in a restaurant in

April last, and sentenced to penal servitude for life. The mutilations of the body were somewhat similar to those in the Whitechapel murders attributed to “ Jack the Ripper.” A railway collision took place today" at Raverina, in the State of Ohio, and the cars caught fire. Nineteen persons were burnt to death, and thirty-eight others w;ere injured. Further successes of the rebel troops are reported, and the victors declare that as they occupied the town of Huaneo, the Government troops fled, Valparaiso, July 3,

A clerk in the British Consulate at Santiago has been arrested on a charge of conspiracy iu the desertion of the Government torpedo launch which was afterwards captured. The President denies that the prisoners were tortured. July 4. The Government troops have fled from Vallener, which the rebels had dreaded to attack before marching on Coquimbo. « President Balmaceda’s old Ministry have resigned all they dislike the ferocious attitude displayed by him towards them. A new Cabinet has been appointed, the members of which are almost unknown.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, July 3. Hundreds of miles of fencing in the Gundagia district were washed away in the floods. July 4. The Admiralty, has in accordance with the desire of the Science Association of Australia, decided to call the ocean which separates New Zealand and Australia the Tasman Sea. Melbourne, July 3, The steamer Culgoa, which has arrived from London, narrowly escaped destruction by fire during the voyage. Her officers report that one night, when the vessel was 300 miles from Capetown, and dnring a heavy gale, a fire was discovered in the hold. All the fire extinguishing appliances on board were brought into requisition, and it was only after great difficulty that the fire was got under.