TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2253, 12 September 1891, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOEEIGN. . London, Sept. 9. The Rev. Mr Spurgeon has recovered sufficiently to be able to leave his house., Jlp spent half an hour in his garden to-day. The attendance at the London Board schools under the: ; free education system already shows an increase of 28,000.; v;\. ...:*;•-. '. The Chr<ftliSfife comnjentjpg.on the criticisms o£ the Australians that have been puclished recently, says that the colonists have, conquered great difficulties, and their brilliant success is one of the wonders of the century and prolific in marvels. The Metropolitan 'Railway Company have offered to adopt the Gibson link, a colonial invention. The Marquis of Salisbury declares that Russia has no exclusive right to the Dardanelles. It is considered un-1 likely that Germany or Austria will move in the matter.

It is reported that Messrs Openheim have arranged to float a three million loan for the Transvaal at a minimum of 87.

. The English Niger expedition has passed Sokoto, the capital of the Houssa States, and is believed to have reached Lake Tchad in Central Africa.

A strong " bear "movement on the Continental wool market is causing a depression in River Plate clips. Mr Parnell refuses to attend the Chicago convention in October. The Parnellites have succeeded in obtaining only £3OOO towards establishing a daily paper. They will therefore start an eveniug paper instead of a morning one.

An injunction has been granted, at the instance of the Chilian Junta, ordering the steamship to which, the silver on board theEspiggle was transferred, not to part with it.

The British Government have. arranged with the Canadian Pacific Railway to convey a number of regiments in a given time in the event of war.

A seminary of . Roman Catholic priests has been opened in Surrey. It is the first establishment'of the kind in England since the Reformation. Enquiries made as to the effect of the McKinley tariff indicates that it occasions much, less injury to trade in the United Kingnom than was at first expected,' The exports to America for the'first quarter of 1891 show an actual increase over the corresponding period of the previous year. At the Doncaster Meeting to-day, the race for the St. Leger resulted as follows: —Common 1, Reverend 2, St. Simon of the Rock 3.

Paris, Sept. 9

General Gallifat watched the manoeuvres of the troops from a balloon and directed their movements by telephone, i The police who searched the houses of De Lesseps and his son succeeded in seizing a number of documents bearing upon the prosecution which is to be instituted against the famous engineer. M. Jules G-revy, ex-president of the French Republic aged 84, is dead, Two hundred and sixty competed in a bicycle race between Paris and Brest. The winner averaged nearly fourteen miles an hour. It is rumoured that the contract for the Bussian loan provides for the .transfer of £7,000,000 worth of gold from Paris to St. Petersburg by the end of the year.

Madrid, Sept. 9,

A sensation has ben caused in the city by the formation of a new army corps. It is understood the reason is the serious local rioting The Corunna Corporation has suspended payment. Rome, Sept. 9.

His Holiness the Pope has ordered accommodation to be prepared in the Vatican for 2200 French pilgrims. Four hundred senators and deputies from different countries will take part in the Peace Congress at Rome. His Holiness the Pope has issued a Pastoral Letter, exhorting Polish. Roman Catholics to exhibit deYQticm to the Czar,

Vienna, Sept. 9.

Many lives have been lost by disastrous floods in the mountainous province of Styria.

Brussels, Sept. 9,

Trials of a new explosive at Liege have been successful, giving. 35,--per' cent, more power others. St- E«*BffSBURO, Sept. 8.

The Russian Government deny that the opening of the Dardanells applies except to a volunteer fleet and merchant vessels.

Th.e famine amung the Russian peasantry is increasing. The Russian Government is uneasy at the attitude adopted by China, and has decided to store immense quanr tjties of amunitions of war at Valdivostpek.

Russia is massing troops on the Austrian and German frontiers.

Copenhagen, Septi 9.

The Chilian cruiser Presidente Pinto has arrived here from Kiel. A Danish gunboat prevented her from shipping cargo and crew. Sofia, Sept. 8.

The House of Bishop Methodius in Sofia has been searched and archives seized, as he is suspected of being implicated in the Murder of M. Beltcheff, Bulgarian minister of Finance who was shot on iheflight of Mjrj|^7. 9.

Three Germans have been killed in rescuing kidnapped Jews in Bablaska. Kiamil Pasha's friendly policy towards England is now given as the real * cause of his downfall. He is virtually a prisoner. Sir W. A. White, the British Ambassador, demands that the Porte should apologise for firing on British vessels passing the Dardanelles in July last and in the meantime declines to visit the Sultan's palace. Cairo, Sept. 9.

The Mahdi is reported to have collected 10,000 men with whom he is marching northwards. Washington, Sept. 8.

Experiments are shortly to be made upon the feasibility of preventing early or late frosts by creating clouds. The experiments rely on the well known natural law that there is never a frost when, the sky is cloudy. Four hands on the Royal Tar, which has put into San Francisco, died of fever contracted in German New Guinea. She sailed on June sth. Her stores were exhausted, and the survivors of the crew are toothless and scarred with the gangrene effects of the scurvy. Three of them worked the ship from Samoa, and as the remainder were unable to give help they were kept on duty. night and day all the way.. ! . . The Government have, despatched the cruiser Pensacola from San Francisco to Honoluln owing to excitement there at the death of the Queen's consort. The New York Times considers it important to have an American warship' at Honolulu in the event of Great Britain endeavouring to make Honolulu the Gibraltar of the Pacific.

A female parachutist fell from a height of 5000 feet into Lake Peoria, Illinois. She was rescued alive but it is not expected that she will recover from the shock.

At the request of Sir H. Langevin. his resignation as Minister of Public Works Department has been accepted by the Cabinet. Sept. 9. The Supreme Conrt of America have decided that pauper Jews must return to Europe. Ottawa, Sept. 9. A severe cyclone passed over Halifax, Nova Scotia, wrecking the town and shipping. The damage is estimated at £12,000. Manilla, Sept* 8.

Further disturbances are reported from the Caroline Islands. .The Spanish troops suffered heavily in an encounter with the natives.