TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2339, 5 April 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 81. The revenue for the year ended to-day is £90,000,000. Apart from the copyright of his sermons and books, and his library, the property left by Mr Spurgeon amounts to only £2OOO. In an address issued to the Unionists and Dissenters Mr y Chamberlain asserts that Home Rule has been supported by lying, dishonest trickery, murder, and outrages. The attention which this question had absorbed was the cause of the postponement of the discussion of the great question of disestablishment. April 1. The Customs excise for the year has increased by £1,100,000. The city committee of the Imperial Federation League recommend that a commercial union should be based on freetrade between the Mother Country and the rest of the Empire. Argument in the Privy Council in the case of the Attorney-General of New Zealand v. Judge Edwards has concluded and judgement has been reserved. The Unionists have decided to contest the whole of the Irish constituencies against the Irish Nationalists party. Owing to the treachery of Sergeant Holdeii, of the Engineers, in selling plans of the defences of Malta to the French, it has been decided to alter the whole of the defences at once. April 8. It is expected that Bishop Vaughan, Cardinal Manning's successor, will be made a Cardinal. Sir John Lubbock, speaking at a meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce, expressed his sympathy with the proposal for freetrade between England and the colonies. The revenue exceeds the estimate of the Chancellor of the Exchequer by £500,000. During last year the " death duties " showed a surplus of £1,000,000, owing to the ravages of influenza. Last quarter probate was asked for wills amounting to £22,500,000, as against £12,500,000 for the corresponding period last year. The Polynesian did the voyage from Adelaide to Marsailles in 26 days. Sydney papers of March Ist, by her, were received in London on Thursday. Mr John Murray, publisher, is dead. Mr W. B. Eves won every tie in the American lawn tennis handicaps at Kensington, defeating Mr Ekenshaw. Paris, April 1. A French gunboat took soundings round the island of Malta, and also managed to inspect the various fortifications. Her officers are believed to be in possession of plans of the new defence works of the island. Berlin, March 31. The Reichstag have adopted the recommendation of the Federal Council with reference to the construction of strategic railways at a cost of £500,000. A Bill to proclaim a state of seige in Alsace-Lorraine, in the event of the outbreak of war, has been passed by the Reichstag. April 2.

Prince Bismarck's 77th birthday was recognised as a revival of his national influence. He was the recipient of 5000 telegrams, several sacks coming by every post, in addition to which he received numberless presents. Upwards of 12,000 people called on the aged Prince. Lisbon, March 31. A revolt has broken out at Malagrossa. It is stated that the fortress of Oomidra. will resist the national troops. St. Petersburg, March 31. The Budget for 1891 shows a deficit of £11,500,000, which is attributed to the famine. Buda Pesth, April 1. The Hungarian Government announce that further military expenditure is deemed necessary in view of the restlessness displayed by the States of Europe, Sofia, April 1. M. IvenofF, formerly Chief of Police, in Sofia, and M. BanchefF, a Bulgarian officer, have on condition that the decree of their expulsion from the country is cancelled, revealed the details of a society which arranged the murder of M. Beltcheft', Minister of Finance (shot while leaving a confectioner's shop in March, 3891) ; the outrage on Dr Vulkovitch, Bulgarian diplomatic agent in Constantinople, who was stabbed in the street a month ago; and the attempted murder of Prince Ferdinand and M. Stambouloff, the Premier. Calcutta, March 31. Throe-quarters of the city of Mandalay, the capital of Upper Burmah, has been burnt to the ground. The fire was accompanied by great loss of life. Among the buildings destroyed vyero tl\e new telegraph office and the old palace. The fire is still burning. A fire in Rangoon did damage to the extent of live lacs of rupees. April 1. The fire in Mandalay has extended' over a distance of two miles. '• April 2. The police have repulsed the advance of the Chinese in Burmah, killing and wounding forty. ' •'••-" April 3. The damage by the fire at Mandalay is estimated at £1,000,000. New York, March 31. A large area of crops throughout the country has been damaged by floods. Colonel Ingersoll delivered an oration at Walt Whitman's funeral.

April 1. A violent tornado swept over the North-West portion of the United States and caused great damage in Toronto Augusta, Wellington, and Chicago Several cases of loss of life are reported. Oi'tawa, March 31. The officials at Vancouver Island arc detaining sealing vessels.

Mr J. C. Abbot declares that Newfoundland has formed a secret commercial convention with the United States in hostility to the interests of Canada. O'Connor challenges the winner of the Stansbury-Sullivan match to row him for £IOO in England or America. AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, April 1. Parliament was prorogued to-day. The Government have been urged to again oiler a reward of £25,000 for an effective remedy for the destruction of the rabbit pest; also to allow further experiments to be made in connection with M. Pastour's microbes. It has been pointed out that it would cost £7,000,000 to carry out an effective system of netting. The Government promised to consider the matter during the recess. Melbourne, April 1. The date of the general election has been fixed for April 20th. Brisbane, April 1. The Polynesian Labor Bill has been introduced into the Legislative Assembly. April 2. Details of the Pacific cable scheme are published. France pays £3OOO of the yearly subsidy of £12,000, and New South Wales and Queensland £2OOO each. The rate from Queensland to Noumea is fixed at 7s for ten words and 7d for each additional word. The Queensland Government are to receive Is and Cable company 6s if the Queensland wires are used. The work of laying the cable will be completed within 10 months. Albany, April 1. During a heavy squall the barque Kingdom of Saxony, 538 tons, was driven ashore and sunk.