TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2484, 1 April 1893, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 26. The Radicals are trying to force Sir W. G. Pearce, the Conservative member for Plymouth, to resign, on the grounds fiat he was co-respondent in a recent divorce case. The members of his party instituted an enquiry on their own account, and, being satisfied with Sir VV. G. Pearce's explanation, decided to sustain him in his refusal to vacate his seat. The Government have determined to continue Indian juries in Bengal in deference to the report of the special commission. The Home Secretary has reprieved the boy Shaw, who was sentenced to death for the murder of an o'd woman near Halifax, on the ground that the lad is iusane. Mr Justice Hawkins, in sentencing Hobbs and Wright, referred in scathing terms to the cruel nature of their crime, which had ruined thousands of happy little homes. The guns clubs in Ulster are undergoing a regular course of drill. Mr H. Campbell-Bannerman, Secretary for War, replying to a question in the Home of Commons, denied that frozen colonial meat was extensively used in the army, to the detriment of English farmers. Paris, March 28. M. Andrieux states that the person who is known by the name of " Monsieur X," is a deputy and a Loyalist. The prop<<sal to connect Bordeaux and JS'arbonne by a ship canal is und> r discussion in the Chamber of Deputies. The length of the proposed canal is 328 miles. The Comte de Paris in a circular letter to the presidents of monarchist committees, urges the party to accept any alliance, since the monarch alone can supply .* stable form of government. In the course of a speech in the Chamber of Deputies, M. Darlie indicated that the Government would agree to a revision of the trfi iff rather than incur a difficulty with a friendly power. While the Paris correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt, who was lately ordered to leave France, was proceeding to the railway station to start for Berlin, a mob insulted and stoned him with his wife and daughter. The latter was severely wounded.

Important papers bearing on the Panama case have been stolen, including those which relate to the unknown. Monsieur -. BERLIN ]y| arca og Mr Dowe, inve^ or of £ e bullet " oof uniform. b; aS otfered to sell the gecret of t n< *. manufacture to the German government for 3,000,000 marks. The Chancellor, General Caprivi, has the oiler under consideration. A Berlin syndicate has purchased the secrat of the manufacture of bullet-proof cloth The Emperor has summoned the inventor to disclose the nature of the invention. Rome, March 28. The Italian Mafia Society threaten the Inspector of Immigration of New York in consequence of his rejection of unsuitable Italian immigrants. St. Petersburg, March 28. Three hundred convicts at Tomsk, in Siberia, rose against the guard, and a tierce conflict took place. Eight soldiers and forty convicta were killed. Many of the convicts escaped. New York, March 28. The insurgents in Honduras have defeated the Loyalists, and General Don Leira, the President, has resigned.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, March 28. The Hon. Mr Ward, PostmasterGeneral for New Zealand, succeeded to day in closing an agreement with the manager of the Cable Company for a large reduction in tiie Press rates to and from New Zealand. A reduction from 3d to Id per word has been secured. Neither the New Zealand Government nor the New Zealand press are to give a guarantee. The Cable Company have met Mr Ward very fairly, and the arrangement is regarded as very liberal to New Zealand. In approaching the company Mr Ward complained of the scarcity of New Zealand news published in Australia, and said that he belived the reduction would be the means of greater publicity being given to the colonies concerned, and more news being cabled from Australia to the New Zealand papers. The reduced rate will come into operation on Aprif Ist. The Government have under consideration a proposal to reduce the salaries of all Civil Servants by 10 per cent. March 30. Six shops have been destroyed by a fire at Broken Hill. The damage is. estimated at £5,000. The adjourned congress J and commercial bodies, UMn.in.iQuV- a motion in fap W of £ the cqfcawft, with * uuiform tariff we PTOBWJ+ taritfa iu the coioniea. Steps ''d taken shortly to form a tariff, aud .iien submit the whole matter to an intercolonial conference.

The liquidator of the Federal Bank has satisfied the claims of the South Australian and Victorian Governments, aud also retired the notes on issue. The amount required to satisfy those liabilities was £300,000. LIoiSART, March 29.

A fire on the Iluahine broke out among her parcels of periodicals for JS'ew Zealand. Water aud steam were used to extinguish the flames but without avail, and the fire burned for four days before it was mastered. The vessel herself and passengers' quarters were not damaged. As the Ruahiue had a full complement of passengers she was unable to bring on the lonic's passengers from Capetown. Peiitii, March 28.

A case of smallpox is reported here, the victim being a recent, arrival from Sin gapore. ___„__„„«_.»_