LONDON.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 7, 17 September 1878, Page 2

LONDON.

August 2nd. The reserve lias all beeoi dismissed to tlieir homes. i Oa the 25th Mr (Joweu ainidst"^ much laughter, presented petitions \ from various parts of the country -M asking for the impeachment of Lord Beaconsfield for his doings in connection with the Eastern question. Mr Cowen disclaimed all sympathy with the petition. On the same day Sir Charles Dilke moved an amendment against the proposal to grant the Duke of Con. naught the additional ten thousand a year, and six thousand to his wife, in. case of her surviving. Mr Glad-stone-supported the motion, and the aineadtnent was rejected by 320 to 33. Several Home Kußrs' bpie tes^ timony to his Uoyal Highness' gr^aOM popularity in Ireland. JH JN T ew trial in the Bagot will cas^jH was refused. ''^0 The Vanguard and Grosser Kur. ■ fuivst are to be raised. 1 The New York Herald is sending I the yacht Dauntless to the Polar " regions. The Queen's assent to the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill passed in Natal* ,- has been refused. A heavy ballast train dashed into an excusion train at Beccles. One hundred and seventy hurt, but none killei. Fifty-eight soldiers belonging to regiments at Malta were poisoned through carbolic acid being served out instead of limejuice, but no deaths occurred. A beerhouse keeper at Greenwich took his three young children for a walk in the wood, cut their throats, and then killed himself. A prizefight occurred near Henly between two married women with , families. Teeth, as well as fists, were freely used, and a large crowd ■ wasjiiesent.