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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 21, 12 November 1880, Page 3

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Melbourne, Thursday. Further meetings in agitation of the reprieve of Kelly were held last night. The Australian cricketers are passengers by the steamship Khedive, which arrived at King George's Sound yesterday from Galle, with the Suez mail. The Legislative Council have appointed a Goiniaittee to report upon the Tafcaiisatbr- Bill. w Her Majesty's ship Emerald has sailed for Auckland. Execution of Kelly Melbourne. Thursday afternoon. The execution of Ned K«Hy took place this morning, at Pentridge gaol. The proceedings were carried out in private. The gaol officials alone were present. There was a large crowd outside the building, but everything passed off quietly. London, November 10. At a banquet at Guildhall last evening, M* Arthur, M.P., the new Lord Mayor, in the course of a speech, referred to the Prince of Wales' inability to visit Australia, and said if His Royal Highness had made the journey he would have been astonished at the progress of the Colonies. Gladstone, in replying to the toast of Her Majesty's Ministers, dwelt on the anxieties of the Government, which, he said, were chiefly in regard to Ireland. The Government would deal with the grievances of the Irish people, but it was their first duty to maintain order, and additional powers for this purpose would possibly be asked of Parliament. Referring to foreign affairs, Gladstone, in the course of his remarks, said that the European concert which existed had proved useful in maintaining peace, and in bringing about a partial settlement of the difficulties which had existed so long.