CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Issue III, 10 March 1891, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. The Guards are to leave the Bermudas shortly. The Bishop of Down has virtually excommunicated the supporters of Mr Parnell. Lord Salisbury, speaking at a banquet given by the Associated Chambers M .'jSbmmeree, said that ~two~ "dark shadows threatened the trade of

Great Britain — one was the revival of Protection, especially in France and America ; the other was the struggle between capital and labour at Home. In his opinion, an Eight Hours' Bill was impracticable. An anonymous pamhlet has been issued to the electors of Forest Dean. It states that the woman Fanny, who was concerned in the Dilke-Craw-ford divorce case, has been found, and that she acquits Sir Charles Dilke of the accusation of having committed adultery with her. She also denies having seen Mrs Crawford at Sir Charles Dilke's residence. The shore Unions in London have agreed to return to work and remove the block. Speaking at Clerkenwell Mr Parnell made a clear bid for the British labour vote. Three thousand five hundred nonUnionists are now being employed at the London Docks. Professor Thomas Smith has been chosen Moderator-elect of the free Church of Scotland. The French Ambassador to Turkey is protesting against the appointment of Judge Scott, of Bombay to a judicial position in Egypt. Mr .Robert Lindsay Antrobus, junior partner in the well-known banking firm of Coutts and Co., of Strand, AY.C, committed suicide today by shooting himself. Lord Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice of England, regards the reports circulated to the effect that Justice Sir James Stephen of the Queen's Bench, had developed symtoms of insanity as unfounded. The Judges have met to obtain Mr Justice Stephen ' s retirem ent . Numerous protests are being made against Sir Charles Dilke's candidature for Forest Dean. Sir Charles has replied in a pamphlet, inviting a libel action. The Joint Stock Bankers in London and the provinces* are willing to publish a monthly summary of their assets and liabilities, and admit that larger reserves are desirable. The committee of bankers will confer with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the matter. The Statist asserts that the Bank of England will issue £1 notes and appoint country banks' issueing agents on condition that they lodge consols with the Bank, and also that the gold displaced shall be remitted to the Bank. The Statist adds that there is a wide spread distrust in the City at the very large amount locked up and serious difficulties are likely to prevail. Two Protestant clergymen at Arklow, County Wicklow, have been imprisoned for 14 days for holding open air services. Mr Parnell intends to interfere at the general election in the English constituencies possessing Irish votes. The Freeman's Journal is appealing for funds in aid of the Parnellite cause. New Zealand long-berried wheat, 39s 9d, market firmer. For New Zealand wheat, on passage, sellers ask 38s 6d, but buyers refuse to give more than 38s. Mutton — Canterbury, 4^ ; Wellington, 4|d. New Zealand beef, forequarters, 3 11 16ths of a penny. Hemp — Auckland, fair quality averaging £25 15s ; Wellington, ditto £24 ; inferior, £21 2s Gd. The butter, ex R.M.S. Kaikoura, is realising 114s per cwt. A boom has taken place in the wboat market, owing fco French rte-

mands consequent upon the bad prospects of the harvest. The stevedores and coalheavers at * - London have again refused to work with non-Unionists. The various Unions at Cardiff are greatly divided in opinion on the question of a strike. The railwaymen refuse to support the seamen ■ and firemen in a general strike. ■ It is reported that the Right Hon '^ G. J". Goschen, Chancellor oi the Exchequer, will be ehairm&n -©* the Labour Commission. A deputation waited on Mr W. H. Smith urging that one-half of the numbei^of members of the Labour Commission should be recognised leaders of the labour party. The Shipping Federation have refused to withdraw their ticket.