London.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 18 April 1891, Page 2

London.

Sir James Hector has founded a medal in the Eoyal Geographical Society. The Australian Cruiser Eatoomba has made a successful trial trip, during whioh she averaged 18 knots per hour. Influenza, which is spreading throughout Yorkshire, is attacking its previous victims, many of whom have succumbed. The Imperial Federation League consider the time inopportune to summon a Conference to prompt common interests in policy as between the Colonies and Great Britain, but will appoint a deputation to wait on the Marquis of Salisbury, submitting the views of tfc&f Colonies on the subject.:?.- v.;.' • w At the wool sales, faulty and good merinos and all crossbreds, are in strong demand, though buyers favour good merinos. The series closesoti the 28th. 'Rioting, which lasted many hours toqfer- place at Bradford, where the mufnands have gone out on strike. T^he police questioned the right of the men to hold a public meeting, and when they attempted to disperse the gathering the strikers forcibly resented their interference. The outcome was a general riot, and the assistance of the military was evoked. The soldiers and police with fixed bayonets charged the rioters, and during the scuffle many of the latter were wounded. Several of those in the crowd threw open knives at the police. •Twenty of the rioters were arrested. In the House of Commous to-day, Mr Charles Fenwick, M.P. for Wansbeck, requested the addition of labour members on the Royal Labour Commission. Mr Smith, on behalf of the Government, declined to accede to the request. Rioting has been renewed at Bradford, and the streets are in darkness. The mayor and many of the police were injured by stones. The troops charged the rioters, many of whom were wounded. Mr Edward S, W. De Cobain, M.P. for Belfast East, is the other member accused of being concerned in a grave criminal offence. Both he and Captain Verney have made their escape. Captain Varney is accused of procuring females for immoral purposes, while Mr De Cobain is accused of committing unnatural offences. Lord Salisbury has forwarded a protest against Chili closing the tree ports, which he contends is unjustified since there is no blockade. It is considered that if India abolishes the exportation of opium she will impose cotton duties. Earl Kimberley, who was Secretary for India under the last Gladstone Administration, will take the leadership of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords until the elections, in place of the late Earl Granville. Max O'Rell has signed a contract with Mr R. S. Smythe to lecture in Australia. Mr Justin McCarthy has written to Mr Parnell asking him to release £11,000 of the Irish Evicted Tenants' Relief Fund deposited in Parisian banks. The Grand Jury at New Orleans have refused to indict the men charged with participation in the recent lynching outrage. Jews are being treated with increasing severity in Russia, and are being expelled from the provinces wholesale. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cable message from their London office, j dated loth instant : — " Hemp continues dull of sale. Wellington has fallen £1 per ton since last report ; Auckland quotations unchanged." ] The Russian Government is continuing to spend enormous sums on military preparations, and construction on railways to facilitate the mobilisation of troops on the Polish frontier. It is rumoured that there has been a brisk engagement between the British and the Portuguese, at Massikisse (Manicaland), and that the British have been defeated.