London.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 21 May 1891, Page 2

London.

Mr Gladstone has recovered from his attack of influenza. Canon Creighton, of Worcester, has been enthroned Bishop of Peterborough. Severe weather has been experienced throughout England. Countess of Fife has given birth to a daughter. There has been a heavy fall of snow in Southern Europe. At Lyons, in South France, the thermometer was at zero. It is stated that the two factions of the Irish Party —the Parnellites and Anti-Parnsllites —are arranging for a settlement of the dispute which caused tha split in the party, with the view of concerted action at the forthcoming gevitr.il election. Mr T. P. "O'Connor, M.P., has written to the National League of Great Britain declaring that the settlement of the Home Rule ques-1 tion (Upends on the return of the'

Gladstone Party to power. He also expresses the opinion that Mr Parnell is certain feo disappear from 1 the political areiia. Mr Parnell states that the reason he cannot agree to the release of the funds in the hands of the Paris bankers is that he is unable to secure a guarantee that they will be economically distributed. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cable massage from their London office, dated the. 15th inst :— Tallow— There is little demand. Fine mutton is worth 28s 3d, and good beef 26s 3d per cwt. Frozen meat — Mutton market quiet. Stocks of Canterbury are light, and mutton is worth 4fd per lb. New Zealand lamb — There is a rather better demand. Beef — Market quiet. New Zealand hindquarters are worth 4f per lb. Other quotations unchanged since last report. Falls of snow have taken place in various parts of England. A statement is published that the Barings and Messrs Cristobal de Murrieta and Company (a South American and Spanish firm of merchants) called in £300,000 lent on the Sandringham estate, but the Queen has arranged for a renewal of the mortgage. The Sunday Times recently published an article attacking the Prince of Wales' financial condition. Mr Augustus Harris, the proprietor of the paper, explained to the Prince that the article was unauthorised, and summarily dismissed Mr Phil Robinson, the editor, who alleges that he wrote according to instructions. He demands a year's salary, and threatens to sue for it, and call the Prince ot 'Wales as a witness. Mr A' Beckett, of Punch, has been appointed editor in Mr Robinson's i place, and the paper publishes an abject apology for its remarks.