CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 4 July 1891, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

■■;- .r-- 1 London. ! ; Cardinal Manning; spea'kirig ! at the Catholic Conference,, said the drink trade was the most potent 1 , political influence in' England, and thee, Gjby«rnmerit ' were .sleeping partners .in -it. . •. He praised the efforts of the Temperance Alliapcse to mitigate the evil. . The Queen confers a peerage on Lady Macdonald, widow of the late Premier of Canada.- •. TheEducation ßill, in consequence; of the alteration in the age limit, which has "been fixed at a maximum of .15, will increase. the annual vote by £200,000. The minimum age is now reduced to three. ' ■ Mr I araell,- Rpeaking at Borris, j ..aceused .'vr,.T..Healy of being a liar and a slanderer who had deserted every party and bit every 1 hand that cherished him. He also asserted that he lmdjoined the Fenians and violated the oath he took to them. The body of Mr James Machenry a millionaire,- once largely concerned in Erie Railway speculations, has been exhumed at Liverpool. His life was insured for £1,000,000, and the companies interested have reason to believe ho oommitfced suicide by poison, which would render the policies void. . The Queen personally invested Mrs Grimwood with the Order of the Red. Cross at' Windsor, ;and invited her : to lunch, The Rev C. H. Spurgeon has suffered a relapse. ' •'■ * A serious disturbance ' took placo at. Folkestone on Wednesday between sonio soldiers and the police. The latter were in the act of ar-. resting a woman, charged •with an offence, when the soldiers interfered! .cleared the streets,, and threatened to destroy the Town H all. , • The police wero reinforced by oavalry from Sliorncliffe, distant one and a half miles from Folkestone, who using their s\vord3 were successful in restoring order. Forty of the soldiers were arrested.