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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 8 October 1891, Page 2

London.

Princess Beati'ice has. given birth to a soft. President Barillas declares there has been no rising in Guatemala, and that peace prevails. The Argentine Chamber of Deputies has agreed to an issue of 45,000,000 piastres of paper money for the purpose of establishing a National Bank. Mr Gladstone spends the winter in Italy. The Ameer of Afghanistan will not offer any resistance to exploration of the Pamir Plateau by the Eussians. The Turkish troops have re-occu-pied Sana, and 40,000 men are being massed for an advance on Yemen. Mr Parnell, commenting on Mr Gladstone's speech at Newcastle, says it has two disquieting features from an Irish point of view, namely his coupling English reforms with Home Rule, and refraining from declaring the character of the Home Rule Bill he is prepared to introduce on returning to power. Mr O'Brien says Parnellism is as dead as Creesar. The Russian loan of twenty millions has been fully subscribed at an average of 79£. French and Russian bankers took up the 50,---000,000 roubles previously assigned to Berlin. The Pope has notified his regret to the French Government at the behaviour of the pilgrims which led to the scene in the Pantheon. The Bishops have issued a circular discouraging a pilgrimage to Rome. The crowd invaded the Pantheon and made violent speeches against the Pope, His Holiness was much distressed at this outburst of popular indignation. Public protests were made at Leghorn, Florence, and Bologna against the insult to Victor Emanuel. On the motion of Menotti Garibaldi, the veterans of the Italian War of Independence passed a resolution in favour of abolishing the article in the Constitution making Romanism the State religion. The New Zealand shipping Company are having built a steamer of 6300 tons and capable of earring 70. 000 carcases of frozen sheep. Mr "W.H. Smith has suffered a relapse, and a London physician has been summoned to Walnier Castle, where the hon. gentleman has been staying. The Rev C.H. Spurgeon has recovered sufficiently to remove to the seaside at Eastbourne. Captain O'Shea is bringing an action to upset his divorced wife's marriage settlement. Captain Younghusban^' British Political Agent, who was Imported to have been killed by the Russians in the Pamir, is safe. A great fire is raging -in Tooley street, south side of London Bridge. Large quantities of gum, bark, cotton and tallow were burned in the Tooly street fire It began at Leach and Co's warehouse, which, along with five others, was gutted.