London.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 24 December 1891, Page 2

London.

Mr Geo. W. Hastings, M.P. for the Eastern 1 division of Worcester, has b:en arrested on a warrent charging him with obtaining £15,000 by IVaud as trustee under a will. The Times says that tho British South African Company have been deceived with regard to the value of their territory. An extradition treaty has been signed between England and Principality of Monaco, in the South of I'iMnce. The Bi'indisimail contract has been renewed for a year. The new Parnellite paper started in Dublin, under the name of the Independent, demands absolute selfgovernment for Ireland. The Times declares that the Emperor William's faith in Com it von Caprivi, the Imperial Chancellor, has been amp'y justified, and says that seldom has a more remarkable achievement been seen thin Von Cipiivi's successful arrang3in3nts of the commercial treaties, which has made Germany stronger thin ever. Mr Hastings, M.P. f r Worcas'er, who is charged with obtaining a large sum of mon >y by frauds, has been remanded, bail b^ing refused Liverpool has refused to confer the freedom of the city on Mr lad stone. Sevai'e frosts are b3ing expe -ienjed throughout England, and skating is general. A hundred miles of ioo extend between Northampton and Wisbi'auh (;n <"ambridgeshire),. the country lnv'ng lately bjen tioodjd. Tho' lAilce of Devonshire, tetat 83, is dead. The Unionist press eulogises th-> late Duke of Devonshire, and itaplore the necessity t\n* ths transfer of the Marquis of Hartington to the House of Lords.