CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 1 October 1892, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. An unseemly dispute marred a vast prayer meeting in the Taber nacle, held in support of the Rev. Thomas Spurgeon's succession of pastorate. Twenty-four saddles were cut about j with knives by the first Life Guards ' at Windsor, because a squadron was obliged to parade on account of dirty saddles.

Some of the men were noisy and hooted the officersv Miss Smith, a governess, and others, were convicted of the charge of forging the will of Mr Park, of Teddington, bequeathing Smith £20, 000 if his son did not marry her. Smith was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, and her accomplices — Miklethwaite to seven, Paul to five, and Ittgi'am to six years, and Allison to 12 months' imprisonment. The evidence showed that the woman had obtained a strong influence over Park, and she could not prove that she had been engaged to the son The Eussians have seized a seventh British sealer in Behring Strait. A report published of an interview with Li Hung Chang shows that the Chinese fail to appreciate the importance of the Russian movements in the Pamirs. Lord Randolph Churchill has been appointed chairman of a powerful syndicate intending to exploit gold mines in Transvaal and Mashonaland. Mr J. Morley, Irish Secretary, has decided to appoint a small Royal Commission to report promptly as to an effectual measure dealing with the evicted tenants. The Times, discussing the decision, considers that Mr Morley has struck a deadly blow at all land contracts in Ireland, and that his surrenders will have a pitiful result. There are indications in many parts of Ireland of the intention ot the tenants to resist the payment of rents in winter, on the grounds of a bad harvest and low prices for stock. Mr Gladstone is reported to have invited Archdeacon Howell to pro pound a Disestablishment Bill on lines acceptable to the Welsh clex-gy. The Investigation Committee of the Mercantile Bank of Australia exhibit an increased hostility towards the Melbourne management, and hold that all the members of the Colonial Board deserve prosecution, especially Sir Matthew Davies. They assert that the Victorian credit is on trial, and the report of the Colonial Committee surpassed all expectations The shareholders declare that they h -ive been deliberately and systematically swindled. They have no belief in the suggested reconstruction of the bank, and prefer a voluntary liquidation if the right liquidator is obtainable, otherwise they will insist upon the compulsory liquidation. The committee characterises the directors' statements made at the meeting in August as disgraceful, and consider their conduct is beyond explanation. It is expected that the statutory meeting in October will be of a lively and exciting character. In an interview Mr Millidge, manager of the Mercantile Bank, denies that there has been any fraud, unless, he adds. Sir Matthew Davies has deceived them all, He stated that if they had adhered to legitimate banking as it is known in London, they would not make a penny, The weakness of the board consisted in the fact that, not being commercial men, they accepted business that they had been refused by other banks. The Financial Times urges the Victorian Government to prosecute the directors of the Mercantile Bank, A warship is going to the Siberian coast to demand the release of the , British sailors seized by the Russians upin the sealing vessels, Tim London County Council has decided to try the experiment of dispensing with contractors, and is organising a direct municipal staff of workers under trade union conditions.