London.

Manawatu Herald, 13 October 1892, Page 2

London.

Mr Hodgkins, of New York, has made a donation of £20,000 to the British Royal Institute of Scientific Kesearch. In the course of his remarks in the debate on vivisection at the Anglican Church Congress in Folkestone, Bishop Barry declared that the system was practised with hideous cruelty, and he insisted on its prohibition. The family feud which was caused by the late Duke of Sutherland's marriage to Mrs Blair has broken out again upon his death. The present Duke is 3aid to be likely to contest the validity of the enormous legacy bequeathed to his step-mother in London and North-western railway stock. The farewell sermon of Rev Thomas Spurgeon in the Tabernacle was listened to by a crowded congregation, the members of which cried • God bless you, you will return again ' A monster procession to Glasnevin Cemetery, near Dublin, took place on the anniversary of the death of Mr C. S- Parnell, and there was an affecting scene. The Times condemns the Post Office for declining to renew the San Francisco mail service. The same paper considers it difficult to see how the Queensland Government can longer stand aloof from the Telegraph Convention.