London.

Manawatu Herald, 3 December 1892, Page 2

London.

Parleying is proceeding between Great Britain and Italy relative tc the reduction of the transit on mails. The election for the Hexham seat. Norihnmberland, has been declared void owing to corrupt practices. No Now Zealand hemp was offered for sale at the last auctions. Th market is very quint. Mediun Wellington ia worth £26 per ton. At the court martial on the officers of H.M.S Uowe. it was shown tha. the charts indicated a depth of seven fathoms of water where the vesse stranded. The officers were ac quitted of blame in connection with the grounding of the vessel. The New York Times publishes a letter purporting to give the basis oi Mr Gladstone's Irish Home Rule .scheme. The author of the lettei says that Gladstone's pioposal is to make Ireland a dominion with four provinces, each of which will ha\e a House of Representatives of its own. The provinces are to have power to send life senators to Dublin in proportion to the population, and t ;e Senate ia to have Federal powers. The Marquis of Ripou and MiHerbert Gladstone repudiate the details of the Irish Home Rule scheme published by the New York Times. The Australian lady who presented a psal of bells to the Imperial Institute is *rs E. M. Miller. The Prince of Wales, tbrough whom the presentation was made, has written her an autograph letter, expressing his own pleasure and that of the Queen at the gift. The St Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Teli graph wires that there is a continued movement of t it? Russian troops towards the German

frontier. Mr !\ Fullam has been unsealed for South Meath, on tho grounds of c rrupfc piactices. and a fresh election will ?">k? plocv.