London.

Manawatu Herald, 8 April 1893, Page 2

London.

Mr Balfour was received with rapturous enthusiasm by the people of Belfast. . Heavy .withdrawals of deposits froiii tide Irish 1 gavib'gs banks still continue. . ... At the Belfast demonstration a copy of the Home Rule, Bill was. torn to shreds atid bilriieqj tide aslies being scattered ttnd trampled under foot. It is estimated that at least $o,ooo' pedplej o| all classes add creeds^ marched in procession at Belfast The greatest enthusiasm w ; as displayed, and, not a single policeman was etigaged} sd orderly was the procession, immense crowds viewed the procession, and quite 200,000 visitors were present. A vast meeting was held in Ulster Hall, where the resolutions, carried at the Ulster Oorifereiace cjn. June lfj in opposition to Home Kule, were reaffirmed. The maeting sang the National Anthem amidst the wildest enthusiasm. Mr Balfpur's references to historic fights for the liberties of the people electrified the audience; He declined to preafth passive obedience arid non -resistance arid saicl that under certain cotlditions resistance to tyrannical majorities was justified; Agfairi the wildie's'fc eritiiusiasnl was displayed, the people. sinking Bule Brittania and saluting Mr Balfdiir as the future Premier: In addressing a niaeting, Mr Groschen, ex-Chancellor of the Exchequerj said it Would be iiilpossible td uiaittfcairi the flnttridial gretitrie^s of the Empire. Wright, the solicitor recently sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment in connection With the Liberator Building Society frauds, has a fortune of £100,000, chiefly uriseizable.