London.

Manawatu Herald, 22 April 1893, Page 2

London.

It is reported that Mrs Maybrick has again attempted suicide in prison. Six week's drought has been experienced throughout England. It is believed that the Government will make further concesi sions to Ireland in contiedtion with iiriande. Mr Goschen made a brilliant speech in the House of Commons on the motion for the second reading of the Bill He strongly attacked the financial proposals coc* Gained in the measure, and contended that Ireland would be unable to balance her Budget. The Marquis of Salisbury will address an Ulster meeting on the 10 bh May. Lord R. Churchill, speaking to the Home Eule Bill, said if Great Britain granted autonomy to Ireland, it would be only temporary and sure to be ultimately abolished, leaving the country in a worse state than before. Mr Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, said the Opposition could not argue, but could only prophesy. The policy of coercion had ruined Ireland. Its executive had proved the weakest in the world though England's ablest, statesmen had guided it. Th? proposed basis of settlement of the present strike is the substitution for the Shipping Federation of a Labour Bureau independent of employers and men, and under the control of the Board of Trade. The Shipping Federation decline to be a party to Mr Charles Wilson, M.P., shipowner, negotiating with the president of the Board of Trade in the present dispute. Mr Burns insists on the retention of the Federation ticket. Mr Mundella intends to introduce a Bill empowering the Board of Trade to appoint Boards of Conciliation and Arbitration. The shipowners, after considering the terms of the compromise, remitted their final decision to the Federation The proposals stipulate for ireedom of organisation both to the unions and the Federation, and the shipowners are not to show any preference to non-unionists. The press is unanimous in considering the dock strike settled. Private shipowners are in favour of the compromise. . Lord Salisbury, in his speech to j the Primrose League, said if the House of Lords rejected the Home Rule Bill it would be idle to send it back without an appeal to the country. He ridiculed the extraordinary hotch-potch the Bill proposes to make of the House of Commons. He did not believe the House of Commons would permit the employment of soldiery to enforce autonomy in Ireland The Lords would continue to reject the Bill if passed, for they were persuaded that Home Rule in Ireland would certainly wreck the integrity of Great Britain. All the cultured, wealthy and enterprising among the Roman Catholics of Ireland join in the Protestants protest against Home Rule. Autonomy would remove the keystone of the Constitution. At the wool sales there is a strong demand for crossbreds.