London.

Manawatu Herald, 2 May 1893, Page 2

London.

A man has been arrested for firing a pistol in Sfc James' Park at midnight. It is alleged that he was shadowing the Queen and Mr Gladstone. He proved to be a man named William Henry Townsend, who had also been firing a pistol in the' Downing street official residence of the Premier. A pocket-book was found on him containing incoherent entries about shooting Mr Gladstone and Home Eule Bill. He was brought up at Bow street and remanded. He lived for seven years in Sydney. The charge preferred against him of an intent to shoot Mr Gladstone rests upon rambling memoranda, found in his possession, that the speeches of Colonel Saunderson and Sir H. James, on ; the Home Eule Bill, justified homicide. . I Mr Asquifch, the Home Secretary, 1 in the House of Commons, denied that the Dowager Duchess of Suther- ! land, who was committed to prison for contempt of Court, was allowed

unusual privilege's. Messrs Money, Wigram and Sons (Limited), the well-known shipowners, have failed, but it is expected that their creditors will be paid in full. At the wodl sales prices are" Arm, excepting for high class greasies which are weak. There is a strong demand for lambs' woqI: . Colope.l HligHes Hallet declined to give evidence in the action which he brought against the Weekly Times ; his excuse being that he desired to spare the feelings of the girl to whom he had refunded the sum of £5000. The defendants asserted that he Was afraid to go into the box, also that the girl was honourably married, and that the plaintiff was unwilling to reopen a sorei A Verdict Was entered lip for the defendants. Towilserld, charged With intent to shoot Mr Gladstone; has been examined, by medical iiieti dild jJl'dttoubeed to be insane. The accused said that when he was in Sydney he had a mission to punish the Governor whom he followed from place to place.