CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 9 May 1893, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. The- members of the Stock Ex cnarigdftJM te'ok part in the AntiHome Demonstrafcftftij fcwned themselves into three parties representing the various branches of the mone^ market.' Many carried enormous Utfiettf Htiksj rifld others bore braziers aloft, in wnieli ddfftdi q{ tHe Home Rule Bill were burning. s?hey tffltfg a patriotic anthem and ' Hule Britannia.' All references at the meet" ing to home Rule were greeted with groattS. Thousands of people tried in vain to geS admitted into Guildhall; The 1 Gitf Corporation has presented . a petition fot Parliament against the granting of autonomy id Ireland. In reply to Mr T. W. Russell, member h? Tyrone, Mr Gladstone repeated liiri that he was prepared to consider thti treatment for Ulster separate from thai; fof the rest of Ireland. He said he believed Mr Parnell would have approved of sudii ft fi&pj provided it brought concord among the \widii3 sections. The. Nationalists do not view the proposal with favour, and will protest against it. Mr Moi'ley has declined to consult tho law officers of. the Crown in order to ascertain whether the postal coriveatidn" pirtfbibifeed penny postage to the colonies. The Conservative Party haye 1 resolved to resist the separate treat* ment of Ulster. Mr John Redmond declares that it is impossible for the Nationalists to agree* fJO ihs creation of an English pale. The Times endorses a report that the Government have resolved on the retention of the Insb. members at Westminster in full numbers, and ' they should have full power to vote on all subjects. The Opposition decline to accept the proposal, and express great indignation on the question. They also are indignant at Mr Gladstone's proposed intention to postpone the financial clauses in the Home Rule Bill until the remainder of the measure has passed through committee. The Court has refused to release the Duchess of Sutherland on the plea of ill-health. The Sovereigns of Europe have congratulated Princess May, who has received four hundred telegrams from distinguished personages. The Duke of York formally proposed for her hand on Wednesday. It is expected that the marriage will be celebrated in the' private chapel at Buckingham Palace or in Westminster Abbey. The Agents-General for the colonies have unitedly sent a message to the Prince of Wales congratulating him and the family on the engage ment of the Duke of York to Princess May. London Corporation have sent a similar message and voted the sum of £2500 as a wedding present. In the House of Commons Mr Wm. Woodall, Financial Secretary to the War Office, stated that tenders had been accepted for frozen beef for the troops on the Home stations from October to May, and for frozen mutton for the whole year. This, he declared, would be about. 60 per cent of the total rations during the periods mentioned. Frozen mutton— First quality, 4d per lb ; sacond quality, 8f d ; lamb, s£d. About 1200 carcases of the Coptic's cargo, chiefly Lyttelton mutton, were damaged. New Zealand long-berried wheat firmer at 30s ; South Australian firm at 88s 3d ; Victorian also, firm at 335. An Australian wheat cargo has been sold at 80s 6d. The Daily Chronicle says the English Government has decided to formally annex Beloochistan. The Khan has proved himself a sanguinary tyrant of the worst type, haying during his reign murdered nc less than three "thousand persons. Qm'te lately 65 were put to. death, Among the number were five of his wives, one of whom was burned alive.