CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 13 June 1893, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London.

The Daily Chronicle and Daily Netfsurge Mr CHadstone to rigorously enforce the closure while the remaining portion of the Home Rule Bill is under consideration in the House, pointing out that the country is getting; tired of the sham debate. The Irish members of the -House of Commons urge the Government to proclaim the Ulster Detence Union an illegal assembly. Mr Hogan, M.P., has ascertained that the Admiralty is in favour of subsidising the Pacific route for Imperial and postal purposes. t The Tr"eds\lrJV however, :is unwilling. Mx Sogan intends to ask the Postmaster- General whether he will as • sist for postal purposes. } *'. ' The E nglish hay crop is a failure and the wheat and root crops are poorf •;'; The drought has been renewed in; many parts of the South. _■■■ •. The, Times says all the crops in England and Wales are below, last year's -.but in Scotland they *are ■..'■ ■_ '■■■ '■ v7y*;£:* ■>' ;•'■= FfOzenflamb, 5 3-Bths pence 'per lb. Bed^forequarters, B|d ; hindquarters^ s|d. „ "•'■'»■ New Zealand hemp,* quiet ; quotations unchanged. New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, weaker at 80s Bd. South Australian and Victorian wheat, ex warehouse, also weaker at 88s and 82s 6d respectively. The Government, fearing a rising in Ulster, has asked the police authorities to forward a report on the objects of the Defence Union which was recently formed in that province. •' • ,■ : ■ " ■ Ministers are considering the propriety of proclaiming the union an illegal organisation. Mr Gladstone says the time has not arrived for enforcing the closure in connection with the discussions on the Home Rule Bill in committed and he points out that the suspension of the midnight rule would involve additional , burdens beingplaced on Ministers. - Ipj3omipitt.ee, on the Home Rule Bill, M>& C. T. 'Bartley] 'member for" Islington, moved an amendment -to prohibit industrial bounties. . 'Mr Gladstone said they must allow the Irish Legislature to encourage internal trade, and he did not believe it would adopt a Protection policy. The amendment was rejected by a majority of 36. The necessity of redrafting the financial clauses of the Home Rule Bill is causing differences in the Cabinet. ; A' number of Irishmen have' been appointed a deputation to wait on Mr. Gladstone to represent to him that undue concessions are being granted to the Unionists, and urging him to press on the measure more rapidly. Mr Sexton, M.P. for Kerry North, has resigned his seat in the House of Commons, owing to disputes chiefly with Messrs Healy and Dillon over the management of the Freeman's Journal. The petition against the return of Mr Rickett, the Liberal member for Pontefract, has been upheld, ant) the election rendered null and void, on the ground of corruption by Mr Rickett's agent. The Marquis of Ripon and Lord Knutsford have concurred that New Zealand's control of Raratonga is more effective than Great Britain's, and they approve the action of Mr F. J. Moss, the British resident there. : A.Dundee whaler reports having discovered land in latitude 65 south and longitude. 63 we,3t., The safety of one of Great Britain's battleships, the Hood; ■' of 14 guns, is imperilled through the scamped riveting of the keel plates. The vessel is leaking badly./