London.

Manawatu Herald, 6 July 1893, Page 2

London.

A guarantee fund has been opened in Dublin to oppose Home Rule ; £25,000 has been subscribed, including £6000 by Lord Iveagh. Mr Justice J. G. Gibson, of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in Ireland, asserts that there is widespread intimidation and terror rampant in the County of Clare. During the discussion in the House of Commons in committee on the Home Euie Bill, a scene oc eurred, owing to Mr Joseph Chamberlain recalling Mr Dillon's threat that a Home Bule Parliament would remember the police, whom he declared were enemies of the people of Ireland. Mr Dillon explained that his remarks were made after provocation at the action of the police in tbe Mitchelstown episode in 1888, at a meeting in support of Messrs W. O'Brien, M.P., and Mr Mandeville, who refuied to obey the magistrate's

summons respecting speeches delivered by those gentlemen at Mitchelstown on the 9uh and 10th of August of that year. Mr Chamberlain retorted that the Mitchelstown incident occurred 12 months after Mr Dillon's threat was uttered. Ultimately the matter was allowed to drop. The Government explained that it was intended to have a Minister in the House of Commons to answer all questions connected with the Irish Executive, but declined to state at present which Minister would be responsible for advice offered to their Viceroy. Mr Gladstone, while paying a visit to Earl Dysart at Petersham, fell downstairs. He sprained his ankle, and sustained a shaking, but it was not serious. The total quantity of wool catalogued up to date is 144,200 bales, of which 121,600 have been sold. Crossbreds are easier. American representatives are not making any purchases. It is reported that French buyers intend to operate largely at the Melbourne . sales in October. Two cargoes of Australian wheat sold at 28s 6d.