CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 22 August 1893, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. .. United Ireland announces that Dr Gallagher, dynamiter, is to be released. Mi' Chamberlain has informed the Government that the Opposition are preparing a number of fresh amendments .to block the reporting of the Home Rule Bill. Mr Gladstone has announced that the closure will be applied to the Hoine;Rule Bill on the 25th August. Mr Morley, Chief Secretary for Ll&rautif has accepted an amendment to tlie, .Bill forbidding the Irish to raisey 'save as heretofore, public revenue for religious purposes. The motion for the third reading of the Bill has been made an order of the day for Monday, the 28th ihst. Lieutenant-Colonel Waring, M.P. for Down (North), will present to Her Majesty the resolutions passed by the' Orange lodges in New Zealand, protesting against Home Eule for Ireland. 1 The new form of closure, proposed to be introduced be the Premier, respecting further stages of the Home Rule Bill, will exclue the putting of any amendment except those ex-pressly-sanctioned by the Government Both: the Times and the 'Standard denounce this step as an arrogant violation of liberty of speech, and state that such a course has never been equalled since the time of Cromwell., :.■!., Mr Chamberlain's amendment to the motion for the enforcement of the closure declares the latter to be a deprivation of the constitutional right to discuss a policy which seriously affects British interests, and that the motion, being dictated by party expediency, the House calls on the '^Government to withdraw the resolution and dissolve. There are still 36 clauses not discussed, and the discussion on Mr Chamberlain's amendment is expected to last two days, The portion of the latter's amendment demanding a dissolution is irregular, and has been struck out. Another great fight is expected on the tliWa: readibg'of the Bilh ' Mr Campbell-Bannerman, Secretary for War, replying to a question in the House of Commons, admitted that* Sir* Frederick Abel and Professor Dewaiy members Of the Explosives Committee, had sold the secret of the patent cordite powder to a foreign factory. * iTtie 'Manchester Ship Canal will be opened in January next. The temperature in the shade in

the South of England is from 90 to 93 degrees. Many deaths are reported from the excessive heat, which has also produced a plague of waspS; Owing to the great heat, harvesting and military operations have been deferred. During the heat the brigades at Aldershot parade in their shirt sleeves. The Queen has commanded Sir Evelyn Wood to appear at Osborne to report on the health of the troops. New Zealand long-berried wheat is quoted at 28s 6d, market flat ; Adelaide wheat, 80s, quiet ; Victorian do., 29s 6d ; market restricted. It is estimated that the American visible supply of wheat is 67,047,000 bushels. ' New Zealand mutton, first quality, B|d ; second, 8f ; lamb, first quality, Bsd. The excessive heat is depressing prices. The hemp market is also depressed, and no New Zealand has been sold. -The Home Secretary denies the statement published in the United vlrelaixd newspaper, that Gallagher, the dynamiter, has been released.