London.

Manawatu Herald, 21 September 1893, Page 2

London.

The yacht Britannia won the Cape May Cup —the course being from the Needles to Cherbourg and backbeating the Navahoe by 86min. Mr Buxton, Under- Secretary for the colonies, replying to a question, said the Government had agreed to subsidise to the extent of £200,000 a railway to Bechuanaland for strategic and trade purposes. A meeting, attended by 12,000 persons at Limerick, denounced Mr Gladstone for refusing to grant an amnesty to political prisoners. Mr William Redmond said it was really dynamiters who had caused the Home Rule Bill to be brought in. Mr Davitfc suggested that, in consequence of the rejection of the Bill by the Lords, the second chamber in the Irish Legislature and all other concessions in the measure to the landlord interest should be eliminated. A cargo of wheat by the Parsee, from Lyttletou, sold on the Continent at 27s 6d. A cargo of Victorian wheat sold at 28s7i-d. The English wheat market is active, the Continental is advancing, and the American has an upward tendency. The tallow quotations are unchanged. Sir E. Grey, replying to a question said • the- land claims of both the English and the French in the New Hebrides were vague. The latter's were extensive, though they cultivated about a hundred acres only. The Financial News approves the suggestion thai railways should be built in New South Wales on the land gmnt system. An Egyptian fellah writes to the Times appealing to England not to evacuate the country, but to strengthifca rule until all reforms are complete. : Messrs Hendricks, Bailey and Hardy, leading actuaries, have con* firmed Mr Tecee's proposal to the Australian Mutual Provident, suggesting an improved method of giv ing effect to valuations. They state they have been deeply impressed with the stability of the society. The miners of England are partially vesuming work at the old rates. Sir M. Grey stated in the House that three English men o' war at Rio de Janeiro would co operate with these of other nations in protecting the shipping.