London.

Manawatu Herald, 23 November 1893, Page 2

London.

The miners enthusiastically thanked Lord Rosebery for the successful termination of the conference. The Daily Chronicle describes the result as a great labour victory. The Rev. W. Paton has succeeded, in his,appeal for fuuds to maintain a mission vessel for the New Hebrides, and is now negotiating for six missionaries to go out. A colliery at Coltbridge is on fire, and 50 men are entombed. The fans supplying air to the galleries below have stopped, and it is feared the unfortunate men will be suffocated. It is estimated that. 200 people have been drowned in the gales along the coast, including the crew of an unknown ship which .came to grief on the Goodwin Sands, a large steamer at Penzance, another at St.* lves, a sailing ship at Molinhead,and a steamer at Moray Firth. In addition to the -wreck of 24 coasters, chiefly on the east coast of England, many wrecks are reported from the northern coast of France. Farther particulars of the heavy weather-just experienced show that a fearful hurricane swept the east and west coasts Thirteen wrecks are reported, the list including several large steamers. In the majority of cases the .crews were drowned. The-railway lines tunning along the coasts have been undermined, and trains on high lands were derailed. In several towns factory' stacks collapsed, killing many of the workers. In Scarborough nnd Sunderland streets of houses have been wrecked. The gale has been unequalled in violence duiiug 'the; , last fourteen years. The storm experienced in England was accompanied by a heavy fall of snow, and in Essex the snow-drifts were.six feet deep. The severity of the weather disorgauised the railway traffic, and completely stopped the Channel steam traffic. Eight Hastings fishing.boats were wrecked. There were 134 corpses washed | ashore after the hurricane. ■ Some were found frozen. The hurricane, is still blowing in England. The storm was also felt on the '

French coast, where there were several wrecks, resulting in the loss of upwards of 100 lives. , Pier? M Calais weie smashed. Lifeboats were found to be useless, but many lives were saved by rocket apparatus. The Calcutta correspondent of the Times wires that the whole of India is in a stato of discontent and Uneasiness ..pVtr the Oplutti Commission. The natives have taken alarm at the Commission's enquiry, believing it, will lead to fresh taxation, and be the first step towards a compulsory change of reli^ioil;