London.

Manawatu Herald, 7 December 1893, Page 2

London.

Mr E. A. Yerburgh and other members of the House of Commons are founding country co-operative banks op aimilaUiaes-toibose^pn the Con tinfeptjj^ .tvyj '- ; * '& The Fenians have issued a manifesto denying their complicity in the recent outrage in Dublin, and blaming a malcontent section. A remarkable case is now before one of the Courts. The facts so far as disclosed seem to show that many years ago a woman named Rachel Cullena, in order to avoid her creditors, porsonated a man and worked as a plumber. In 1866 she married a woman named Sophia Newland, who gave birth, to four children. Mrs Clarke, a widow, is now claim ing au estate from William Culena, one of the children, and a relative of the plaintiffs, on the ground that Newland's children must have been illegitimate. France and England have agreed ts replace..; tbg Il6ul;ral'zotf6 hf Siam under the' rule o£ China. • The British torpedo-catcher Havoc steamed 27 knots an hour on the trial trip. This speed is claimed to be the fastest ever -attained by any vessel in the world. Enraged at not being allowed to attend a ball at Blenheim Palace in celebration of the coming of age of a son of the Duke of Maryborough, the undergraduates at Christ Church, Oxford, painted the doors of the dons and Deans 1 -' residences in'' hideous colours, bedaubed Hem Lidde'lPs sbatue/seaHHe b#- iropes, and wvote ab6v6^the'enlran«e"l)o^he cathedral, 11 God bless the Duke of Marlborough !" and " Down with the Dons !"