London.

Manawatu Herald, 28 December 1893, Page 2

London.

In the Ardlamont murder ease, the Judge's summing up was in favour of.fehe>: acaused^Monson, and the:jury,..after,,-ai .ahojffc retirement, returned a verdict>of Not ?i'oven. Irf'sufriming up iii ttji^ArdldrritJtit murder case, , tnp. Ju<jj<s§ 'said,.the testimony agjilqst JVIo&Son. jv&g .' conflicting, and mostly arrived. Rt" by inference. Replying to a question, Mr Glad stone said that during,the discussion on the Estimate^ members -would have an opportunity of considering the best way of getting a larger return for the r optlay: pnthe defences, Inline 2 declined to* set" up a Efoyiil Commission to repQrt on the ques - tion. The Tui'k^cb'rrespo^ffent of the Daily Chronic.!^ telegraphs that M, i^lidoff, Kttssian 'Ambassador, lias completely, caused a reign of terror in the Court at' Constantinople, and that in consequence the situation there is regarded as critical. The Right Hon Sir Henry George Elliot is dead, aged .76 years. The agitation for the increase of tlfe British Niivy .: Severe storms have been experienced in the. J^y'of Biscay. The warship" Resolution, proceeding on her first voyage, was caught in a gale in the bay, and severely strained, necessitating her return to Queenstown. Mr." C. J. Stewart, Official Receiver, has issued a statement -respecting the position of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, in which .he estimates that there is a surplus of £863,000. He thinks the issue and conversion of debenture stock^may Jbe^ deemed desirabl4|^a4 hj^i^ §>^TogT "^r iher enquires"on 'fines su eject.' "" The question of applying for a public examination is also being considered: ■ ;> The scheme for the .reconstruction of the cornpay agreed to by the creditors' committee, is being... withheld, pending the settlement of an unforssen difficulty..