London.

Manawatu Herald, 15 February 1894, Page 2

London.

A majority of the Tory press expect that a dissolution will be the only alternative to accepting the amendments made by the House of Lords in the Parish Councils Bill and the employers' Liability Bill. The Standard suggests that the amendments should be referred to a conference of representatives from the two Houses. Mr Gladstone has summoned a Cabinet meeting for Monday. Lord Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice of England, is stated to be retiring, and Sir Charles Russell is mentioned as his successor. Mr Campbell Bannerman, Secre- '< tary for War, commenting on Mr Chamberlain's proposal to form a National Party irrespective of political creeds, said it originated in spite. While the Crown clung to obsolete privileges it was impossible to let a quarrel between the two parties come to a compromise. Lord Salisbury's attitude was a desperate shift of a belated oligarchy trying to stem the over- whelming tide of democracy. Sir Charles Russell characterised the proposal as a daring attempt to deny the workers' demands and views. He would prefer absolute monarchy. Sir G. Carbone, Crown Advocate at Malta, replying to the Privy Council, reports that the Pope is unable to see his way to validate the mixed marriages involved in the dispute between the British authorities and the Vatican.