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Manawatu Herald, 10 March 1894, Page 2

London.

The Welsh members threaten to revolt unless Lord Rosebery promises to bring in » Diceafcablishinent; Bill before Parliament ia prorogued or dissolved. The Duke of Devonshire, speaking at Yeoyil, paid an eloquent tribue to the retiring Premier. He went on aftorwards to aay that the Lords challenged an appeal to the countrj on the Home Rule question. They would stand no nonsense like the jerrymandering of constituencies under the guise of registration. Mr Shaw Lefevre succeeds Mr Fowler as President of the Local Government Board. Mr T. Shaw, member for Hawick Burghs, succeeds Mr Asher as Solicitor-General for Scotland. The World says that Mr Glad stone has declined a peerage either I for himself or his wife. It is not thought that any amendment is likely to be moved to the address in -Reply when Parliament re-opens, and the debate will be limited to three days. Several Nationalist members disapprove of Mr McCarthy's pacific attitude towards the new Premier, and threaten to break away from his allegiance. Mr Herbert Gladstone succeeds Mr Shaw Lefevre as Commissioner of Works, without a seat in tht Cabinet • Mr Gladstone hat caught a bad chill, and is confined to his room. -Mr Chamberlain paid a visit to Mr Gladstone and expressed regret at his retirement. The Duke of Devonshire, in the course of his speech at Yeovil, laid that- the House of Lords intended to reject the one-man-one-vote principle, bat that that Chamber would assist in strengthening the navy.