London.

Manawatu Herald, 5 April 1894, Page 2

London.

Major La Caron, the noted spy, is dead. Mr J. Heuniker Heafcon, replying to Mr Pafcerson, Premier of Victoria, says that the Wellington Postal Conference, in objecting to the Imperial penny postage outwards, ignored British wishes with a view to delude the Australian public. He points out that the total loss on the penny rate both ways would not excead £IG,OOO per annum, and offers to find guarantors against New South Wales' proportion. In the House of Commons Sir E. Grey, Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said the British Consul had reported that there was no necessity for a warship at Samoa, as peace was assured. In the House of Commons Sir G. 0. Trevelyan moved that Bills exclusively affecting Scotland should be referred to a Grand Committee of Scotch members, together with fifteen members representing the rest of the United Kingdom. Mr Balfour moved an amendment that the proposal be not entertained unless the principle were extended to other portions of the Kingdom, The debate was adjourned. It is reported that Sir Vernon Harcourt's Direct Veto Bill does not provide for compensation for publicans. A Manchester merchant, Samuel Woeton, has left Bishop Moorhouse £50,000 for church purposes, besides bequeathing £120,000 to charities. In an obituary notice of Major Le Caron, the Times says that his motives were patriotic, and that it is impossible to regard them as mercenary. Professor Brown-Sequard, the well known physician and physiologist, is dead. The butter market is languishing. A quantity of butter by the Ruahine from New Zealand was found to have been heated prior to shipment.