London.

Manawatu Herald, 10 April 1894, Page 2

London.

/- Scott, the missing witness in the /Ardlamont murder case, has surrendered to the police. Scott informed the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette that in order to put an end to his existence as an outlaw, he went to Scotland Yard, butt in the absence of a warrant the 'itispeotev refused to take him into custody. Meuuier and another Anarchist have bee arrested in London on suspicion of being concerned in the explosion in the Cafe Very in 1892. Meunier was on the point of leaving for Antwerp, and was only arrested after a desperate struggle. The cession of the Parnellites and the Healy section is seriously weakening the Government in connection with the debate on the scheme for the Scotch Grand Committee. A Bill was introduced in the House of Commons providing that pensions be limited to persons over 65 years of age, and that they be made partly self-supporting, the amount of the pensions to range from 7s to 3s 6d •per week. Mr Shaw-Lefevre, president of the local Government Board, said the proposal would cost the State fouiv. teen millions sterling. Tho debate on the measure was adjourned, pending the receipt of the report of the Royal Commission which was set up to consider the question of pensions. In the election for the Middle Division of Lanarkshire, Mr Caldwell, the Liberal candidate, was returned by a majority of 880 votes. Ministers opposed the measure. The following committee has been set up to enquire into the working of the Irish Land Act :— Right Hon. John Morley, Mr T. M. Healy. Mr E. Carson, Mr Thomas Sexton, Mr J. L. Wharton, Mr J. A. Willcox, Mr TV W. Russell and E. F. V. Knox. The Bill to give effect to the award of the Behring Sea Com? mission has been read a second time in the House of Commons, Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, is making en- ; qniries from the Consul for Paraguay lin London as to the real condition ; of the New Australian colonists. : The agent in Buenos Ayres for the Paraguay Central Railway Company, writing on March ' 19th, reports that eighty seoeders from the New Australia settlement have gone to Gonzalez Colony. They are, he says, quite satisfied with their prospects there, and the new settlement appears to be flourishing. The defection ot the Parnellites is causing the Government serious anxiety^ The Radical members are much incensed at the action of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in claiming prtjEate members' time for the 1 whole oTthe session. Dissension is said to be increasing among the followers of Mr Justin MaUwthy. , <ft -section of the Cabinet is resent* ing the pressure sought to be brought on the Governraen by the Ministerial factions. & Mesßrs Garrard, solicitors, Evesham, have failed, with liabilities amounting to £809,000. The Times considers the colonial opposition to penny postage quije unintelligible 1 , and suggestig^atjlei^' haps a reduction will be possible at the next revision of the rates by the Postal Union. New Zealand frozen mutton, fiwt quality, 4^d ; second quality, s}d. Lamb, first quality, s£d. The New Zealand hemp market is quiet. About 470 bales of New Zealand -dressed, barely fair to good, brought from £14 10s to £16 10s.

The butter market is depressed. The Euahine's factory-made realised from 94s to 98s, while a few fancy lot 3 brought over 100s ; Danish, HGs. New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, 26s 9d, business quiet ; South Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 28s ; Victorian ditto, 275.