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Manawatu Herald, 15 May 1894, Page 2

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Lord Chief Justice Coleridge is in a critical state of health. The opinion is growing in India that the mysterious smearing of trees in certain districts has a religious and not a political significance. The constituency of Dumfries has re-elected Mr E. T. Reid, who succeeds Sir John Rigby as Solicitor General for England. In the House of Commons the second reading of the Budget Bill was carried after a close division, the voting being— Ayes 808, Noes 294 ; majority for Government 14. The House then adjourned till the 21st instant. In the division on the Budget Bill the Parnellites voted against the Government, while the anti-Parnell-ites supported the measure. Three Gladstonians and one Unionist abstained from voting. The Judge has approved the Loan and Mercantile Articles of Association, and the new company has been registered. All the Loan and Mercantile bondholders, except Baron Schroeder, are urging Mr Stewart, the Official Receiver, to proceed against the Directors either civilly or criminally. City men are strongly of opinion that Mr Mundella must resign his portfolio. After the recess it is intended to move the adjournment of the House in order to discuss Mr Mundella's position. Lord Lansdowne, ex- Viceroy of India, and Lord Roberts, formerly Commander in Chief, concur in the belief that the marking of trees is connected with religious ritual, and has nothing to do with politics. The Calcutta correspondent of the Times says the prospect of additional taxation is awaited with the gravest anxiety in view of the restless feeling among the natives. The Viceroy considers that no great attention need be paid to the rumours of a general mutiny. It is now reported that the outbreak in the 17th Bengal Infantry was not connected with questions of caste. News has been received that the Agra mutineers in India allege that recruits in the army are illegally beaten. -The Titties Simla correspondent telegraphs that Rajput Moslems from Delhi originated the disorder i.i Agra, and that the affair is devoid of any political importance. The Times 1 Buenos Ayres'correspondent telegraphs that the legal authorities declare that the extradition treaty with Great Britain does not cover J abez Balfour's case. Meunier, the Anarchist arrested in London on suspicion of being concerned in the explosion at the Caf6 Very, has been extradited to France. The Irish National League Convention of Liverpool. has resolved to call a National Convention at Dublin, for the purpose of healing the feuds of the Party. "- - . Mr Wilson is organising the seamen's strike. So far -'-2000 have struck work. Sir Charles -Dilke advises the Government to continue the session for an entire year, and pass the Evicted Tenants Bill, and also the measure for the Disestablishment of the Church in Wales. He further suggests that early in 1895 the Government should introduce a measure limiting the exercise of the veto by the House of Lords, and then dissolve. In the course of his address to the Colonial Party in the House of Commons, Sir George Grey said he hoped to see the Federation of the Anglo-Saxon race brought about, with colonial delegates in the Imperial Parliament. The marriage of Mr Aequith,

Home Secretary, and Miss Margot Tennant took place at St. George's, Hanover Square, to-day. The ceremony was of a brilliant description. Amongst those present was Mr Gladstone. Sir John Hall has consented to deliver an address to the London"* Women's Suffrage League on the progress of the movement in New Zealand. Frozen mutton is unchanged. The hemp market is slightly easier. Fair to good Wellington brought £15 15s. The Kaikoura's butter and cheese arrived in good condition. Victorian frozen mutton, 2^d. New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, 26s 3d, quiet ; South Australian do, 275, quiet ; Victorian do, 26s 6d. A cargo of Australian* wheat sold at 22s 9d.