CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 3 July 1894, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. Mr Chamberlain, in the House of Commons, contended that the precedent had been recognised by Lord Chief Justice Coleridge that after a commoner had been made a peer he could accept tiie Chiltern Hundreds. This he contended, implied the ability of peers to remain in Commons indefinitely. " L*. Sir W. V. Harcourt said he^gp? willing to nppoint a committefeTo enquire into the point thus raised-. Both Houses of Parliament have adopted addresses of congratulation to the Queen on the birth of a greatgrandson. ' * Mr Keir Hardie, BpSSfis&g^|otho moLi-jn, in the House of Co]i]HS&bg protested against the addres*JpjQ disparaged the Queen and the Enjp<£ of Wales amidst shouts of^sdteule and frequent interruptions. Mr Gladstone declares he will not seek re election. The Daily Chronicle publishes a telegram from Shanghai stating, it is believed there, that war between China and Japan is imminent. A crowd on Tower Hill " nearly lynched two Anarchists foV advisibg the people to get up a counterdemonstration against the Prince of Wales wken he is opening the new Tower Bridge. It is reported that other Aparcbists, in possession of dynamite, have arrived and have been seen exatnin* ing the bridge in a boat. Some of the newspapers annonnoe that the Royal personages who attend the ceremony will be hemmed in by a guard of special detectives ; also that the police have been warned that an attempt will be made to dynamite the White Lodge, where the Duke and Duchess of York are staying, and that special precautions are required for their protection^ The Queen has sent a most touching autograph letter to Madams Carnot. The Surrey County leads for the cricket championship with seven wins and one loss. Yorkshire follows with five wins and two losses. The Prince of Wales opened the Tower Bridge on Saturday. The ceremony was a very imposing one.