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Manawatu Herald, 1 November 1894, Page 2

London.

L i.d Rwelm-y, in the course of! his -p-ech ai B.udf .rd, dwelt on the imineiHuy of i,lih tn<k of dealing with i-he House of Lends. He said he was not inclined to move iu the in.itr.er at present, as the majority of the G vernm-.'in in this Parliament was too small, and die Government woli'il, bef ire emcriug fully into the question, r q lira the special mandate of i be connry, backed up by an overwhelming majority ut the polls. The eampa gn w mid, he said, reqiire wirin-'ss and patience, and he as--uivd bis h -arets that it would not b* an affur >>i rose water. He wirn d the ountry n>t to look for imnvdiare results, as it would be a h >p 'ie-s ta-sk to attempt to carry the U mse of L )i'd-i by s orm or by a rush. The Prime Minister concluded his <pe> j cb during an impressive scene of -xciem nt with the remark "We ding d iwn thd gauntlet ! You must lislp u- !" The Liberal newspapers are jubilant at Lnd Risebery'a defiant challenge. The Times considers that the Pivmier is dragged at the wheels of •a fana ical folly, which he scarcely piviends to regard as national. Thr! Stand ird f illows in a similar -train, and declares the speech an electioneering one. Mister Alan Fergusson, son of Sir James Fergus.son, formerly Governor of N i\\ Z^ataud, has. been arrested on a charge of setting fire to Trinity College at Glenalmoncl, near Perth, in Scotland, where he was a srudent. The Chief Secretary for Ireland, replving to a deputation headed by ihe Lord Mayor of Dublin, refused •o release prisoners convict' d of ilynamif.e nivrMjje^, and d'-clined to hold out any hope of ih j ir release until their sentences had been served.