London.

Manawatu Herald, 17 November 1894, Page 2

London.

A yonng man named Roddy bcqßEae Inisane while pvayliig itx the Dundalk Gathedralj and B<abbed' a womaii with a knife in tho most horrible manner. She was found lying m ft pool of blond in the nave, and is in a very precarious condition. The Admiralty intend to despatch f.hiriy-two Nordenfeldt guns with complete app.iaßCfiS;a&i| ammunition „ oe Sidney fpr of morchant eruisera in case of emeifgency. , ■■. . Mr Baifuur, addressing a meeting, of . a.ix thousand at Newcastle, ridiculed Lord Roaebery's " stage revolution,'; aa he described the policy enunciated by . the Prime Minister, and claimed, tnat it had failed to excite the country,.A Libcrian gunboat fired on an English steamer which was landing ijargi at Settvakan,. and killed 25 of ihoiie. on boarcl. The captain had been previously. ' warned. . \n the course of his Glasgow 'speech the Prime Miniater Baid the anxiety of the House of Lords during last session to discuss social question* <wemed like a deathbed repentance. .The nest elections Would scotch them .or give . thnm new life. He declined to take part in any attempt o abolish an Upper .IJ.Quse, . but he desired to readjust the relations between the House of Lords and the uopular Chamber. • Mr Balfour, speaking at Suttderland, said the deatructiop of the Hou3e of Lords meant th.tfc the Drraocracy would enter upon a ppnlons path. . He believed the native instinct of the British people would prevent so dangerous a course being taken. Ten thousand boses of stored butter have been sold since Ist November at from 80a to din per cwt.