London.

Manawatu Herald, 26 February 1895, Page 2

London.

Sir H. James moved a resolution attacking the Government on the subject of the duties levied by India on English cotton goods. He complained that the Lancashire members were never consulted as to the propriety of the duties which were imposed for protective purposes. Mr Fowler, in reply, contended that these duties were a financial necessity owing to the increase of the Indian expenditure and the fall in exchange. The voting was on non-party lines. Mr Goschen supported the Government. Mrßalfour was absent, suffering from influenza, and Mr Chamberlain abstained from voting. The motion was defeated by 195 votes.

Mr Bowles, M.P., has given notice to move that the correspondence between Judge Williams, the Board of Trade, and the Lord Chancellor be laid on the table.

* The evidence in the . Liberator case showed that a cheque for £45,086, drawn by the Lands Allotment Company in favour of the Seal Estates Company before ihe latter came into existence, has never been accounted for.

It is believed that the Queen has formally sanctioned an' Order of Merit to be conferred on literary men of distinction within the British Empire. The Order will be divided, into three classes, the highest grade to be confined to 24 members, second to 100, and the third to 250. The influenza epidemic is again making itself severely' felt in all quarters. Lord Rosebery, Justice Davey, Sir Robert Herbert, Max O'Rell, the Earl of Dunraven, Harold Finch-Hatton, the Earl of Gadogan, Lord Abedare, Henry Irving and Mr Toole are all prostrated by it. A large number of schools have had to be dosed, and out of 100 guests present at a recent golden wedding 90 were suffering from the prevailing complaint. It is believed that the Government will re-enact the thirteenth clause of the Irish Land Bill of 1891, introduoing the voluntary principle between the landlord and the evicted tenant.

This stffrencler, it is considered, will ensure the passage of the Bill. The Clati-na-G ael Society threatens to institute a policy of dynamite outrages against the Irish members, alleging that they have been guilty of treachery to the cause. A Maltese merchant has obtained a contract for .the. supply, of frozen nleftt to the gartisott in JtaJfcdi I the irefeafl of .bit Henry Loch, Governor of Cape Colony, ,was the outcome of an old arrangement with the Colonial Office in the event of Sir Henry desiring a rest. Lieutenant-General W* H. Good- \ enough) eofflmander of the troops in the colony, is acting temporarily as Governor &nd £tign Commissioner; ftew Zealand long-berried Wheiifck ek WatehoU^e, nominally, 25s 6d; South Australian do, 26s 6d, restricted ; Victorian do, nominally, 2656 - « . « a , MUtton—first Quality, . Bfd J second Quality, 2jd. hamb~ Average Quality, §d ; finest Ojd* The hemp market ia fiat— good New Zealand, £13.

Danish butter, 104s.