London.

Manawatu Herald, 11 April 1895, Page 2

London.

Jabez Balfour has sailed for England in custody. Shares in the Londonderry mine are quoted at 12s 6d. Colonel North explains that the cash and shares he has deposited will bpcoffie the property of the shareholders unless the dividends nampd arp paid. The Pall Mall Gazette thinks it impossible to trust Coolgardie ex perta* The Übn Horace Plunketfc, M.P for Dublin South, undertakes, under a power of attorney, that Lord Fingral will virtually imitate the example of Colocpl North regarding the Londonderry mine at Coolgardie. Thp French buyers of shares in the mine are combining to refuse to complete their purchases. The Pah Mall Gazette states that the Sultan of Turkey has invited the editor of that paper to proceed to Armenia as an independent Com* missioner in connection with the enquiry into the recent atrocities The Pope will issue an appeal at Easter urging the Protestants of England to favour union with the Roman Catholic Church. The House of Commons, by a majority of 60, passed Mr Dalziel's motion in favour of holding a second ballot for the Speakership where no candidate secures an absolute majority. The Clonmel Bench has committed for trial nine residents of Bally valloa for the murder of Bridget Cleary. The unfortunate woman was roasted over a fire in order to extort an admission that she was a witch. The husband, father, aunt and cousins of the victim are implicated in the crime. The voyage of the Buteshire tends to prove that for the live cattle trade the route via the Cape is preferable to the Suez Canal, and that the housing of the cattle on the poop is better than between decks. The butchers consider the bullocks by the Buteshire were excellent, ex* cept that they were too old, and slightly wasted from the effects of the voyage. They were killed at SmUhfield, and the meat is selling atsfd The market is unusually good, owing to the scarcity of American meat. Thirty of the Buteshire's sheep have hppn killed, and are selling at 5Jd to 6d per lb. They averaged 60' h in weight. '1 he Right Hon A. W. Peel, in resigning the Speakership, made an eloquent speech, in which he said he trusted the House of Commons w >uld, in the conduct of its business, continue to he a model for colonial and foreign assemblies. The Leader of the House, Sir W. V. Hare 'iirf, gave no'ice of a motion thanking Mr Peel for his eminent services to the State, and praying that the Queen would suitably rex ward him. The motion is to be seconded by Mr Balfour, Leader of the Opposition in the Lower House. Lord Riseb»ry intends to introduce a Bill in the House of Lords after the Easter recess providing for certain colonial Judges being appointed members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.