London.

Manawatu Herald, 18 May 1895, Page 2

London.

The committee moved for by Sir W. V. .Harcourt to consider Lord Wolmer'a case has been set) up. . A private Bill has passed its

second reading in the House , of Commons providing for arbitration upon the value of permanent improvements on tenant farniß» to prevent the outgoef losing competition. The Convocation is asking the Bishops to prevent divorced persons being re-married in the churchesi The Bishop of Salisbury, speaking at t the Convocation o! Canterbury, Said the general power of religion in the colonies was much less than in England. It was painful to see the commercial Spirit of the clergy owing to the poverty of the cniirclies. They competed with each dthefc like hotels. He attributed this to Disestablishment, and the re-union of the Church and State was the only thing that could prevent it. Mr Bridget Magistrate at Bow street ftHtee Cduxfc iritiniated that he would commit Jabei Balfour on the charge of rilisabpriatipg $20)000; also for Breaches of the Bankruptcy Act. The Rev. J. Welldon, master of Harrow School, addressing the Colonial Institute on the Imperial aspects of education > declared that the instincts of sport played a larger part in creating the Empire than studies.