London.

Manawatu Herald, 27 June 1895, Page 2

London.

Lord Rosebeiy's Ministry has resigned. Lord Salisbury has been summoned to form the new Ministry, and, with the assistance of the Duke of Devonshire, he is forming a coalition Ministry from the Conservative and Unionist ranki*

It is expected that the new Ministers will go before their constituents for, re-election within five weeksi T^he limes says that orily, ( the principal positions iii the new Ministry will be filled befdrp ah ap'rieal is' niacle to tne electors. The paper hints th< t Lord Salisbury will be Premier ; the Duke of Devonshire, Foreign Secretary ; Mr Balfour, Leader of the House of Commons and First taord of the Treasury ; Mr Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Mr Chamberlain; Secretary for War; Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and Mr Courtney, President of the Board of Trade. The Standard says that that Sir H. James and the Marquis of Lansdowne will join the Cabinet; Sir Wra. ritareoul : fc niade* a statement to the House, in which he said Ministers as a body associated themselves with Mr Campbell-Ban-nerman's resignation, inasmuch as they were unable td obtain Votes for Supply. The Cabinet had, therefore* resigned* but they would hold office, until their successors Were appointed, lie begged the House to pass the Pacific Seal Fisheries Bill, and send it immediately to the House of Lords. There never was, he added, an abler or more respected Minister of War than that gentleman. Mr Balfour complimented Sir Wm. Harcourt on his leadership in the House, but said he thought the Government should have asked for a dissolution of Parliament. Ml 1 Balf'our said that all parties regarded Sir William Harcourt as one of the greatest ornaments of the House. Lord Salisbury proposes to dissolve at an early date, probably in The Times thinks that if Supply is taken now, the election must be deferred until after the harvest, say the end of October. Mr Gladstone has hastily returned from Germany, and dined with Lord Rosebery yesterday. Desperate street fighting took place in Cork, between the followers of Mr Dillon and Mr Redmond. Many persons wore injured and several houses were wrecked. The police had the greatest difficulty in quelling the riot. Mr James F. K. O'Brien has resigned his seat for South Mayo, and will stand for the Cork City seat rendered vacant by Mr William O'Brien's bankruptcy. Messrs Nelson Brothers propose to transfer their English business to a Colonial Distribution Company. The first issue of capital will be £300,000. The world's export of wheat for the last ten weeks was 2,000,000 quarters above ordinary need?, but owing to the moderate stock in England the surplus was readily ab sorbed. The English wheat market has undergone a general decline of 6d. The fall is continuous. The spot quotations for New York red winter No. 2 is 75£ cent 3. It is expected there will be a rise of id in merino combing and bright crossbred at the July sales. During the present month, the sales of wool have aggregated 19,---500,0001 b. For the oargo of Victorian wheat by the ship Celtic Monarch buyers are offering 245, and for the cargo by the ship Scottish Minstrel they are offering 249 3d. Owing to the consumption of stock, firmer rates are expected at the wool sales before the autumn.