London.

Manawatu Herald, 11 July 1895, Page 2

London.

Parliament has been prorogued to the 24th July; Lord Salisbury, in bis speech in the House of Lords, said the Government intended to arrange for the retention of small holdings, cheapen the carriage of produce, and revise the incidence of taxation. He advocated relief to agriculture ; also, legislation regarding agricultural holdings and railway freights on tarni produce, the revision of the Poor Laws, and assistance to workers to enable them to buy their own freeholds, which, he observed, would add a powerful bulwark to the traditions of the country, and place its tranquility on an irremovable foundation. He said the Conservatives aimed at avoiding revolutionary changes, and he hinted at a measure for the relief of those reduced to poverty by the great vicissitudes of trade.

Mr Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, speaking in London, said the Government would deal with the immigration of foreign paupers and also the importation of foreign prison made goods. In explaining the Employers' Liability Bill which the Government intend to bring in, he said it would be proposed to compensate workmen for injuries received through no fault of their own. The cost, he added, would be charged to the particular industry in which the accident arose, and ultimately it would be the purchasers who would have to pay. Mr Balfour has issued a manifesto on behalf of the Government, in which he advocates the better housing of workers, the preservation of the voluntary- schools and the religious interests therein, compensation..to injured workmen, and the opening of markets abroad.

Sir W. V. Harcourt is stumping the country in the interests of local veto, which he declares is the sole remaining object of his life.

. The total quantity of wool catalogued up to date is 71,000 bales, of which 68,600 have been sold.

Prioei continue firm. Merinos are generally 10 per cent, and cros3> brads 10 to 15 per cent above the prides ruling at, the May series. The '• Paporangi^ brand brought Is o£d. - At the wool sales there is keen competition between Home and American buyers, and prices are well maintained. : '

Tallovfr— Medium mutton is unchanged ; beef tallow has declined 6d.

The English wheat market is steadier, the Continental is declining, and shows increased weakness, while the American is changing a little for the worse.

The cargo of Victorian wheat by the ship King David sold at 22s Sd.

Cleary has been sentenced to 20 yeare' imprisonment for burning his wife as a witch at Clonmel.

Six accomplices have been sentenced to various terms from six months to five years.