London.

Manawatu Herald, 29 February 1896, Page 2

London.

After much mystery Dr Jameson arrived in London on Tuesday. There was some cheering as he stepped out of the train. He was charged at the Bow street Court, together with Sir John Willoughby and other officers, with making war on a friendly State. The hearing of the case was adjourned for a fortnight, and bail in £2000 was allowed.

T?he troopers denounce Thatcher as an impoater, and accuse him of being a spy. They assert that he took no parfc in the fighting* and that his letters are Untrue. The charge against Dr Jameson v-^ and his officer?, of making war on a friendly State, is laid under the 11th section of the Foreign Enlistment Act. The Metropolitan Polioe Court, Bow street, where the prisoners were charged, was crowded, and Jameson and his men were wildly cheered. The Magistrate (3ir John Bridge) expressed indignation at the conduct of the crowd, the offence on which the men were charged being, he . said, of the highest possible gravity. The Law Officers of the Crown will conduct the prosecution. The Agents-General are supporting Queensland's protest against the imposition of a tax by Malta on frozen meat. Mr Chamberlain is arranging for a refund of the death duties paid by Victorians between the date of a * bequest and the issue of the executive order on the subject. Mr Baifour'a proposals respecting the limit as to the discussion in Committee of Supply in the House of Commons has proved acceptable to members. The native chief Samory has promised Mr Maxwell, Governor of the Gold Coast, that he will remain faithful to the British. Dr Alexander, Bishop of Deny, has been appointed Primate of Ire* land, in succession to the late Dr Gregg. A scheme is being considered for the establishment on a large scale of rifle ranges for the British Volunteers and militia. Forty thousand men will take part in the July manoeuvres. The House of Commons, by a majority of 97 votes, has rejected Mr Clancy's Bill to extinguish arrears of rent and reinstate evioted tenants. Lord Wolseley, Commander-in-chief of the British Army, declares it important that the colonies recognise the new rifle, the Lee-Mifcford, as a perfect weapon. Commander Ballington Booth, of the American section of the Salvation Army, who recently renounced allegiance to headquarters, has withdrawn the renunciation and submitted to the authority of General Booth, hi 3 father. Lord Salisbury, replying to the Sultan's proposal to make a new arrangement as to Egypt, on the basis of a guarantee of the security of the passage to India through the - Suez Canal, says that the invitation was too vague. The Sultan has appointed a commission to formulate his scheme*