London.

Manawatu Herald, 18 August 1896, Page 2

London.

Sir John Millais, President of the Royal Academy, who has been suffering for some time past from cancer of the throat, is dead.

Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales have sent messages of condolence to the family. The American, German and

French papers refer to his death as a 1033 to art.

Tha House of Lords has abandoned Lord Cloncurry's amendment to the Irish Land Bill, and the other amendments have been accepted by the House of Commons, including those that town parks be used as farms.

On his leaving the House, Mr Gerald Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, was heartily cheered for the ability and energy he had displayed in the passage of the measure.

News has been received that Inkoranzis and other tribes have combined with Samory, the great Mahommedan chief, with the object of expelling the British from Coomassie, the capital of Ashanti.

H.M.S. warships Phoebe and Magpie, with a force of Accra Haussas, have sailed for Elmina, whence they march on Coomassie.

John Daly, the dynamite prisoner, has been released on account of ill-health.

Brady, Gallagher and Whitehead have also been released from gaol for the same reason.

New Zealand frozen meat and hemp quotations are unchanged. Tallow— Fine mutton, 20s 9d ; medium, 18a. Fine beef, 17s 6d ; medium, 16a 3d.

The Colonial Office regard the difficulty in Ashanti as one which will easily be settled.

Stanbury and Gaudaur have signed articles for the match.

Parliament ha 3 been prorogued. Mr W. L. Jackson has been chosen chairman of the committee to enquire into the affairs of the South Africa Chartered Company and the raid of Dr Jameson.