CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 4, 3 December 1884, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(BY ELECTRIC TKLEaUAI'II. — COPYRIGHT.") (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, Dec. 1. Mr Gladstone has introduced his Redistribution of Seats Bill m the House of Commons to-day. The provisions of the bill are as follows : — Boroughs with a population under fifteen thousand will be merged m the counties; those under. fifty thousand will return a single member, while larger boroughs will be divided into single-member wardships. The number of members for the Metropolis wilt be increased by thirty-seven, Liverpool by six, Birmingham and Glasgow by four, and Manchester by three, while the . city of London will be reduced by two. On the whole England gains six members, Scotland twelve, Ireland and Wales unchanged. The Premier announced that after the bill had been read a second time, Parliament would adjourn, until February next. The French trhops have been repulsed by the Chinese at Kelung with a loss of twenty killed. | In the House of Lords to-day Lord Derby announced that the amendments proposed by the Imperial Government m the draft bill to constitute a Federal Council for Australasia has been submitted to the colonies, and an early reply was expected. Dec. 2. \ Leonard Courtney, M.P. and Financial Secretary of the Treasury has resigned owing to $c fact that the Government Bill for redistribution' of seatsdoes not provide for the representation of minorities. Washington, Dec. 1. Presideut Arthur's Message to Congress urges the extension of neutrality laws m. order to prevent hostile acts being plotted on American soil against friendly nations. Paris, Dec. 1. M. Ferry has issued a circular announcing that cholera has now entirely ceased m France.