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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 25, 30 December 1884, Page 2

Our (Argus) London correspondent writes on October 31 : — " The 'claimant' has commenced " demonstrating" m the metropolis preparatory to a protracted provincial tour. His first meeting at St. James's Hall was attended by a considerable, but not a crowded, audience. It was apparent that a large proportion of those present simply attended the meeting from curiosity, and for the sake of atUHscment. The* claimant' in the course of a labored address, dolivered with none of his old influency of expression, indicated that he should continue 'to fight the battle for his children, while life remained. He could not understand, he said, tbe reason which induced the Sydney authorities to refuse to pormit William Cress well to be brought to England. His deliverance excited no public interest, but a portion of the press has called attention to the impropriety of permitting a ticket-of-leave man to go about tbe country attacking the Executive and judicial authorities m the violent terms, Orton employs. An action for libel against tue Times is announced.