ALARM IN ENGLAND.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 265, 19 May 1888, Page 5

ALARM IN ENGLAND.

A me* tiiu ci ni'MdunN .ui'l kiukei was held to (divider t no iiatiun.il doftn.es. L'>nl('lu- i'..'ie-4'oid, S'l ( .co Klhott, Captain Coloiub, and Mi>m i W. 11. !IniMl>y ;uid 'I'll')-,. Ma) lie, M I- >, v.cio unionist, tho-c pi 'Sjnt. Sr\eial .>i>eakci-> c\{'iO"-(d pioaMiiu at tlu i coni.ti\ a^akeni'"^ to tlio iact ot t lie inadofjiiaoy vi tho!!>H', and -aid mv i\\on at the piovnl t'.nn 1 v.oald ic-r-ult. in Ik; !n^ of llic whole Ilmpiit 1 . In tlio llousj of Lonl-, Loid WoNcIcy 'jomplaiii'jd tlial Iho aitaikmado upon him \)\ the ManjUM ot S li^hnn \\.i-a uiiwauanted, and ho (Hsuwii«ml .is i \ C'jnucfiitiu with the .m tiulc wii!< h hud a'.tpr.urd in the ''Daily 'IY!ejriiipli." Jvrfcmn^ tv> his aftci dmnoi speech, he denied thai, lie had attacknl the (lo\ eminent, and explained that he could iirt lui\e rhav^ed the C Jo vernmeiib with nei,di^e)iee, a^ the) had | don') nmJi (o ii)ipio\o (ho dLtenrci of the count] y. ile Kiteialeii (hat the navy and ann\ \\oio weak, and that, | the defences both at Ifonic and alnnad weie dcJeetive and utt^ati-fa^foij'. The equipments and ouranisaiion wete also I bad. The i\] {liquid of »Suli.<bniy, a^erptini; I^oid \\ r ol^eley's disavowal, said that the uiotcsl ho had enlcu'd was jubtiilcd, and he hoped that in fn'.nie charges of such a mittuo would bo made in Parliament.

London, May 11. In tho House of Louli lo dny, Loid Wolsolcy admitted that tho Hon. Mr Stanhope had during his administiation lnucli iinpiovcd the condil ion of the defences of the countiy, although, in liis opinion, tho defence was .still unsatisfactory both at home and abioad, and lie w.tb unable to guarantee the pafcty of London in the c\ cut of an attack. Loid Wolseley 1 elicited that the cxpicssion of his opinion as (o the defeotiveness of the defence of the country should have bi ought on him the censuio of the Ptcim'cr, and said ho was prepaicd to tender his resignation Lo the War Oil ice. Lord Salislnuy, in reply, said he felt bound to adhcic lo his former renmikd as to the iniproin-iety of Loid AVolnoley's action in cxpics^in^ (he o])inions lie did on such a giave subject, in an after dinner speech, but he added that the Government would lcgartl his re - tirement as a great blow to Ihe service, lie further promised that Lord "Wol&eley's statements as to the elliciency ond defcetiveness of defences should receive the careful consideration of tho Government-. A great meeting is beintc arranged to take place in the city on the Glh of -Tune to protest against the inadequacy of the defence.?.

London, May 14 Mr Thomas Dickscn, a Parnollite, lias been returned for >Sl. Stephen's, Dublin, by a majority of 1,877 over his opponent, Robert Sexton (Unionist).