DELAYED GABLES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 10001, 28 May 1895, Page 3

DELAYED GABLES.

Londok, May 23. Tho Duke of Devonshire deolares that the Unionists are satisfied that tbe elemp.nts of mischief in tbe present House of Commons are crippled and destroyed, and farther, that the Government is stricken with mortal paralysis, and is Incapable of aohieving its objects. In an address to the Primrose League, tbe Marquis of 'Salisbury said moneyed men wonld nob invest, fearing that Socialist measures wuuld render capital unsafe, and he did not anticipate a revival in tirade until confidence was restored. He declared that a black and Impassable stream of distrust divides the sullen ranks of half -starved workers from tbe benefits of capital.

la the House of Commons, Mr 6. C. Bartley, referring to Lord Braesey, inquired whether there was any precedent tor a Governor speaking in favor of a can* didate for a seat in the House. Mr Baxton, Parliamentary Under Secrobary to the Colonial Cilice, replied that Lord Brassey was not yet a Governor, Three disguised men fired at Mr MacSwlney, a Jnstice of tbe Peace, who was returning irocn tbe sessions at) Kanturk, Connty Cork. None of the shot 3 took effect, and ha replied with a revolver, but the rom eioupsd. Lard Brnasey, adlressing the Women's Liberal Association, said luat bb the son of perhaps one of the greatest employers of mo'iurn times, he hid knowledge of the overwork aud miserable pay of factory women, which was. repugnant to him, as also was the present exposed and lIW guarded state of machinery and insanitary condition of the nnjoriby of the factories. He urged that the State should take acthu to protect those women from the abueea mentioned.

May 24. At the trial of Oscar Wilde the Judge said he was of oplaian that Shelley suffered from delusions, and tbafe there was notbiog unnatural in his friendship with accused. The evidence did not prove otherwise than that the friendship was perfectly honorable. In bis evidence Wilde denied in Mo all the charges made against him.

In his Bradford speech Lord Salisbury said he doubted whether the Turks were answerable tor (he Armenian atrocities. Wordy protests would only Induce the Moslems to oontinae the persecutions, and he did not believe the Great Powers would actively intervene in the matter. Xhe Times, referring to the Associated Chambers of Commerce deputation, urges the Premier to aeslet the Pacifio scheme. Messrs Hnddart, too, urge an Imperial expenditure of £100,000 per annum on the Pacifio steamers and cable, whioh will be amply repaid by the improved commaoioatlon, and will strengthen the attachment of the colonies, and develope .British influence in the Pacißc. Orton Bays Slade " gave away" all the details of the Tlchborne family affairs. He simply sucked Slade's brains. He merely asked Lady Tichborne for £300 in the first instance, bat the popular confidence that he was the heir forced on the I imposition. Hla intention was to Bail tor Panama. Mr M'MUlan, ex- Colonial Trasnrer of New South Wales, who has been making inquiries as to tbß extension of the produce markets, advises the colony to centre its energies in tbe British market, and not) to face a struggle with its rivals on the Continent, where the markets are virtually closed, " « W Oft

May 26. Wilde after being sentenced appeared quite dazed and horror-stricken. In his despair he weakly muttered a request to be permitted to address the Court, bat this wbb nrjheeded, and the warders hurried him off to his cell. During the trial Wilde, who appeared to be suffering from weakness, was allowed to remain seated in the witness-box while giving evidence on his own behalf. He said he always understood Taylor to be a respectable man, and, referring to his association with Mm, said the reason for the friendship was because he personally liked praise, and Honlelrjß was delightful to him. Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., counsel tor the accused, declared that the witnesses for the prosecution were blackmailers, and that it "was impossible to believe them. The jury asked whether it was intended to arrest Lord Alfred Douglas. The Judge replied that he was not aware of the Intention of the police, but in any case it did not affect the present trial, The jary thought that if Wilde's letters showed him to be guilty, the guilt applied equally to Lord Alfred Douglas. His Honor concurred in this opinion, but added that the suspicion of the jury that the son of the Marquis of Queensberry was being allowed to escape owiog to bis connections was both unfounded and impossible. At the Bow-Btreeb Police Conrt, connsel for Leonard Harper repeated that the accused was willing to return to New Zealand. Ottawa, May 23. Manitoba has decided to recognise separate Catholic schools, which will be placed under inspection and must be managed by certificated teachers.