London.

Manawatu Herald, 14 April 1892, Page 2

London.

A motion for the repeal of the Septennial Parliaments Act was defeated by 46.

The Tory press assert that to shorten the duration of Parliament would degrade the House of Commons, and turn it into a mere assemblage of popular delegates. Thirty Liberal-Unionists voted wifch the majority.

Sergeant Holden was sentenced to a year's fmprisonment for enn deavouring to induce a soldier at Malta to divulge plans of the fortifications of the Island to the French. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, who was on the Bench, regretted that he was unable to sentence accused to a longer term of imprisonment.

Mr A Blaine, member for the Southern Divison of Armagh, has given notice to move for the establishment of a Parliament in Dublin to control the administration of land judiciary and police affairs.

A conference at Belfast has arranged to hold a Convention in Ulster to protest against the proposal for an Irish Parliament.

Sir Charles Russel, in speaking of Mr Blaine's motion, said the Conference was the most important meeting that had been held in Belfast for a century. Colonel Saunderson, the Conservative member for Armagh, said the Convention was meant as a solemn warning, and not as a threat.