BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5622, 18 November 1889, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(By Electric Telegraph -Copyright-Por United Press Association-Received November 1/, 0,-'o p.tn ) LONDON, Nov. 15.

Mr John Aircl, M.P. for Paddington, in the course of a speech suggested that a Royal Commission bo appointed to enquire into and report on the labor question, with a view to the creation of Courts of Arbitration. Obituary : Sir Samuel Morton Peto, engineer, aged 80. The deceased was engaged in the construction of large railways i" England and Canada and also constructed the railway to Balaclava, m the Crimea, in 1854. It is expected that Professor Hoyle will open tho new Sydney organ. The Canadian Atlantic cable to Clew Bay, Ireland, will be laid shortly. The 'busmen have resolved to strike on Monday unless the proprietors agree to their demands for twelve hours as a day s work. A large public meeting has been held at ; the Mansion House, presided over by Sir H. A. Isaacs, Lord Mayor, in support of the City of London branch of the Federation League. A resolution was carried in favor of the early summoning of another colonial conference. The iron market is receding, owing to a reaction having set in. Glasgow f.o.b. closed at (Us, Middlesborough 635, hematite 745. The libel action has been brought by Mrs Besant against the Rector of Stephney, owing to accusations oF the latter charging Mrs Besant with unchaste teaching, and was heard to-day before a jury. After a few hours' consideration the jury intimated that thoy wore unable to agree, and probably a fresh trial will take place. (Received Nov. 18, 1.10 a.m.) The General Steam Navigation Company have suspended the Boulogne trade •wing to the action of tho men. (Received Nov. 18, 1:2.10 p.m.) Nov. 17. Lord Roseberry^spenkingat the Mansion House yesterday, said the great sympathy shown by Australia with the dock strikers, taken with the Soudan incident, showed that there was a healthy tone in the colonies in the direction of unity of the British Empire. The existence of the Federal Government now inaugurated in Australia depended upon a periodical renewal of the conference of the colonial delegates in London. At such conferences Lord Roseberry said that such questions as defence, and postal and telegraph systems might be properly considered. Lord Carnarvon, on the same occasion, expressed a hope that the larger question of the federation of tho Empire would be submitted for consideration at the next colonial conference. The Times, in the course of an article on federation, says the promoters are forcing the pace, but at present there is little ground for practical agitation, and it will be necessary to await the result of the Australian federation before it is either prudent or profitable to move further in the direction of Imperial federation. The Standard, referring to the proposal for holding another colonial conference, expresses an opinion that there is nothing at present to demand an assemblage of colonial delegates. (Received Nov. 18, 12.30 p.m.) Nov. 17. Nearly all the master bakers have now conceded to the demands of the men for a reduction in the hours of labor. The Road Car Company has granted the demands of the bussmen for a reduction of hours of labor to twelve hours as a day's work, on the condition that other Bus Companies make similar concessions. NEW YORK, Nov. 10. At the Cronin murder trial Clancy, a journalist, testified that on the morning of the day on which the body was discovered, O'Sullivan boasted that he had known Crouin well for five years, and did not believe that he had been murdered. When in the evening lie was told that the body had been found O'Sullivan sank into a chair in terror, and refused to go and identify the corpse, though repeatedly urged to do so. [specials to press association.] London, Nov. 14. The master bakers are conceding the demands of the men for a reduction of the hours of labor.— The South Metropolitan Gas Company has decided to share the profits with its employes. The men who went out on strike *vill receive a share on the profits. — It is thought probable that the recent vote of LIOOO made by the Strike Executive to the Broken Hill miners who went out ou strike will be rescinded, and other strikers subsidised. — Mr Macdonald, formerly manager for the Times, is in a precarious condition of health. Paris, Nov. 14. The election of Boulanger for Montmarfce, one of the Paris constituencies, has been declared invalid. Romp;, Nov. 14. The Italian Government threatens to bombard Tangiers, unless satisfaction is given for the pillage by the Moors of the residence of Marquis Galetta, Italian Minister at Algiers, and the maltreatment of that officer. It is believed that the matter will be amicably settled.