IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2481, 25 March 1893, Page 1

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

London, March 21. In the House of Commons, the vote for Uganda was passed by 3GB to 46. In the course of the discussion, Mr Gladstone denied that Sir G. Portal was authorised to occupy or annex the country. Mr Labouchere made a violent attack on Lord Rosebery’s foreign,'policy. Mr H. Fowler, President of the Local Government Board, has introduced a Bill creating a Parish Council with large powers in every parish containing a population of three hundred. Dr EL Campbell Bannerraan, Secretary for War, replying to a question in the Bouse of Commons, said that the defence of King George’s Sound and Thursday Lland were almost completed. Mr Fowler, in introducing the Bill creating parish councils, explained that

j under the measure the members, varying from 5 to 15 in number, according to th e size of the parish, were to be elected by ballot on the single vote principle. The council would undertake all the municipal work of the parish, thus abolishing the vestries. Many telegrams and letters have been received in Ulster from Australia and New Zealand offering men and money. It is hoped that Lord Salisbury will recover in time to keep his engagement to deliver an address at Belfast. The Daily Telegraph continues to publish alarming reports of the arming and enrolling of men in Ulster, but they are not confirmed by any other papers, March 22. The House of Commons have passed Sir J. Lubbock’s motion in favor of local option with respect to the hour at which shops should close. The Parish Councils’ Bill which was introduced into the House of Commons by Mr Fowler has been well received It allows of compulsory purchase of allotments, and recognises rural unions as District Councils. In the House of Commons Mr T. P. Boletho, member for St. Ives, introduced the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors Bill, creating Licensing Boards and allowing payment for compensation to publicans for loss of license. Sir W. Harcourt spoke in support of the measure, and his action in doing so is taken to indicate that the Government intend to drop the Direct Veto Bill. MrGhidstone stated in the House of Commons that the Government were not prepaied at present to settle Uganda as they were awaiting elucidation on several points. The Bill to subsidise the British East African Company has been read a second time. The sum of £350,000 has been subscribed in Ulster to the Defence Fund, by nine persons. The Daily Telegraph states that the Loyalists’ Guarantee Defence Fund exceeds £1,000,000. A great meeting is to be held in Limerick to protest against the Home Rule Bill, and meetings for a similar purpose have been called in many otherparts of Ireland and in England. Ottawa, March 21.

A crisis is impending in the Dominion Parlhunont because of the proposal to pass a vote of censure on the Hon. V. Clarke Wallace, Commissioner of Customs, for having delivered a speech in which he upheld the stand taken by the people of Ulster against the Home Rule Bill. The vote of censure was rejected by 105 to 74. The minority included three Ministers. The Loyalists of Napier and Hawke’s Bay are subscribing to the Ulster Fund. They hope to raise £2OO.