IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2550, 2 September 1893, Page 1

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

London, August 29,

In the House of Commons, Mr Curran has given notice to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information of the intention of France with respect to the annexation of the New Hebrides, as reported from Sydney. In the House of Commons, Mr Buxton, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, referring to the dispute with the Matabeles, said that the Government were averse to violence, and trusted to Sir Henry Loch to see fair play. It is b'lieved that the Parish Councils Bill wi 1 be deferred till next year

. The Pall Mall Gazette says that owing to Viscount Drumlanrig receiviug precedence in the peerage over his father, the Marquis of Queensbury, the latter threntened to assault Lord Rosebery. TheJJpolice guarded Lord Rosebery, and qveutually the Prince of Wales interfered and settled the quarrel.

August 30.

.-. ; . Gladstone moved the third reading of the Home Rule Bill to day. He said that in spite of the deliberate and persistent efforts of the Opposition they had now arrived at the last stage stage. The Government had been compelled to apply the closure in order to fulfil the mandate of the country. The Opposition had been pleased to regard the measure as a monstrous and hideous one, and backed up their opinions with falsehoods, but the passage of the Bill through the House of Commons had been a great triumph. Mr Campbell-Bannerman, Minister of War, replying to a question, said that the Duke of Connaught would supersede all eligible seniors at Aldershot. It was difficult, however, to transfer any of the latter.

There was a discussion in the House of Commons upon the Duke of Gonnaught's appointment to the command at Aldershot, to which some members took exception. Slighting references to his Egyptian campaign were made during the debate.

The Chronicle says that it is intended ultimately to elevate the Duke, of Connaught to the supreme command when the Duke of Cambridge dies or retires. The Daily News condemns the appointment of the Duke of Connaught, and deprecates the practice of permitting princes to monopolise posts of honor and emolument.

August 31. The Marpuis of Salisbury has recovered.