CABLEGRAMS.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XII, Issue 2314, 27 July 1889, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.—Copyright) (by submarine cable.) LONDON, July 25 Five hundred bales of New Zealand heinp have been sold slowly at easier rates. Mr Gladstone has been complimented by Her Mujesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales on the celebration of hie colden wedding, and a great fete has been held at tho National Liberal Club in honor of the event. Foreigners are making complaints to the Foreign Office of the difficulty of securing complete naturalisation for the whole of Australasia. Mr Benzon asserts that his trip through Australia and Ne.v Zealand cost him £65,000. On the recommendation of the committee appointed to inquire into the subject of grants to the Royal f amily coming before the House of Commons today Mr Labouchere moved that the funds at the disposal of the Queen were adequate for her grandchildren, ami if otherwise economy should be exercised in respect to her household. The extreme Radical wing are supporting Mr Laboucbeie, while the majority of tho Parnellites support Mr Gladstone and Mr Smith in suggesting a compromise. Mr Morley moved an amendment opposing the grant recommended unless it was agreed that no further application be made. The colonising committee have asked to be re-appointed next session. The Paris correspondent of the Standard states that France has offered the Pope an asylum and promised to restore his temporal power, but the Pope declined, fearing to foment war. Several Irish public bodies are inviting Her Majesty the Queen to visit Ireland in the spring. July 26. Sir Gavan Duffy, in a letter to the Press, states that if Home Rule, the same as prevails iu Victoria, were given to Ireland, there would be no more political prisoners. Referring to the letter, tho Freeman'B Journal eulogises the patriotism of the writer. In the discussion in the House of Commons on grants to the Royal Family, Mr Gladstone, in an eloquent speech, combated the arguments of Mr Laboucbere. Mr Gladstone severely condemned the shabby attacks made on the civii list, and repudiated a microscopic inspection of the Queen’s household expenses. A splencid court, in a country like England, was, he contended, a necessity. ATHENS, July 26. A revolt has broken out at Crete, and there is a general demand for British protection. Turkey has despatched two warships and four regiments to the seat of the disturbance.