ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XX, Issue 5884, 21 April 1886, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

BY BLKOTBIO TBLEGBAFH— COPYRIGHT (reutkr's.tbmsgrams), Received April 20, 1.30 p.m; HEAVY RAINS IN MONTREAL. MoNTBKAt, April 19 — Heavy rains are melting the snow in the interior, and havo caused the St. Lawreuos River to rise to an abnormal height. The result has been that the city has been completely inundated in the low-lying parts, causing immense damage to property, and rendering many families homelessi THE LATE RIOT 3. London, April 19— In the House of Commona to-day the Right Hon, Hugh Childers, Home Secretary, announced his intention to introduce a Bill to compensate the sufferers by the late riots. The measure will be applicable to the whole country as well as London. Received April 21, 1 a.m. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS, April 20— TheAustralian mails, per Bengal, dated Maroh 19th, were delivered here yesterday, MRS ADELAIDE BARTLETT ACQUITTED, The trial of Mrs Adelaide Bartlett, for poisoning her husband by the administration of chloroform on the 31st December last was concluded to-day, when the jury acquitted the prisoner. SHIPPING* The Tongariro arrived at Plymouth thia morning, her cargo of meat being in good condition. (AGE SPECIALS*— UNITED PBHSS ASSOOIAWON.) [Per s.s. Waihora at the Bluff,] London, April 9— The speech made by Mr Gladstone in submitting to tho House of Commons last night his policy with regard to Ireland is generally spoken of as a aplendid oration. A feeling of intense excitement prevailed in the Chamber during its delivery The members of the Parnell party are jubifont at the concessions offered as a whole, though they take exception to the proposals in aome particulars? The Liberal section of the House exhibited a feeling of apathy. April 11— The debate in the House of Commons relating to Mr Gladstone's Irish proposals waa resumed on Friday, when the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain stated his view. Mr Chamberlain objected to the proposal to exclude Irishmen from the House of Commons, and advocated a scheme of Imperial federation, combined With a form of separate autonomy, similar to that of the American States. He further proposed that the practice of evicting tenants who fail to pay their rents should be suspended tor six monthß, and that meantime landlords should have advances made to them of the arrears due. Another feature of the scheme proposed by Mr Chamberlain is the appointment of a Commission, comprising representatives of all parties interested, whose business should be to endeavour to arrive at a satisfactory way of settling Irish *ffi»i™. The Marquiß of Hartlngton also spoke, and deolared it impossible that Parliament oould consider anything like the colonial political syatem, The Radicals denounoe Mr Chamberlain on account of his action in resigning his position in the Government. Admiral Baron D. Schleinitz, who has been appointed to the position of Governor of the German possessions in New Guinea, haa sailed for Brisbane en route for New Guinea by the British India Company's ss Dorunda. The proaecution of the Key Mr Dyson, the Wesleyan clergyman who was put on trial with Mrs Adelaide Bartlett for the alleged murder on New Year's Eve by chloroform of her husband in Pimlico, hasj been abandoned, (BPKOIAL XO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, April 19:— Bishop Moorhouse has , arrived, and will be installed immediately. He will consult with Bishop Perry, formerly of Melbourne regarding the immediate ap- ; pointment of his successor. The RevJ Josiah B, Pearaon, Bishop of Newcastle, New South Wales, is mentioned as a probable sucoessor to Bishop Moorhouse. I It is officially announced that the depor- . tation of reoidiviates will be suspended pend1 ing the reply from Australia regarding the New Hebrides.