Wednesday.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 35, 25 December 1885, Page 11

Wednesday.

The Bishop of Wellington, accompanied by the Rev. Father Sauzeau. left overland for Wangauui yesterday morning, en route foi Jerusalem, whither the bishop goes to celebrate tbe opening of a new mission church on Christmas D y. A dispute has arisen rstween the members of tbe Anglo-Russian Afghan Frontier Commission relative to the control of certain pasturages on the proposed frontier. It has now transpired that tbe manifesto on the Irish question purporting to have emanated from Mr. Gladstone was a " pilot bal. loom" set afloat by Mr. Herbert Gladstone to learn how bis father

would be likely to act if Lord Salisbury refused to accede to the Irish demands. The disclaimer published by Mr. W. B. Gladstone does not deny the intentions ascribed to him in the manifesto. The letter which wa9 published in the Times on the subject by the Marqaia of Hartington was written by him after travelling to London to 6ee Mr. Goscben. Both the Marquis of Hartington and Mr. Goschen are evidently opposed to the formation of an Irish Parliament. The agitation caused by the manifesto is now subsiding. The commission on the Bulgarian .Servian frontier question has arranged for the evacuation of territory. It has decided that the Servian forces at present in Bulgaria shall evacuate the positions on Friday next, and that the Bulgarians who have advanced into Servia shall retire within the Bulgarian frontier on Sunday. A prolongation of the armistice until the Ist Vlarch has also been arranged. Thursday. Cardinal Moran will leave Sydney for New Zealand after the Christmas holidays. The Parnelites are urging through the Press a conference of landlords with a view of effecting a compromise with their tenants regarding the payment of rents.