Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-10

dealt with the principal subjects of theyear,
was not found sufficient to carry to final issue.
refer, especially, to- Bills on religious tests
in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge;
on ecclesiastical tiIles on disabilities of trade
combinations; on the court of justice and APP
peal; on the adjustment of local burdens; and
on licenses of houses for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors.
The inquiry made by the committee of the
house of commons being now complete, a meas
ure will be placed before you, on an early day,
for the establishment Of secret voting.
A proposal is anXiousy expected in Scotland
for the adjustment of the question of primary
education, with reference TO the training of the
young in schools on national scale and basis.
That portion Of the country has an especial
claim on the favorable consideration of parlia-
ment, and | trust that the year may not pass By
without your having disposed of this question
by the enactment Of just and effective law.
The condition of Ireland, with reference TO
agrarlan crime, has, in general, afforded graft
flying contrast with the state of that island in
the preceding winter, but there have been pain
full, though very partial, exceptions To secure
the best results for the great measures of the
two last sessions, which have so recently
passed into operation, and which involve such
direct and pressing claims upon the attention Of
all classes of the community, a period of calm
is TO be DESIRED and [ have thought it wise 10
refrain from suggesting to you, at the present
juncture, discussion of any politicak question
likely 10 become the subject of a new and Seri-
GUS controversy in that country. The burdens
devoving upon yOu at the great council Of the
nation and of this ancient and extended em-
pre-, are, and must long continue to be, wcightY;
but you labor for country whose laws and in
situations have stood the test of time, and whose
people are earnestly attached to them, and, de-
string their continuance, will unite with their
sovereign in invoking upon all your designs the
favor and aid Of the Most High.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
LONDON. Feb. Especial to the World: Earl
dc Grey will sail for Washington tomorrow, as
president OF the commission appointed to set
tie the Alabama claims.
The English members Of the joint commission
on the Alabama and fisheries questions, are:
Earl de Grey, Thornton, John A. Mcdonald,
and Sir John Rose
Ldter.-Barnard, professor Of international
law at Oxford, and Lord Tenterden, as secre-
tary, accompany the commissioners of the
Alabama and fisheries question. The commits
sion sails Tomorrow.
THE ELECTIONS.
HAvRE, Feb. 9.-Thers, Qucrtier, Buee and
Corder have been chosen to the national assem-
bly, for the department of Seine lnlerieure,
Iiavre and Lille have been carried by the re-
publicans.
LONDON, Feb. On. Theirs was elected to
the assembly by an overwhelming majority.
BORDEAUX, Feb. Sin the elections for the
assembly, the republicans were successful at
Pau, Pcrpignan and Oran, and in the depart
ments of Ardeche, Marine EFT Loire, Ariege, Indre
and Herault. Conservative candidates were
elected from Poitiers and Montanbran and in
the Departments of Tarn and Garonne. The
candidates of the liberal union party have been
generally elected throughout France, wherever
theY nave been in nomination. The republican
majority at Bordeaux was large.
RELIEF FOR FRANCE.
LONDON, Feb. 9.-Favre in dispatch to
Granville he
to Paris, and for other proofs of sympathy and
friendship.
The corporation of the city of London to-
day subscribed E2Ol0 for the relief of the in
habitantS of Paris, where the distress con-
tnues extreme.
THE ARMY OF THE NORTH.
BORDEAUX, Feb. 9.-Gen. Faidherbe, acting
under authority Of the national government of
defence, has ISSUED a military order disbandng
the army of the north. The proclamation also
includes al corps Of franctireurS who were at
any time engaged in active service during the
present war.