The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-09
FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.


THE Observation-Disclosures ApJoURSs OVER
Il AS UsUAL-THE WASHINGTON TREATY
ROARING OF THE BRITISH LION.
Il LONDON, June 1.-The EPSON summer
races began to-day, and the race for the
Derby stakes takes place tomorrow. Lord
Falmouth's atlantic" heretofore the favor.
lte, gave place to-day to Sir lotion Sykes
Courone de Fer.
In the House of Commons, tonight, the
usual motion was made to adjourn over the
Derby day. Sir Wilfred Lawson opposed an
adjournment, but the motion was carried by
vote of2S to 90. George Anderson, men,
Der for Glasgow, called attention to the
the escape of the Alabama and
other causes. He complained of the high
handed manner in which the late govern
ment had prevented timely criticism of the
treaty of Washington. There were three
classes of British subjects who deserved
compensation. First, residents in the South
ern confederacy, who lost their property
through the inability of the United States to
| enforce the laws. Second, those whose
property was destroyed after Lees surrender
Third, owners of goods on board
of the prizes of confederate crui-
sers. He Beloved the United States
were willing to recognize these claims Mr..
Anderson then moved that in the opinion of
the House it is wrong that individuals
should suffer loss through national wrong.
That as England has been adjudicated at
fault In permitting the escape of the Ala
bama, and has compensated the Americans
for losses incurred thereby, similar com
pensation is due to British sufferers from the
same causes. Mr.. Burke, under secretary
for the foreign department, replying declined
to enter upon discussion of the merits of
the treaty of Washington. The Joint
G hal cd hat he
United States government was not respon-
sible for che acts of the rebels, as that gov
eminent had agreed to appoint commits
sioner to examine the claims for losses aris-
ing after Lees surrender, he hoped the sub.
ject before the House would not be passed
The motion was then rejected.
THE DUCHESS OF Neutrality-suspicious. BRIGHT
ON THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.
NEW YORK, June A London letter saws
the duchess of Edinburgh's position at court
has beef settled. She is 10 be called her
royal imperial or imperial royal highness
and is to rank next to the princess of Wales,
except when the princess royal, the crown
princess of Prussia happens to visit Eng
land. The rule has hitherto been that the
daughters of the sovereign took precedence
over the wives of sons, except In case of the
princess of Wales. The duchess OF Edin.
inburgh, however, is not only royal by mar
riage, but imperial by birth, and it
is on this ground that higher place
has been assigned her. In Russia, she
was, after her mother, who is an invalid,
aud lives in retirement, the first lady in the
land, and raised high above all the nobility.
Here she is one among many princesses, and
it is apparent has few striking qualities OF
her own to win recommending position. The
duchess is deficient in dignity and style, and
her sex are cruel enough to say that she does
not know how to dress. However, in some
other ways she may strike out line for
herself.
At recent meeting of the friends of tenn
perance in London, John Bright made
speech in which he said the friends asked
fer
THINGS TO BE DONE
by parliament which they knew, and all
knew, at the present time, with the present
state of public opinion, were impossible to
be done. If parliament were to pass such
laws as those proposed by many friends of
temperance legislation, that the very next
meeting they would have to report them,
and that the city of London would
be In riot, revolt and insur-
rection. Against public opinion parliament
could have no more power than the meanest
citizens. He believed it would never be
ginning with ministers of the gospel, and all |
those who went to places of worship for |
other reasons than for religion, should begin |
to consider the question of intemperance as |
one ofthe great evils they have to overcome.
He had come to the opinion that unless the
religious portion of this country would take
up this question, there was no hope for il
whatever; at present, according to custom,
wines must be upon the tables to ornament
them and form the staple of conversation.
He (Bright) had not bought any wine or
spirituous liquors whatever since 1885, when
he took to housekeeping. 1t now costs him
some inconvenience and trouble, but he had
no occasion to regret the step he had taken.
He believed it would be an advantage
which no words in the language would be at
all adequate to describe if those whe tried to
do anything for their fellow citizens were to
bring about a current of national opinion in
favor of abstinence from a source of so much
evil.
The owners of the Durham collieries are
evicting large numbers of their tenants who
were among the striking masses. Two
hundred and twepty-eight of these evicted
families are camping in the fields.