, 1879-03-20

tnr slsu centre of the ro0m,-tint Is to Say, with
| twenty lights, Which thu machinery at present
under triAl would feed, rcaets might use any
| part ot the fuonl at hight us well III by day.
A NOTABLE DEBATE.
fthsian iTffttif.
The dcl,atr In the British House OF Commons,
| on The eth nit, upon the ro,o to dcfray the
cost Of the South African war; III memorable on
Two aceouts. First, for the holiness OF the al
inrk delivered by the Irish n,ctrihcrs upon the
"poltcY nf proy0catton " weh scnt the Dritsl,
forces across tho frontier Of MI unoflcnling
King. Secondly. for the admission By the Gov.
rrnincnt i1Iat at present they would not under
take to Justify the invasion of Ztlull,ul. The
| ilousc of Commons having gons into Commit.
tcc of Supply, Sir Stafford Nortlleoto asked for
| IL vhte Of $7,100, ,OG0 to meet the war.cxpendl.
tuvcs In Sout1, Africa. Mr. Parnell, as leader
among the Irish ffonc-ls,llcfs rose at once no,
| to cayl 1t the amount of tle estimate, but to
| lle dcrlnrcd that for several years
| ,1,c Government t,ad contemplated tho acjz-
!re OF portion Of the territory Of the zulus.
| Ih!1 nrq.ls!tiyc tendency was pointed ol,t IN
t.'s Transyaai. Afr. pnrncll c1ane,l that Tic
| Colonial authorities "llnd been curctully IN.
slttrted how to get up this lttlo war;" lie ad-
nl!tte thMt the late disaster compelled tl,u re.
th'tHttuS"t u tlUSIl!0Nt uIhIt III
fur rs that went, la supposed nono walilll OF.
lcct. But he had no fuen, from the tetilucr uK-
PLAYED around llla,, that Thy authorities would
be content with the establishment of British
supremacy in the Held, Fire ntMl sworl wouli
bu carried Into thu cnemY's country, nnh he
| supposed no qunrter would br given. llo closed
With tic assertion tllnt the Fast tIrepara-
lions were neither more nor less than
| prUof OF IA prcmcditntcd determination to
annrx Xulula'n1." In the i!aiue Of his cat,stt,,.
c1!ts. In entered solemn protest aga!lIst tlle
| Ubiquitous design.
Sir. patncl'. to sny the least for him, alsplaye!'
the conragc Of the opportunity. But Mr. SCl1l-
van. nnotser llomc-!tulcr. went fur beyond Ills
leader In tho a.llacsty III Ills assault. Referring
to fhc rcd field Of lsandnla, he said: " nd1lfrc
thr gallantry aud hcro!sm II those soldiers u
EuglAnt! WHO [ell ,nler their colors All honor
to them. fl!ey served tsrfr Qusen un,l their
enloss wc,l. but still deeper Is my respect for
thy men wlo died, ~ Sravcay, Ia aefsnd!s tllcr
nattvc soil against thu Invader" Afr. Sullivan
he'll TINT there ID 10 coor-iimc fn patriotism.
! ln Its cunccntton Cetcwayo was entitled to the
admiration Of tin: world Us much ns II Tell or q
kosciusk0: The Zulu King 'ial to.o only what
t9uscn o,;1 Eizaleth M h, d4 Wig" @ Enssl s9tl yas
gathered ,fe strength of hts land mid sworn 10
inal;c the invncrs bite the dust: at..l he hal
redeemed Its pruinsse vol. "ParlIamcnt," said
Mr. Sullivan, In hIs pcrorator,. "Isnow asked Tor
t!lis hotcul p,licy Of imperial war farther a,lt
further into Africa. Tonight tln Mnney will
bc voted; but when passions have cooled .lowtl
5 1iasG s ssss oi qs xfTss so4r w 1o s hasse
| ,Sii be hrNncst Us war unjust ut,d blamablu ns
'llat wht:h George ! II. wagrd A!tl, think Gnd,
wuGe'l in vaI., agatnst ts! ltbersy-oyIng people
III the American Cuontusn
As wo huvr shown, thu Irish members were
ieArlesa ail tnrtoHs IL, tlrir nttack upnn thu
South African poliry. hut Sir Mtrlluet IIlrks-
'3eaeti, the Secretary of Stale for The colonies,
MIS- tiore than tame tn his reply. Tic yeutured
to EHtGF ur3fESt nunflHt ilJh iIpfa ,r
''w .c1Iesl" and "a,ltlnctut,s willc, sir. Suli-
van l'a1 applied to Sir 13artlc Fsere, a,sl ihen
retrcatetl hcltna the declaration that ''th[s was
rot y time Tor discussion upon tl.e war;" The
lonors OF the t!isenss,n were carried oil by tic
! assa,lants, hut ot course ,hu iiuusc OF Com
n'"ns supported the vote Of supply.
RErULsE or AN AFGHAN ATTACK.
NspHtth To Lonaon Ti,nst
'ATTAKAHEz {yA ClIau,nsl, Feb. a7.-Col. NAL
cnsmson was yesterday cncanpcd nt Khushk.t-
Sakkldt with 4lS sabrts Ut The Third Sginde
Ilorsc nntl 1ou hayonets Of the Second Dcloochls
Cavalry: Vml u p. IN. l,s0u ot The Atizais,
uNcr Maid aud Ahunus Kbans, suddenly
awarlncd over tho ridge 1,00D YARDS dlstnu,,
hearinG down In two bolus OH tlIt cnnlp. THEIR
right wihg-a column sunni six or eight deep
In iea, scnco ,nauu direct for our cavalry.
1t1ry advanced tn trut clynlru style, md nt-
rlvr'l Mt rnnrging ,!lstaues Just as thr British
Hi;sr4 ,',,s 1 i,al narrlcay. by r.ny, told oE
nnamIs-'' tallup!". nnl ''Clargc!" Tic
crrmy ,unHlurhi1Efy assertca ~ shock,
which, howcyr, broke llleir solhlity, nu,
tlEht!ng with ianati!al desperation, they
asprdcrctl, developing Into pantc w!,s. Capt.
Matt lHlul'a sulsutrUn wlcclctl up, smashing In
III ti!ctr funk at'i rear. Tho combat and pur.
| s,ltt instesl two hours.
NlIttp uXtr1clttiN hts bIstlrtl Grtlt III nBte 1uy