, 1880-11-27
E CIR A NJ S.
st. Thomas Station.

Times" IN an editorial article on the con-
dltlOn OF Irish affairs says if it could be
SHOWN, that the scheme of peasant pro-
prletorship really contains elements condu-
GIVE to the thorough spacifcation of Ireland,
no valid reason could be alleged why the
expedlency of the method should not be
dlspassionately considered.
In the French Chamber of Deputies
several members of the Legitimist party
accused NJ. Gambetta of disregarding the
rules of the House by his treatment of the
Baudry D,Asson affair. NJ. Gambetta
retorted that NJ. de Baudry D'Asson, by
his outrageous utterances, is guilty of
actual rebellion against the state. NJ. Ferry
has been nominated for a life senatorShip
by the advanced Left of the Senate.
The Government has ordered an inquiry
into the charges of treason against General
de Cissey.
New York 10th Nov.-Mr. Bright has
been elected Rector Of the University of
Glasgow, defeating his opponent Mr..
RuSkin.
Advices from Dublin report that several
large land meetings have been recently
held in the agitated districts, at which
resolutions were passed threatening thir.
teen obnoxious landlords with similar
treatment to that which MIR. Boycott is
experiencing, and which renders local labor
unprocurable by the landlords.
Lisbon dispatches report that the Por.
tugueSe Chambers have passed d vote pro
hibiting the JeSuits from re entering
Portugal.
st. Petersburg news announces that the
Gar has DOMINATED the sentence of death
passed on two Nihilists by Court-mar-
tial.
Now X0~1- 1C4L NJ NJ IOsoIA
speaking yesterday at Birmingham, strong
~ denounced the laws of Land Tenure of
Ireland. He declared that the rejection
by the House of Lords of the Compensa-
ton for Disturbance Bill is the cause of
the present grave troubles in Ireland, the
remedy for which lies, not in force, but in
a thorough series of well considered
reforms.
Dispatches from Cape Town are of o
contradictory nature. From some sources
it is reported that the Colonial forces
engaged i'll hostilities against the Basutos
have been victorious, while on the other
hand it is contrarily represented that there
is every reason for serious anxiety. The
Bril ish Government is reported 10 be
sending four million-rifle cartridges TO the
Cape.
London 17,h.-The stock of sugar at The
four home pOr's Oh the 49, ms ant was
131, coo tons against 141 900 for the cores
ponding period last year.
New York, 18th N~ov.-London des-
pa ches ale that a difference OF opinion
exists in he Ministry on the Ques ion of
dealing wi h Irish affairs i'll their present
phase.
Mr. Bright and Mr.. Chamberlain are
strongly opposed to the adoption Of a poll
cy OF coercion. The "Daily News" III q
leading article on the topic of the Ministe-
rial disturbance says that grave divergen-
cies Of opinion have arisen in connection
with the Irish Question.
A despatch from the Paris Correspon
dent of the Chimes" announces that revised
Estimates of the cost of constructing the
Panama Ship Canal place it at six hundred
million francs.
In New York a special Committee of the
Provisional Interoceanic Canal Society has
been appointed to watch the promised neu-
trail attitude of the Republic of Colombia,
with regard to NJ. de Lessep'S Panama
Canal.
New York 10Th Nov.-London despatch
es state that Mr.. Gladstone has authorised
the leading Liberal Journals 10 return a
complete denial of the reported Cabinet
differences.
From this disavowal it is inferred that
the Ministerial upholders of the interests
of Irish Land Owners have submitted to
Mr.. Bright's uncompromising opposition to
any but a policy of pacitication.
Advices from Halifax report that the
9th Regiment, in garrison there, Is under
orders to embark for England, its probable