Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-04
EOREtGN AFFAIRS.
Premier GlRdSfane Retrar

FOREtGN AFFAIRS.
Premier Gladstone Better.
LONDON, August $3.50 am.-Sir William
Jenner and DIR. Clark have just seen Mr. Glad,
passed good night. The lung congestion has
ceased, and be is now free from fever. Or. Clark
win visit the patient at one O'Clock ard agatr
him again.
at half-past two O'Clock this morning Mr..
Gladstone was informed OF the result OF tie d..
bate on the compensation for disturbance In
Ireland Dill In the House OF Lords Last night
The Defeat Of the Irish Compensa-
satiOn Hill.
I he vote by Which the compensation for dis
turbanC5 III Ireland bill was defeated In the
House OF Lords was not reached until half past
one o'clock this morning. The galleries were
densely crowded, as they We're also On MOnday
night, and the announcement OF the immense
majority against the bill was greeted With loud
cheers. Lord Cairns conservative spoke for
nearly thr;e hours against the bill. The Times
says he practically disposed OF every argument
adduced by the supporters or the bin, and that
often been delivered in Parliament. The FINES,
In leading editorial, also says: "The defeat OF
the bill has brought long and embittered con-
majority was fully anticipated, and the
speeches In its favor partook or the gloom and
langour Of an overshadowtng defeat
A Lockout.
LONDON, August A. Twenty-four hundred
cotton operatives at Rochdale have been licked
out in consequence OF the refusal OF the mas
tiers to comply with the demand OF the weayers
for an increase OF wages
British RelnfOrcements for Canda-
har.
Cabul dispatch to the Times says: General
Rotei ts' force for Candahar will start on SUM-
day next 1t includes three British infantry
regiments and one Of cavalry.
A dispatch from Bombay to the Times says
Retuforcements are now being forwarded. A
new brigade formed In Bengal, which consists
OF regiment OF British infantry and two regi-
ments of natives, has been sent from Bombay TO
Southern Afghanistan.
Russia and China Negotiating.
Berlin dispatch to the Times says: Negotfa-
uons between the Russian government and the
Marquis TSeng, the Chinese ambassador have
been been opened. and the Russian press expresses
Sc. Petersburg says it believes that peace Will
be maintained.
Gen. Burrows Heavy Loss of Of
fiCerS.
LONDON, August 4.-Of So officers of Gen. Bur-
rows force 21 were killed, or are missing, were
wounded and escaped, and IL have arrived at
Candahar unhurt. This leaves II unacc0unt ed
though nominally attached to Gen. Burrows
brigade, they did not accompany him.
DR.. Parsons Murdered by Turks.
ConstantInople despatch to the Daily TeJe-
graph says: An American missionary and his
American servant, while on the road to relieve
the famlshed population, found with their
throats cut, near Ismidt, the bodies OF DR.. Par
was announced in dispatch of the 3lst uIt. Their
muI dGrerS have been arrested. They are two
Noma d Turks. and have confessed the crime
British Evacuation Of Cabul.
LONDON, August 1.-THE Bombay correspond
ent OF the Standard telegraphs as follows: The
retirement OF the British forces from Cabul
viii follow the departure OF General Roberts
with his command for Candahlr. 1t is not cor.
sideTed eXpedlent to prolong the occupation ia
the face OF the heavy expenditure end the pos
slbility Of fresh complications.
A Cabinet Meeting At the Premier,s
Official Residence.
LONDON, August 4.-There viii be meeting
OF the cabinet to-day at Premier Gladstones
Official residence, III Downing street.
Mr. Parnell's Query.
ID The House OF Commons tomorrow Mr. Par
nel1 will ask MIR. Forster the CHIEF secretary for
Ireland whether. in view OF the rejection of the
compensation bill, he proposes to employ the
constabuiary COZ M and military forces OF the Queen
for the purpose of assisting in the eviction CT
tenants who can be proved to be unable to pay
their rent, owing to the recent distress In Ire
land
Rlame for Gen. Burrows.
LONDON, August 4.-The Times this morning
Commentlngo the disaster to Gen. Burrows
command, blames that officer and declares that
the Bombay Sepoys are inferior to the Ghazis
as soldiers.
1'he Crops i'm Poland.
PARIS, August 4.-ofIiclai reports confirm the
statement that the crops In the midland pro-
vinces Of Russian Poland are very good.
The Republican Successes i'm
France.
LONDON, August A Paris dispatch to the
Times says: The defeat OF the reactionarles in
the elections for council generals is crushing.
The irreconcilables were also defeated at
Lyons, Toulouse, Lille, BeSancon and other
large towns Which they contested. They won
seat at BourgeS General ChanZy and several
ether moderates are supplanted by advanced
republicans The radicals are already arguing
the good effect that further severalty against
the religious corporations must have on the
parliamentary elections next year. but the
truth Is that the republican successes have
been won not because OF but In spite OF the
March DEGREES.
Amnestied Communists.
PARIS, August 4.-One hundred and two am
hestled communists arrived here from Brest
yesterday. A hundred policemen were at the
railway station, but scarcely two hundred and
fifty persons had assembled to greet the com
munists. Nj. Henri Rochefort was present.
TWeDty-four other communists arrived here
later in the day.
The French Elections Slammed Up.
,,1 N 1enps, summing up the result of the cleo
uon, says:-f the Bonapartists were ignomini-
ously defeated the cierfcals were even worse
ueateo. The distinguishing character OF the
eleCtonS was anti clerical. The attempt 10
move lne constituencies by representing the re-
HglOuS decrees as an attack on liberty signaiiy
failed.
A Steamer Damaged by a Collision.
NEW YORK, August AT about l9:So tns
down the bay on her morning up
to the iron pier, at Coney Island, run INTO the
three masted schooner Normandy. al ancnor
Of Bedloe q Island, and sustained considerable
FER machinery, cry as h She is being towed back TO |
her pier. There were about $50 passengers on 1
the Twilight. One man was injured ana tahen
to the hospital, the struck 1bat dne I% sSe
hSd to he toWed to the city, The steamer was /