The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-21
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
How tho Afghan Question is TO Be
Finally Settled.
The Marrow Escape Of the Czar Of
Russia from Being Blown Up
Debate in Parliament on
the Subject Of Ar
ghanistan.
The Oity Council Of London and the Ozar.
THE UNITED KINGDOM.

LONDON, Feb 10. Mr.. Maddox publisher. and
! A W Judd printers Of the Sporting and Drd
matte Ntnra appeared In ,ha Bow street police
court 10 day TO answer charge Of libel ure-
ferred bY Right Hon. u. Dwyer Gray, Lord
Mayor 10 Dublin. Tho case was adj burned un-
til Saturday next.
LONDON Feb 40 In the House Of Lords to
pivht the Duke Of Argyle moved for tho corre-
apondepee found Mt uabul hetweeu Hhers Ali
aud the Rnse Ian authorities. Lord Ora, brooke.
Heoretsry of State for tpdin. refused to produce
IN. papers and debate ensued.
Lord II ac neflslj aaid the English govern
ment considered that tho time had arrived
when they should settle forever w"o should
possess the great gates OF India, The policy
of the Cover. nant dstiuo'ly and repeatedly
4. elsred. had not awe,vd Tor a moment, The
nompetn command 81 the great Va % of tho
Iute sucoeaa. Many things hal % u,rei which
the government had not contemplated but
nothing Ind ocnrred which Tor moment
could induce them to modify ol change their
Th. ' had been asked why. II they bad com
| pie ed that policy. tn had not withdrawn from
| n a'ae of comparative anarchy: that. however.
was not tho condition of the whole 81 Afghan.
le,an: parts thereof. aud notably tho diatrtet of
Oandahar. wers In state of at. .oluts peace and
great proapatt'y.
Lord Daaaonsneld said In conclusion: Lot us
he Arm, reeolute and determlnnd: let the poo.
| ple know this country Ia ready to be Just hut
hat /, has reaolvei TO bo obeyed. and dfIlenltlea
and romnlioations will imrned ate,y h,sappnar.
| The Duke 10 Argyle then withdrew hfs motion
| ror prnhnn Ion nf the Afghan corrcapondonna.
IonpoE Fab 2o.-Thc Hona of Gommnna Last
nlKh' went int, mmi'fne IN -. Irtph relief
Nv MI Shaw Home Ruler, for tho purpose of
permitting bearda n guardians 70 execute IN
der loan and with the sanction OF local xover n
| ment boards. wolka of drainage. Improvement
of waste lands widening and daepertng of
rivers etc. was negatived by vote Of lo9 to no.
A..
a iiresa of copRratula,ion to the Gar on his
eacape from assassination.
| The frat aarles OF colonial wool aales of the
current year opened Tuesday evening with n
crowded attendance from al the chief res
sS aa, the and 1"xs "s.ar Tpss o ,'s
baleH Tho bidding was brlsk. AMI prices ruled
toto Is per cent above The Novembor and De.
camher aalaa for Australian and 8 to per cant
ahovefnr Cape The arrivals to tho seventeenth
inaiant we're lpa pea bales.
Ten thousand four hundred hnloa of wool
were cold this evening. principally Australian
and Port Phiip. at the extreme opening prinas
The bidding was brisk, aud the tendency OF tbs
I Is s w s @ durus 1s e na
series OF aales.
Tho Standard states that tho difficulty be
| tween MIR. Pimaol and Mnasrs. Russell mt
Onalow. In regard TO Mr.. Plimsoll'a hand bill re-
neetinn upon the oiher two sentleman for their
directions to hia bill for loading grain In bags
read In tho House of Commons to-day n state
mept expressing regret aud Withdrawing the
objectionable phraaea,
. In the Houaa af Commons to-day Mr., Flim
soll roRd an apology for language used In hi
hanhb'l with reference to two other member
% Parliament. and II was decided that n
further action should be taken Ia tho matter b
tho Houae.
The Standards correspondent on board th
: British EunhOat aoshhwk. which carried pro
: visiona to the western islands OF Ireland. writes
( az fnlIows: My Investigations on all the ialand
o visited hy tho Goshawk sa'isnod mo there ia n
4 starvation among the inh btRnta. Distres
oonfronts one nj every atep. but the relief OF th
. Dublin and local committees are sufficient t
v meet the emergency.
7 Prot MAskelyna. OF tho mineral department
. British Mupeum, writes TO the Tunes that J
/ Ballentyne Hannay. OF dlaagow, IL fellow of tn
: Chemical Society. London. hRs Mt last ancceede
In nrtlnnially producing genul Inc diamonds
1 which stand all tests which can be applied 4
q hom. Prof. Mankeyne aays: There la n
doubt whatever thRt Mr.. IAnnRy has aolvat
tho problem which has ~ long boon y repron'l
to chemical science, VIZ: the problem of rrya
1 talizlng carbon. His process for efractinR thi
y transformation In hardly leaa momnntous to tn
arts than to the pnaaeasOra OF wealth In jawalrI
o Itia on the eve of being announced to the Roya
I Society"
Manchester. has been burned Loss estimate
at ESQ 900.
LIVERPOOL. Fob. 90 This weeks circular G
y tho Liverpool Cotton Brok era Association saya
/ Cotton wna In good demand throughout tn
4 week. and quotations. exnepting for American
, generally advanced. American was In good DE-
: mnnd with free supply: tho quotations wer
! reduced ID In Sea- Island n largo busnca
! was done vt full prices, Futures opened dnl
prices declining. On Wednesday, there wna a
Improvement Of l 1hl. hnt since then tho mnt
ket haa continued fiat. The final ratios show q