, 1880-01-18

!, to rouse the newspapers to aShoWo or acnvlty
FRANCE has for the moment '*@~
ABSORBED PUBLIC ATTENTION.
It is not SO much that little confidence is
It with. distrust: It Is not that the popular
Count lie Saint Valiier'S resignation Of the
Embassy ut Berlin is believed to, endanger
the cause of peace It is mainly that n. De
ys EfSyspet Pc has so NJ IS, sa9 4 ennSsy wo
made the Cabinet, is i'll able to support
it. :Aloreoyer,. there is unquestionab1y ? dis
position on the part Of France to occupy
Tong-Kin at the mouth Of the Red River and
assure the execution 4 Of the treaty concluded
by which this important. artery. Of COM
merce was to be opened to Euro
Pean trad trade France !, M: oetnne;,, come to to
seas. Preoccupied with difficulties Of her
home politics, She has hitherto given little at
tenti0n to the grave colonial problems WHICH
have arisen in the extreme East and she
has begun to feel that, while
~. ENGLAND FILLS THESE LANDS
with her maine, her commerce, and her Ian
guage, her own power has weakened as her
there is slightly eMblttered feeling between
the two nations, which late domestic changes,
were not calculated to engender. Indeed; !;
England has already begun to strengthen
4lE1 AC0t Ill tllV 1IlNltlll oEEdu.
NoRrHcorE's PROPHECIES.
The din OF oratorical battle begins to be
heard. The Pau M1ll Gazette taunts the
ing to discuss national affairs. The people
believe that the prospects Of Germany
attacking Russia are daily increasing.
Sir Stafford, at q Conservative meeting
Zadkiei, Of almanac fame, and declaring that
his prophecies are ridiculous and always dis
proved by events, reminded his hearers that
Lord Beaconsfeltl's Cabinet turned Russia,
II the hour Of her triumph, from 4R the gates Of
good time coming, and that it would be
folly to bewail the misfortunes of the past.
He added that fears OF distress in Ireland
were Increasing and that the Government
M.Smith, First Lord of the AdnlraIty, Claimed
at Sutton that Beaconsfield's policy. was
peace, and that no annexation Of ter
rltory has ever been contemplated ull-
less imperial interests compelled it;
been respected as long as It was possible.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, in a ringing
speech at Oxford, declared that the burden
OF all the criminal blunders that had been
committed. lay upon the Tories, and proph-
Ment would be: the last day Of Tory rule:
Sir Charles Dixie writes, proposing to call
the attention Of Parliament to the executions
at Cabul Mfr: Gladstone ATTACKS Sir Stafford
Northcete's "Blundering Misintcrpretation
. On Friday 1Ir: Forster wrote approving
the. annexation Of the Transvaal on the
ground that the Beers protect slavery, and
the English will destroy it. This declaration
Of + MF; f., Forster has much annoyed the Liber-
break in the Liberal councils OIL the question
of Lord Beacons6eld's foreign policy.
CANADIAN ANNEXATION.
The newspapers, III discussing the prob
ability that Canada will join the Union, says
Manitoba develops capacity to supply the
fxea he oeacs wefa Of M Tne nenk f The hsf es
The Conservatives attack Gladstone for lend
ing his support to the Southern Confederacy,
and Gladstone replies that his sentiments
were were always: friendly to tho North, even
hostility. In word,
TIE TWO CABINET COUNCILS
which met on Thursday and Friday had an
extraordinary number of momeutOus topics
to consider; but, as there is no Immediate he
cessity to calm the public mind on any topic,
Of Of Il the % business It there R transacted has been
published, either officially or unofficially.
Another meeting Of the Cabinet Council is |
held to-day. Irish questions absorb deep |
attention, and that Of the famine more !
ton are reported in :. the papers day
hreatsSs @ t. bseone Equally i fatal ia IS the fam
inc in Silesia. A case was reported this |
morning of woman having -:
DIED OF STARVATION
in Kilkenny. This county is Just now in
have left distressed districts. They roam
about at large, and, in consequence |
Of the insuf1iciency Of police, ~burg!aries
and robberies are committed every day: Canon
5000 people actually without food or fuel. In
Galway laborers refuse to work at the rate of |
two sllilllngs or eighteen pence day.. At
tenti0n is seriously directed to the necessity
Observation-Disclosures ndmineral resources
Of Ireland: Letters have been published
urging capitalists to look at the question Of |
iron ore in Sligo County, and rec
the better working Of peatde
posts, which should be good sources of
wealth, and provide abundant occupation for
the peasantry.
IF TIE PRESENT DISTRESS
should result in English capital being de-
voted to opening direct and complete rail
road communication q with the west Of Ire
land, it is believed that, in the future, Irish
farmers will find it possible to compete with
The French and Belgian peasants. who are
now enabled to pour vast quantities of arti-
;les for daily consumption into England.
THE SOCIAL EVENTS OF THE WEEK
have been the marriages Of Lord Tenterden,
OnQer Secretary 10r t0fe1gn Affairs, ana Dr. |
Frazer, Bishop Of Manchester. DR.. Frazer's
9ride was Miss DUNCAN, Of Bath. Lord
Tenterden,s bride was Mrs. Rowclitfe, widow
If Henry RoWcliffe, G. G.
There is a Wellauthenticated rumor that
Prince Oscar, eldest son of the King Of Nor
xay and Sweden, is to be married to Princess
Helena Of Waldeck-Pfermont, sister of the
Queen Of the Netherlands.
The Bishop Of Peterborough has caused
/ stir by declaring that the crowning
in Of English social life to-day
$ not intemperance. but impurity. The
controversy concerning the improper use
# narcotics continues unabated. The charge
5 now made that 'chloral, morphia sirup, and
lydrate Of chloral are running thousands of
ZONES, and that the habit Of opiunl-eating |
las hold among London ladies that has
|ever been suspected beyond the pale of the
medical profession.
A LITE INDIA INK.
There is another social event that has
aused Mayfair to ~totter on its base. An
has been made, no one knows
ow or whence, that the Prince of Wales
wo sons, Prince Albert Victor and Prince
;eorge, who are serving on board a mall-of-
'ar, have been tattooed. OH the nose with
ndia ink. Vus1ttv Fair learns on excellent i
uthority, however, that the mark on the side
the nose is only all eighth of an inch long.
RUSSELL AND WOLSELET, .