The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-02-18
THE SITUATION IN EUROPE.
Debate in the British House OF
COmmons on the Irish
Question.
The Popes Encyclioal Letter Conc ern-
ing Divorce oe-Celebrntion Of tho
Cznrs Birthday - General
Foreign Notes.
THE UNITED KINGDOM.

MANCHESTER Feb 1.-THE Manchester Guard
ian says: Tho subaidsnoe OF activity In cotton
has peroeptibly In ft,senoed business here. Tho
tone os the market is auieter. thers Ia mons OF
tho excitement of a portion OF last week. Preea.
however. are firmly maintained. and yarns for
export are somewhat higher Producers are
mostly we'll supplied with oriars. and conf lent
OF tho maintenal.oe OF current rates. especially
Tor cloth
Mr.. Plimsoll. member for Derby. was called
10 account Ia tho House OF Commons TO- day Tor
bandbllls bearing his signature. which had
boon placarded In Westminster and Gugord.
and which nsured several members OF Parlia-
ment Ia bitter ierma for interpos Ing fatal OBJ
actto a to the second reading III his bill pro-
yidiox Tor be Ion % i,ng 81 chips With grain ie
o,,'eut from tho hitting of oa,go. Mr. Plim-
.o,l ack knowiedsed tn. authorahlp of the hand
h'll.. and maintained tuat the circumstances
sir Oharies Russell movsd that pla Mrds con
sttute breach III privil ge IA MI attsmpt to
coerea membt re- of tho House. The m oton was
seoonded. but debate was Aoatponed until Fri
The Dr'ish eteamer Canopns which arrival
| ut Liverpool yesterday from Boa,on. lost her
b nrs and 24I heud ut cattle. aud sustained other
losnon' i.a, Feb Il T. rhe Press Aasoo's,on IN,
Commons Friday viii dsclain any ,ntantion
Of d,recliy applying tho spithet Degrading !"
which wa ha term n"mpatn.d OF. to tho con,
| duct I Hlr Charles Russell. whose motit n will
| then be- uegattved without division.
/ In the House of Commons tu nj sht Mr. Mol
don. Home Rutsr. from Kildare county. intro.
! he franchise In ireland with thaL of England
aud scotland Hos, I'd ID" existing inequality
was n ~ tinet breach Of the act o' nnon. Mr.
q ny. Home Ruler, from TlpperaIy, seconhed
the morton. mr. Chatt q Lewts. Conservative
from Londonderry Oity. moved an arnenhment
that It IL ines pedisnt to uea with the auestton.
10 TIE oanras ,,, e h's snsaah he oha,s"h Mr.
The speaker call q NJ. L.ws " order, Re-
aumipg his temarss. Mr.. Lewis said the House
| knew his meaning. Home rule. once u harm
| la "a snake whs n w y )tsnnOIs eerp n. The
| Hou eought 20 heslta y before Rrauting an on
tension OF suffrage among II GLASS holding homo
Mr Justin MoCsrthy. Homo Ruler. o, Long
70, d county, aud various Iri-h members Sup
ported Mr.. Meldona mo lon
Mr. Waddy Liberal ~ sheffield. anld II they
30 by granting auch Legitimate demands
| Sir William Hareourt doc ared that the mo-
tion only act forth the principle OF equality on
whom that ceased to be principle. he should
cease to be In favor Of the union.
Mr.; aibten, Attorney General for Ireland
with the franchise bsfore legislation was had
on the Redistribution OF teats
Mr.. John Bright supported the motion. He
matters. He saId the chief sacretnr ryship was
hold by y man who WINS STEPPED In Tory praju-
dice against freedom.
II was inoppertune to reopen tho question OF
Mr.. Shaw. Home Ruler. of Cork county
pointed out that the government. by refusing
reasonable demands. were playing Into the
hands ot the extreme party IN Ireland.
ing his duties to attend races.
Mr.. MeldOn's motion was finally rejected by 4
vote OF 249 to 1913,