The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-07
ENGLAND.

LoNpoE. Feb. c.1n the House of Commons
to day Ion. Hon Edward stanhope under. .saere re
stated that he could produce u dispateh III
which ha Duke Of Argyla. teegraphing Shore
ALI p 'sss WIN be Ms r. ndtan - Secretary had
Mr.. htanhope confirmed the report that cer
tain correspondence between the Ameer of AT;
ghani-tan and the Russian government had
been discovered III Cabul, but Ii IL not III the In
terest of the public serviee to publish 1t.
The kisht Hon John Robert Mowhray. Con,
moved The address In answer to thespeech from
the throne,
that the dIsrress ID Ireland was not a. general
"a reported. He contended that any interfer-
ence with the land question should be conduct
ed with oil due safeguards.
The Marquis OF Harrington. speaking of the
Aus. s.ro. German alliance. said he thought 1t
would be we'll for England TO look 70 her own
Transvaal. and argued that the population OF
Aigbantstan ia how IN worse condition than
Ing the military executions in Cabul, He hoped
the government would, at tho earliest moment.
state definitely what steps had been taken to re-
leve the dia ress In Ireland
Sir Stafford Nort,e.te. Chancellor Of the Ex
chequ.r.. repliad to the last speaker. He re-
Eretted that the Mtrnuis Of Harrington had not
the Libera In. In regard 10 the Home Rule uues-
tion. and said that th,rs was nothing In the
state OF the country rendering a dissolution of
bear its share ot blame attached to federation of
obstru ton. ns they had nos supported the en-
deavors of the government to termiuate OBJ
strucion. The Austro- German alliance he
said gave grea pleasure to the gov.
ernment: as it IS =, likely ,l. to he e,nndnetye
government had ~ wish, for the an
nexation OF Afghani M. The, government
he claimed had not been remiss In taking whnt
Information received. and ha added that the
government would ask for bill Of indemnity
for loans granted. II The object at Mr.. Shaws
Amanlmat IL was to register II yOtA against the
government, It would ba right that he should
offer It while he was ignorant Of the govern
meent's proposals regarding Ireland.
MIR. Shaw then moved an adjournment OF de-
bata, which WAS agreed to.
VIM. a. Redmond. Home Rule member for
Welford. moved. aud Gordon MahGn. Home
ment of the address IN reply to the Queens
speech.
VIVA; Shaw. speaking in support of the
amendment. said he had wish to condemn
the government for what they were going to do
IN the future. but for what they had done in the
advance. to the Irish farmers % Id the flrst in
stance. al the rate " per cent they might have
done much to avert the e,lamity now upon
given greater power to the boards of guardians.
He said that the gradua! process of starvation
had bsen HotnR on Ia Ireland for some time.
He did not wish the government to lavish too
much money on public works, because the peo-
pie were demorsltzad by the manner In which
money hal beea wasted In lst1. 1t Was dis
fourths of her people should be reduced to
condition barely removed from actual famine
BY two or three bad harvests. He acknowledged
that the uroblem 10 be solved was a difficult
ona but the d itfieuy Was net nsuuerable.
LIVERPOOL Feb. 6-lntTest IL attached to the
contest tor tue seat la Parliament made vacant
that Lord Ramsay the Liberal candidate, had
made a BID for the Home Rule tie BY piedglng
his support to an tuqutry into the question Of
home rule. brought out remarkably heavy