Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-25
THE OLD WORLD.
Great Britain.


 sortfe From Candahar-Heavy Losses by the Brftish-A Victory Dearly Bought-The Citadel Besieged by the Natives.
 LONDON, Aug. 24.-In the House of Lords tonight Earl Granville, the foreign secretary, read telegram confirming the news of the sortie as given in the previous dispatches He added that General Roberts was expected near Candahar on the 29th inst A dispatch from Bombay states that intel ligence has been received there of a sortie made by the British at Candahar against 8 village on the east side of the city, which has secured General St. John from further moles- tation on that side. The casualties are re- ported to have been frightfully large, con sisting of eight British officers killed, five wounded, and 1S0 men killed and wound ed. Lieutenant McLain of the Royal Horse artillery, was taken prisoner and is now in the hands of Ayoob Khan, but is said to be well treated. At last accounts the Afghans were throwing shells occasionally, and keeping up the fire against the ramparts of the city by means of sharp-shootsrs, but owing to the height of the walls and the fear of the garrison are able, it is said, to do but little harm The investment of the place is trusted entirely to Kandabar troops of Ayoobs army, together with the Ghilzais, the Cabulis being encamped around Ayoob's headquarters which are about three miles off on the Herat road. There is little disposition here to exult over this story Assuming, which is doubtful, that the news is quite as good as it appears on it's face, even the Jirgoes admit that a sortie which ended in placing POO men hors du combat can scarcely be called very brilliant success, especially when the object gained no more than temporary cessation from bombardment on one side of the city, and that the side furthest away from the cita- del It is questioned whether even so much has been gained, inasmuch as the dis patch fails to say whether the enemy actually abandoned their ground The belief is in we'll informed quarters that the sortie was really failure, that it was hoped to antici- pate the effect of the truth by painting the affair coLea11 dc 70Se before the details could reach India and Europe.
 LATER.-A dispatch from the Viceroy con- firms news of the successful sortie of the 16th from Candahar, but says the loss was very heavy.
 The Irish COnstabulary-An Objection to
 Granting Money for Their Maintenance Gladstone Going to Visit Ireland
 Irish Farmers Volunteering Their Tes-
 timony.
 LONDON, Aug. 24.-Mr. F. O'Donnen garvan, in moving resolution in the House of Commons this evening against the ine1pe- diency of continuing the grants of money to maintain the constabulary force in Ireland made an earnest speech in which he declared that the system of promotion in that force was founded upon the most gross and unjust partiality and injustice. The rule or custom respecting promotion in the constabulary worked most unjustly against Roman Catho- lies Mir. O'Donnen insisted, amid the many interruptions and attempts to silence him, that Freemasonry prevailed in the govern ment of the force, and that no member of it who was not Freemason or an Orangeman stood the slightest chance of promotion. He condemned in the strongest terms the sys- tenn of giving members of secret societies the preference over others, and declared that he with all his Home Rule and Catholic col leagues would throw every possible obstruc- ton in the way of voting money for the maintenance of the force until some guar antee for it's reform and good administration was given MT. O'DonnelPs speech severely condemned the conduct of the Orange magis- trates in Ireland in ordering the constabulary
 
 Mr O'Donnells resolution and the matter was dropped for the present only to be re- newed when final vote on the supply vote is to be taken.
 MT. Gladstone will embark tomorrow on the mail steamer Grantally Castle for the purpose of making series of short trips around the north of Ireland and the Scottish coasts The ostensible purpose of his jour ney is to recruit his health, but 1t is believed MT. Gladstone will utilize his journey by landing at several parts on the Irish coast and informing himself more perfectly con- corning the condition of the people and the state of public feeling by personal observa- tion and conversation
 In the House of Commons tonight Mir. Parnen drew attentionto the rejection by the House of Lords of the compensation bill as adding to the overwhelming proofs in favor of home rule. After a debate lasting six hours the Irish members interposed objec- tions to proceeding with the constabulary es- timate It was then so late that Mir. Forster ultimately consented to postpone their con- sideration.
 The farmers of Limerick, against the ad- vice of the Irish Land League, have decided to appear and give their evidence before the land commission.
 The men who were arrested charged with complicity in the robbery of arms on board the vessel in Cork harbor have been dis charged for want of sufficient evidence to hold them.