Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-16
ACROSS THE WATER
4 BUDGET or GOSSIP FROM THE
OGUER SIDE.
TIE SEED BILL.

LONDON, Feb. 14.-When motion was
made to go into committee on the ''seed
potatoes bill MIR. Nolan moved there be an
instruction to tie committee that they have
the power to extend its provisions to other.
seeds besides potatoes: agreed to.
OUT DOOR RELIEF.
Shaw Lefevre, liberal member of the
house of commons for Reading, will in COM
mittee move an amendment to the govern
ment bill for the relief of the distress in
Ireland, TO leave out the restriction of two
months as the term for which out door re-
lief may be given. He will also move a new
clause, giving tenents elected the present
year for nUn-payment of rent the right to
claim compensation for disturbance of the
tenure, under the Gladstone land act of
1870.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
Yesterday Henry Lowry Cory, James
Chaine and John Mulholland, conservative
members from Ireland, waited on the chan
cellor of the exchequer in relation to loans
from the treasury TO railways and other
public undertakings. The chancellor prom
ised to appoint committee to inquire into
the subject.
BARONESS COUITS SCHEME.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 1.-THE London cor
respondent of the Courier says: Assurance
is given me that the statement of the inten-
ton of Baroness Burdett Ccutts to devote
100000 to the amelioration of the distress
in Ireland is true. A contradiction has been
made in most of the London daily papers,
bat the fact is incontrovertlble. The money
will be used for buying land in the district
of Connemara, county Galway, to be after
wards let to small tenants at long leases and
moderate rents. A company of Irish gentle
men interested in agriculture is associated
IN the scheme.
AUSTRIAN CABINET CHANGES.
LONDON, Feb. IA Vienna correspond
ent say: The Austrian liberal ministers,
DR.. Won Stremayer, minister of justice,
Baron J. Ronhorst, minister of national de-
Tense, and Baron Won Karfweidenheim min
lister of finance, persist in their intention to
resign. Connt Taafe, president, has opened
negotiations with BesetZug for the ministry
of finance and Conrad for minister of in
struction. Both, however, refuse to enter a
reactionary cabinet.
LITTLE ITEMS.
LONDON. Feb. 1.-THE election at South
wark for member of Parliament resulted as
follows: Edward Clarke, Cons 'rvative.
1858. Andrew Burn, Liberal, $3.50. Geo.
Shyden, Workingmep's representative, 749.
The match between Boyd and Hawdon
over the Tyne championship course to-day
for the 5000 purse was won by Boyd by
twelve lengths; time, 20:52. Boyd allowed
Hawdon four lengths start.
BUCHAREST, Feb. 14.-England, France
and Germany will probably recognize Rou
manian independence simultaneously in a
few days.
FRENCH AMNESTY VOTE.
PARIS. Feb. 13.-In the division in the
Chamber of Deputies yesterday, plenary
amnesty was supported by all the extreme
Left, seventy-three members of the advanced
Left, five of the pure Left, one of the Left
Center, and four Bonapartists. 1t was OPP
posed by the pure Left and Left Center.
numbering together 191; by forty seven of
the advanced Left, forty seven Royallsts and
thirty-seven Bonapartists. Twenty three of
the advanced Left eight of the pure Left
and forty five Royalists and Bonapartists
did not vote.
THE Governments CHOICE.
BERLIN, Feb. 14.-Count Won Arnim
Boystenburg, elected president of the cham
Der in the reichstag, was the candidate of
the ministerial conservatives and clericals.
The government did not support Won Ben
nigsen, although the latter's frequent inter
views with Bismarck before the opening of
parliament gave an impression that that
would be the case.
THE FRANCo-AMERICAN AGREEMENT.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE substance of the
treaty between the United States and France
signed al Washington on the 18th of JAN
uary, for the settlement of claims of French
citizens, resulting from the war of secession,
has been published here. The treaty pro-
vides that commission of three members,
one appointed by France, one by the United
States and the third by the emperor of Bra
I'll, shall meet six months after the exchange
of the ratification, and arbitrate definitive on
the claims of French subjects and on any
counter claims of American citizens, who
sustained losses under like circumstances.
The treaty applies solely to demands for in
demnity, originating from acts of injury
committed with the co. niZanc of the fede
raj authorities of the United States, that
government having absolutely refused to &C
cept the responsibility for the acts of the
confederation or for any loss arising from
losses by the emancipation OF slaves.
ENGLISH HOSTILITY TO RUSSIA.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 1.-THE Russian organ
lie Nord says the system of Indictment of
provocation in respect to Russia has never had
such full play as now. In London every
thing seems to be- done that is calculated to
harrass Russia and stir public opinion against
her, both by covest official denunciations and
by sensational kilograms, the inventions of
journals.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BERLIN. Feb. 1.-THE treaty with the
Hawalin government has baen presented to
the federal council.
Sabourof, the newly appointed Russian
ambassador here. has gone to st. Peters
burg to give an account of his reception.
Wheat at Duluth.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
DU1UrH, Mimi, Feb. 1.-Two promi