Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-10
FOREIGN NEWS.


Commons to-day the Chancellor of the FIX
chequer stated that he intends proposing
renewal of the Ballot Act for one year. so as
to give the new Parliament an opportunity
to consider the question. He also said that
be intends shortly to Introduce bills on cor
rapt practices at elections, and for distribute
ing the six seats now vacant in the House of
Commons by the Acknowledgement of certain
towns as punishment for bribery.
The Duke of Argyll admitted that in his
dispatch to Shere Ali in 1869 he styled Queen
Victoria tie Empress Of India, having used
those words because they could be more easily
translated in the Persian language.
Michael Dayitt, the Irish agitator, was in
the gallery of the House of Commons to-day,
listening to the debate on the Home Rule
amendment to the address in reply to the
speech from the throne.
EVENING SESSION.
LONDON, February 9th--In the House of
Commons tonight Mitchell Henry, Home
Rule member for Galway, resumed the de-
bate on the amendment to the address. He
condemned the Government for their mac.
ton, in Ireland, and suggested vote of
SO, 0C0 or e15 000, 600 to be used in build
Ing a railway in different parts of Ireland,
and the commencement of systematic re-
clamation of waste lands. W. Z. Forster
Liberal member for Bradford, declared that
| II the NoNerniienI Hau not done their best to
ward off the horrors of famine, no censure
would be too great for them. As the Gov.
eminent were taking steps to avert the fam
inc, and as he could not but believe they
would be able 10 succeed. he should vote
against the amendment. He could not agree
that land tenure was the sole cause of the
distress. He hoped the session would not
close without an attempt being made to deal
with the land tenure.
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Admiralty, argued that to have entered upon
the ambitious schemes of reproductive works
in Ireland would have interfered with the
natural course Of food supply and employ
ment
Thomas a. Dickson, Liberal member for
Dungarvan, supported the amendment
Edward HermOn, Conservative member for
Preston, expressed fear that some of the
speeches made during this debate would have
the effect of curtailing private benevolence.
Sir Patrick O'Brien, Liberal member for
Kings county, accused the Government of
! encouraging relief from America and France,
instead Of performing their duty themselves.
Blennerhassett, Home Rule member for
Kerry, condemned the Governments plans as
inadequate.
Sir John Sinclair, Liberal for Carthnes-
SHIRE urged the necessity of nipping Parlia-
mentary obstruction in the bud. He declared
that the distress in ireland was over-exag-
gerated.
Mccarthy, Home Rule member for Nal
low, and Shaw Levefre, Liberal member for
Reading, opposed the amendment.
John Edmund Synan, of Limerick county,
and Reyes O'Clery, of Wexford, Home
Rulers, supported the amendment. Edward
Dryer Gray, Home Rule member for Tip
perary, and present Lord Mayor of Dublin
took occasion to express his gratitude to the
Duchess of Marlborough for her exertions in
behalf of the distressed Irish
The Marquiz Of Harrington thought the
question IN Its present position had been
raised too soon. He was not in position to
give an opinion yet whether the Government
measures were adequate.
Sir George Bowyer, Liberal and Home
Rule member from Wexford, opposed the
amendment.
Right Hon. Edward Gibson. Attorney
General for Ireland, defended the Govern
ment.
David f. Gabbett, Home Rule member for
Limerick city, then moved adjournment
of the debate until tomorrow. Agreed to-
The Distress in Ireland.
DUBLIN, February 9th.-Though there are
still deplOrable accounts from some districts
there is generally more hopeful spirit among
the people. New applications for loans by
land owners in the past week reached 200.
L
the I'D of November, e3. 766 600.
The Board of Public Works takes care that
lsberers are paid in cash. and that the amount
of the first issue has been expended in sub
stantial work before they have a second III
stallment
Parnell's attacks on the relief committees
are condemned even by some of his most ar
dent admirers. The Irishman, newspaper,
strongly deprecates his language about the
Mansion House fund.
LONDON, February 9th.-Members of the
| Government and heads of the Irish depart
inents met to-day at the official residence of
the Chancellor of the Excnequer to devise
means tor meeting the distress in Ireland.
Fire in Dublin-T The Thcater Royal Conn
p,eieiy Destroyed.
DUBLIN, February 9th-3:4O P. M.-The
Iheater Royal is completely destroyed by
fire. The fire is still raging, and adjoining
houses endangered. A Police Inspector
and one workman were injured The mill
tary keep order and assist the Fire Depart
lnent. There was to have been day per-
tormance of pantomime this afternoon, at
which the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
were to be present. The fire was occasioned
by the ignition of the curtains of their state
box.
SECOND DlSPATCH.l
DUBLIN, February 9th.-The fire at the
Theater Royal is still burning The manager
or the theater, the propertv-mau and four as
sistaDts persisted in the fiames The Lord
Lieutenant was present during the burning.
The loss is estimated at goo 600.
The Afghanissan Situation.
CABuL, February 9th.-There is no present
indication of any chief possessing ability or
influence to take real command of the coun-
try. In TACT. it daily becomes more apparent
that Afghanistan is rot nation which can
be held together by any but very extraordi-
nary means. We probably have heard the
last OF united Afghanistan, and that for some
years the only power which could again build
Afghanistan into solid and united kingdom
is England.
Germany and the Vatican.
LONDON. February 9th.-A Berlin dispatch
says: The conditions of peace between
Church and State will probably be the con-
sent of the Vatican to recognize the States
right to control education and the nomination
of Catholic priests, and in return for this
there viii be a repeal of all other clauses of
the Fall laws which have been passed for
the purpose of coercing the clergy. The
Center party will probably object to recog-
milton OF this fundamental clause of the
May laws but as the same prescriptions are
enforced in other countries the Vatican can
not oppose them here.
Russia and Asiatic Affairs.
VIENNA, February 9th.-Lobanoff, Russian
Enbassador at London, has received fresh
orders from las Government to hint in his
discussion with the English Cabinet on Ash
attic affairs, that Russia considers Herat as
lying beyond England's sphere. and she could
not therefore suffer Herat to be exclusively
subordinated to British influence.
The Impending Attack upon the British.
CALCUTTA, February 9th.-LooshN Alum
and Mahomed Jan call upon their tribes to
renew the attack upon the British. The Ko-
kistanis and Ghizais are ready.
Russia and China.
LONDON, February 9th.-A Vienna dis
patch says China's hesitation to ratify the
Kuldja treaty on the plea that its representa-
tive overstepped bis powers has caused some
uneasiness in st. Petersburg, as trouble with
China might interfere with the Turcoman ex-
petition Even if China noninally preserved
the peace her ViceroY on the frontier, Too
Tsung Kang, conqueror of Kashgar, who has
regarded very impatiently the negotiations
about Kuldja, seems likely man to make an
expedition on his own account without trout
ling his Government for formal permission.
Terrible Catssfrophe-TwO Hundred Per.
sons Killed and Three Hundred In.