Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-07
FOREIGN NEWS.
The British parliament.

LONDON, February 6th.-In the House of
Commons to-day, Stanhope, Under Secretary
of State for India, replying to question,
stated that he could produce a dispatch in
which the Duke of Argyll, telegraphing
Shere Ali in 1869, when he was Under Sec
Rotary, had styled Queen Victoria " the EN-
press of India" Stanhope confirmed the re-
port that certain correspondence between the
Amer of Afghanistan and the Russian Gov
eminent has been discovered in Cabul, but
said it is not in the interest of the public
service to publish it.
William A. Redmonn, Home Rule mem
Der for Wexford, moved and F. O'Gormon
Mahon, Home Rule member for Glare, sec.
onded the amendment to the address.
William Shaw, in speech in support of
the amendment, said he did not wish to con-
denim the Government for what they were
going to do in the future, but for what they
had done in the past. If the Government
had offered to make advances to the
Irish farmers in the first instance at the
rate of one per cent, they might have done
much to avert the calamity which is now
upon Ireland. The Government ought also
to have given greater powers to Boards of
Guardians. He said a gradual process of
starvation had been going on in Ireland for
some time. He did not wish the Government
because the people were demoralized by the
manner in which money had been wasted in
1S47. 1t was discreditablc to England's great
ness that in ireland three fourths of the peo-
pie should be reduced to a condition barely
removed from actual famine by two or three
bad harvests. He acknowledged that the
problem to be solved was difficult one, but
the difficulty was not insuperable.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Colonial Sec
rotary, confirmed the report published
January 10th that England had secured from
the King of Agbosomes, on the Gold Coast of
Africa, the cession of strip of his seaboard,
extending two miles inland, as measure of
preventing the smuggling of spirits into the
British possessions on the Gold Coast by
American traders.
The debate on the Home Rule amendment
to the address was then begun.
The Election at Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, February 6th.-The interest in
the contest for the seat in Parliament made
vacant by the death of John TORI arises
from the fact that Lord Ramsay, the Liberal
candidate, had made bid for the Home
Rule vote by pledging his support to an in
quiry into the question of Home Rule. A
remarkably heavy vote was polled, as fol-
lows: Lord Ramsay, %, SS5; Edward Whit
ley CONSERVATIVE, rs, LOG. Whitley's ma
jority, 2,22l.
Afghanistan Advices-Report from Gen.
eral Roberts.
LONDON, February 6th.-General Roberts
sends the following from Cabul:
Before November r. 1879 about 70 men were exc
cuted viz: Citykotwal Ia magistrate) and Others
convicted for dishonoring the bodies of the officers
of the British Embassy; II convicted for attacking
the escort to the Embassy, and having property of
fha NH for oil
murders of camp-foowers and implication in the
attack on the British Resdency. Since November
18TH were executed convitson for attacking the
Resdency, and Is more have been sentenced to
death for killing wounded soldiers and implication
in the attack on the Residency.
The Hurricane In the Philippine Islands,
MADRID, February 6th.-Ofhcial dis
patches have been received giving further
details of the recent hurricane in the Philip
pine Islands. Twenty five vessels of various
classes were wrecked, including four foreign
frigates A large number of other vessels
were damaged. Folty-six persons were
drowned.
The Donnelly Massacre Funeral OF the
Victims.
LUcAN tOnt.), February 6th.-Over 500
persons attended the funeral of the murdered
Donnelly family to-day. The cortege was
half mile long, and after leaving the resi-
dence proceeded to the Catholic Church.
Father Connolly's words were very impress
sive.