Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-05
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GEN. GRANT IN CUBA
THE RECENT EARTHQUAKES.
PARLIAM ENT OPENED.
The Queens Speech.
SILVER MINES IN INDIAN TERRITORY
Threatened Raid i'm the Spring.
Threatened Raid in the Spring.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Coed Day for the Ceremonies in
EllUl.lad

hardening partly in consequence of the general
advance In prices and the improvement IN buSi-
ness and partly in consequence OF a pressure
on the money market. created by the sale Of one
million and half Of treasury bills, which were
allotted yesterday at slightly above two per
cent premium and by the bids for the new south
Australian government four per cent. loan OF
three and one-quarter millions. which at a min
fmum OF 921a was covered nearly five times over.
No allotmentS were made below 93'{
Eli.
BERLIN, Feb. Count Harry Karl Edward
Won Arnim, formerly Prussian ambassador to
France, who was convicted of treason in 1876
but who has since resided at Florence is serl-
ously Ill in that city. His son has gone there in
haste.
Bill for Purchase of the German
Railroads.
The bill for the purchase OF the RhenlSh and
Berlin and Patsdam and Magdeburg railways
by the government was read a second time in
the Landtag yesterday.
A French senator Ill.
PARIS. Feb. 5.-M. Isaac AdOphe CremipuS
life Senator, is seriously i'll.
Famine i'm Asia.
French missionaries in MoSul give painful
account OF the ravages of famine in MeSopota-
ria and KUrdeStan, where Christians, Jews and
MahomedanS, are all suffering.
The Queen Opens Parliament.
LONDON, Feb. s., p.m.-The weather to day
is fine. The procession preliminary to the open
the programme already announced in these dis
patches. The Queen arrived at the House of
LORDS at 10 minutes past O'Clock this afternoon.
Upon receiving copy of the speech from Lord
Cairns, the Lord High Chancellor Her Majesty
handed il back to him. and as usual Lord Cairns
read the speech. The ceremony lasted Is min
utes.
The Queens speech.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-The following is the queens
speech: my Lords and Gentlemen:-It is with
much satisfaction that again resort to the ad-
vice and assistance Of my Parliament. Ny re-
lations with all the powers continue friendly
The course of events since the prorogation OF
Parliament has tended to furnish additional Sc
cuTity to the maintenance of our open peace on
the principles laid down by the treaty OF Berlin.
Much, however, still remains TO be done to re
pair the disorder with which the late war has
affected many parts OF the Turkish empire. a
| convention for the suppression Of the slave
| trade has been concluded between my govern
| ment and that OF His Imperial Majesty the Sui
tan. At the close of your last session express
| ed the hope that the treaty of Gundamuk had
| happily terminated the war on Afghanlstan
| In conformity with its provisions, my envoy
| with his retinue was holorably received and en-
tertained by the Ameer at Cabul While en-
9aged however, in the exercise of their duty
| he and those connected with the embassy were
treacherously attacked by overwhelming num-
all massacred An outrage so intolerable called
for condign chastisement, and my troops which
pursuant to the sttprlations, either had with
drawn OF were Withdrawing from the territory
governed by the Ameer, were ordered to retrace
their steps. The skill exhibited in the rapid
march upon Cabul and in the ad-
NouCSS upUH UtutT uutS Vi dcliOD TeflecU
and men OF my British and native forces. whose
bravery has shown with wonted luStre in every
engagement with the enemy. The abdIcation
OF the Ameer, and the unsettled condition of
the country, rendered the recall Of my troops
impossible for the present, but the principle on
which my government has hitherto acted re-
mains unchanged, and while determined to
make the frontiers of my Indian empire strong,
desire to be in friendly relations alike with
those who may rule in Afghanistan and with
he npOnlp of that rODntry NV authorizations &
to an earlier establishment Of peace in South
Africa has been fulfilled. The captured posi-
ton Of the Zulu king, and the breaking up of
the military organization on which his dynasty
was based, have relieved my possessions in that
part OF the world from the danger which seri-
ously impeded their advancement and consoli-
dation. In BaSutOland native outbreak OF
considerable Importance has been effectually
Queled by my colonial forces while the Trans
vaal has been freed from the depredations Of
powerful chief who, having successfully resist
ed the former government of the country, had
persistently rejected our attempts at concilia-
ton. have reason to hope that the time IS
now approaching when an important advance
may be made towards the establishment OF
union or confederation under which the powers
OF selfgoVernment already enjoyed by the In
habitants of Cape Colony may be extended to
my subjects in other parts OF South Africa. Pa
pers on these and other matters will be forth
with laid before you. Gentlemen OF the house
Of commons, have directed the estimates OF
this year to be prepared and laid before you
without delay. My lords and gentlemen, the
commission which at the close OF the session |
informed you l had issued to inquire into
the causes of agricultural depression through
out the United Kingdom is pursuing its labors.
Meantime the serious difficulty in the usual
crops in some parts OF Ireland has rendered
necessary special precautions On the part OF my
government to guard against the calamitfes
with which those districts were threatened.
With this view they have called upon the au-
thorittes charged with the duty OF administering
relief to make ample preparations for the distrf-
button of food and fuel should such step be-
come necessary, and they have also stimulated
the employment OF labor by advances on terms
more liberal by those prescribed by existing
law. feel assured that you will give your
sanction to the course which has been adopted
where 1t may have exceeded the power entruSt-
ed by Parliament to the Executive of the gov
eTnment. A proposal will be submitted to you
for providing the funds required for these ey-
ceptional advances on the security of property
administered by the church temp0ralities COM
missionerS trust you will be able to resume
the consideration Of the criminal code and i'm
provement of the law of bankruptcy. Bills
will be laid before you for enlarging the powers
OF owners OF settled lands for Consolidating
and amending the lunacy laws for simplifying
the practice OF conveyancing. l commend to
you these and other measures which may be
submitted for your consideration, and trust that
the blessing Of Almighty God will attend and