Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-02
ENGLAND'S PARLIAMENT.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICY
DENOUNCED.
the GOVernment-The Revolt At
Iributed TO GIadstOne's Midlothian
SPeech-Bradlaugh' Seat TO be
Fllled-ssFreIhefG,s Affair.

LONDON, April 1.-The first attack on the
governments policy in the Transvaal was
made by Lord Cairnes Conservative, In
the House of Lords last night. He allud-
ed to the announcement, in the
Queens speech at the opening OF
Parliament, that the authority
of the Crown would be promptly vindicated
In the Transvaal, and asked whether the
authority OF the Crown had been vindieated
at all. He said he entertained
grave doubts whether, in this sur
rounding territory, the prerogative
of the Crown had not been stained. He
emphatically protested against handing
hundreds of thousands of British subjects
back to as bad system of slavery as ever
existed in the world. He argued that we
had no security that the Beers would ac-
cept the decisions OF the Royal commission,
and asked how we were to enforce them IL
the Beers did not accept them when our
reinforcements quilted the country, as, he
said, by the terms OF the peace, ammuDi
ton is not to be supplied to the garrisons in
the TransVaal. They would be merely
hostages in the hands of the Beers. Lord
Cairns concluded his speech with general
denunciation of the terms OF peace in per-
Grafton of striking eloquence, which elected
an outbreak of cheering.
Lord Kimberly, Colonial Secretary, re-
piled that there could be no doubt that If
the war had continued the greater part of
South Africa would have been involved In
it. He said he was convinced that for some
years there had been no slavery In the
Transvsal. The forces now In the Trans
vaal will be left there. Only four regiments
had been recalled.
Lord Cranbrook mainly attributed the
rising in the Transvsal to the speech of Mr..
Gladstone at Midlothian.
Lord Salisbury said it was the same
wretcbed story as that of Candahar, and
would raise disgust which would be fatal
to our future power in South Africa. The
subject was then dropped.
10 the House of Commons this afternoon,
Right Hon. NJ. E. Grant Duff, Under Colo
nial Secretary, replying to question, said
the government had received no informa-
tlon relative to the reported engagement at
Pretoria.
Sir Stafford Northcote, amid loud cheers
by the Conservatives, intimated that Sir
Michael Hicks Beach, the former Colonial
Secretary, intended to give notice of a
motion on the Transvaal question, but that
he desired to know first whether any more
information was attainable.
Mr.. Gladstone, in reply to question, said:
L give pOslblEO dS "
whether England will be represented at the
Monetary Conference"
Mr.. Childers. War Secretary, said the
force TO be maintained in South Africa for
the present is composed of IL, 900 men.
Mr.. LabOuchere's motion for new writ
for an election in Northampton, of which he
gave notice yesterday, was agreed to with
| out division.
Sir Henry James, the Attorney General,
replying to a question, said nobody had
been forcibly elected from the Office of the
FTeihe1. The police, he said, when making
an arrest on a criminal charge are author
| ized to take possession of all documents
and property from which evidence might
be reasonably expected. The Office was
merely locked for the protection Of its con-
| tents.
Lord Beaconsfeld's improvement is main
tanned. He has again slept well and has
| taken refreshment several times. The great
requisite now is rest. Straw is being laid in
the street on which his residence is located
to deaden the noise.