Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-02

tonishment at the statement of M.
Constans, that he was not response
BILE for the acts of his subor-
dinates. The order of the day,
pure and simple, moved on behalf of
the government, was rejected by
vote of 139 to i'll. An order of the
day proposed by Lambert de st.
Croix, demanding, by implication,
the retention of the Sisters of Char
ity as hospital members, was adopted
by a vote of lat to IL.
The bureaux of the Senate have
elected committee on the Scrutiu
de List bill, one member of which
favors the bill and eight oppose it.
The bill, however, will probably pass,
as the Senate, considering that it
specially refers to the election of
deputies, are not disposed to reject
the principle of the bill, but will con-
tent itself with repeating the tempo
rary provision for increasing the
number of deputies in the bureaux.
118 Senators vote against the bill
aud 81 for it. There were Sc absen>
tees and Is Senators abstained from
voting.
LONDON, May 31.-At a consulta-
ton last night of the members of
Parliament and others belonging to
the Land League, it was decided to
fill the place of Mr.. Kettle, as an
organizer, forthwith, and it was also
decided that in the event of the sup
preston of the league, to transfer
it's duties in Ireland to the Ladies
Land League, and if that was inter-
fered with, to conduct the organiza~
ton through the COMMITTEES setting
at Hollyhead.
In the House of Commons to-day
the speaker, replying to Mr.. Par
nell, said he had received a letter
from Mr.. D. lion, from Kllinainham
Jail, complaining of his detention
and denying the accuracy of the re-
marks attributed to him by Mr.. Fos-
ter. The speaker said he was willing
to produce the correspondence if the
house desires it. Mr.. Gladstone in~
timated that the government would
assent to the motion for the produc-
ton Of the correspondence.
LONDON, May 31-The Times, in a
leading article this morning, says it
is believed that the Irish executive
has strongly represented to the cabi-
net the necessity of adopting meas
ures for the suppression of the land
league. The writer continues: If
the league is permitted to continue
it's work, it will bring the masses of
the Irish people into physical conflict
with the British crown.
The Paris correspondent of the
Times says that the voting in the
Senatorial bureaus is not conclusive
in regard to the fate of the Scrutin de
Liste bill, as absentees and neutrals
may turn the scale. The Senate will
certainly pass the Scratin de Liste
bill, in order to avoid complications.
LONDON, June 1.-Yesterday s
meeting of confederate bondholders
adopted a resolution inviting the
bondholders to deposit their bonds
in trust of the committee and to pay
the assessment of one shilling per
100 pounds for the committees ex-
penses.
At Clonniel, county of Waterford,
a riot occurred yesterday, growing
out of the sale of tenants interests
in farms. The people paraded the
streets all last night. About thirty
civilians are suffering from bayonet
thrusts and sword cuts inflicted by
the soldiery. One policeman has
died of his injuries and some of the
wounded soldiers are not expected to
live.
The Daily News, in a leading
article. says: It's doubtful whether
the powers possessed by the govern~
ment, under the widest Interpreters
ton of them that the ingenuity of
the crown lawyers could suggest,
would give legal authority for the