Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-18
THE NEWS FROM EUROPE.
PROGRESS OF THE COERCION
BILL.
The Latest Phase of the BOer TrOu.
ble-The Oh1eers OF the ReIehsta&
Hugo to Write n Manifesto 10
Europe on the Wrongs of Ireland.

| LONDON, February 1.-THE Standard
says it is understood that 1t is proposed that
part Of the Transvaal to which the Beers
have fair claim be declared independent,
and that the remaining and larger part
continue to be governed by British ad-
ministration, and that British Resident be
appointed at the capital of the Beers.
The President of the Orange Free State
| telegraphs that he has taken stringent pre-
cautions to preserve the neutrality Of the
State.
The War Office received . telegram from
General Coiley to-day stating that the col
umn of General Sir Evelyn Wood has ar
rived at Newcastle. Some Beers were seen
| on the road, but they offered no opposition.
The bulk of the Boer forces have apparently
returned to Laingsuek.
The telegraph has been restored between
Durham and Newcastle.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram Compa-
ny from Durham says that Generals ColleY
and Wood met at noon TO day at Fort
Amiel and held a council of war.
There are still upwards of five amend
ments to the bill for the protection of per
sons and property In Ireland, awaiting dis
cussion in committee 10 the House Of Com
mons. The consideration of the second
subsection of the first clause of the bill is
not yet ended.
The Speaker of the House of Commons
this evening announced fresh and most
stringent rules respecting urgent business.
In the House Of Commons this afternoon
Mr.. Henry Fawcett, Postmaster General,
simply replied ''no" to the question of Mr..
Henri Labouchere, advanced Liberal,
whether warrants authorizing transit would
be presented to the House. The answer
was greeted with prolonged cheers.
Rtr VIM VprD0p Haraourt Homo Snpra-
tary, replying to question by Mr.. Joseph
Cowen, Radical reformer, said: sit is not
intended to limit ths- present power for
opening letters"
In the House of Commons this afternoon,
Premier Gladstone gave notice that unless
consideration of the protection bill In com
mittee closes tonight he will move to-mor-
row that the chairman shall report the bill
before midnight
This motion will be in accordance with
the Speakers new rules, which provide
that such motions be put without debate,
and If carried by majority of three to one
the chairman of the committee will leave
the chair at midnight, thus compulsorily
closing the committee stage of the bill.
In the House of Commons this evening
Mr.. Cowen, Radical and Home Ruler, mem
Der for Newcastle-on-Tyne, amidst cheers
from the Irish members, announced that as
soon as the rules of the House permitted,
he would move that whenever urgency is
declared, the bill should pass without dis
cussion.
Mr.. A. NJ. Sullivan, Home Rule member
for Meath, gave notice that If Mr.. Cowan's
motion is negatived, he would move that
when urgency is declared the Premier
should move that no Irishman be heard on
any question.
A telegram from the House of Commons
at p. m says there is great stir ab ,ut the
new coup d'etat, as it is called in the lob
by, and that great dissatisfaction exists
among the members.
The new rules announced to-day by the
Speaker of the House of Commons pro-
vide that after a resolution of urgency
is carried by a majority of three to one, the
movers of amendments and members in
charge Of the bill shall be heard, and If the
hearing of the amendments be not con-
cluded by the appointed hour, the chairman
of the committee shall leave the chair and
report the bill to the House.
Messrs. Parnell, O'Kelley, Brennan and
Sexton arrived in London tonight.
Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Presi-
dent Of the Board of Trade, writing to the
Birmingham Liberal Association, Gays: ''No
Ministry ever entered office under more
difficult circumstances or with a more
troublesome legacy FROM its predeces-
sors than the present one. The condition
tasteful task of limiting her constitutional
liberties" When the present irritation has
vanished, and the land bill shall have been
introduced, he thinks 1t will restore peace
and confidence to Ireland.
The Times, in its leading article this
morning, says: "We are informed that in
one district in the west of Ireland, notori-
GUS as the scene OF more than one scandal
oas Land League meeting, between twenty
and thirty village tyrants have quietly alb
seconded since the second reading of the
protection of persons and property BILL"
PARIS, February 17.-Mr. Parnell prom
ises on his return to Ireland to send Victor
Hugo a letter upon the political situation
in that country, ard Hugo said he would
reply to such letter by a manifesto to
Europe In favor Of the claims of Ireland.
M. Menier, chocolate manufacturer, q
member of the Chamber OF Deputies for
Seine ct Marine, is dead.
The press bill to-day finally passed the
Chamber of Deputies by vote of 428 to 6.
The Chamber resolved, without division, to
take into consideration the ScrattiD de hSte
bill. AUrord contradicts the statement In
the Memorial DiplOnadtiQne of the 18th inst,
that the Pope intended to address another
letter to the Irish Bishops, enjoining them
not to oppose the sectional measues taken
by the government for Ireland.
BERLIN, February 17.-In the Reichstag
yesterday Count Won Arnim BertZenburg
was re elected President, Herr Won Franck-
enstein, of the Centre, Vice President, and (
Herr Ackermann, Conservative, Second We
President.
Count Won Arnim Bertzenburg, who was
Yesterday reelected President of the Reich
stag has declined to accept, as he had re-
solved to do, II the Clericals were repre-
sented among his colleagues.
The Reichstag to-day elected Herr Won
Gosster, Conservative, President, in place
of Viscount Won Arnim Bertzenburg, who
declined the chair.