, 1881-08-07


last night encourages the hope Of early re
form in the procedure Of the House Of Com
mons.
TIE PROSECUTION OF DE- JOSEPH PAEKEI:
Of tho City Temple. for gross libel ended b,
Dr.. Parker's most abject apology and a con
tribution Of 100 guineas for charitable pur
poses.
| THE AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND BILL
passed by the House Of Lords are deemed b.
the Ministry fatal to the principle Ut the
measure. Alr. Gladstone has not llesitateG
to let the Lords know that lie will not accept
amendments striking at those sections spe
clally intended for the benefit Of tile tenant
Lord Salisbury, however, has persisted in
his work Ut throwing out tile most drastic
clauses Of the bill, and his majority i'll the
Upper uo'lse promises to stand by him. Lord
Salisbury has not hitherto cut much OF
Il 1lgtirc as leader. Ills extraordinary
conduct at the Berlin Conference, and his
I unfortunate faculty of saying one thing and
| meaning another have weakened him terri
bly,. lie seems to have made up his mind to
make heroic stand for Toryisn on the
Land bill, his criticism of which was
| mcrcilcss but shallow. But the cooler
heads in that Chamber feel that he is tread
| ing OIL dangerous ground. The Premier has
| spent too much time Oh and given too much
| care to the bill to tolerate its mutilatlon by
| the Lords, and lie las Il compact majority Of
| 10o in the House of Commons that
will support him through thick and thin
The country, moreover, is not i'll the hulnor
to stand mad freaks OH the par; Of the flercti-
itary Legislators, ami 4 collision between that
| Chamber and the popular branch could only
| have one result. The Radicals are spelling
for a fight with the Upper House. Next
week Lord Salisbury will be compelled to
| surrender many of tho most important
amendments which lo has pressed, or to
| lake the risk OF Involving tho Lords in I'M
unequal struggle with the Commons and tho
| people.
| FEOpHESYING 4 PANIC FOR AMERICA.
Several papers here refuse to abandon the
hope of seeing 4 financial crisis iii the
United States The l'alt Mall Gazette,
which in its financial jeTemiads has prophc-
slcd ruin for every market III the world,
contends that the economic condition of your
country is essentially un5U1!rd. 1t is a debtor,
it says, to the rest of the world, and has been
trading OH the assumption that the great
prosperity Of recent years will last for all i'll
dctfnt time. The war Of rates on leading
American roads has been much
lweit upon in the Standards dispatches
and other quarters. English capitalists
are warned against putting any more money
III American securities. III spite Of all this
American securities, US rllle, are very
firmly held, and there is M fall to record in
TIE best description vi bonds. \ renewal Of
purchasing in New York would ut any
moment send up prices up here all round.
MI:- GowES's MEETING HERE,
on Friday, was very largely attended, but no
s:ctnit solution Ut tile difficulty was reached.
|: is thought probable that some settlements
may be made with the MrCallnnnts. Mr..
Henry rcllrws his demands for information
as TO the disposition of the SIC, ,0Jy, ,0U0
raised here for Erie by him and transmitted
to America anu never accounted for. He
publishes letters to-day declaring his de- |
termination 10 search into the mystery until |
it is cleared up.
4 CIRCULAR
issued by the house of Melville, Evans & |
Cn., says it is commonly charged and be |
iieyed that a leading official Of one Of the |
trunk lines is responsible for the present /
hostilities between the American railway !
companies, and that he is at the same tine
the 1argest seller If securities. Tile English
1lAD!tE t10G MUM II 4IO 10 stItttttA ~.
RECLAMATION OF IRISH LANDS.
A new company WilI shortly he formed,
with capital Of G4,o5o,ooo sterling, for re--
claiming waste lslNi III Ireland, amounting to
abuut onc-i1th OF the superficial area
asked for chiefly in England,
but it is very doubtful wnrti,er
the response will be favorable. The Coz
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tiiction by State purchase Of tle titles Of the
At The time Of the foundation Of the
Ulster plantations, under the strar:s,
the great Lontlon guilds purchased fora sell.
vast tracts Of land in that province which had
been tu!sen by summary process of attuintter
and conllscation from the native Irish OWL
ers. These guilds formed the Irish Society.
whose charter empowered them 1u people
their estates with Euglisl. and Scotch emil
grants and keep out the Irish, but the latter
soon turned tho tables upon the new colon
lists and absorbed those they did not expcl
These estates are rented Oil lifc-leases to
50 that the tenants enterprise
is para1yzed by rack-rent and insecurity
Of tenure. The Conservatives In Ulster
arc anxious to have an end put to
this system, and it is quite ptobabe that the
Government will bring in bflI next session
10 ony out the guilds, or, rather, the Irish
Society which acts for them.
MCfIt CNEAsINESs
S still felt throughout England concerning
he wel1-kn0wn fact that internal machines
layc been successfully struggled through
several ports, and are probably now in the
lands Of men who know how to use them.
sir William uarcourt is Kept continually on
he alert. lie realizes tile danger
nore keen1y than the general public, because
he facts are fully known to him. Secretary
}iaine's message, communicated 10 tho
Foreign Office by Mr.. Lowell, has given I
'rcat satisfaction, and further convinced the
Government and people that the United
states authorities will not fail i'll {
heir duty. 4 close watch Is now being !
,ept upon all Government Offices and public g,
buildings, but 1t is felt that they can 10 little
o avert a danger which may fall any :.
ay in all unexpected place. The Spectator =
# to-day thinks that some special | !,
ngslation may be required to meet this new
nenly of civilization, and the Saturday Rc- !,