Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-04
BY CABLE.
THE GREEK QUESTION.


pondent at Constantinople says the
ambassadors met Thursday to consider
what steps to take toward opening ne
gotiauons on the Greek question.
GoRTsCHAKoFF.
The Times understands Gortscha-
kof will formally resign in April,
when he completes twenty-five years
service as chancellor.
EXTRA POLICE.
Four hundred extra police were on
duty near the house of commons yes
terday. TIE expelled home rulers
will take their seats 10 the house of
commons as usual to-day.
GLADsTONEs RESOLUTION.
The principal alterations in Glad
stone resolution, as finally adopted
by the commons, are that a motion for
urgency must be made by minister,
who must state his reasons, and that
the majority voting urgency must con-
sist Of three to one in house of 300
members. A modification was also
introduced making it clear that the
speaker intended to use the powers
conferred upon him only for facilits-
ting the particular business which
might be declared urgent.
MOST EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS
were taken in the house last night,
every door leading into the lobbies
and corridors being watched by de-
tectives, and Forster's office, the
speakers house and Glsdstone's pri-
vate residence guarded by the police.
The members of the lobby we're
cleared at an early hour and strangers
were not allowed to enter for several
hours.
a MANIFESTO TO THE IRISH PEOPLE,
published yesterday, is signed by Par
nell on behalf of the Irish members
and addressed to the Irish race at
home and abroad. Dillon goes to
Ireland Immediately.
DAvITT,
on reaching Bow street police court,
was Immediately taken before the
chief magistrate. The proceedings
were private, but it is officially an
nounced that Davitt was ordered to
finish the remainder Of his sentence of
penal servitude. He was remove
from Bow street under escort.
The only English members of the
house Of commons who voted against
Dillons suspension were Cowan, radi-
cal and home ruler, and Labouchre,
advanced liberal. They also voted
against
PABNELLs SUSPENSION,
but not against Finnegans. The six
members who voted against the sus-
pension of the twenty-eight home
rulers for refusing to go out on adivis-
ion of the house We're Callan (liberaD
Cowap, Labouchre, Macdonald (liber-
aD, MaeFarlane (home ruler), and Sir
Joseph McKenna (home ruler).
SUSPENDED.
| LONDON, February 4.-The names
of the home rule members of parlia-
ment who have been suspended are
Dillon, Parnell, Barry, Biggar, Byrne,
Corbett, Gray, Healy, Dawson, FiDni-
gan, Gill, Lalor, Leamy, Leahy, Me-
Carthy, McCoan, Marum, Metge, Mel
son, Arthur 0Connor, Thomas P.
O'Connor, The. 0'DOnoghue, Mahon,
O'Sullivan, John 0'Connor's, Power,
Redmond, Sexton, .Smithric, A. III.
Sullivan, T. D. Sullivan, Malloy
Richard Power, O'Shaughnessy-
| O'Donnell, O'Kellcy.
DAVITT.
LONDON, February 4.-Day has
been taken. after short magi,teria'
inquiry, to Pentonyille prison, it is
supposed, the police being instructed
to give no information. He has be-
tween four and five years imprison-
meut to serve.
wARLIKE PRECAUTIONS.
DUBLIN, February 4-The sentrie'
at the Shannon batteries are doubled
nightly and the troops reinforced
Two gunboats stationed at Tarben
and Shannon.