, 1881-05-08
Heirs of Man Who Died in an En-
qIish Workhouse Get 4,000,000
Pounds.
Successful Experiments with tho
Telephone Between Calais
and London.
The Horrors Of Emigrant Ships Ex'
citing General Comment in
High Quarters.
Herr Wagner Lives to Accept the Uncon-
ditional Surrender Of Berlin.
GREAT BRITAIN.

| GREAT BRITAIN.
! TILE TORY LEADERSHIP.
] Special Cable.
! LONDON, May by far the most impor-
| tant event i'll British politics is the leader
| ship of the Tory party. The necessities
| OF the situation III connection with the
| Land and Oath bills compel Il set
| tlement of this question. The chances
| of Lord Cairns have rapidly recedcd
| because his Low Church views, and the
| circumstances OF his being only an Ulster
lawyer render him unpopular with an
influential section of the party. The more
| confirmed Tories also fear his spirit
| Of compromise. The Duke Of Eich-
| mond is also faulty in the eyes
| of the party. lie was we'll fitted for the tenn
| porary leadership when Nil Dlsraeli was at
| hand to give linn advice. But, though pos
| scssed Of good common sense, lie Is no States
| man, and is therefore considered unequal to
THE CHEF POSITION IN THE PATTY.
The selection Is consequently reduced to Sir
Stafford Nortllcote or Lord Salisbury. Sir
Stafford Northcotc is accepted loyalty rs the
| Spokesman of tllB Conservatives in the House
| of Commons. but the entire party needs no:
onlya Parliamentary chief bat leader. Lord
| Salisbury, un the other hald, has held higher
State offices, and has been more persistent III
| enforcing Ills claims. The party Will hold
t meeting to consider tho subject OIL Monday.
| Lord Salisbury will probably be chosen. The
effects Of this step may bc of great !n1por-
tancu III the future OF the Liberal rs well
| as that Of the Conservative party. Lnrd
| Salisbury, with his lack OF tact, narrow
views, obstinacy, rashness, and lack Of cnt1-
| dor, will never win popular confidence. The
Conservative party may look for no more
electoral successes, but will rather shrink
into at, unreasoning and irreconciable sec
ton From party considerations, the Liber-
| ais are glad Of the choice.
THE IRISH LAND BILL i.
| drags heavily. The vote OIL the second
rcading is not expected till the 10th instant.
The best speech so far has been Mr.. Shaw
Lefeyre's. The more the debate is prolonged
the greater are tie divisions which arise in
the Irish camp O'Connor Power has declared
in all excellent speech that he will vote for
the SECOND reading 4. II. Sullivan has Sc
cc,letl from the support Of Mr. Par11ell be-
cause the latter advised the Irish members
to abstain from voting. Mr.. Parnell was
impcled to this step by the arrest
Of Mr.. Dillon, which worked the
parnclIites into Il condition Of great anger.
| The proclamation Of the City Of Dublin arose
! from the discovery Of
| y SUPPOSED FES1AS CONSPIRACY
! in the city, followed by IN Outrage. Mr..
| Dillon was arrested for his furious
Clonmel speech. Mr.. parnell's followers
professed extreme irritation at this act. and
SO, by Il vote Of II to l., they decided not to
vote for tho second reading Ut the Land bill,
in order to weaken the Government majority.
| No deep regret is expressed among many
| Irish members for Mr.. Dillon's arrest. Ills
| counsel has been i1conyenicnt t. his party for
| some time. Mr.. Farnclrs action is scondelnned
| by the Frccntt,.'s Journal and reasonable
people in general. The minority in the Irish
| party decline to be bound by the decision Of
the caucus. 1t is remarkable that Of the
| sixty uonle-Rnlers who followed the leader
| ship Of Mr.. Butt only seventeen are faithful
to Mr.. Parnell Many protests have come
from Ireland against MI. ParnelPs proposal
| and -..--.
| 4 c11ASaE OF FRONT IS EXPECTED.
The Wings will not oppose the second
! reading Of the Land BILL but will join the
| Conservatives in obtaining notifications.
I The Bradlaugh business is becoming conf
| plicated. Tie Tories are offering unscrupu-
| lous resistance to the Affirmation bill.
| In defiance of Sir Stafford Northcotes
PROMISE the lluuse sat till past
5 o'clnvk this morning owing to Tory OBJ
struciion to the Governments proposal for
special sitting to pass the bill. The Govern
| mpnt has abandoned Its demand for special
facilities, there being little prospect of the
| bill passing. AIR. Era.llauSh will possibly
| come forward next week to demand that lie
be sworn. IT. II so the Tories will move his ar
| rest. George j. lIolyoake and others Of the
latter c1uss Of free-tllinkers
| CONDEMN MIR. BRADLAUGH
| for offering to take the oath. The Govern
| ncnt have another difficulty to deal With.
| the Bcaconsiied memorial, which the Rad
| iculs are determined to oppose. 1t is ex-
pectcd that sixty members will vote against
| it and that twenty will abstain from voting.
The Tories are preparing to establish q
memorial of some utility, probably Il college,
| i'll addition to the proposed stainca-%1ass
window in lIugllcndeu Church.
The Manchester school of Liberals achieved
comparative success in the debate on Mr..
richards proposal for limiting
| THE POWER OF COLONIAL GOVERNORS
| III contracting engagements declaring war,
! and annexing territory. Mr.. Gladstone made
| m important speech OIL this sub
| ject, in which he pointed to
| the need of holding down the central
authority rather than Of shacklng the COLO
Mai representation. Mr. richards resolu-
| ton was defeated by only eight votes.
| JOHN Bright who has latterIJ been show
Ing some ill-feeling against Ireland, launched
| out into m attack last night on the
| Irish for neglectine to develop their
manufactures and utilize the ter-power
! and other natural advantages OF the country.
| lie condemned strongly tile giving Of small
| patches Of ground to laborers to starve- An
alusion to i manufacturer losing $500 4
year through workinen observing All Saints
Day brought down on him -
TREMENDOUS ACCUSATIONS FROM THE IRISH