Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-22
THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
PARNELL'S SPEECH THE SIR
JECT OF AN INQUIRY.
The Negotiations with the Beers
The Committee Stage of the Coer.
cIOn Bill Completed.

LONDON, February 21.-The Times, in ar
ticles on the overtures for peace from the
Beers to General Colley, after recapitula-
ting their proposals for negotiations-viz.:
that the British eVacuate The Transyaal and
that commissioners be appointed to settle
its future relations with Great BrItain-says:
"The signs as far as we can discover are
not favorable to an early peace. The mani
festo addressed by the Beers to the Orange
Free States Volkesraad has no very peace.
ful sound"
Mr.. Parnell, speaking at Clara, Kings
county, yesterday, vigorously denounced
the government for introducing the coercion
bill, and charged the Ministers with trying
to intimidate the nation, and with de-
lloerate conspiracy to prevent him
from exercising his constitutional right
of speaking In Parliament. II
the tenants, he said, would
continue to refuse to pay unjust rents, he
and his colleagues would willingly go to
prison for their sakes. In case of threat
ened eviction, he advised neighboring
tenants to plough up the land in order to
prevent the landlords from grazing their
cattle thereon. Tenants, he asserted.
might accept the land bill so far as 1t would
enable them better to continue their strug-
| gle against landlordism.
| The House of Commons is exceedingly
crowded this afternoon. Notice was given
OF question to be put to morrow whether
| Mr.. Parnell's speech at Clara yesterday, es-
| pecially the passage relative to "plowing up
the land, " was not incident to punishable
oifenses. The notice was received with
! cheers
! Lord Colin Campbell asked whether the
| government had instructed the commander
relative to the terms or which a suspension
| OF hostilities with ice Beers may be agreed
J tc
I Rr Gladstone reported that tire governs
+ mab5 3ae taken the steps which appear 10
them best adapted 10 promote a satisfactory
/ settiamo1 aud stop the eftpson Of blood,
/ bat no declined 20 enter into debate.
I Sir Charfa6 wentworth Dixie, Under For
/ eiEn Secretary, replying 20 q question, said
+ tha goYagEmerf h2a ne continuation 0f the
/ report from kAeias, dased The 9th instant,
THAR the l{Us8laps arc accommodating p49Ti5-
/ IONS Ter an advance On Tel ia ans go
border Ell ha Persian tertoTv ~ 7el1 1li4
belief t1at tie Rnssiarz 10 not la. 90
/ aag2uCe Oh Melv ia founded gpon .ut7' .%
gic0 rseeiyea rom Lord DuTeriu, B.iltaE
! AD ]asssdQT At St. Petersburg. 1rord th
/ British Minister 10 Persia
Mr. 2iadstcue's motion 1hat miarf@ht
she remaining clauses of and
% the ptOtgc biz he pas
carried by 5 vote OF 4l5 4 03
Included seTen Conservatives
Radicals.
La the House Of -.ulons avar ag
Ar Gladsto-.o, replying to "a 9as.3 SAID
-aat when the pressing question baa0l .a8
House had been disposed of Il woais oe
advisable to consider the rule with EGa
view to expediting non-urgent b Bees
The House in committee resumed a4 aI-
Grafton Of the protection bill, aud E mid
night the Chairman interrupted .he deeate.
After division upon the anne aeut as-
fore the House, which was re 3o tne
Chairman ruled that the rema Mag f0Oe
amendments were out of order, but the
Home Rulers insisted upon dividing upon a
motion to report the bill and upon motion
that the Chairman leave the chair.
Mr.. LaboucheTe's amendment, incorpo-
rating the compensation for disturbance
bill with the protection bill was ruled out of
order. The third clause was so reported by
vote Of 199 to 4.
The committee stage Of the bill is now
finished.
The London correspondent of the Man
chester Guardian says one of the subjects
of the deliberations of Saturdays Cabinet
Council was whether the government could
not postpone the arms bill until after the
passage of the land bill. The decision will
probably be announced early this week.