The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-07-13
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.



~.,sxnLE sCEyEs WITNESSED IN
Tur ENOLisH PAkLIAMkNT
s. Alarmed and The Radicals Dtsap-
..a-,ss-(3,nAstSne Anxious % Avosa
s,,.sist aad Mako 0racefsai Exit--hsA
w.,vs Srcm Ixypt threat Dlssr<ss N mar.
se,,Ies-Briiiiant soc's' Evenss sSoaooH-
n...,. or ,he Thestres-FasAisn's Oddities.
rospoS. July l2--The Lords are scared.
NM, IA tho meaning OF all the passionate
49,. IN psrliament for the last few DAYS. The
,.,nr.ssion now 10 that the mode OF escape
-,l b, provided for them for which they arc
sv,dsntly painting. and the Radicals are heroely
Siss . pointsd over the prospect OF being cheat
n al their wild agitation against aristocrssy
ana Irres ponsible government The scenes In
tbs House Of Commons we're tho worst I have
aver sesn. Men slarod at each other. shouted
nm they wore hoarse. and moro than once OK
changed the Ito direct. thinly yelled under par
M.mentsry phrase. Tho reason Of the herco
nesr By the Conservatives at tho publication
Nv Gladstone Of his offers Of compromise 10
thst II places their conduct In much more
,srsssonsble light. and gives . stronger
acting in wanton defiance Of tho people.
soupromise. being painfully anxious to avoid
No conflict for which many Of his younger col
,saxues are longing Tho reason In that his
health 10 bad. and that Sir Andrew Clarke. bis
physician. has more than limited that an au-
tumn session may be his death. He looked
chastity In his pallor In the House yesterday.
smoke In voice Of painful fesblsness. and was
40 weak that at one moment he had to leave
the House for . while. and whom Randolph
Churchill was making his bitterest taunt. An
o,her reason why Gladstone wishes to settle
the quarrel IL his anxiety to quit once. and tho
n..saue Of the Franchise bill would bo . grace
full and etIsctual exit.
Opiniou Ia divided A. to whether compro-
misc may be effected Immediately or during
the autumn session. The Conservative leaders
are anxious for the compromise now 30 a. to
Immediately stop the agitation. and are studi-
Gus in pointing out that the Lords have not
finally rejected the bill even for the present sos
sion: that their vote Of the other night merely
postponed the reading OF the measure for that
particular night; that the measure. therefore. Is
not dead. but In . state OF suspended anima-
tion and that II Gladstone will even yet offer
fair compromise the bill can be taken M and
disposed OF. Another change in the feelings Of
both sides may come before Monday. as tho
nows from Egypt is getting hourly worse. and
apparently. the dsluge there IL close at hand.
An incident In tho franchise debate In tho
Lords. commented upon by everybody "a show
ing q remarkable change In the spirit OF the
times ia the support Of the bill By twelve out Of
thirteen Bishops. and tho strongly democratic
flavor of the speech OF tho Archbishop OF Can
terbury. In 1881 the Reform bill was opposed
by twsnty-one Bishops.
The opinion is gaining ground that tho fight
with the Mahdi is close at hand. and. though
the news 10 contradicted. tho general belief is
that the Mudir Of Dongola has sold the pass.
A peaceful settlement Of tho anco-Chi-
nese difficulty seems likely. In spite Of tho
belllcose articles OF the French PRESS tho repre-
sentntives OF China adopt conciliatory tone
and are understood to offer fair reparstion.
Tho cholera is moro than ever tho leading
tonic Of French conversation. especially after
the terrible increase OF the death rate In Mar
settles. DR.. Koch 10 meantime being made.
according to the boastful words Of German
paper. the most famous German Of tho world
next to the Emperor and Bismarck. The gem
eral effect OF his consultations with tho French
scientists Is that his theory OF tho transmits
sion OF cholera through bacteria Is confirmed.
In Marseilles tho desertion OF tho city IL
S0uoAuS soAAiOio aCoos ouo h0H i0u W tuo
revolutionary proposal that tho houses OF tho
wealthy who have Ned should DO handed over
to the poor
Tho Municipal Council OF Paris have acted
with characteristic stupidity In persistiEg with
the national fste for no better reasons than
that the reactionaries oppose It. and that re-
publican manifestations are declared never to
have resulted In tho spread Of an epidemic
London still maintains her attitude OF abso-
lute Indifference and silence upon the whole
business. and this although DR.. Koch has
joined the French doctors In tracing tho origin
OF the disease to Egypt and England's careless
ness there.
The season Ia going out with fierce sputter.
and everybody seems bent on having rs much
fun as can be squeezed into every dov and half
the night. Garden parties are now the preva-
lent rage and various other out-oi-door fetes.
The Healtheries was the scene OF brilliant
on Wednesday. az which there
was . hugo assembla:e OF everybody OF the
least distinction In London. Mr.. Chamberlain
was there with an orchid In his buttonhole.
which sets the Conservatives mad. Slim Sally
at late hour distributed French bonbons and
an uncharitabls journalist calls attention to
the frightful consumption OF LIQUIDS and
cigars. which WAS induced By the FREQ distribu-
ton OF those Injuries. There was some
Chinese music. but tho general impression Ia
that It u far worse than Wagner's most violent
feats. and when 1t discourses during the
Chinese dinner hour. now permanent feature
Of the exhibition. the guests are observed to
drink their vino with alarming rapidly,
Chinese walters. who are now TO England. are
spoken of with fresh enthusiasm.
Tho theatres have at last given up the I'M
equal struggle with the hot weather nnd the
Health Exhibition. and tho majority OF them will
DO closed this week or noxt Sarah Bernhard,
never had so bad a season. and tho papers are
criticising her with unusual III nature. Her
failure In Macbeth so depressed her that she
acted "Adrienne Lecouvrour" and "Frou
Frou" very indifferently. drove some OF her
audience away before halls the performance
was through. and makes up so carelessly that
the paint 10 daubed on her lips. and her dress
10 actually slovonly. Her III temper has been
Increased by her social failure. tho terrible
book OF Colombier having closed most decent
houses against her. and she has TO console her
self BY scurrylng through her performances
and rushing of to Richmond. tho prettiest
suburb OF London. to sleep In the fresh air.
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