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in tho neighborhood Of eight milliona
each. Rather calling this to the oppressed
tax payerB who have In find tha ,h;,,k n.,i

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whole Or the worst OF It, for | learn iro,
: the same source from which I pet tl,e aho,
isuies, that within the time specified, Vi,
tho last SO years, tho country had paid i
all to the families Of It's dukes, marouist
and earls, mostly for pensions, The iabi
ious sum Of 1881 100000. The Duke q
marlborough, may add, Is a brother a
, TINT young, active, brilliant, though cccen
tric. statesman, Lord Randolph Churchil
against whose private virtue, whateye
may bc his political faults, tho tongue q
ms worst enony can utter no word Of re
proach. =
| .g' ENHANCING TIE SUFFRAGE,
Referring again to the Queens speecl,
that document, ! find, promises the intro
duGtion during the present session Of min,
Inherent measures, and pledges the besI
efforts 1.-THE Government TO their passape
One Of these Ism bill extending the parlia
mentary franchise 10 the counties on thc
same conditions as the boroueh's euioy II:
that is, to all householders who nav rates
This bill will embrace Ireland, and une n
It's passage or rejection hangs the iste ri
!he party In power. Should it either fail
~ inc House, or be thrown out BY tho
upper Chamber, Gladstone will call a halt.
anu the sense Of the country be tested by
general election. The latter contin.
geacy, 1t highly probable, Tor tho peers
though they treat the sovereign with re.
spect, never miss an opportunity Of snub.
6lng tue representatives OF the people
consequently we may look upon tho struy.
g!es that have just begun in the House Of
Commona as it's death throes, and may OK.
pect them on that account 10 be unusually
severe and exciting. But not all the fighi.
li,nI,g will be done on this franchise oueation,
There will be a hard conies. over the bili
which proposes to bring The whole OF Lon.
don under one municipal government. and
another and even iietcer isht over the b;Il
lor the reform Of the abuses Of the present
government ot. the counties. OF tho latter,
local option will bs a feature. -, -',''--.
s->trz=- LOCAL OPTION. ts37,5 - - +,
The House has already endorsed tho
principle Of local option. Now it will be
asked to give i!s sanction to measure for
carrying out that principle. Let it not be
thonght lor moment, however, that tt,r
scheme 10 bo brought forward will proyiJe
'or the submission Of the question Of per.
m!ttlrg or prohibiting the salo Of intoxi-
cants to direct vote OF the people. i All
tha! is contemplated ia 10 take The iicans'nr
power out oi the hands Of mavistra.as and
give it to come board elected for re,,eral
purposes by the ratepayeis. This board
within its Jurisdiction may license few
public houses, or many, or none, rs il
thinks best, hut for all It docs, or jails to
10, 1t will, OF course, have 10 answer TO the
voters who constitu!edit. This ia Mr., Glad
stones idea OF proper local option meas.
ure-hardly what would suit the temper.
ance people in our country, and it is Ger
ta'n, moreover, that it will not give salis.
faction hero. The liquor interests will be
sure to oppose 1t, because they want, here
aa elsewhere, 10 be let alone, and the other
side. Though they may think it m i'm.
provement on the present B.ate of thiprs
will still feel that it is for from meeting the
Necessities Of the case, and far from being
an ultlmatum. Q
TIE MULE IN raIiTIcs,
vi the n'no measures presented it can
be safely predicted that not more than
three or four will pass, and that some will
not even be introduced. Between the ex.
pectatlons raised by Ministers t'the be.
ginning OF sets, ION, and their iulGilment
IN actual legislation, there is always yory
VIDE dlscreepancy-owing, however, not to
any lack OF good intentions on the part OF
tho Government, but simply for want OF
tlme-or IN other words, because Parlia.
mlent ls blessed and cursed with so many
long.winded takers. Latterly, too, syste.
matte obstruction has come into yopne-a
Veritable dog in the manser patent, by
which q small minority, who cannot have
their own way, resort 10 all SORTS OF mean
devices to prevent others from having
ttheirs; 80 that between the two firea ii
"muchee talkee' and downright mulish.
ness, the Government stand with their
hands tied, and the work OF practical lepis.
!a.ion, tor which tho House OF Commons
is supposed to assemble, 9 comes the one
thing above! all Others which it cannot do.
l have before me, i'll addition to the one
read on Tuesday, the four other speeches
Of the Queen TO the preecnt Parliament.
In the tirst, out OF six measures referred to.
three we're passed. In the second, two on.
y were passed out Of ten. In tic third.
the proportion was three out Of nine, while
IN the ioufth thirteen were promised and
tive enacted into law.
BAKER rAslIA AND Irls DEFEAT.
No one was so1ry this year that, in con.
formity with III old custom, the beef
eaters were brought from the Tower prior
to the assembling OF Parliament, TO search
the Cellars and underground rooms OF tho
two Houses. with the object OF preventing
tho contamination OF any modern pun-
powder plot. Ordinarily this in looked
upon as foolish formality, but i. was
thought quite in place this time. Ireland.
however, is not the only country which
causes trouble over here. Dark clouds
bang now over Eugland's Egyptian inter.
ests. Just US the address TO the throne was
about to be moved, the news reached us
Of the slaughter Of Baker Pasha's force.
This unfortunate General ia n great favorite
with The English people. Yorr readers will
not have forgotten The d;sgiaceful circum.
stances under which he was derri, o Of hjs
commission in the Eng in army Twas
lor an Indecent assault upon uung lary
in railway carringe But that WAS SONS
years ngo, and his br liant services since,
under tho Turkish and Egyptian cove n.
ments, coupled with the distinguished osi.
tion he occupied prior to his fall. as N.
best cavalry cillcer in the British forces,
have hutliced to almost entirely obliterate
this stain, 80 that he is now where
he was before in popular esteem, II, indeed,
the rebound Of feeling in his favor has not
placed him in a higher niche. No one
donbts his courage or his great skill in com.
mand. Ills crushing defeat was obviously
due to the wrctched herd, diegracing the
name Of soldiers, whom he led into the
field. But it hasa greater significance than
the deieat Of Hicks PAsha, for it is telt That
II Raker rnn la nnthiru m.th 4La H.. a..