The sun., 1884-10-26
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
IHE WAR UPON THE ENGLISH HOUSE
OF LORDS TO NE FOU0BT OUT


AL Hope or . Compromise AbaWdoWed-ssiad.
stone Again Piuuged toto " Sea of btmcut.
ties-rhe Government IN France also IN
Troube-A B-auiiTni W~ddi"g Display In
l.eadon-f Fashions --latest frcnks Described
-tiossip nnd Jokes or the Week.
LONDON. Oct. o5.-Wc shall have tho gem
srAl election In January or February. Tho tone
Of Vague hopr'ulness which prevailed up TO
tho meeting OF Parliament and for some hours
aftorward has been completely destroyed and
nobody now believes in the possibility OF COM
promise between the two Houses. Lord Sails
bury was careful to conceal completely his In
sentions ns to the future and took refuge In la
borious humor. and Sir Stafford Northco,o was
moro Rrandmotherly in his gcnteness than
ever. but Mr.. GIadstone's speech was emphatic
and burned the boats Of the Government The
Radicals are delighted. their great dread hav-
Ing been ull along that they would DO cheated
OF their chance Of uniting tho House OF Lords.
II 10 not yet known what course the Govern
nent will take. and the Cabinet Is said TO be
divided in opinion. 1t seems certain that Mr..
Gladstone will stick to his position OF not
granting a dissolution on the demand OF tho
Peers. One plan is that he should resign and
allow Lord Salisbury to try his hand at fran
shlse and redistribution bill combined and
loavc to him tho responsibility Of dissolving
Parliament and going to the country. Another
proposal Is that the House OF Commons shoulG
pass a resolution limiting the power OF the
House OF Peers and should take issue on that.
In either case Mr.. Gladstone would be FREQ to
say what he pleased about the upper Chamber.
and II his health lasted he would undoubtedly
make 1t lively for their lordships.
The bitterness between he two sides is great
and has been intentionally increased by Mr..
Chamberlain. who has adrotly paved the wny
for an early accession OF the Radical party to
power. with himself. OF course. as Prime Min
ister. His attack in the House last night on
Bir Drummond Wolff was aggravated by the
absurd partisanship of tho Speaker. who de-
cided that the epithet "jackal" was parlia-
mentary because II was used only in n igura-
tive sense. Meantime the course OF the
sion is entirely uncertain. The announce
mont OF the necessity for further money for
the Egyptian expedition has been received
with delight by the Conservatives as opening
up abundant opportunities for the discussion
OF tho Egyptian question while the Liberals
mourn openly for every debate OF that marvol-
lous business must dlscredit the Government
and must divert public attention from the
franchise agitation. and to concentrate ntten-
tion on that question only is one OF tho chief
objects Of the Liberal managers.
Mr.. Gladstone and Mr.. Chders. the Chan
cellor OF the ExcheQucr are said to be almost
driven crazy by the action of Lord Woscley
who is spending money like water and with an
after disregard to the exigencies OF party
finance on the eve OF a general election. Tho
Radicals. at the same time aro murmuring
louder every day rs the kilograms from Gordon
mako 1t clearer that every man. woman. and
child who desired to leave Khartoum could
have done 80. and that the only reason the
garrison has remained is that Gordon DISC
beyed his instructions md kept them there to
carry out his own fanatical and idiotic scheme
Of crushing tho Mahdi
In Franco things continue to look quite as
awkward for the men In power. There Is no
alternative. In spite Of all Jules Ferrys dexter
ity.between abandoning the operations against
China and largely increasing the force thore
and raising further taxation. Everybody In
Paris yesterday had his ear to the keyhole Of
the committee rooms In which the Chinese
credits were being discussed. but the promise
OF secrecy has been we'll kept for once. and all
the reporters were able to announce was that
tho friends OF the Government looked de.
pressed. that NJ. Forty was evidently ont Of
sorts. and that NJ. Clemenceau complained OF
nervous headache.
The relations between Mr.. Gladstone and the
Parnellites have become dangerously strained
By the tone Of tho debate on the execution Of
Iyles Joyce 1t Is now known that Lord Spen-
cor distinctly threatened to resign II the In
Quiry were granted. ana that tho Government
afraid Of having an Irish crisis in addition to
all thoir other troubles. had to promise to stub
bornly refuse nil concession. Mr.. Trevelyan
made bitter speech last night. with tho result
that the section among the Parnellites which
10 In favor OF voting against the Government
on tho Franchise bill has become much
stronger.
Tho society papers have had q fruitful sub
jsct OF lengthened comment in the marriage Of
the Marquis Of Stafford and Lady Millicent st.
Clair Erskine. and the marriage was certainly
tho prettiest as we'll as tho most important
London has seen for a long time. Although
the bride was only II. she WAS described as
looking in all the primo Of womanhood. Tho
bridesmaids were delightful sight ranging In
ago from to l3. Their dresses were COM
posed OF white duchesse silk. with full skirts
Pompadour tunics. and baby bodies. with short
sleeves to tho elbows. and the ofrect OF these
little maidens dressed in nothing but the
purest white from cap to stocking was greatly
set OIL BY the rich costumes OF the grown. up
company. Velvet was mostly worn. and red
and violet tints prevailed. The Princess of
Wales wore dress OF black velvet brocade {;
hor bonnet was Of black lace. edged with Jet
beads. and Its only trimming was bunch Of
soft ostrich feathers In crushed strawberry
CrInolette was nowhere to be seen. and has
definitely passed away from the things to be
worn at the wedding as elsewhere.
In London the ruling female coat Is tailor
made and is decorated with broad braid. listers
have disappeared. Such is tho vogue which
the London houses are now obtaining for these
and similar costumes that the Infanta Maria
Antonia Of Portugal recently sent gentleman
with the high-sounding title OF Count Luchino
Zillerl Dol Verne to fetch ''GoinG-away"
dress from Bond street house. on her mar
yiaRe with the Duke OF Parma.
Tha cloca nj the Haalth Exhibition in tho
midst Of It's marvellous popularity is not bring.
ing much consolation to the almost bankrupt
theatrical managers. for it IL to bs i'm
mediately succeeded In the same grounds
and In the same building by broad
reform exhibition. and that is now understood
70 be only another name for q place whcro
people can cat by day and listen to good mu-
sic amid the accompaniment OF brilliant fire.
works at night.