Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-12


has iuk made the most extraordinary
statspent which ever fell nom Min
lister In this HOUSE. After announcing
their Intention Of taking Khartoum, the
Government have announced tonight
the abandoning Of Soudan, after having
murdered six or ten thousand men. Yet
the Government expects this House to
acquiesce silently in their policy. The
greatest danger to the country Is the in-
capacity Of men in Office. Conservative
checrs.I The Government have surren-
dercd every one OF the questions between
them and Russia. The Prime Minister
has altogether abandoned the attitude
by which the Government obtained a
vote Of credit. The great objection |
have to the Premier's policy is that
from the very day he assumed Office
until now he has shown a readiness to
sacrifice anybody and anything TO
save HIMSELF [Cries Of Hear Hear y
Mr.. Chamberlain, president OF the
Board Of Trade, tainted Lord George
Hamilton with Inconsistency in asking
for information from the Govern
ment that could not be relied
upon. Mr.. Chamberlain said that
the House would be unable adequately
to Judge the conduct Of the Govern
ment until the papers in the case were
presented TO it. He contended that the
object Of Sir Peter Lumsden's mission
had TO a great extent been achieved.
He was glad to find Lord George Ham,
ilton advocating the position that faith
should not be placed in Russia and that
the only course was to go to war.
When the general elections came the
Government would remind the opposi-
ton Of their policy, and it would then
be seen whether or not the country was
tired Of peace.
In the course of the debate in the
House Of Commons on Lord Hamilton's
melton, Henry Chaplin CONSERVATIVE
charged that the expenditure Of so
much blood and treasure and the ruin
that had been caused in the Soudan were
due to efforts to save the seats Of an
imbecile Ministry.
Lord Randolph Churchill (Conserva-
tive) admitted that the meaning OF the
amendment was to enable the Ministers
to quit their seats with grace and dig
nifty. "Tories," he said, "had shown
that they were not the war party, but
that those who had obtained vote Of
ell 900, 900 WERE"
THE RESOLUTION OF CENsURE DE-
FEATED.
In the House Of Commons Lord
George Hamilton's motion to adopt Sir
Stafford Northcote's resolution Of CEN
sure was defeated by 900 to 260. The
majority consisted entirely Of Liberals.
The Parnellites voted with the Ministry.
The House received the result rather
listlessly.
A DRAMATIC INCIDENT IN THE
HOUSE OF LORDS.
LONDON, May ll.-During the. dis
cussion in the House of Lords this
afternoon concerning the Governments
policy with Russia dramatic and ex-
citing incident occurred. The Duke of
Argyle was making speech defensive
| of Gladstone's treatment Of the Afghan
business, when the solemn body of
peers was startled out of all propriety
by piercing shrek. The cry came
from Baron Dorwer uiberaD. He
sprang to his feet and then sank to the
floor. 1t was soon seen that the Baron
was in fit and unconscious. Doctors
were summoned and they succeeded,
after much labor, in restoring conscious
ness, and the Baron was soon removed
to his home.
THE FOREIGN MARKETS.
LONDON, May ll.-Both the home
and foreign stocks closed firm at the
best prices of the day.
BERLIN, May 1.-THE feeling on
the Bourse to-day was strong, owing to
the reduction of the Bank of Germany's
rates Of discount and favorable London
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