The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-18


SPECIAL INQUIRY ASKED.
London, July l7.-Mr. Parnel
moved this afternoon that:the.govcrn
mont order special inquiry into tho
Maarntrassna murder case.
Mr.. Parnell made long speech II
support of his motion. He dwelt upor
the decentralization of the criminal
law in Ireland under Earl Spencer,
whereby innocent persons had been
i'll some cases condemned and exc
cuted, and in other cases had been sen.
fenced to long terms. and he moved,
therefore: "That in the opinion OF
the house of commons, IL was the duty
of the government to institute strict
inquiry into the judgments and SEN
fences of the Maamstrasna, the Barba.
rilla, the Crossmaglen and the Castle
Island murder cases.
Mr.. +. Joseph Corhctt, home-rule
member for Wicklow county, Sec
onded the motion made by Parnell,
and said he hoped this government
would take lesson from its prede-
cessor, whom the Parncllitc vote de-
prived of Office.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said that
the present government had nothing
to say concerning the merits of the
case, and nothing to say in defense of
the late government. He was, how.
ever, authorized by Earl Carnarvon
present lord lieutenant OF Ireland, to
state that the present Irish executive
will make careful personal inquiry
into the subjects mentioned by MIR.
Parnell for investigation; but must
add that the government will them
selves be compelled to ask the house
TO resist Mr.. Parnell's remarks dcrog.
atory to Earl Spencer, a member of
the late government.
AMERICAN SUGAR HURTS 'EM.
London, July IA conference of
sugar reilners, at which nearly the
whole trade was represented, was
held to-day. A resolution was uuaui-
mously adopted, petitioning the Mar
quis of Salisbury, premier, to make Il
tour of the country and bring before
the people the alleged injustice OF the
American government in paying a
bounty, through its tariff laws. to
American exporters of refined sugar
The refners claim this bounty is ruin
ing the sugar industry of Great
Britain.
ENGLAND's NAVY.
London, July IA deputation of
prominent citizens headed by the
lord mayor, called upon Lord George
Hamilton, first lord of the admiralty
to-day and urged the necessity OF
strengthening the British navy.
Lord Hamilton said the govern
ment intended TO secure the best opin-
ions as to the actual condition OF the
navy, and If the advisers decided that
the navy was at present sufficient the
government would give that assur-
ance to the public to allay alarm; if
on the other hand ii should be found
by the advisers that the navy lacked
in efficiency aud that added ships
were necessary to strengthen il, the
government would not hesitate TO ask
parliament for the funds necessary to
place England foremost among mari
time nations.
EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.
London, July 1.-THE government
is now in full possession of the views
of General Wolsely and Sir Evelyn
Barring with regard to Egyptian af-
fairs, and Sir Henry Drummond will
receive instructions and start for
Alexandria within ten days.
ENGLISH sTock FIRM.
The London stock market closed
firm and higher. The political out
look is considered, in financial circles,
decidedly more favorable. Adyices
from Paris, Berlin and Vienna state
that the bourses in those cities also
closed firm and higher. The political
situation being viewed in the same
light, in London.
FERDINAND RoTHscHILD.
London, July l7.-Ferdinand Roth
schild was to-day elected, by ma
jority of 9l3, to parliament from
Aylesbury, Bucks county, to fill the
vacancy caused by the elevation TO the
peerage of Sir Nathaniel Rothschild