The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-27

Larry. II the government assured
the House that the appointment
was not a purely military one the
opinions OF the oppoEtion would be
materially mo lifted. He deprecated
the provocative attitude OF the govern.
ment on this question, but he hoped
Mr.. Russell would withdraw his mo-
ton.
Sir Michael Hicks-B Beach, Chief Sec
rotary Tor Ireland, said he would
not have taken part in the discussion
but for the outrageous attacks upon
the character OF an officer who was as
humane as he WAS brave. Gen. Butler
was selected because the government
believed that he would act uprightly,
coDstitutionally, justly and humauely.
lCheers. The appointment was a
civil one and not military one. Gen.
Butler would possess the powers Of q
divisional magistrate, enabling him TO
do all that was necessary 10 repregs
crime and outrage. The Inspector
General Of the Constabulary had tsle-
grSphed that he would give Gen.
Butler his heartlest support. Gen.
Butler would report only 10 the Chief
Secretary for Ireland.
Mr.. Russell's motion was finally re.
jscted by a vote OF PAL to l46.
Charles Tbomson Richie, President
Of the Local Government Board, reply
ing to an interrogatory by Sir John
lubbock, Unionist, stated that the
committee appointed by the govern
ment to examine into the Pss.eur
method OF incubation for the pre-
vention OF rabies, were fully satisfied
that the French savant's treatment for
hydrophobia was effective. Mr.. Richie
added that the government hoped
soon to have a full report from the
committee.
Sir j. Ferguson, Under Foreign Sec
retaiy, replying to questions in regard
to the governments attitude on the
closing OF Batoum by Russia, said the
government did rot intend to carry
the case beyond the position taken by
the Earl of Rlaebery, ex-Forsign
Minister, in his dispatch TO NJ. de
Giers, Russian Minister for Foreign
Affairs, and which was made public
on the Goth instant.
Sir Michael Hicks. Beach, Chief Sec
rotary for Ireland, replying 10 the
question asked by Mr.. William Red
mond (Psrnellite) concerning the
eviction OF sixty tenants from the
Marquis OF Ely's estate at Wexford on
the 23d instant, said the persons evict-
ed were lsborers and artisans, and not
farmers that they bad obtained houses
in the town, but that the local league
compelled them to leave and 90 to the
workhouse. Conservative cheers.
Mr.. Harrington said the league that
did that was local league, and not
the Irish National League.
The Ri. Hon, Edward Stanhope,
Colonial Secretary, announced that
the government hoped to open an en-
iRration bureau during mex; October.
They did not. he said, intend to pro-
mote emigration, but simply to cir
culate information Of the kind most
desirable for poor people thinking OF
going abroad to know.
Sir j. L. Gorst, Under Secretary for
India, stated that the loss of life
caused by the breaking OF the IRA
widy rivers embankment in Man
dalay, Burmsb, was only twenty-five.
No Europeans had been drowued.
Those rendered destitute by the food
were being supplied gratuitously with
food, but there were not many appli-
cants for charity. The Under Secre-
tary also announced that 1853 miles OF
the projected railway between Ran
COON, India and Mandaay, had
already been constructed. The whole
length of the road will be 4l6 miles.