, 1888-02-16
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ENGLAND.
CABINET AND COMMONS,


LONDON, Feb. 14.-At n cabinet council
| held to-day It WAS d-cded To instruct the
| Irish executive tO cease prosecuting news.
papers TOR publishing reDur's ot meetings n'
suppressed branches ut he league. ar
railsenpnts have been made for division
on the purnell amendment on Thursday
Conservative whips are confident that thry
will have II majority OF eiHhty'hNe on y
| division. J. Chamberlain announced that
| he hoIed tu resume his place In the mouse
of commons by March 18th His friends
stute that the fisheries NEGOTIATIONS are GER
tain Of successful result.
| COMMONS.
! LONDON, Feb. 14.--ln commons Treve-
| lian resumed debate ON the address III re-
| ply to The Queens speech. Coercion act
had done little to suppress crime but
| great deal to shock puolic opinion. The
| conviction oftwelve members OF commons
would happily do more than anything else
to bring about sett tleihrht of the lrish
question. Ii was obvious that the govern
inent will pursue their policy Of oppression
in Ireland refusing to even concede mo-
dicuni of self government Sir George 'e
minded leaders OF liberal unionists that
u ter six months of Carnarvons regime, they
hat, voted an extension Of the local gov
ernment in Ireland. Why were they now
silent? Mayor Suundprsun taunted Trevr
lion with his change of opinion, and
quoted extracts from the latters speech on
Gla,ls,ones policy, Psrnellites, Saunder
suiI said were lien who were never abidiiiL
and never would be-, let law be what II
may. An Irishman Is q man who naturally
~ IN pathises with law of any kind. lie
denounced Gladstone as binding the epeople
to memorial teachings of the league.
CAN REST.
LONDON. Feb. 14-'rhe government has
abandoned for the present further prosecu-
tiun Of VIM. O'BrieD, NJ. p.
IN COMMONS.
LONDON, Feb. H-Labouchere said that
Mayor SanderSon WAS the mouth
piece of the Conservative club which has
been formed to compel the reluctant gov.
ernment to protect the interests oi Irish
landlords. His speech was All evidence "t
the failure OF coercion, because lie de
handed more coercion. He conC.uueu
with u severe attack upon the government,
with reference To the Mitchtllstown affair,
which he said demanded strict inquiry.
Thomas W. Russell Oiberal unlonist
member for Tyrone) made ia long speech in
which he commended the governments
policy al d urged Ba.f,ur - go straight
forward and have neither eyes nor ears tor
anything outside the four corners of the
law aud shut his eyes t. the pestilentia mo-
ton that members common and priests
should receive different treatment from that
to which peasants were subjected.
Clancy replied on behalf vi the Parnell-
ties.
Anderson, member for Elgin and Marin,
liberal, gave notice that he would introduce
AN amendment to the addresses in favor oi
the appointment OF u land commission sim.
liar to the Irish commission for Scotland,
where the iall in price of produce has rem
dcred IT impossible To pay rents unless they
are reduced.
GLADSTONE WILL SPEAK.
LONDON Feb. l4.-Gladstone will speak
on ParnelI'- amendment To the address re-
iativc 10 the coercion act ON Thur.iay or
Friday next. Nome of the Liberal -UniOi-
ist leaders intend 10 speak OH the amend
uent.
FRANCE AND RUSSIA.
LONDON, Feb. IA dispatch from Vien-
ma to the Standard says that negotiations
Tor the Russo -Er.nch alliance are in II very
forward condition. France only heritaies
Us to when the treaty ought ~ he signed
aud how to Keep il secret from Bismarck,
who, il is expected, would at once declare
war ON learning OF the compact.
IMPORTANT PROPOSITION.
LONDON, Feb. IA dispatch from Paris
to the Times saws that authentic iDIorinH.
ton has been received from 1T. Petersburg
that Lord Randolph Churchill, ON his re-
cent visit, subuitted to the Car u proposal
relative to Englands policy Us regards
Russias Proposition, Oh the way that
Russia should be lett liberty of action i'll
Europe Oh conditios that she do not further
tncrOrch upon Atghanistan territory. IL
is stated that the Car iavors this policy.
and u 1t should he adopted would even not
object to Aighanistan becoming All integral
part OF India.