Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-27
ENGLISH AFFAIRS.
Reticence on Important Inter
 national Questions.
A CONSTABLE WHO WENT TOO FAR

He Offended the Dignity of the House by !
 Serving Papers on Member at Its
 Threshold-Discussion of the Land Pur-
 chase BIil-Topics of Interest in London.
 LONDON, Nov. 27.-In7 the house of com 1 mons, Sir James Ferguson, parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, said in reply to lnterrogations that the government would make no statement regarding the American fisheries dispute at present, further than to say that modus vivendi was in operation. Mir. w. H. Smith, replying to questions, intimated that the government would be un- able to make statement in reference to the appointment of minister, to Washington under the present circumstances. The consideration of the land purchase bill in committee was then resumed MT. | Parnell offered an amendment that no money | be advanced for the purchase of more than 1 one holding if such holding were rated at not l less than 920 yearly. He urged in support of l his amendment that the grant ought to be used as far as possible to establish a genuine peasant proprietary system.
 l MT. Balfour thought it would be unwise to exclude men having a number of holdings thrifty farmers-from the benefit of the act | Besides, it would be great convenience to | both landlords and tenants when an estate | could be sold as a whole.
 | Mir. Sexton contended sthat unless the amendment were adopted new class of small landlords would be created, giving | great trouble in the future
 1 MT. Parnelrs amendment was lost by a vote of 154 to ILL
 1 Mir David Sheedy, member for South Galway, rose to question of privilege. He | stated that as he was leaving the house an l attendant handed him what appeared to be a visitors card. Upon going into the lobby | in response to the card an Irish constable had served upon him summons under the coer- cion act He therefore moved that the com mtttee report progress in order to give the house an opportunity to discuss the matter.
 MT. Balfour said he greatly deplored the | incident and was at a loss to know under what authority it had happened He en- tirely disapproved of such measure within the precincts of the house.
 Sir William Harcourt declared that the
 dignity of the house had been affronted and
 an inquiry into the affair was at once neces-
 sary.
 MT, Balfour promised that as far as the
 Irish executive was concerned the incident
 would not be repeated.
 MT. John Morley proposed that commit
 tee be appointed to inquire into the circum-
 stances. The suggestion was adopted, and a , committee was appointed, including Sir Will jam Harcourt Mir. Morley, Sir Charles Rus sell MT. Parnell, Home Secretary Matthews, , Mir. Goschen and Sir Edward Clarke.
 Mir. Morley moved new clause to the bill
 requiring the publication of quarterly returns of purchases under the act.
 :, MT, Balfour said that the government f would not oppose the making of periodical ! returns.
 MT. Morley thought they should be pub
 liShed without the necessity for asking
 MT. Balfour moved closure and the clause f was rejected.
 l The committee elected Mr. Matthews 8 chairman and examined MT. Sheedy and the V constable who served the summons, after 6 which an adjournment was taken until : Thursday.
 l Lieut.. Wissman has begun preparation. f for the relief of Dr. Emin and hopes to bt n able to start from Berlin to Zanzibar within d three weeks Arriving at Zanzibar he vii
 immediately select his route and organize
 his expedition Lieut.. Wissman firmly
 believes that Stanley has reached Wadeai il , safety, and gives no credence whatsoever tC n the reports of that explorers having met witt V disaster. He is strongly urged by tht ;t traveller, Rohlfs, to compose the expedition O f. POO Germans and ], 900 native porters, but a ,s Wissman has undertaken his venture vir d tually on his own hook it is likely that h. 1t will organize the expedition in manne .e quite opposite to any of the plans suggested @ merely to manifest his independence, if fo
 no other reason
 MT. James R. Osgood, the Boston pub
 fisher, gave a private banquet at the Reform l. club in honor of MT. Charles A. Dana edito II of The New York Sun. Thirty guests wer Id present, including William Black, the novel le ist, Alma Tadema, Bret Harte and Mir. Rot S, inson, editor of The Daily News Ill Inn report that Gen. Boulanger is t. I'd marry wealthy widow after his wife shal se have obtained a divorce from him is supple
 mented by the assertion that the lady is t
 furnish several million francs to assist in tn , propagation of the generals political schemes n n The Duke Of Marlborough, in addition t ot withdrawing his support to the parish schoc - =, at Woodstock in resentment of the refusal o n, Dr. Majendias the rector, to ring the churc e: bells in honor of the return of his grace an '' his American wife from their wedding toul
 has forbidden the reverened gentleman
 drive in Blenheim park. The admirers c
 the rector-and he has many-propose to il ed demnify the school for the loss of the duke
 patronage and keep it going in spite of ths Si. gentleman'S indignation at the slight whic ,e he fancies was put upon him. nm The Telegraph says that Assistant Con
 missioner Mono will succeed Gen. Ware ; as chief commissioner of metropolitan polio
 Mourning a Dead Duchess. d LONDON, Nov. 27.-The death of u re Duchess of Sutherland, utterly unexpected
 it was, has given a great shock to societ.
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