Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-07
AFFAIRS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

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An Early Deliverance from Mr.. Glad.
stone Expected In Liberal Omcial
Circles-The Parnen Delegates to
America to Leave sunday.
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| Press.I
LONDON, March 6.-The liberal official
circles expect an early deliverance from
Mr.. Gladstone on the party's electoral pro-
gram, which will either be issued as q
special manifesto or declared in his coming
speech at Hastings. The private and per-
sistent entreaty of a number of leading ad-
herents to make his attitude toward the
Irish party definite and unmistakeable has
finally caused him to decide to speak out
Mr.. Parnelrs reiteration of assurances to
the Irish people that by supporting him
they would ultimately bring about the
surrender of the Gladstonians, is resented
keenly by English liberal leaders. Mr.
Gladstone's pronouncement is expected to
let the world know that if the Irish people
champion Mr.. Parnell the English
liberals will abandon home rule. Apart
from Irish questions the rank and file of
the liberal members of the house of COM
mons are impatient to obtain . definite
electoral platform. Tomorrow the Glad
stonian weekly, The Speaker, will contain
an article entitled Cleaning the Decks"
admitting this feeling and adding that the
official program will be in the hands of
the electors in time and that it will not be
found wanting in strength or in practical
character. With reference to the con-
sentative platform a prominent member
interviewed in the lobby of the house said
that though the cabinet had decided to
wind up the session as quickly as possible
and aimed to prorogue parliament in the
first week in July no declaration would be
allowed to be given by the minister until
early in the autumn. He indicated that
in the campaign the commencing the con-
servatives would make feature of the
promised labor legislation.
Mr.. Gladstone has squashed the interest
in the motion of the Scotch liberals led by
Mr.. Clarke, proposing to establish federal
relations between the nationalities consti-
tuting the United Kingdom, by causing
the whips to intimate that the party ought
not to discuss or vote on the matter. When
Mr.. Clark spoke tonight the liberals troop
ed out, and when the government put up a
minor member to attack the proposal the
house was counted out. Federation is not
yet practical question, though it has
growing advocacy amongst the more e1-
treme radicals.
Mr.. Parnell's delegates to America will
leave on Sunday. They are greatly heart
ened by the cable assurances of the warm
and widespread support of their American
compatriots. United Ireland contrasts the
departure and prospects of Messrs. O'Con-
nor, Kelley, Redmond and Harrison with
the partial collapse of the McCarthyite
mission preparations. The McCarthyites
at first arranged to send Messrs. Abraham,
Kenney and Flynn to act with Mr.. T.
O'Connor. Mr.. Abraham refused, Messrs.
Kenney and Flynn were superseded and
T. P. O'Connor packed up his traps to
come home. Now a single ambassador,
Mr.. Fox, goes to represent the failing
faction. The frmest English friends of
the McCarthyites are beginningeo despair
of their ability to make Roadway
against the virile activity of the Parnell-
ties. Mr.. Parnen has shown his usual skill
in the selection of his emissaries. ALI, ex-
cepting Mr.. Harrison, are trusted nation
alists and can appeal with confidence based
upon part personal history to the Irish
Americans. Mr.. Parnelrs speech at Clerk
enwell was pointed bid for the labor vote.
1t was also meant to entice Mr. Davitt, but
only stirred up Mr.. Davitt's bile Writing
to the Labor World Mr.. Davitt predicts
that Mr.. Parnen will not humbug the work
men, denounces him for making a hypo-
critical profession of interest in labor while
actively fomenting racial feuds between
the English and Irish democracies, and &C
cuses him of being ready to wreck the
home rule movement to pave the way for
q tory-cum-Parnellite compact like that of
1885.
All ROUGH VOYAGE.
The Experience OF the British Troop
Ship Orontes.
HALIFAX, n. s., March 6.-The troop
ship Orontes, with the First battalion of
the Leicestershire regiment, arrived here
yesterday from Bermuda. Very bad
weather was experienced all the run up,
and considerable field ice was passed when
nearing the Nova Scotia coast
Soon after leaving England for Ber-
muda the steamer was boarded by an i'm
mense tidal wave. Everything NOV
able was swept from the decks,
and it looked at one time as if the
ship would founder A number of seamen
were badly injured and about twenty-five
soldiers more or less hurt Some had
their arms broken, others were badly
bruised. and in some instances legs were
broken.
The Orontes sailed from Bermuda last
Saturday morning Fine weather was en-
countered up to Sunday night, when it
to blow hard from the north
with heavy sea, in consequence of
which her speed had to be reduced
and the ship battened down. She then
proceeded under easy steam, making very
little progress till Wednesday after
noon, when the wind and sea moder-
ated. Land was made early yesterday
morning, but the ship laid off until the
weather cleared some. There were no
casualties on the passafe from Bermuda.
The Leicestershire regiment is composed
of II officers and S37 men.
The Orontes will sail on Monday for the
West Indies and the Cape of Good Hope.
Family Poisoned.
LOUISVILLE, March 6.-Near Mount Ster-
linz thia ,,ornincr William, Earcruso,n q n