Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-06
THE QUEENS SPEECH.
1t Will Dodge the Topic Of the Disso-
luton of Parliament.
SEXTON TO BE THE IRISH LEADER.
The Story Of Mrs. 0sborn's Dramatic Flight
Through Europe.
PRINCE GEORGE TO HAVE A WIFE SOON

nearly three hours yesterday, shaping thu
speech from the throne with which Parlia
ment will be opened Tuesday. The un
usual length of time spent over the docu
ment is attributed to difference of opinion
as to whether any reference should be made
to the coming session as bringing the
present Parliament toward the close o.
its career. 1t was finally determined thai
nothing should be said on that subject. The
Queen, in Privy Council at Osborne House
tomorrow, will formally consider and ap
prove the draft of the speech.
To-day Mr.. Balfour, First Lord of the
Treasury, had interviews with Messrs.
Hadge and Milvain, Members of Parlia
ment, who will respectively move and sec.
ond the address to the Queen, and com.
municated the speech to them, according to
custom, in order to enable them to prepare
for the occasion.
The Contents Of the Queens Speech.
The speech opens with reference to the
sympathy of the nation for the royal fam
| lily over its recent bereavement; alludes to
the death of the Khedive as not altering
British relations with Egypt; refers to the
continued prosperity of the country; says
there is no reason to fear that England will
be ultimately affected by foreign tariff leg
islation, and congratulates the country
upon the prospect of an early settlement of
the Bering Sea dispute and upon the pacific
aspect of foreign affairs generally
The speech mentions the Irish local Gov
ernment and education bills as adding COM
| plcteness to a series Of measures for secur-
| ing order In and the welfare of ireland.
| Other measures announced are small hold
| ings bill, district councils bill and bills to
reform the India Council and Scottish pri-
vate legislation.
This last measure has importance beyond
| its application to Scotland, rs affirming and
extending the principle of local govern
ment. 1t proposes to remove Scotch pri-
vate bills from the consideration of the
House of Commons Committee to judicial
committees sitting in certain districts in
Scotland The Archbishop Of Canterbury
has clergy discipline bill which the Gov
eminent will support. This constitutes the
business of the session.
Liberals to Offer No Amendment
The leaders of the opposition do not in
tend to move any amendment to the adj
dress. Mr.. Gladstone will not appear in
the House of Commons in the first week of
the session. He has delegated to Sir Will
lam Vernon Harcourt the task of question
ing the Government as to its intentions in
regard to the dissolution of Parliament If
the reply is indefinite Mr. Gladstone will
make the question the subject of great
party fight.
A meeting of dissidents will be held at
Devonshire House Monday, at which Mr..
Chamberlain will be formally accepted as
leader in the House of Commons. In the
evening the Duke of Devonshire will give
dinner to few adherents.
No political section in the whole country
is in more dismal condition than are the
dissldents. The prospect of their ex-
tinction in the coming elections is increas-
ing. The local Conservatives of Worcester
shire, which is now represented BY dis
sidents, have declared for purely Conserva-
tive candidates, rejecting the claims of
Austin Chamberlain, who wanted to stand
for one of the constituencies The Conser-
vatives in otner constituencies are showing
fight against dissidents nominated by the
party managers.
Sexton the Coming Irish Leader.
Messrs. Sexton, Dillon, O'Brien, T. NJ
Healy, Sheehy, Abraham, Arthur and T.
p. O'Connor were to-day elected a commit
tee to advise Mr.. Mccarthy. Yesterday
evening report, which was accepted as
probable, gave to Mr.. Sexton the right of
succession to the craftsmanship of the Irish
party. There is not yet, however, anything
like unanimity as to who should follow Mr..
Mccarthy. The reputation of Mr. Sexton
as an able administrator was immensely en-
hanced during his tenure of the may yoralty
of Dublin, and the sagacity, tact and even
ness of temper he has displayed in recent
feuds mark him as the coming leader.
Captain Osborne was given the privilege
to remain with his wife in the Holloway
Jail until after the prison doctor certified
that she was sick and fit for the infirmary.
Then he was obliged to leave her. She was
terribly prostrated, requiring constant med
ical attention. The officials Of the prison
promised to inform her friends if state of
danger arose during the night. The strain
of her position has told most on her since
her arrest. She seems to have borne well
the life ofa fugitive tracked by detectives.
The Flight of Mrs. Osborne.
Friends say she was shadowed from
Amiens to Rouen, thence to Evreuxe and
thence to Gisors, where she rested week
under the name Of Ogilvy. The officers,
supposing that she was secreted in con-
vent, invaded and searched the institution
at midnight, alarming the whole town. The
fugitive resumed her flight in the morning,
going to Bordeaux, where she awaited her
husband, with the intention of starting to
Buenos Ayres. Captain Osborne, who was
also watched, warned her to make her way
to Cadiz. On crossing the frontier she be-
came ill at Irun, and, firing of pursuit. de-
cided to surrender.
No plea of mental infrmity put forth in |
her defense is likely to lessen her sentence
under two years, in view of her perjury and |
her blackening the reputation of intimate |
friends
The Prince of Wales, with Prince George.
drove from Osborne House to-day to view |
the wreck of the steamer Elder. The sea |
was not rough, and Prince George proposed |
to take a coast guard boat and board the |
wreck The Prince of Wales, however, de- |
clined to accompany his son, and the pro-
posal was dropped Both listened with in
terest to the story of the disaster. The
Prince of Wales expressed equal admira-
ton for the work of the rescuers and for
the persistence of the captain in remaining
by his vessel
The Queen Suffering From Rheumatism,
The Queen is suffering from more acute
form OF rheumatism than usual, especially
in her knees. A court report adds that she
IS subject to long spells of depression varied
by attacks of irrltability. Her physicians
leny that there is any cause for alarm.
E1-Empress Frederick will come to
Windsor Castle in the spring with Princess
Margaret, when it is expected that the lat
.er's marriage with Prince George will be
settled. Although the public announce
nent of the betrothal is postponed, En-
peror William looks with favor upon the
match Princess Margaret has the reputa-
icn at court of being the most English of
he e1-Empress' daughters. She speaks