Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-07
ITEMS FROM ABROAD.
Tho Ptlitics Of Great Britain and
Ireland.
DEMOCRATIC HOME RULE.
That Is What London Gains In the
Parish Councils Matter.
ENGLAND'S OLD LADY"
The Famous Threadneedle Street IN
slltallOn Under a Cloud.
THAT NORTHWEST AFRICA AFFAIR.
Details Of the Battle from the British
Officers 10 Command.
III WAS ALL A MISTAKE.
SO Say All Who Were and Aro5COn-
CeTned in II.
THE SICILIAN SITUATION.
Italy Proposes to Adopt Heroic Measures
I'm Order to Restore Ordcr-Other
Foreign Notcs.
SO Say All Who Were and Arc5COn-
CeTned in II.
THE SICILIAN SITUATION.
Italy Proposes To Adopt Heroic Measures
I'm Order to Restore Ordcr-Other
Foreign NotCs,

copyrighted, 1894, by the United Press)
LONDON. January 6-The compromise
in which the Conservative leaders agreed
60 the passage OF the parish-councils bill
has tied the hands Of tho Lords as re-
CARDS the modification or rejection OF
this measure. which is intended to rovo-
lutionize the whole system OF rural gov
eminent in England The concessions
granted IN the compromise 10 the Conscr-
Yatives in no wise alters the main propo-
sal 90 place the control Of rural admins
tration under the popular vote. Hence
forth tho agricultural laborers. II they
choose 10 exercise their power can rule
parish interests as they please.
The last struggle over the mea-
sure in the House Of Commons
concerned the allotment and exc
-vutlon Of poor-iaw boards. Tho govern
mcnt agreed 10 Conservative amendments
by which the boards are 20 cooperate
with four Of the former ex-onicio mem
bers. and allotmcnts are not 10 exceed
four acres-one ocro arabic and the rest
pasture. Another Conservative amend
mont provides that after tho termi-
nation Of the allotment occupancy
the landlords viii not Doe liable for the
tenants improvements In commenting
upon these amendments the Spectator
says: "Once the electors get the bit be-
tween their teeth. no restrictions which
the hill contains will prevent the parish
councils from becoming thoroughly ia
Goblin IN type. plundering the landlords
under the cover OF compulsory allotment
and The rate payers through the boards
OF guardians"
quite as noncutous n revision will be
the application of part of the hin to
London. The present system Of local gov
crnm"nt through vcstries and poor-law
guardians, both elected by the rate-payers.
f. abolished and a method OF franchise
quite equivalent 10 manhood suffrage
with secret ballot becomes the law.
Even the rating qualification Of candi-
dates Is abolished. and women are clcCtO-
rally eligible. IL IL complete Democratic
home rule for London The Tory news
papers seem 10 be just waking up TO the
fact that the Conservative leaders. in
agreeing 10 the compromise. have serious
j. compromised themselves. The altcra-
ton OF local franchises will nccessitate
special bin FOR electoral registration. The
CONSERVATIVES. after finding how they
have been doludod in their recent compro-
mise with Gladstone. Will probably make
q protracted struggle over the bill.
QUEENS SPEECH PROMISES.
The Ministers have given pledges TO the
Irish members that the Queens speech
at the TeopeninC Of the session shall an
nounce the urgency OF a bill 10 reinstate
oyicted tenants In ireland. The bin has
been already prepared in accordance with
the recommendations OF Justice Mathews
commission. which was appointed in De-
oenber 1899. 10 inquire into the condition
OF evicted tenants. 1t will be pressed
through the House OF Commons without
delay. The other bills which will be prom
ised in the Queens speech will provide
for Welsh discstabllshment. one man one
vote. the local veto. the eight-hour day
In mines and exceptionally unhealthy In
dustries. and the equalization Of the rates
IN London. Seeing In the heavy character
OF this programme the certainty Of n
protracted session. the Irish Nationalist
agree that II will bee futile 20 reintroduce
the home-rule bin until 1898. shortly be-
fore the dissolution.
The observance Of the cight-hour day
In government factories viii begin on
February 9TH. and will affect some twenty
thousand men.
H AUt uNlitAA III sNfi W imam iidiiDAit
budget Is bound 20 increase with the in
crease Of naval expenditures. and 1t viii
be met according 10 present reports.
<gfth loan on the governments Suez-
Canal shares. Speaking at Northampton
this week. Henry LabOuchere. the Radi-
cal leader. advocated the sale Of half the
shares now held by the Treasury.
BANK OF-ENGLAND SCARE.
Bank-of-E England stock. long the
steadiest OF investment securities, has
been badly shaken By the sensational
articles alleging that the bank has been
rendered unstable by mismanagement The
articles were written by a well-known
financial writer. Although they contained
only the facts told six weeks ago. when
Chief-Cashier Mays dismissal was under
discussion, they have been reproduced
widely. and scare at once ensued.
In three days the stock fell points.
To-day the rush OF sellers was stayed
and many Of them have begun repurchas-
ing. sending the stock up 2 1-2 points
william Hunter. Liberal member for
North Aberdeen, wished last evening TO
question the Chancellor Of the EXchequer
as 20 the position OF the bank. but was
ruled out OF order. Privately Sir William
Harcourt gave tho assurance that the
banks position was absolutely above sus-
picion and that the scare was ridiculous.
Commenting on the TACT that the posi-
tion-once considered a good one and
much sought after--of financial editor OF
the London Times has been refused by
more than one person 10 whom IL has
recently been offered, the Statist. one OF
the leading financial papers OF England,
nays: ''rhe sapient conductors OF this
newspaper (the TimesO SO interfere with
the City article that It has become mere
farrago, stale Information, and feeble, and
sometimes silly comment The right
course for the Times would be TO select
a man OF high attachments and pay him
we'll enough 10 make IL worth his while
70 1--WE hts whole time 20 the paper:
but such policy reqsires a man of high
character ana intelligence. and the Times
has nobody OF that stamp at its head"
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