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unsupported Radical Strength De
veloped Among the Commons.
NOTICE TO MEDIAEvALIsM TO QUIT.
The Royal Address to Parliament-La-
bouchere's Amendment Calling for
the Abolition OF the Lords Passed,
but Afterwards IseJected-Roseberrv
Favors Radical Legislation.

The dispatches from London re
garding the movement against tn
House of Lords have already beer
briefly referred to in the ADvER
TIsER. They are important enough
to be reproduced in full. The tex
of the address from the throne
with an account of the debate OIL
Labouchere's amendment, and the
substitute amendment of Sir VIM
Harcourt, which finally passed
will be found below:
LONDON, March 12.-Parliament as.
sembled today, and it is probable that
more interest is taken in this meeting
of the Lords and Commons than in
any other previous gathering of the
two bodies for some years past. The
cause of this unusual interest in par
liamentary proceedings was the fact
that the retirement of the great Lib
eral leader, the Right Hon. w. +.
Gladstone, from active participation
in political warfare has necessitated a
reorganization OF the different polit-
zeal parties, and thus today with the
Queens speech a new chapter in the
history of Finland was opened.
Only a few peers were present in
the House of Lords when Parliament
opened, and many ladies occupied
seats in the body of the House. In
the galleries there were also a number
of ladies and the United States AM
bassador, MIR. Thomas f. Bayard was
among those present in the diplomats
gallery. When the Marquis of Ripon,
Earl Spencer and the Marquis of
Breadelbane took their places on
Lord High Chancellor, Lord Herschell,
directed the yeoman usher of the
black rod to summon the Commons,
but only the latter attempted to hear
the Queens speech.
II THE QUEENS SPEECH.
Her Majesty, after referring to the
satisfactory relations existing with for
eign powers, says:
Negotiations are in progress with
the United States for the purpose of
executing the award of the Court of
Arbitration in the question of the seal
fisheries of the Behring Sea.
1.-TWO collisions, accompanied by
lamentable loss of life, lately occurred
with the French colonial forces in
West Africa / await the result of the
inquiry in regard to these deplorable
occurrences, with full confidence that
they will be examined in a calm and
dignified temper, as BELTS two great
nations upon such an occasion.
"Gentlemen of the House of Com
mons: The estimates for the service
will be laid before you. They will be
found to make full and adequate pro-
vision for the defense of the empire.
'.My lords and gentlemen: The re-
cent Improvement in the state of Ire
land has been continuous and marked.
"Agrarian crime has been reduced,
under the administration of recent
laws, to the lowest point that has
been reached for the last fifteen years.
The condition, however, of a consid-
cradle body of the evicted tenants of
that country requires early attention.
A measure will be submitted to you
with the view of a reasonable settle
ment of this question, deeply affect
ing the well-being of Ireland.
ssBills will be submitted for the
of the registration, the
abolition of plural voting, dealing
with the ecclesiastical establishments
of Wales and Scotland, the equaliza-
ment for Scotland on the same basis
as recently accorded to England and
Wales and the exercise of direct local
control of the liquor traffic.
"You will be asked to consider
measures for the promotion of con-
ciliatIon in labor disputes, for the
of the factory and mines
act and Tor the reform of the method
of conducting inquiries into fatal acct
dents in Scotland"
LONDON, March 13.-In the House
of Commons today Henry Labouchere
proposed as an amendment to the adj
dress in reply to the Queens speech
the abolition of the House of Lords.
After some discussion and consider
able excitement the amendment was
put to a vote and passed by lat to l45,
in spite of the opposition of the gov
eminent.
When the figures were an
nounced they caused an out
burst of prolonged cheering, which
was renewed when the deputy speaker
read the address in reply to the
Queens speech with the Labouchere
amendment to it.
A division on Labouchere's amend
ment occurred earlier than expected
and many members were absent at
dinner. The majority was composed
of seventy-three McCarthyites and
Parnellites, the remainder being Rad
icals. When the division paper was
handed to Labouchere tremendous
cheer broke from the Irish and Rad
ical benches and members standing
below the gangway. Tanner was ex-
citedly cheering and waving his
handkerchief, while the government
tellers looked pale, especially Chief
Whip Ellis.
Ali the Ministers looked downcast,
while Balfour smiled ironically.
The manifesto issued by the Ma
tional Reform Union tonight calls for
determined efforts to- establish self
government of the British people
upon a truly democratic basis and by
the abolition of the House of Lords.
Previous to a vote on the House of
Lords motion, after the Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland, Right Honorable
John Morley, replied to- the reference
In hn