Evening star., 1895-08-24
STANLEYS SPEECH
His Maiden Effort in Parliament
Was Creditable.
LISTENED TO WITH MUCH ATTENTION
Proposition Made to Placate the
IT WAS MET WITH FAVOR

LONDON, August 24-The time Of the
house Of commons this week has been main
ly occupied with discussions of foreign
matters, chiefly points relating to Egypt.
Siam and Armenia, during which Mr..
Henry M. Stanley. The African explorer. and
formerly a New York reporter, now MEM
Der for the North Lambeth division of Lon
don in the unionist interest, made his
maiden speaeh in the mouse. Mr.. Stanley
rose to the effort of his life during a dis
cuss.on of the Egyptian question, and he
strongly demanded the propositions looking
to an evacuation of Egyptian territory by
the British troops.
His first effort in parliament was equal to
his reputation. and, contrary to general
Usage on the occasion Of maiden speeches
there was nearly full house, or about as
full as it could be considering the deserted
condition of London.
The members present listened to the new
members remarks with rapt attention.
Mr.. Stanley was attired in a well-fitting
light gray frock coat. His utterance was
rather thick, but he spoke rapidly and to
the point
The explorer, 1T was noticed, was much
hurt when Mr.. James Parker Smith. union
ist member for the Patrick division OF
Lanarkshire. who spoke on the same sub
ject later In the day.. intimated that Mr..
Stanley was trading on his reputation as
an explorer of Africa. The latter. subse-
quently warmly repuliatej this assertion.
There were some amusing incidents in the
house Of commons during the week arising
out of the new members ignorance of the
rules. On Thursday. for instance, mem
Der walked up the floor of the house wear
ing his hat. while the chairman was in the
chair. When he was greeted with a gen.
eral cry of Order" he looked innocently
around to see who had offended, until lie
discovered q q
was ready to collapse with embarrassment.
Earl Cadogan, the new lord lieutenant Of
Ireland, made his state entry into Dublin
on Thursday. He met with the most COR
dial reception during his passage through
the troop-lined streets and his promises to
do everything possible to promote The in
terests of ireland were well received.
Baron Castleton, liberal, has been inter-
viewed in regard to the announcement of
his intention to move a resolution in the
house of lords early next session to abolish
the office of lord lieutenant of Ireland and
in place of that official to appoint chief
under secretary for Ireland, and to pray
the queen to establish d royal residence in
that country. He said he believed such
action would forge closer the links binding
the two countries and would give an i'm
mense impetus to the development of the
natural resources of the country and en-
courage tourists to visit Ireland.
There is good reason to believe that the
suggestion will receive favorable considera-
ton IN royal circles, and it is understood
that the ministry is not opposed to the
change. as the office of lord lieutenant of
Ireland is al expensive one and often diff
ficuIt to fill.
Regarding the proposition to establish a
royal residence in Ireland, the impression
prevails that the ministers and others
would prefer to gee a royal residence in
the south or west of Ireland where it would
be likely to do more good than in Dublin,
which. 1t is added might be visited several
times yearly by members of the royal fam
lily. Should the change take place 1t is
proposed to convert Dublin castle into
museum.