The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-23
OUR LONDON CABLE LETTER..
QUEEN WIGS FOURTEENTH PAR
LAMENT CLOSES IT'S FIRST
SESSION AUGUST Il.
HAS BEEN A DISASTROUS Session
London Conservatives Are Disguised
With the Outcome-rhe Field Criti-
ciscs Actions of American Re
porters at Henley Regatta.

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London, July 1S.-(Copyrighted 1896,
by the Associated Press. THE four
teenth parliament of Queen Victoria will
close its first session on August II, after
certain private, political and court meas
urcs shall have been disposed of. This
program, which has been decided upon
by the cabinet, springs from desire to
cut the gordian knot of the difficulties
in which the government finds itself
throwing things over until time can be
found for an effective reorganization of
the political cohorts. A more disastrous
session than this, of which only ten real
days remain, has rarely been known in
the history of any party having over 100
majority in the house of commons.
The educational bill withdrawn, the
financial and agricultural rating bills
passed and the Scotch agricultural rating
bill tolerably sure to be passed completes
the record of first class measures dis
posed of ut this session. 1t has been
deemed impossible to proceed with the de-
ceased wife's sister bill and the Irish
land bill has no chance at this session,
even if the house should enter upon all
night sessions.
London, which was overwhelmingly
Conservative at the last election, stands
amazed and Disguised Mt the ridiculous
outcome. All this fOrtifies the belief
that before the next session begins Mr..
a. j. Balfour will retire from the govern
ment leadership in the house of commons
and take his seat among the lords leav-
ing Joseph Chamberlain master of the
commons and real head of the Conserva-
| tive party's destiny.
The debility that has characterized the
government has put the London radicals
in high spirits and they have already
| begun seriously to trim their sails for
the next election.
| Baron Tweedmouth has arranged
| conference of representative politicians
from all parts of the metropolis at the
| National Liberal club on next Monday
to consider thorough reorganization Of
the Liberal party in London.
! The house of lords has advanced IL
stage the "veXatious actions bill" which
is being quietly struggled through par
Lament. The measure is designed to
protect the chancellor and the speaker
and their servants from cranks who
bring unsuccessful action and leave the
defendants to pay the costs.
Baron Halsbury, speaking in support
of the bill, read list of over thirty ac-
tons instituted against himself and his
colleagues for alleged neglect Of duties by
the same plaintiff, and in which plaintiff
failed to make out his case. The bill
provides that in future persons desiring
to institute suit shall be required to oh
| tDin nprmiGSipn from tbn HIGH hn-.
fore they can sue. The Radical press
bowls Mt this as class legislation. but
such II law is absolutely needed.
The air, fguratively speaking, is full of
ceremonies of unwilling of busts and
monuments and of other posthumous
honors, in addition to the memorial to
Hemings and Condell, the first publish
ers of Shakespeare's collective writings,
which was unveiled this week.
Dean Bradley of Westminster Abbey
unveiled a bust Of DIR. Thomas Arnold,
the famous head master of Rugby; the
Duke of Norfolk unveiled life-sized
statue Of Cardinal Newman, Of che
Brompton oratory, and busts of Cardnap
Manning and Thomas Hughes were also
unveiled.
Now that the sale of paintings and
the other effects of Sir Frederick Leigh
ton is over, the executors of the estate
of the deceased president of the Royal
Academy are glad that they did not
effect the proposed sale of the collection
to the nation. The executors were then
willing to accept $4,000 for every
thing, but at the auction sales, which,
have just closed, there was realized nj
most 100000, which brings the total
proceeds of the Leighton estate up to-
nearly 100000.
A party of 200 Londoners started on
Friday for Beyreuth to be present at the
first performances of the Wagner festival.
there on Sunday. The London subscrip-
tons to the festival amount to $4,000.
The Field devotes page of this weeksi
issue to spiteful review of the Henley
regatta. The article begins with
criticism of the management for refus-
ing to cOnfine the races at Henley to
British entries. 1t says that American
newspaper men invade the press box,
taking the best places, and, instead of
doing their work, if they had any to do,
talked in such loud voices as to greatly
annoy the Woodworking Britishers
! The article continues: "American
reporters draw upon their imagination
and write anything that comes into their
heads, provided that it panders to the
anti-British feelings of the men.
Mr. Gladstone has written gracefully
Wy9rded letter to Princess Maud Of
| Wales, wishing her much happiness in
her new life and asking her to accept
certain of his works. The letter dwells
upon the writer's long and pleasant assoc
citation with the royal house.
| Paderewski paid short visit to Lon
don recently to consult specialist about
| his son, who he has now reason to hope
will be permanently cured of his spinal
difficulty.
| Hansen. the Norwegian runner. is
going to the New Hibernan islands to
inspect the provision depots left for
Professor Nansen and to search for
traces of the expedition.
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