The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1881-08-20 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

LOILDS.—EarI Fortescue gave notice of a question to the Lord Chancellor as to whether Mr. Parnell was still on the commission of the peace for the county of Wicklow.—The Commons' amendments to the Patriotic Fund Bill were oonsiderad and agreed to.—Lord Stanley of Alderley called attention to the ecclesiastical subsidies in Ceylon, and asked for an explanation. The Archbishop of Canterbury said that when Ceylon was oeled to Great Britain certain liabilities were undertaken to maintain the Christian religion. Some of the money granted for endowments went to the descendants of the old Dutch colonists, and the Buddhists and Moliamweilans had also had endowments. To take away the endowments of the Buddhists, amounting to one-third of the island, would probably cost us the place. Lord Kimberley said a strong case had been made out for putting an end to the endowments to the handful of Anglicans and Presbyterians.—The Earl of Drinraven having called attention to the present state of affairs in Tunis, with the view of moving thst any interference with the integrity of the Ottoman Empire in North Africa was likely to prove dangerous to the peace of Europe, Earl Granville said he was not aware that any treaty rights had up to the present been broken. As regarded Tunis, the French and the Italians denied the suzerainty of the Porte, but as regarded Tripoli, all the Powers of Europe were united in agreeing that the suzerainty of that district belonged to the Sultan. The Government would do all they could to remove the difficulties that might arise. The sitting was then postponed during pleasure to receive the Irish Land Bill from the other House. Hones or Commoss.—Mr. Onslow gave notice of a question with reference to the grants of arms and money made to the Ameers of Afghanistan.—Mr. O'Ketly, amidst laughter, gave notice that he should ask the Prime Minister if he was aware of the Act passed in 1648 to abolish the House of Lords, and whether the Goveinment intended to bring in a similar Bill next session.—Amongst the other answers given by Ministers to questions, Mr. Mundella said it was intended to apply some articles  of the new code to Scotland. If there was a generskidesire, the Scotch wont) be revised on the basis of the English code, Sir W. Harcourt said that conviction and imprisonment for bribery did not disqualify a person from holding a beer-house license. He was of opinion that it was not a mere exercise of the Magistrates' discretion to section the transfer of a license to a man just out of prison.—Mr. Courtney stated that two persona had been apprehended on the charge of murdering Dr. Barbour in the. Transvaal, the Government of which had agreed to compensate the widows and orphans in such cases as Dr. Itarbour's.—Mr, Gladstone stated that the report of the Bessborough Commission, and the rebutting evidence of the landlords, reached the Government while the Land Bill was under consideration by them.—The Speaker, in reply to Mr. Macdonald, said it was open for the hon. member to move that the Lords' amendments to the Land Bill be considered three months hence, but if that were carried the bill would be lost. The House then proceeded with the Irish Land Bill as returned from the House of Lords a second time. Mr. Gladstone declined to make a selection of the amendments which the Government considered material, and therefore proposed to take them seriatim. Several amendments were then disagreed with, and,struck out. Considerable feeling was manifested by the Home Balers when the Government intimated ',heir willingness to accept, with some slight alteration, a provision enabling the landlord to appeal to the court as well as the tenant, but the point was carried by 238 to 67.—About 2 a.m. on Tuesday the Bill was again sent up to the House of Lords.