The Staffordshire and Potteries Examiner. — 1880-08-07 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tcssmar. Mr. O'Donnell gave notice that, assuming the failure of the Compensation for Disturbance (Ireland) Bill in the House of Lords, he will on Thursday ask the Chief Secretary what steps Government intended to take for the protection of poor cultivators of land who may be evicted for inability to pay rent caused by the distress. Later on Lord llartington read the latest telegrams which have been received from the Viceroy of India with reference to the recent disaster to the British forces in Afghanistan. The House afterwards went into committee on the Employers' Liability Bill, which was under discussion when the hour for adjournment arrived. The debate was taken up again when the House resumed. Considerable discussion took place on an amendment standing in the name of Mr. Barnes, which proposed to leave out the word " any " in section 2 of Clause 1, and to insert " the," limiting the operation of the clause to the negligence of " the " person in the service of the employer, and not to 'any" person in such service. In the course of the debate, Sir J. Holker °barged the Government with truckling to the working classes, and with having introduced this bill, not because they believed it was a good one, but in order that it might be a sop to the working man. Mr. Bolton moved to omit Sub-section 3. This led to considerable discussion, and ultimately, on the motion of Lord R. Churchill, progress was reported, and the debate was adjourned. The House adjourned at twenty-five minutes past one o'clock.  The Cloaca at New College, a vault some 80ft. long and 301 t. high, coeval with the College, has been cleared out for the first time for at least 200 years. Many of the old pewter plates, some fine pewter flagons, some good get, de Flandreg, jugs and mugs a watch, one coin, and a few silver objects were found.  A young man named Menesclou, who some time age murdered a little girl named Louise Dens, in Pans, under every circumstances of atrocity, has been sentenced to death at the Seine Assizes. Tho ruffian, after horribly maltreating the poor child, bad strangled her, and then cut up the body in a number of pieces. It is stated that the chief business discussed at Saturday's Cabinet Couneil was the Afghan disaster, and although Mr. Gladstone was unable to be pre. sent he was in constant communication with the Ministers present. It was determined to suppress the revolt, but the consideration as to the future policy of the Government with regard to the Afghan eituation was reserved until further details can be received. •  The City and Guilds of London have presented £lOO to the Union of Lancashire and Chealure Institutes, which the Council have decided to apply to the promotion of technical instruction applicable to the local industries, and a committee of gentlemen connected with the Manchester trade has bftn appointed to consider the subject, and recommend a scheme for its development.  On Friday morning too meneagfes, wan toe non cargo of the new year's liaisow or red leaf teas, ar• rived in the South West India Docks from FOO Chow-Foe, after a fast passage. She brings between three and four million pounds of tea, and was suecessfol last year in bringing the first parcels. The season was rather late, and the tea on that account as said to be finer and to contain more strength. ,  Printed and Pablishea by Wn.uss Owing, at tb• 're Examiner Offbie, Miles Bank, atialeY. tb• County of fitallbrd, where all eognisonisettone slut beaddrersed.