The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1895-08-21 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Mr. Balfour said the Government were prepared to bring in. after the second reading of the Appropriation Bill, a measure re-enacting the 13th clause of the Trish Land Act of 1891 on the plain understanding that it would has treated as absolutely non-contentious. After quedtions had been dealt with Mr. Balfour moved a. resolution of which he had given notice to prohibit the bringing in of Bills by private members during the remainder of the Session, and for the suspension of the twelve o'clock rule. An amendment was moved by a Nationalist member to prevent the suspension of the twelve o'clock rule, but was defeated by a majority of 184. The Government proposal was eventually adopted by a large majority. The debate on the Address was continued, the amendment under consideration being one moved by Mr. Price drawing attention to the depression in agriculture, and submitting that remedial legislatim should be passed during the present year. A discussion of considerable length resulted, the speakers including Mr. Chaplin, Sir William Harcourt, and Mr. Balfour. The amendment was rejected by a, majority of 131. Mr. Pickersgill next moved an amendment regretting that no intention had been intimated to take steps to mitigate the evils arising from want of employment. This proposal was likewise rejecEed. A division was afterwards taken on the main question, with the result tho.t the Government obtained a majority of 154. The Address was therefore agrees to.  A young woman of 20 shot herself on Sunday morning in a cab while crossing the open space in front of Notre Dame, Paris. A letter was found in the vehicle in which she declared that her lover, who recently died, had in his last days reproached her with not caring for him, and had said that when he died she would soon forget him. To prove how mistaken he was she had determined to follow him to the next world.  The annuaY report of the Yorkshire Miners' .A ssociatiop, just issued, calls attention to the employment of unskilled labour in mines, which it says results in greater danger, bad work, and lower wages. The report condemns Mr. Carvell Williams as being responsible for the failure to carry the second reading of the Eight Hours Bill in the last session of Parliament, and denies the accuracy of the Board of Trade figures with respect to the hours worked by miners in different districts. The report of the Manchester Ship Canal for the half-year ending June last states that the profits on revenue account were £25,267, and the balance on general interest account was £1,186. Tha interest on mortgage debentures amounts to £160,640, and the credit balance with which the half-year began has been reduced from £155,689 ta £24,502. The number of candidates examined at the recent Oxford Local Examinations was 5,979, of whom 3,924 succeeded. The first position among the senior candidates is gained by J. Duncan, Merohant Taylors' School, Crosby, and J. F. Henderson, Liverpool College, is placed first in the junior division. W. Brown, of Horsham Grammar School, heads the list of preliminary candidates. Girls were more successful than usual this year. The Barrow Steel Works, one of the largest establishments in the steel trade in the world, were closed on Saturday for an indefinite period, because the men would not agree to work on the award given by Mr. Jeremiah Head, who was asked to arbitrate on a wages question. About 2,000 men are thrown out of employment. An extraordinary scene took place at the funeral on Sunday, at Liverpool, of the boy Ireland, son of Dr. Ireland, in connection with whose death Patrick O'Callaghan is awaiting trial on the charge of wilful murder. The revelations at the inquest as to the relations between Mrs. Ireland and O'Callaghan, who were drinking together at the time the boy met his death, aroused great indignation among the populace, and several thousand persons assembled at the cemetery and hooted Mrs. Ireland, who had to be protected by the police. On the return after the funeral the crowd tried to surround her carriage, and she reached home with difficulty. On!