MAIL MEWS.
London, August 25. London lawyers are laughing at the anomaly of Mrs Lang try's attempting to become a eitoyenns of the United States, being, at the earn* time, the wifo of a anhj jo*, of Q iaan Victoria. Mr Gladstone baa declared m favor of Sir Edward Watkins' channel tanoel scheme, whioh, till thia declaration by an ex Premier, waa regarded as dead and buried. Kaowle Hall, tha anoeatral hom9 of Sir Lionel Sackville West, at Saven >aks, Kent, was destroyed by fire on AagU3i 16. Sir Lionel is British Minister at Washington. All the Parnellites returned to Loadoa and were present a the debate ia the Home of Commons on Auguat 15, when Mr Gladstone moved an address to the Qiean on th* sublet of the proclamation of the National League, anc praying that such proclamation shall not continue m foros, Mr GUds'one made a speeoh m support of the motion, m whioh *he oharaoteriaed the action of the Government as a mere farce. The speech waa a powerful one. Mr B.ilfour refused to Bubmlt the documents asked for, on the ground that they were confidential. The " Dally News" says that Massrs Cham* berlain, Oollingg, and a haifdczm other Unioalste, will vote m support of Mr Gladstones m. tion. A Hebrew named Lepski, condemned to be hanged for murdering a London Jewess was granted a respite by the Borne Secretary at tie last momeu*. The " Pali Mall G:.zitte " says that his lawyers privately convinced Mr Justice Stephen, who sentenced the man, of hia innooonoe, but the Home Secretary waa with difficulty brought to stay execution. Eventually Lepaki made a fall confession of hit! guilt, and was hanged on August 22. On the night- of Angust 8, m the House of Oommons the Government was questioned aB to the reason of its refusal to submit returns showing the number of Koyal Princes, or persons allied to royalty by marriage, who had peats m the public funda, and how many officers have been pissed over by euch appointments Me Smith replied that m the judgment of the I Government such a return would be of an invidious character, and ought not be granted. This called forth Badioal cries of " Oh," and " But it must be granted." What provoked the question was the appointment of Prince Louis of Bat enburg to the command of tha British ironclad Dreadnought o\ er the heads of scores of seniors. The marriage of Lady Frederick Cavendish- Bentlnck to Me Keith St M*ur, which took place recently m Henry VII 's Ohapel, London, is described as the most "picturesque sociai function" of the season. Sir Algernon Borthwick'a Bill to amend the Law of Libel, recently introduced In the House i.f Commons, ib the lest practical attempt yet made to deal with a difficult; subjact. It aims at preventing the recurrence of soandaloue actions under the existing law, whioh has of late year 3 disgraced the Courts. It provides that no person Bhali bt> found criminally guilty of libel unless it be proved that be was privy to the publication of the libel. There are provisions which will allow an editor to take an occasional holiday without fear of undeserved punishment ; that the publication of Government or police notices and judicial notices shall be privileged, and that wheie no malice is pro red and an apolopy has been published only speo'al damages Bhall be recovered ; that where damages for libel have already been recovered the fact may be pleaded m mitigation of damages m an action brought for the same libel againat another defendant. The Government proclaimed the Irish National League on August 19. The Marquis of Hartington and Mr Chamberlain advised the Government that such a step would bs impolitic! till the effect of the now Land Act wa? seen. Among the Immediate consequences ara the severance of Mr Chamberlain and Mr W. Russell, the Unionist champion of the Ulster tenants, from the Liberal Unionist party. Mr Gladstone has declared the proclamation unjust and imprudent. Mr Balfour, m announcing tha proclamation, said the League was proclaimed as a dangerous association udder seotion 6 of the Irish Grimes Act Amendment Bill, recently made law. This was received with cheers and counter cheers, The Government has thus taken the power conferred upon them by statute to prohibit and suppress the League Continuing, Mr Balfour said that there are two Bab heads of the sixth section of the Aot mentioned m the proclamation, which deolare as follows :— Whereas, we are satisfied that there exists m Ireland tin Association known as the National League, which m parts of Ireland, promotes and inoitea aois of violence and ..Intimidation. (A. voica j " It's a lie. No brunch of the League is engaged m such works. ") Mr Sexton asked whether the aole ground for the proclamation waa that tin League simply was aoßooiated with, or tending to interfere with the execution of the law. Mr Baifour, m reply, read the names of those proclaimed. Mr Harrington asked whether Mr Balfour was aware that nearly all the branches of the League were engaged m registration work ; whether he knew that the League was the only Association opposed to the Conservatives' work, and whether the proclamation waß intended to paralyse the efforts of the League to the advantage of the Conservatives. Mr Balfonr replied that no branch of the League whose work was confined to registration would be impeded m that work. Eeplying farther to Mr Sexton, he said that until the Viceroy issued an order regarding the particular districts, the proclamation would have no foroe. In order tc emphasise their indig nation, numbers of the Liberal members of the House of Commons have decided to join the League, and many Irish papers appeared with olack borders. The announcement of the proclamation was received quietly m Ireland, There was a total eclipse of the sun on August 19 h, the line of totality passing across Asia and Europe. In Berlin the occultation was Been as preceded by deeply colored clouds, 'iho eclipse was not observed at St. Petersburg owing to the cloudy condition of the Bky. At Klin the sun was obscured, but an aged professor, named MendelifE, made a balloon ascension alone so as to get above the clouds and take observations, jis there was a hitch m filling th» balloon there was considerable doubt as to its ability to carry the aeronaut, but the aacenaion was success fully made by the professor, who descended safely near Moscow, 40 miles distant. At Dartmoor and Torquay, England, the eclipse was observed for a few minutes. The clouds interfered at Paris and Vienna. At Jergeurtz, on the Volga, where Jfrofessor Yogel was stationed, the sky was overcast. The .Russian ob6ervers successfully obtained numerous drawings of the corona and its spectrum.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1666, 19 September 1887, Page 2
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