LONDON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3137, 18 July 1881, Page 3

LONDON.

J ]y 14

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In the House of Commons to-day the Irish Land Bill was again under consideration in committee. Clauses 25 and 26 were passed before the House rose, but the latter, providing for grants for emigration, met with further obstruction, and was only carried after the sitting had been protracted to an unusual length. In the course of the debate upon the latter clause the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone censured the obstructionists in strong terms for their conduct, and stigmatised the tactics of the Parnellite party as calculated to degrade the proceedings of the House.

July 15. In the House of Commons to-day further progress was made in committee with the Irish Land Bill. Clauses 27 to 34 were after discussion postponed, but clauses 35 to 42 were duly passed without amendment.

A debate took place in the House of Lords to-day regarding the Transvaal settlement. In the course of tbe discussion Earl Kemberley, the Secretary of State for the Oolonies announced that a certain force of British troops will remain in the Transvaal for the enforcement of the decisions which may be arrived at by the Royal Commission now sitting. His Lordship further stated that if necessary a sub-commission would be appointed to adjudicate on claims for compensation which may be put forward by those who remained loyal during the war, and that in consideration of such claims the natives would not be over* looked. July 16. The weather in England duriog the past fortnight has been most extreme the heat having been quite tropical, and many cases of sunstroke have occurred. The National Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend at 4 per cent for the past half-year and £1000 (sic) are carried to the reserve fund.