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London, December 15. It is reported that Mr Gladstone, Mr Chamberlain, and Sir W. Vernon Hareourt are inclined to support an amend ■ ment which Mr Parnell intends to more in the Address in Reply, demanding Home Rule. The moderate Liberals are opposed to this step. i It is announced that on the re-aß«em« bling of Parliament the Government will avail themselves of the earliest opportunity to ascertain whether. or not they possess the confidence of the House. The question .whether deposits lodged by colonists in Banks ef England are legally subject to income tax hat been referred to counsel for an •pinion. The •pinion given on the matter v that the Banks may be liable far the collection of thetas. r - His Holiness the Pop* has written a letter to Cardinal Manning, in which he strongly approves the establishment «f Catholic schoolain the colonies by voluntary subscriptions. Parnell, the leader of the Irish party, has delivered an address in the course of which, after alluding to the result of the general elections as far as. they had Wen proceeded with; he said that he relied upon the Liberal section of the new Par* liament to concede to Jhe demands ©f himself and his followers regarding the Government of Ireland, The Marquis of Hartington, speaking at Matlock, in Derbyshire, condemned Mr Chamberlain's extreme views, and ascribed the deteat sustained by the Liberal candidates for borouhgs t* the colorless programme issued by Mr Glad* stone. Samuel Greer, who has been arrested, in Ireland on a charge of embezzling L 390 belonging to the Unien Bank, Portland (Victoria) branch a year ago, has been remanded until January, pending the arrival of further information bearing upon the ease. Bail has been refused.