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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 156, 2 August 1888, Page 2

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By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright I PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION . [ London, July 30. Id the House of Commons to-night the Parnell Commission Bill was committed. A very lengthy discussion took place on the names of the-. Judges to comprise the Commission, but j ultimately a clause by a majority of 89 '. was inserted in the Bill approving the , three Judges proposed by Mr W. H. • Smith, and cabled some days ago. i The trial of Mrs Gordon Baillie has ; been postponed until next sessions. She ' was refused bail. i Mr O'Donnell has written to the : Speaker of the House of Commons, pro- ; testing against the appointment of the i judicial commission, which, he states, j interferes with his legal rights. He j notifies he will move for a new trial I against The Times. j Mr Mantor, of Shgo, has been senten- ; cerl to four months imprisonment for publishing boycotting notices in his newspaper. In the House of Commons there was a heated discussion on various amendments made to limit enquiry into the charges against I'arnell, but, ultimately all these amendments were rejected. In the discussion on the clause appointing members of the commission, Messrs VI orley and Gladstone objected to the appointment of Justice Sir Charles Day, alleging that he was biassed against the Parnellitew. Mr Farnell accused Mr Chamberlain of betraying Cabinet secrets to the Irish members and of continually trying to undermine the plans of the Irish party. Ottawa. July 31. The Canadian grain estimates make allowance tor the exportation of 15,000,---000 bushels, being a fourth above last year's exportsZanzibar, July 28. Information has been received here that Major Bartellot and Tippoo Tip, with a force of 900 men, intend starting on 15th August to search for Stanley. San Fbancisco, July 28. The E.M.S. Zealandia sailed for Auckland to-day. Pabis, July 30. The Municipality have decided to light the city with electricity.