ENGLISH NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1245, 14 April 1880, Page 2

ENGLISH NEWS.

(PER ROTORUA, AT RUSSELL.) London, Feb. 26.

Lord Northcote, yesterday, in the Commons, moved a resolution that any members named by the Speaker or Chairman in Committee who disregards the authority of the chair or for abusing the rules of the House by persistently and wilfully obstructing the business, then the Speaker on the motion being made that such member be suspended during the remainder of. the days sitting, shall forthwith put the question. Should the offence be committed in Committee of the whole House, the Chairman of Committees shall put the same question in a similar way, and on the motion being carried, shall forthwith suspend proceedings. On the Committee's reporting the circumstance to the House, the Speaker shall thereupon put the same question as if the offence were committed in the House itself. On a member being suspended three times in one session, the suspension the third time to continue for one week, and until a motion is made upon which it will be decided whether the suspension shall cease, or what longer period it shall continue, and when such member may be:heard in his place. Lord Hartington declared that he and his friends intended to give a general support to the resolutions, reserving the right to criticise certain details, the criticisms, however, to be friendly, and not in a spirit of factious opposition. Lord Hartington and Mr. Harcourt are of opinion that the penalties proposed are not sufficiently severe. In the Lords, Earl Cairns introduces four ifiipprtjuit Bills, promised in the Queen's speech, The first, enlarges the powers of proprietors to settle lands, to give limited owners powers of sale, expartition, or leasing, subject to certain checks, the moneys accruing by the exercise of such powers not to be paid to the owners, but to trustees, or the Court,-and the purposes to which the money may be applied are set forth, each of a character beneficial to inheritors. The second Bill simplifies the-practice of conveyancing. The third provicl.es. compensation to the solicitor.now conducting the case for loss in consequence of modification of: practice, . . During the Budget debate in the House of Commons/a ' German Parliament. item relating to the creation of a Consulate at Samoa, was referred to a select committee. The Minister stated that the appointment of a Consular Agent was in no way connected with the bill relative to the formation of the South Sea Company. M. deLesspp's. engineers .reported, in favor of the level df the canal through the Isthmua ; of -Manama, the cost of the work, to be 843 million franco ; time, 8 years. The Italian Parliament was opened by. the King cri the 17th. The speech announced bills- for the gradual abolition of the Grist Tax, and the extension of the suffrage. . He stated:-that Italy sincerely; desired that peace should be scrupulously by the Berlin, tj'oaty, and recommended the cpmpletp reorganisation of the army. Many sheep diseases have spread alarmingly through Wiltshire, Several farmers on Salisbury -Plains lost nearly their entire flocks.

The Californian Legislature have passed a bill relieving corporate bodies from employing Chinese. Kearney and the anti-Chinese party are extremely violent,': and disturbances are feared,. An Imperial XJkase decrees the qipppintment of a Supreme Executive Commission at St. Petersburg for the preservation of order and social tranquillity, under direct tion of General Melikoff, whose power is absolutely' -unlimited. All military and' civil authorities, and all branches of the administration are subordinated to him. He has also been authorised to adopt any .pleasures" he may consider desirable fpr the of ordpr throughout the Empire, his ordpr? to be unconditionally obeyed. The Pall Mall Gazette considers the appointment of a Commission of thjs kind, with so anjnipo' tent a chief as equivalent to Melikoff soon resigning and being succeeded by the Czarewitcli. '

Uneasy feelings continue pespepting the probability . of European complications. Articles, semi-official, in' the North German Gazette, demanded the reason of the extensive fortifications .on the Russian frontiers, and accu_sed Russia of merely waiting till ; France < was - ; ready. -These, military preparations. proved t^t, powersj yrefe 'an aggre'ssive policy towards Germany. The Russian press, nevertheless, recently professed a friendly feeling towards Germany.

The ' Times' Paris telegram to-day asserts that Bismarck has determined to renew thieltactics of 1875, in order to bring on war with France. Some German papers believe, however, that Bismarck simply wants to create alarm in order to secure the passage of the Army Bill. (SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE ARGUS.) V. . LojsdOx, March 31. The steamship Great Eastern is being fitted up to convey live cattle from America.. .r:':..:..

Lord Derby, in a.letter: to his tenants, supports thei. Llbenfl&_2_ ;Earl' letter, expresses distrust, of, the Liberals and of Mr. Gladstone's leadership: Mr. Gladstone has replied, vindicating himself and reiterating his intention to follow the leadership of Lord Hartington and Earl Granville; but the country doubts this. : The elections are proceeding amid intense public interest. Admiral Sir John Hay, Bart. (Conservative), old. member for Stamford, has been defeated. Mr. Borthwick; proprietor of the Morning Post, who also stood in the Conservative interest, has. been reiected. April 1.

The Liberals have gained 32 seats previously held by Conservatives, and the Tories have gained 13 seats previously held by the Liberals. The Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers, a member of the late Gladstone Cabinet, and acting Agentgeneral for the Colony of Victoria, has been re-elected for Pontefract. The O'Donoghue, a prominent Irish member, who has lately given in his adhesion to the Home Rule party, has been again returned for Tralee. Mr. Gladstone, despite the fact that he. contests Midlothian, has been returned for Leeds with a majorsty of over 11,000 votes. One of the greatest triumphs of the Liberals has been for Southwark, for which Mr. Clarke, who had been returned only a few months ago in the Conservative interest, was rejected. The Liberals carried the two seats by a large majority. For Chelsea, Sir Charles Dilke, one of the prominent members of the Radical party, has been, returned by a large majority, and the second seat was wrested from the Conservatives.

It is evident that if the Liberals obtain a large majority they will attempt, conjointly with the other Powers, to coerce Turkey, Upon the results of the elections so far being known, stocks have fallen. April 3. The latest election returns give ; the number of Liberals who have secured seats at 235, and Tories at 126. The gain of the Liberals up to the present is 51. Much surprise is expressed by the Continental Press at the defeat of the Beaconsfield Government. The success of the Liberals has created a bad impression at Berlin and Vienna, as it is feared that the accession of Mr. Gladstone to power will mean the breaking up of the entente cordiale between England, Austria, and Germany in the settlement of affairs in the East.

Owing to the rejection of the Kuldja treaty by the Chinese Government, very strained relations exist between Russia and China. The Chinese Government insist upon the promised retrocession of the Kuldja Province.'without the objectionable conditions sought to be attached by Russia. Both Powers are massing troops oil the frontier, and war is regarded as inevitable. The action : of the Russian police in the search after the perpetrators of the Winter Palace outrage continues. A courier despatched by Prince Orloff, the Russian Ambassador at Paris, was arrested on his arrival at St. Petersburgh on suspicion of hi 3 being iriplicated in the Nihilist conspiracy. The health of the Emperor of Germany is causing much anxiety. He is seriously indisposed. The Freycinet Cabinet are exhibiting great energy in carrying out their scheme of public works for the improvement of internal communication in France.

A proposition has been submitted for the construction of a grand canal between the city of Bordeaux and the town of Narbonne upon the Gulf of Lyons. New Zealand wheat is worth from 55s to 56s per 496 lbs (ex warehouse). There has been a fall in the wheat market to the extent of Is 6d per quarter. Oxhides are quoted at s§d to s£d. April 5. The question of foreign policy has been regarded as a-much smaller issue by the electors generally than questions of trade and finance, and there has also been a desire to give the Liberals an innings. The majority of the Liberals whb supported the foreign policy of the Government have been" re-elected. Batoum, on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, and now belonging to Russia, has been converted into a strong fortress. There are terrible consular reports from Anatolia,, where the population are dying from starvationj caused partly through misrule. The new- Parliament will meet on the 25th inst.

The death is announced of Lord Rivers, the patron of the Tichborne claimant. Wheat is drooping, owing to the large arrivals from America and elsewhere. At New York quotations are falling. • Wool is v.ery firm, with a steady inquiry. Thp sugar market is stagnant. The returns of the elections completed give the following result : —Libers, 275 ; Tories, 140,

; .Much excitement has been occasioned throughout Ireland by the discovery of a diabolical plot to seriously injure, if not to murder, a candidate for Parliament. Mr. Gray, who was contesting the seat for Carlow, had arranged to address a meeting at Borris op Buirisfjrqne. Before the meeting had assembled it was discovered that a quantity of dynamite had been placed under the platform, with the evident intention of blowing the candidate and his supporters into the air. Fortunately a timely discovery frustrated the plot. The utmost indignation prevails at the attempted outrage,, which is to bitterness arising from political animosity. St. Petersburg, April 2.

The health: of the • Express of Russia sinpe her return frop} Mannes has been in a declining state. The change of climate failed to afford her the l§agt relief, By the latest advices no hopes are entertained of her recovery.