HOME AND FOREIGN.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1002, 26 February 1883, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[REUTER —COPYRIGHT.] (Received Feb. 26, noon.) ” LONDON, Feb. 24. The debate on 51 the Addrcsl in Reply was resinned in the House of Commons to-day. Trevelyan, the Irish Secretary, made a speech, in the course of which he declared that Parnell had altogether failed to exculpate himself from the charges laid against him by Mr Forster. After further discussion; an amendment to the Address proposed by Mr Gorst, setting forth “ That no further concessions should be made to a lawless agitation in Ireland,” was, on division, negatived by a majority of 82. Mr Harrington, Secretary to the Irish National League, who was recently placed under arrest, has been elected to the vacancy in the House of Commons without opposition. The election to the vacancy of the representation of Newcastle-on-Tyne, caused by the resignation of Mr Ashton Dilke, took place to-day, and resulted in the return of Mr Morley, by a largo majority. Feb 25. A European Commission for the navigation of the Danube, which has been sitting here since the 7th inst., has'now It is understood that the deliberations of the Commission have resulted in decisions, favourable to the claims of Austria and Russia on the subject of Danube navigation. PARIS, Feb 24. The Chamber of Deputies to-day passed a ..motion. expressing ..confidence in the new-. j>y M. Jules Ferry, and approving of the proposal that Bonapartist pretenders should be cashiered froifa the army.

AUSTRALIAN. [REUTER. —COPYRIGHT.] (Received Feb. 26, noon.) SYDNEY, Monday. A successful trial lias been made of pumps which have been fitted for raising the Austral. She now lies on an even keeb and it is expected that she will be floated in a day or two. (Received Feb, 26, 12,50 p.m.) ; MELBOURNE, Monday. It is announced that the balance of the Victorian four million loan will bo placed on the London market to-day, tenders to be opened on 6lh March. .The Age to-day publishes a paragraph stating that another robbery has been committed by a clerk in the Colonial Bank of Australia, An exchange of pulpits took place yesterday between' Canon Bromby, of St Paul’s, Melbourne, and the Rev. Charles Strong, of Scots church, James Grant, at present Colonial Secretary in the O’Loghlen . Government, is announced as a -(candidate for the Speakership in the new Parliament.