Heads of Intelligence.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2929, 5 July 1878, Page 3

Heads of Intelligence.

(fbom the home news.)

There have been rather serious 1 disturbances in Constantinople, the object of the authors of which has been suspected to be the restoration of the late Sultan Murad. , The calling out of the Indian troops without the consent of Parliament has been, and is, being discussed in Parliament this week. The debate in the.House of Lords, which was mainly a legal duel between Lord Selborneand Lord Cairns, began and ended on Monday, May 20. In the House of Commons the debats, also begun on Monday, was adjourned till Tuesday, and then again adjourned till today, May 23. The chief speakers have been Lord Hartington, Sir Michael HicksBeach, Sir 0. Dilke, Mr ]ij. Stanhope, Sir Wra. Harcourt, Mr Fawcett, Mr Gladstone, Mr Childers. In the House of Lords among the Conservatives, the Duke of Rutland, and in the House of Commons, Mr Newdegate, have declared their : opposition to the conduct of the Government in not consulting Parliament before ordering the despatch of" the troops from India. A motion-condemning the appointment of Colonel Wellesley to the Secretaryship of the Vienna Embassy was rejected by the House of Commons by 250 to 83, on Mayl7. Mr J. G. Talbot, High-Churchman and Tory, baa been returned for Oxford University by a majority of more than 1500 over Professor Henry Smith. Lord Sandon, tho President of the Board of Trade, has been elevated to the rank of Cabinet Minister.

The title which the Secretary of State for India has selected on his elevation to i the peerage is that of Viscount Cranbrook. "• Lord Lewisham, eldest son of Lord Dartmouth, was returned as member for West Kent in the Conservative interest, May 15, without opposition-—the 'first' time there has been an uncontested election for thirty-five years. The Government has announced its intention of dealing strongly with the Irish Obstructives, and of silencing for the rest of the session any member who persists in speaking after he has been called to order., The German Government have introduced a bill to put down Socialism, in consequence of 'the attack made by the Socialist Hoedel upon the Emperor's life. The annual Royal Academy banquet was held on Saturday, May 4, and the exhibition was opened to the public,on Monday, May 6. The precise result of the celebrated agency case, Williamson v. Barbour, is that the defendant has paid to the plaintiff £60,C00 in settlement of the claim, and £9000 for costs.

Lord Carnarvon has been offered the Chairmanship of the Middlesex Bench of Magistrates, racant by Lord Salisbury's resignation. The Master of the Eolli has decided that Mrs Besant's opinions disqualify her for haying the charge of her daughter. In the Bagot case the judge has decided that the last will made by Mrs Bagot's husband in favor of.his brothers is invalid, and her son is legitimate, and therefore entitled to the property. A complimentary dinner was given to Sir William Jervois, on his appointment to the Governorship of South Australia, at Willis's Booms, on May 7. O3ITUAET of the Month.—"Viscount Southwell, K.P.; Sir William Mitchell; Sir F. Goldsmid ; Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, G.C.8.; Lady Menzies; Lady Frances DyneYor; the Hon. Mrs MAdam Cathcart; J. S. Crawford, M.P.; Lady Biddlecombe; Mr Alderman Carter" of London ; the Hon. J. Young, of Canada; l)owagor Lady Grantley; Sir James Cose, M.D.: Sir J. M. lnnes, Bart.; the Hon Sie,W. Snagg, Chief Justice British Guiana ;. F. Goulburn, C.B-; Dr. H. Jephson, M.D.; Mrs John Bright; Sir W. Grey. £.0.8.1.