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SOME comment has been occasioned by the omission of the name of Mr Somers Vine from the recent shower of honours. There is reason, however, to believe that the general agent of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition will receive the offer of knight- hood at the new year. MR J. G. BIGGAR, M.P., who probably will figure prominently in the session which com- menced yesterday afternoon, owing to the absences of other chief Parnellite members, ha?, it is announced, just entered into the occupation of Butlerstown Castle, near Waterford, which he inherited on the death of his uncle, Mr Ferguson. Mr Biggar, it seems, has been in Belfast during the riots. SIB. JOHN KIRK has now arrived in England from Zanzibar. Although no definite arrangement has been made, it is considered is morally certain that he will not return to his old post. A rearrangement of the con- sular staff at Zanzibar will, in that event, take place, and it is not improbable that an important appointment will be offered to Mr Joseph Thomson, whom circumstances have made exceptionally familiar with this region of Africa. SLOWLY, a correepondent says, the markets of the world open to women. The gates that bar another profession have now been thrown down to them. By the aid of Mr Dion Boucicault, an authoritative declara- tion has come from Messrs Weatherby that women may, if they please, become jockeys. Mr Boucicault has written a comedy called "The Jilt." Its sensational scene is the winning of a horse race by a lady jockey, 1 he jockey of the inferior sex being suddenly incapacitated by accident. People said that Ill' Dion Boucicault did not know the rules f the Turf Club. Indignant at being charged with ignorance, he set himself to preve that he was right. Result-the ^Toman jockey has won the day. Here, then, is a field for our aspiring sisters. They may not plead as barristers before the judges. They cannot enter Parliament. The •ew of them who become doctors are (enounced at the meetings of the British Medical Association. They are threatened •■•y Dr Withers Moore, president of that association, wi,th childlessness as the penalty ror educating themselves. No lady has yet become a Royal Academician, though many -a(lioa paint. Amazons have not yet been enrolled in the Queen's army. No mid- shipwoman climbs the giddy mast on board her Majesty's ships. But woman is not without her function. By the intervention of Mr Dion Boucicault she is permitted to become a rival of Frederick'Archer, and to h,r part m that great feeld of national demoralisation, aa Lord Beaconaield called it-the Turf. Here is condescension to the rights of woman. SIR Charles Warren, the new chief of the Metropolitan police, is doing his utmost to stop the sale of offensive and degrading publications in the public thoroughfares. Referring to this movement, a London journal says :—We recently called attention to the sale of a pamphlet reproducing with embellishments the scandalous disclosures in the Dilke and Crawford case, and expressed a hope that it might be put a stop to. It seems that the subject had already attracted the Chief Commissioner's attention, for, as we are informed, proceedings were taken the same day with the object of suppressing the publication. Two men were bound over at Bow-street in 210 for six months not to repeat the offence, a warning being given to them that in case of doing so they would be imprisoned. At the same time the publisher was cautioned, and Under- took not to publish any more copies at present. The necessity of proceeding with a high hand against the perpetrators of this nuisance is shown by another case. No fewer than seven hawkers of printed poIlu. tion were before Mr Bridge at Bow-street, and it was proved that in each case they had not only offered their abominable wares, but persistently importuned persons to buy. The substantial fine of 40s., which every man was condemned to pay, would probably be equivalent to a sentence of imprisonment for the whole gang. A few more prosecu- tions of this kind will do all that is wanted, and it is to be hoped that neither the police nor the magistrates will shrink from the severity which is required. In a less highly civilised society such nuisances would be summarily put down by a com- mittee of public safety, and it is not to be tolerated that exaggerated regard for the liberty of the subject or legal technicalities should permit their continued existence among ourselves. The Chief Commissioner may depend upon it that public opinion will support him in whatever measures may be necessary to put an end to a public disgrace. MR HALL, Inspector of Mines in the West Lancashire district, deals at length in his report with the question of the employment of women on the pit-brow. "So far as my observation has gone," the inspector re- marks, "I have seen no good reasons for legislation to prevent these women earning a livelihood at the occupation they have chosen they always appear orderly and industrious, and it is a favourite employ- ment, especially where the health will not bear confinement; and their dress is very suitable and appropriate." It will be re- membered, a Manchester journal remarks, that Mr Hall is speaking of the district which was singled out for the sharpest attack, on account of the" masculine" costume worn by the women when at work. The report will probably be influential in preventing a recurrence of the agitation. After a public statement of this kind it will no longer be possible to rouse public feeling with a tale of hitherto concealed horrors. Suggestions such as the forbidding of female labour on pit-banks proceed from an unhealthy philanthropy unfamiliar with the actual facts," continues the inspector and he points out that future changes in mining regulations must be such as to ensuie greater cheapness, not increased expense, if the trade is to hold its own. At the same time, attention is drawn in the report to certain details of pit-blow labour which sometimes, owing to careless management, expose the women to danger. On such points at least ordinary care, and perhaps more than ordinary care, should be given to the conditions under which the women pursue their work. At some collieries all possible precautions are taken, but the inspector's report and an accident or two that have occurred lately give some reason for thinking that in other collieries there is room for improvement. The interest which has been aroused in the women and their work will help in securing for them such alterations as are needed for the more complete comfort and safety of the employment.

HOCSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. THE EVENING SITTING. THE ADDRESS. IRISH POLIO Y OF THE GOVERNMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR having read the Queen's Speech, The Earl of OXSLOW, who wore the uniform of a deputy-lieutenant, moved the Address in answer to her Majesty. Lord DE Ros, who wore the Windsor uniform, seconded the motion. Eari GRANVILLE had some doubt, considering the unusual circumstances under which they met, whether he should, as leader of the Opposition, take the usual course of following the seconder of the Address, but he nad decided to do so, as it would afford the Prime Minister the opportunity of making the statement which, no doubt, be was desirous of laying before Parliament. He need not point out how exceedingly meagre both the Queen s Speech aud the Address in answer to it were, as that had. been done sufficiently by the two previous speakers but he could not help complimenting the Government on having out. done the Israelites in Egypt, for they had made bricks without the slightest trace of straw. The Marquis of SALISBURY said the Govern- ment had been anxious to limit the Queen's Speech to the matters for which Parliament had been called together, and therefore it was confined to the recommendation to pass the estimates. Foreign affairs had been dealt with in a Queen's Speech submitted a very short time since, and no statement could now be made on the subject which would have the advantage of novelty. With respect to Burmah, if matters had gone wrong no doubt the cause was unavoidable, but the late Government could hardly be held responsible for what happened after they left office. As soon as che hot weather was over measures would be taken for the restoration of order, and he bad no fear of the non-realisation of the anticipation that British rule in Burmah would be of great ad. vantage to the trade of this country, and to the happiness and well-being of the people of Burmah themselves. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the Afghan frontier, the matters at issue between us and the Russian Government, though of considerable importance, were not very large with respect to the extent of territory involved, and the discussions could be carried on quite as well in London and St. Petersburg as on the spot. It was net thought desirable merely tor the 20 miles of frontier that still remained under dispute that the British Commission should spend another winter in those regions. (Hear, hear.) To infer from the silence of the Speech on the subject that there was nothing in foreign matters that gave cause for solicitude would, perhaps, be taking too optimist a view; many regions were in a condition which could not be described as stable, and the maintenance of peace depended upon many accidents, but be did not think there waa any cause for apprehension. It was the inteo^oa of the Government to adhere to the policy they had inherited. The integrity of the Ottoman Empire was of great importance, in their judgment, to the peace of Europe, and to the interests of their country, and they hoped that in maintaining it, as they had done in the past, they would have h. r support. He enter- tained the fervent hope that by adhering to that policy, which had been the English policy for a great number of years, they would be contributing to the permanent maintenance of the peace of Europe. (Cheers.) In judging of the conduct cf the Government in not propos- ipg special criminal legislation for Ireland la,t July, it must be borne in mind that they were governing through a necessary interregnum between the passing of the Reform Bill and the discussions, and the question, not whether they should have passed a Crimes Act, for that would have been impossible, but whether they considered it so necessary for the good government of Ireland that if they were not prepared to pass it they ought not to have taken office. With regard to future legislation, the Government could not offer any solution of the difficulty till they had been able to study the question with greater detail and greater care then they had hitherto been able to do. (Hear, hear.) It was their duty to direct their efforts to the restoration of social order and the maintenance of legal rights, and to study carefully every measure by which the prosperity or contentment of Ireland could be secured. (Cheers.) The question of local government was not an Irish question, but an United Kingdom question, which must be dealt with on lines generally similar for the whole country. He was, however, bound to recognise that there were administrative measures that might at once be taken, and full and special attention would be given to the questions of improving the industrial resources of Ireland, the development of the fisheries, drainage, and other matters. To the maintenance of social order the Government had shown that they were not indifferent. Measures of a most effective kind had been taken for the restoration of order in Belfast, and they had succeeded. (Hear, hear.) Inquiry would be instituted as to the responsibility of the various parties concerned, but he did not think there was any prima facie ground for impugning the conduct of the con- stabulary. There was undoubtedly a consider- able amountof outrage in Ireland, but it was con- fined to the counties in the south-west, and there was reason to doubt whether the administrative arrangements for maintaining order there were as good as they might be. The Government believed that without any large extension of powers, and without great expense, they would be able to bring to an end the outrages which dis- graced a part of Ireland. The most difficult problem with which they had to deal was tbe existence of an organised system of intimidation, and it was one of the first and most necessary duties to which they would apply themselves, in the earbest hope that either by the powers of the existing Jawor by such further powers as might be required they would be able gradually to diminish the evil. (Cheers.) With illegal combinations to prevent the payment of rent it was their duty to grapple, and they pro- posed to iEsae a commission to inquire into the land question. As far ns legislation went, the attitude of the Government was one of examination and inquiry as far as executive action went, they had already done their best to enforce the law. They intended to continue in that path, with the determination to secure law and order, to proteot existing rights, and to bring back to Ireland the repose she needed and in all their measures they would consider themselves strictly limited by the decision of the cons ituencies on the great issue that had been submitted to them. (Cheers.) The address was then agreed to, and at five minutes to eight o'clock their lordships adjourned till Monday, the 30th inst.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. INTEKFERENOE OF PEERS IN ELECITONS. Mr DOUGLAS having m..ved the usual sessional order, and the SPEAKER having read the order declaring it a high infringement of the liberties of the House of Commons for a peer to concern himself in an election of a member of the House of Commons, Mr BRADLAUGH moved that the House does not agree to this order, on the ground that the sessional order bad been disobeyed and in- fringed by peers of both parties for the past 40 or 50 yeais, and in every instance where a case had been brought before the House, the House had practically said either that it was powerless to enforce its own resolution or did not think it wise to give effect to it. It was, then, beneath the dignity of the House to keep renewing a form no longer applicable to the political state of the country. In the last election t here had been infringements of the standing order by peers presiding at election meetings after the issue of the writ, and he confined himself to that because the House had on previous occasions drawn a line at the issue of the writ. Peers had spoken in favour of candidates, and had signed circulars delivered after the issue of' the writ, asking electors to vote for a particular candidate; they had canvassed and written letters of a semi-private nature to influence voters and they had interfered by lending car- riages and servants to convey voters to the pull. These last cases were so numerous that he need not give specific instances, but he briefly alluded to cases in which, in one or 0 her parti- culars, the order had been infringed by the Earl of Sandwich, the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke of Argyll, the E <rl of Leicester, Earl Cowper, Lord Wantage, the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Bramwell, Lord Sherbrooke, the Earl of Northbrook, the Marquis of Ripon, and the Earl of Jersey. (Cries of Lord Wolverton.") He had only mentioned cases he had been able to verify in which the standing order had been set at nought. Better would it be for the peers to be allowed to act openly than for the Commons to say the peers had no right to inter- fere, and yet to allow the interference. Either abolish the order or let each peer who had infringed it appear at the har to answer the breach of privilege. Sir W. LAWSON seconded the motiDn, but was somewhat dismayed at the prospect of 20 impenitent peers being called to account at the bar. The session in that case would last much longer than anyone desired. (Hear.) He belonged to a society for the abolition of the House of Lords —(ironical cheers)—but he would do justice to all—even the meanest of her Majesty's subjects. -.ittlie House divided, when there were a or trie standing Uraer 294 Against 126 Maioiity 168 The standing order was therefore agreed to. j The remaining standing orders were agreed to without oppositjon or debate.. THE REPLY TO THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. I The speech from tne Throne having Veen read by the Speaker, Colonel KING-HARMAN, who wore the uniform of a deputy-lieutenant, rose to move the Address in reply thereto. He reminded the House of the necessity for finishing the supplies needed for the public service with as little delay as possible, and expressed a hope that the session on which they were entering would not be a long one. Mr MAOLIAX, who was attired in Court costume, seconded the motion. Mr GLADSTONE, who was received with prolonged Opposition cheers, complimented the mover and seconder of the Address on the ability with which they had discharged their duty, although he was surprised to find that matters of controversy had been introduced into the remarks they had made. For his part, he desired as far as possible to avoid matters of a controversial nature, and in regard to questions of toreign policy, he had only to say with reference to Burmah that he was willing to wait for further information before passing a verdict on the course the Government had felt called upon to take. He was glad to find that there were not at the present moment any complicated ques- tions of general foreign policy, and be was pleased to observe the continuity that bad so far charac- terised the foreign policy of the late and the present Government with regard to the policy to be pursued towards Ireland. He repudiated the suggestion that anything which had recently happened bad in the slightest degree changed the views he had already put forward on that matter. (Cheers.) The retrospect of the Irish question was stated in the Speech with perfect fairness; his impression was one of satisfaction as to what the Speech did not contain. The view expressed by the late Government as to the necessity of further coercive legislation for Ireland was happily not repeated on the present occasion, although there had been a threat of refusal of supplies to the late Government in consequence of the alleged want of assurance from that body as to their Irish policy. So far as the test afforded by the diminution of crime was concerned, there was, he said, practically no altera- tion in the state of things at the present moment as compared with what prevailed at the time the Tory party were urging further repressive measures. In his view, in proportion as they got further away from acknowledging the desirability of repression, they came nearer to the necessity for a sound policy of Irish Government. As to the question of the maintenance of law and order he thought it would be admitted on all hands that each party had at all times dune their best to assure the carrying out of the law. He agreed that a fair time ought te be allowed to the Government for the consideration of its policy, but that time ought not to be unnecessarily prolonged. (Ciieet s.) The late Government had been strongly pressed on this point, but he did not intend to retaliate on this occasion, although, without intending to move an amendment on the subject, he held that the Government ought not to postpone for so long a period its would elapse before next February all declarations as to their Irish policy. (Opposition cheers.) Seeing that whatever urgency existed on this matter six months ngo had not been since abated, he thought the Government would assume a grave respon- sibility in postponing the announcement of their Irish policy, espcia, ly when it was remembered how favourable a period was the present, when the feeling against crime and outrage in Ireland generally was stronger and more hopeful than it had ever appeared before. The Government would lose all their present advantage if they were to allow the favourable opportunity to pass, and wait for a period when, by reason per- haps of bad harvests or other untoward circamstances, the Irish people would be in a worse position than now. (Hear, hear.) The Irish question, whatever view they might take of it, was the question of the hour, and it was of the utmost importance that Parliament should be able to address itself to its solution at the earliest possible moment. (Hear.) Lord R, CHURCHILL, in replying to the right hon. gentleman, said he did not propose to follow in detail the various matters with which he had dealt. He had been gratified at the moderation of the speech, especially as he had been led to expect a much more vigorous onslaught from the front Opposition bench. Referring to foreign affairs the noble lord alluded to the Burmese question, the difficulties as to which he said he had never conceded, either from himself or from the House. As to Ireland he admitted that the Irish question was in reality the question of the day, but he denied that there had been no change in the Irish question since last January, because since then the right hon. gentleman had taken the lead of the Irish Nationalist parcy. (Ministerial cheers.) This being so, he asked whether the present Government were not justified in relying on the resumption,in connection with the Irish agi- tation, of constitutional instead of unconstitutional methods. (Ministerial cheers.) Bearing m mind the enormous strain 10 which Parliament and the country had of late been put, he said her Majesty's Government had come to the conclusion that there was no necessity for asking Parliament to do more than had already been announced. He regretted the allusion made by Mr Gladstone to the possibility of there being a non-payment of ret. ts in Ireland, remarking that the anticipation of such a state ol things was likely to produce what they must all, if it thould occur, very deeply deplore. (Hear. hear). The present Government regarded the question of social order as one which stood by itself, while the question of local government was one that they held ought to be treated with reference to the United Kingdom at large. As to the state of crime in Ireland, though there was a slight increase in agrarian crime, it was mainly in the county of Kerry, while, as compared with 1882, the diminution in agrarian crime had been enormous. As to Belfast, the dis- turbance there had not become chronic, and her Majesty's Government were determined that it should not become chronic. A searching inquiry into the origin of those disturbanches had been ordered by the Govern- ment, and he was glad to say that the latest accounts from Belfast were of a re-assuring character, the arrests and committals for trial showing that the magistrates and officers of the law were doing their duty. The Government deprecated the attacks which had been made on the Royal Irish Constabulary, in whom they continued to repose the confidence heretofore earned by the services of that body, and they were resolutely determined to restore and main- tain law and order in Belfast, there being no responsibility from which they would shrink in attaining that objcct. The noble lord then entered into details as to the state of crime and disaffection in the south and west of Ireland, and the Government had determined to appoint a general military officer of high rank, who should go to the disaffected localities with power to organise arrangements for the restoration of order and the suppression of the reign of terror which had there been going on, the officer selected being General Sir E. Buller. If the measures the Government were about to try should prove ineffectual, they would not hesitate to come to Parliament for such further powers as they might deem necessary. As to the land question, the Government would take their stand on the Land Act of 1881, supplemented by the subsequent land legislation, with the intention of carrying out the provisions of these enactments as fully as possible. They had, however, always entertained doubts as to the value of machinery for the appo. tionment of rents, and they were now of opinion that the time had arrived when they cughtto have full and satisfactory official information as to the working of the entire system. This being so, the Government had decided to appoint a Royal Commission, which, in the coming autumn and winter, should investi- gate the whole question. (Laughter from the Irish benches and Ministerial cheers.) The names of the commissioners the Government were not yet prepared tc state to the House, but they desired it to be in the main an Irish commission, repre- senting all sections of the community interested in the inquiry. The members of the commission would have p"wer to inquire to what extent, if any, and in what part or Ireland, the operation of the Land Act of 1881 was affected either by combinations to resist the payment of legal obligations or exceptional falls in the pi ice of property. They vvouUl also be empowered to inquire to what extent there existed any desire on the part of tenants to avail themselves of the provisions of the Land Purchase Act of 1885, and whether the operation of that act might be extended by providing security through the intervention of local authorities for loans to be advanced from the public funds for the purchase of land. The Government proposed to utilise the autumn and winter by procuring the best scientific informa- tion they could get as to the best way of de- veloping the material resources of Ireland. For this purpose they, would appoint a small royal commission, consisting of three gentlemen of sound and scientific knowledge in matters of engineering, trade, and agriculture. With regard to the question of local government, they also intended to devote what they could of the recess to the careful consideration of a system of local government applicable to the three kingdoms, and they hoped at the beginning of next session to be able to subnet to tn3 House the prooospls they would then have framed in regard to this important matter.—Tne roble lord resumed his seat amid loud Ministerial cheers. Mr W. REDMOND assured the Government that the speech of the Chancellor 0; the Exchequer would be read by the Irish people with a feel:ng of deep disappointment, as they were utterly Jred ot the delays that had already taken place in the consideration of their grievances, and would hardly regard with equanimity the proposal to remit their claims to remedial legislation to the tedious and uncertain process of inquiries by Royal Commissions shadowed forth by the zioble lord. Mr W. MUBPHY characterised the policy of the Government as one of doing nothing beyond postponing the settlement of the Irish question as long as possible, so that in the meantime they might enjoy the sweets of office. Sir THOMAS ESMONDE reminded the Government that the bulk of the Irish members had been returned to Parliament in order that they might demand the restoration to their country of the national legislature, while, with the know- ledge of this fact in their minds, her Majesty's Government had omitted from the Queen's Speech any mention of the nationallril) ques- tion. The people of Ireland, he added, would never be satisfied until that question was settled, and no settlement that could be proposed would ever be deemed satisfactory that did not embody the principle on which the bill of the late Prime Minister was based. Mr CLANCY commented on the reticence observed bv members of the new Government, and not only expressed a desire to hear the views of the Home Secretary on the Irish question, so that it might be known whether he had changed his former views as to the desirability of Home Rule, but also announced the determination of the Nationalist party not to allow the debate to collapse until the views they held and the opinions of other sections of the House bad been fuliy brought out Mr HALDANK, while endorsing the Irish policy of the late Government, and regretting the verdiot that had been given against it at the recent election, declined to accept the dictum of the present Prime Minister that that verdict was a final one. On the motion of Mr T. P. O'CONNOR, the debate was adjourned. The House adjourned at twelve o'clock.

Swimming Niagara. ANOTHER DEATH. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] JNaw YORK, Jbriday.—James Scott, a fisherman, of Lewiston, Ontario, has made an attempt to swim through the Niagara Rapids. He started from below the Suspension Bridge, clad in a cork suit. He was buffeted tremendously in the boiling flood, and was finally killed, having apparently been dashed against some obstruction on the way. The man Graham, who made the passage of the Niagara Rapids a short time ago imprisoned in a barrel, has now made a second successful journey through the Rapids in a barrel. This time* how- ever, he had his bead outside.

I The Canadian Premier. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTIONS. IREUTER'S TELEGRAM.] REGINA, Friday.—Sir John Macdonald, the Canadian Premier, arrived here to-day on his way back to Ottawa. The stay in Victoria has proved very beneficial to his health. The Premier met with an enthusiastic reception throughout British Columbia. At New Westminster a flotilla of boats and canoes, manned by whites and Indians, carrying lighted torches, escorted the Premier's steamer up the Fraser river. Addresses were presented to him by the local authorities and by the represen- tatives of the Indian population. The inhabitants of the town of Vancouvei, which was recently destroyed by fire, sent their mayor to welcome him. The town is being rapidly rebuilt, and during the last two months it has nearly regained its former extent. Leaving New Westminster on the 16th inst., the Premier journeyed through the mountains, paying a flying visit en route to the Banff Hot Springs, which are acquiring repute for their curative properties. On the way from Banff to Calgary there were many loyal manifestations towards the Queen and the mother country.

SPAIN AND THE CAROLINE ISLANDS. [REUTER'S TELXGRAI[I. MADRID, Friday.—The Official Gazette this morning publishes the text of the Anglo-Spanish protocol, recognising Spanish sovereignty over the Caroline and Pelew Islands.

FRANCE AND THE NEW HEBRIDES. IREUTER'S TELEGRAM.] SYDNEY, Thursday.—H.M. gunboat Raven has arrived here, after having made several trips, cruising among the New Hebrides. She reports having found everything peaceful in these islands. The French troops were engaged in building huts at Havannah Harbour and Port Sandwich.

THE AMERICAN SOCIALISTS. {CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] CHICAGO, Thursday Night.-The jury trying the anarchist rioters have been sitting all night, but it is reported that they have now agreed upon a verdict of guilty. In that case it is stated six of the prisoners will be sentenced to be hanged, while Neebe and Schwabe will be sentenced to seventeen years' imprisonment.

HEAVY GALES IN TEXAS. [REUTIŒ'S TELEGltAI.l NEW YOKK, Friday. A telegram from Galveston, Texas, announces that violent westerly gales have prevailed there, and that the whole of the southern and south-eastern portions of the city are inundated. Apprehension is felt for the safety of families residing at exposed points, and for the shipping anchored in the roadstead.

THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION. r" STANDARD TELEGRAM.] ST. PETERSBURG, Thursday Night.-It is only to-day that the newspapers comment on the telegram relative to the recall of the Afghan Commission. The Novoe Vrtnvja, which has lately displayed even more than its usual hostility to England, believes in the news, in spite of the contradiction, and takes this first step of the Conservative Cabinet as a threat addressed to Russia, not with the vain idea of affecting that country's policy in the slightest, but with a view to averting public attention in England frcm Irish affairs during the Parliamentary vacation. The Afghan frontier question is merely a ballon d'essai in due order will follow Port Lazareff, together with Russian relations to Corea and China, and finally Bulgaro- Rnumelian affairs, which at present give promise of rendering direct interference on the part of Russia inevitable. In another article the same journal avers that since last spring one of tha chief aims of English policy, not only in the chief European political centres, but also in Turkey, Bulgaria, the Far East, Persia, and China, has been to increase distrust towards Russia on the part of friendly powers, and to endeavour to bring about misunderstandings between them and her.

DUELLING IN .FRANCE. [STANDARD TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Thursday Niglit.-The Due d Aumale has just been the unconscious cause of another duel, which fortunately has not had any very serious result, though both of the adversaries were wounded. Baron Harden Hickey, the editor of the monarchical comic journal, the Triboulet, was so indignant at the Due d'Aumale's name being struck off the roll of the French army that, not content with printing in his journal most sarcastical remarks on that measure, he resolved to open a private subscription to present the Duke with a sword of honour. By some indiscretion, one of the letters he sent round asking for contributions fell into the hands of M. de Lavertujon, tha editor of a Republican print called the Petit Centre. Of course the letter was at once published, accompanied with some very unpleasant remarks. There would how- ever, have been no excuse for a duel if Baron Hickey had not taken great offence at the remarks, and had not grossly insulted M. de Lavertujon in a letter which was published in all the Paris journals. he duel, whiah took place to-day I between these two gentlemen at St. Cloud, was more serious than usual. It lasted fifty minutes. M. de Lavertujon was first slightly wounded in the right wrist by his adversary's sword, but would not consent to the duel being on that ccount ended. At last Baron Hickey was wounded in his right side, and the doctors declaring that it was impossible for him to con- tinue the contest, the duel was thus brought to an end.

I THE DEBATES IN r PARLIAMENT. I PRESS OPINIONS. The Times of to-day says: —The Ministerial statements show that the Government do not ntenrt to treat the claims of social order as they were treated either under Lord Carnarvon's rule, or under Mr Money's. Of course their eneigy may evaporate in words, as the Parnellites console themselves by predict- in?, or may not sustain them through a period of anxious trial. If, however, the Government act up to the solemn pledges given yesterday, there are good grounds for hoping that the improvement in social order may obviate any need for extra- ordinary repressive measures. If there should be any hesitation or weakness in carrying out what has been promised, the Government will be held strictly to account by the nation. The Standard of to-day says :-We believe that among the leaders of the Liberal Opposition there is oc desire to embarrass the Government, and that so far as the followers of Mr Gladstone are concerned, no difficulty will be produced in the way of rapidly winding up the business of the session. The policy of inquiry announced by the Government last nigh't created some surprise among Liberal members, but it is felt that the Ministers must be allowed a full oppor- tunity of preparing and developing their proposals. It is generally anticipated in the House that the session will last for at least a month, and it is not expected that the debate on the address will be prolonged, but the Irish members intend to raise considerable discussion on the estimates which, under these circumstances, can hardly occupy less than a fortnight. The Daily News of to-day says :-Her Majesty's ministers are bent once more upon a policy of examination and inquiry. There will be a Royal Commission on the Irish Land Question, though both the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer are careful to state that the reduction of rents willnotbeconsidered. Lord Salisbury goes so far as to say that, if the tenants cannot pay the sums fixed by the Land Courts, the State, and not the landlords, must bear the loss. English landlords will soon begin to envy their Irish brethren if this principle is carried out. The judicial leaseholder should, in Lord Salisbury's opinion, be converted into a freeholder, and it seema as if the House of Com- mons will soon be called on to vote public money for the relief of impoverished landowners, Sir Red vers Buller will be sent to Kerry for the purpose of reorganising the police force, and sup- pressing the moonlight outrages. If it be true that B3,800 a year is spent in the personal pro- tection of Lord Kenmare, there is certainly good ground for believing the economic distribution of the police to be defective. Ministers are clearly sitting on the fence," and decline at present to come down on either side. The Daily Telegraph of to-day says:—On the whole the programme of the Ministers may be fairly said to have bettered even the anticipations of their friends. It is anything but the pro- gramme of mere inaction and stolid enforcement of the law which it had been represented in advance. It is, on the contrary, a manifold scheme of active beneficence, and not least so in respect of those well-conceived pioposals for the development of Irish resources which so naturally excited the noisy ridicule of Irish members whose trade of agitation they would, if successful, inevitably destroy. The plans of the iMinisters will meet, we believe, with the favourable consideration of the public, who will on the same grounds applaud the firmness of their refusal to listen to Mr Gladstone's plea for an abridgment of the Parliamentary recess. The Morning Post of to-day, commenting on the debate on the Address, says :—Mr Gladstone failed to adduce any reasons save of a purely speculative character why a session in August should be followed by one in October and November. He admitted that rent was now being tolerably fairly paid in Ireland, and as the prospects of the harvest are good there is no reason for anticipating increased trouble in the winter. Mr Parnell and his friends are of opinion that some legislative provision should be made to suspend the right of evicting non- paying tenants, but we can scarcely suppose that Mr Gladstone would give his support to such a suggestion, inasmuch as its adoption would lead to the suspension of the payment of rent through- out the country. Another matter on which the Irish party will dwell will ba the circumstances connected with the Belfast riots. The Premier and his colleagues paid a tribute to the constabu- lary force, which has been instrumental in main- taing the Queen's Government in Ireland. It will, howevei, be the duty of the present adminis- tration to consider the system under which the constabulary in Ireland at present exists. The Daily Chronicle of to-day says:—The proposal to send Sir Red vers Buller to Kerry, to restore order in that blood-stained area of crims is interesting, but fantastic. Unless Sir Red vers Buller is armed with powers beyond those given by ordinary law, we doubt if he wili make more of moonlighters than those who have devoted their lives to their suppression. In curious contrast to the weakness of the Government in tackling agrarian outrage and crime in the South of Ireland is the vigour with which Lord Randolph Churchill pre- mises to dragoon Belfast into order. He defended the violent conduct of the constabulary in Belfast with more zeal than discretion. He will not, we trust, object to a judge and jury discussing the charges of wilful murder which have been brought against a considerable number of them at coroners inquests, and we earnestly hope he will modify his intention of maintaining in Belfast the present force of constabulary till tranquillity is restored. The Freeman's Journal of to-day says :—Who can believe that the policy announced is a serious substitute for that which Mr Gladstone made an effort to carry ? Some of the Irish members were quick to point out that the declaration of the Government was a mere dodging of the question. This was evident from Lord Salisbury's observa- tion that their attitude was one of examination and inquiry. It should be one of immediate action, and they have afforded absolutely no reason why they should not be forced from their drivelling altitude of procrastination. The Irish Times of to-day sayi.-Tlie policy cannot be pronounced timid or artificial. Its scope is wide, its grasp strong, and its endeavour honest. We do not see why any- honest Nationalist should resist it. Why not accept this effort further to help the farming classes? The Dublin Express says: We commend Lord Salisbury's declaration that local government is an imperial, not an Irish question. The true process is to find what is required by the kingdom as a whole, and then give Ireland her share. We commend theMinistersbecause they have resolved upon a policy of administration. They may be bold and original in future. i

THE IRISH CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS. The Daily News of to-day states that the Loyalist or Irish Conservative members held a meeting yesterday and decided forthwith to move for leave to introduce bills relating to leasehold farms, the linen trade, &c.

SHOOTING A GAMEKEEPER. Thomas Wright, a notorious poacher, of Croston, near Widnes, was brought up at Prescot Police- court yesterday, charged with shooting with intent to kill a, gamekeeper named Fryer at Tarbock on Sunday night. Fryer saw the prisoner on some preserves and went to him with intent to arrest him, when Wright levelled his gun and shot him, no fewer than 65 shots penetrating his body. Fryer was too ill to appear, and the prisoner was remanded.

I THE POLICE OUTRAGES THE IN CARDIFF. i II On Thursday morning a very sensatIon paragraph appeared in the London 1JI.alf Chronicle and the Bristol papers tu te effect that the report of Mr John lit,dge,tile Government Comissioner for the inquiry into tbØ election disturbances at Cardiff, had been re- ceived at Cardiff, and a meeting of the watch coff* mittee called to consider it. The statement in itselt was distinctly false, as the report had not bee" received in Cardiff on Wednesday, as inferred '° the paragraph. So far from such being the case, we learn on enquiry at the Town Clerk's ofli06 this (Friday) morning, that even now the report, has not yet been received by the Cardiff authorities from the Home Secretary. Bn the enterprising Cardiff penny-a-liner Vfho furnished the information was not con- tent with circulating this canard as to the arrival of the report. He went further, alld stated that whilst the Commissioner exonerated the police, he condemned the conduct of certain gentlemen on the night of the outrages, as calculated to incite tbe crowd. Names were mentioned, and tb8 whole paragraph appeared to be circumstantially correct, so much so that the editors of the ne"S. papers in question were evidently hoaxed by it and considered it to be genuine. The Pifi Mall Gazette copied the announcement oU Thursday evening, and a local journal, this morning, goes so far as to find fault with the Mayor for his supposad reticence in not communicating the' information. As a matter oi plain fact, the report has not arrived, and the contents of it, therefore, cannot possibly b8 known.

+ AN EMPEROR AND HIS NEWSPAPERS. A visitor who has lately been staying at Bad Ems tells a characteristic story of the German Emperor. A great packet of journals arrive8 every day for the Emperor's reading. In order to make the reading as little burdensome as possible, a high court official is charged with the duty of looking through the entire heap of newspapers, and marking with red ink the passages which the Kaiser's private secretary is to read aloud to his august master. The Emperor one day took up one of the journals, and asked the meaning of the red lines with which it was profusely scored. Upon the secretary explaining the signi- fication of these red strokes, the venerable monarch said with a hearty laugh, Then, my dear fellow, let me beg of you, for once in a way, to read me everything in this journal which has not a red line underneath it."

A BIG MUSHROOM.—There is at the Post ofBoe* Caerphilly, a mushroom measuring 27 inches l* circumference. It was picked up by Mr WUli&O Lewis, Pontygwindy,

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A Youthful Demon. I MURDER OF FATHER, MOTHER) BROTHER AND SISTER. A special despatch from Topeka, Ks., says The trial of Wilhe Sells, aged 16 years, for the murder of his father, mother, brother and sister. will shortly begin at Erie; The youth of the criminal, the number and relation of the victims, the entire lack of provocation, tha manner of the killing, and all the circum* stances of the case make it almost unprecedented in the annals of crime. On the morning of March 8th Willie made his appearance at the farmhouse of a neighbour, Mr Mendall, and in an excited tone stated that a strange man had been at his.home during the night, and, bethought, had hurt his father, as he was lying on the floor with blood on his face. As this visit of young Sells WlIotf at one o'clock in the morning, Mr MeDdall questioned him closely. Willie said he awakened and saw a man standing in the door between the room in which Willie and his brother slept and the one occupied by the parents and sister. "I got my clothes off the foot of the bed and was putting them on when the man turned and looked at me and then ran out into the yard. I did not try to arouse my brother, and put on my pants and went into the rooin where my parents were sleeping to get my boottf and overcoat. I saw my father on the floor with blood on his face, but I thought his nose was bleeding, as lie was frequently troubled that way. I put on my boots and overcoat, and went to see if I could find the stranger. When I passed out of the door he was standing in the yard, but ran. I pursued him tor half a mile, when he mounted a horse held by another man, and both ran away as fast as they could go." Upon hearing this story,Mr Mendail accompanied Willie home. When they arrived the boy remained outside. Mr Mendall entered.procared a light, and was confronted with the mosG horrible spectacle that can be imagined. The floor was covered with blood, in which he fairly had to wade. The ceiling was bep,tt. tered and the walls stained. The old man seng was lying on the floor with the whole back part of his head crushed in, and his thioat cut so deep that his head was almost severed from his body. Near him, also on the floor, was the body of Nlr4 Sells, with her skull crushed and throat cut from ear to ear, and in the adjoining room, in the same bed in which Willie had been sleeping, was the body of Watie Sells, with a large gash in his forehead, one of his eyes chopped out, and his throat cut similar to the others. Mr Mendall found a large hatchet covered with blood and hair lying on a chair, and about a foot from the body of the father was a butcher's knife, v/hicii was also covered with blood. After a hurried examination, Mendall returned to the yard and told Willie of the crime. The boy said nothing, and manifested no particular feeling. H6 accompanied Mr Mendall to Mr Rice's house near by, where he went to sleep, or pretended to sleep, until morning. The officers made an examination, but found no trace of the stranger or horse tracks, although Willie's tracks were plainly indented in the mud. Returning to the Sells's house, a wash basin of bloody water was found on the stove, in which the perpetrator had washed his hands. It was discovered that Willie had washed his hands and wrists, but above the wrists blood was found on his arm. There was blood under his finger naillf also and his underclothing was considerably stained. There was a purse containing 200 dols. under Mr SelL's pillow and two watches hanging in plain slg-ht were undisturbed, so that there ia no prt lability that the crime was committed for the purpose of robbery. Previous to this horrible occurrence the boy had borne a good reputation, and to this day stoutly denies the perpetration of the deed, and affirms that if he committed it it was in his sleep or while his reason was dethroned. It is said that lie was a constan: reader of novels, and had several times expressed a desire to become a hero.

PRAYING SHORT. The modern rage for abbreviations, especially in the names of societies (says the Freeman)^ was strikingly exemplified the other day at certain women's prayer meeting. One of the sisters, who is very much interested in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Wotnan's Foreign Missionary Society, the Woman's Home Missionary Society, and the Woman's Educational and Industrial Union* prayed fervently, with a charming certainry that she would be understood—" Oh, Lord, bless the W.C.T.U., the W.F.M.S., the W.H.M.S., and the W.E. and I.U."