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THE MOBimiK fRELAND rNDER THE COERCION ON CITY EDITION. NOTICE. re (Vat K-iters rotating to either business or editorial matters wiila.it iu any rme be addressed to individuals. LET TfiK. (By "Morning News" Special Wire.) (From our own Corhespovdest.) London.

Friday Jught I Home Rale on them is that they do conduct their Government in a very inexpensive fashion, but yet they think they could do better with a little less interference from the Imperial Government. Under the Manx system of Home Rule landlord and tenant get along admirably together, and such a thing as an eviction isabsolutely unknown there. The whole system, in fact, works smoothly, and although it closely approaches in every par near taat ir ueorge ireveiyan is to mane macje gfe Lepel Griffin, important speech next week in reply to Lord deut Rt tUe Cowt the Maharajah of Tw Maharajah of temptation to British officials desirous of a change to accept (service at Dublin Ctistle finds its latest illustration in the appointment of Mr. Henry Blake to the Governorship of Newfoundland. Mr.

Blake's firmness" in applying the Coercion whip is to be rewarded by his sympathisers with the post for which he is universally admitted to be unsuited, and his appointment to which will extort some sharp criticism when itcomt-s before the House of Commons. Sir Lend Griffin in much the same way would dragoon Ireland with that lively sense of favours to come which is said to be equivalent to a feeling of gratitude. His experience of bureaucratic cabals in India will stand him in good stead, but he knows little of the spirit of ftf juui communications should le addressed to ae Manager. Money Orders, ami Postal Orders to be ads payable to Mrnituf jVem account National Bank, or the Cashier, J. S.

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i i i In no caae does the Proprietor hold himself responsible for errors of any kind in a ordered for insertion in this Journal but where auy material error occurs he will either refund tlie sum paid or reinsert the advert isoment correctly at the option of the advertiser. AH advertisements received are subject these conditions and to editorial i.KVST, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1837. can do little more to-day than direct ai-ttioo to the important speech delivered in chester last night by. Ijord Harlhiton. i subject of several paragraphs in Press bearing the appearance of having en communicated on semi-official authority, the effect that in a short time Lord was likclv to follow the example or tloschsn, and do duty under tho command id Salisbury.

The head of the Unionists purely as a Tory. He defended tlie Government more zealously and more ti.c-T.-I ustitied denounced ubs; ruction, ilespised tlie minority in Parliament in that would have done credit to the out and oat Tory in the land. From tid the Government all its actions iisa. member of the Cabinet, and that for expression of dissent from tho Ministerial he must pay the penally of resignation, in his anxiety to defend his new allies ha befriended and done a service to his itients. There is no fear of his being any BX taken for a Liberal or for anything the landlord Tory lie showed liimself to So the Manchester Tory audience m.der- AND EXAMINES Hartineton.

In this speech he will, I am informed, make a very considerable advance in the direction of Home Rule, and the declaration will, I believe, enable him to take rank in future as one of Mr. Gladstone's supporters. Sir George Trevelyan is disgusted with tlie attitude of the Unionist leaders, which is making directly for the permanent subjection of tlie Liberal Party to the Tories, and though he looked in the beginning with misgiving upon some of Mr. Gladstone's proposals, I am told that a closer and more earnest stadv of them in consultation with L. i and other friends has led to an important mcui- fication of his original views.

Mr. Sexton has intimated to Sir Jamei Corry that he will not accept any alteration the Belfast Franchise Bill postponing the new election to the Town Council beyond next November. Sir James has stated, I hear, that if an amendment is not agreed to deferring the new election for another year both tho Franchise Bill and the Main urainage UiU Will be dropped. He mainraiuea that it ble and impracticable to noli a fresh election on the extended franchise as November. This is ridiculous, of course, because everybody knows that the present Parliamentary voters list could be immediately made the basis of a new burgess list, and that the process of excision which would be nec essary could be performed without any difficulty.

The Corporation, however, wants to die hard, and its friends appear to think that no price is too dear to pay for a further short prolongation of ita life. The price in this case will be the payment out of the private pockets of the members of the Corpora-turn of tho whole sum expended iu promoting the Main Drainage Bill. The members of the Cor -poration can save this tremendous mulct by instructing Sir James Corry to accept tho Franchise Bill as it has emerged from the House of Commons. Sir James Corry declares such acceptan: to be impossible, which shows what a desperate desire the Corporation have to remain othce, and what a craven fear they have of the new and larged electorate. I am informed that an attempt is beinjr made to point Sir Lepel Griffin the present British Re sident at the Court of the Maharajah Holmar of Indore to the office of Uader-Secretary for Ire land in place of Sir Reavers Buller.

Sir Lepej Griffin is now in London with tlie Maharajah, who has come to this country for the Jubilee celebrations. There is nothing improbable in tae report that the Tories are willing to give him office in Dublin Castle, for no one can fix a limit to their folly. But if he goes to Ireland it is well that the Irish people shoidd be promptly made aware of the sort of man he is. Hitherto his official experience has been among the Hindoos and savages, and it is no exaggeration to say that England has never sent to India a man who has displayed a more brutal contempt for the native races than he has. He represents the very worst type of Auclo-Indian official, and it is the haughty and overbearing insolence of men like him that England has to thank for the smouldering but intense spirit disloyalty that now working lar and wide amoLg the Indian peonle, and thnt xri'U limit fnrtli ours tn ninrrftnr'a aim I stood him and cheered him to the echo, and will come round the moment a favourable eppor- evf at clock a lor Oban re-tunity offers.

But if Sir Lepel Griffin hates tl.e to fau rday evening at half- (Br Morning News" Special Wat) FROM THIS MORNING LONDON PAPERS. THE PANIC ON THE AMERICAN STOCK MARKET. (' FINANCIAL NEWS" TELEGRAM.) New York, Friday. The collapse in wheat and coffee baa finally terminated to-day in what waa quite panic ia Railroad Stocks. This waa helped by failures of the National Bank and the Fidelity Bank.

The other case was the reported death of Jay Gould wliich caused a severe and senseless panic in pi ices. The rumour soon proved to I groundless, and was apparently manuiactured by the Manhattan Elevated. Missouri Pacific, TTnioa Pacific, and the Southern Stocks led the decline. The announcement in the afternoon of the failure of Henry Ives was tlie signal for a further raid, and outside of the break of December last made) to-dy tlie most exciting time ainee Black Friday. At the close Western Union waa down 3 per cent: Chicago and North 2 per cent; Chicago, Milwaukee, ana st raui, rimaaeipnia ana neaaing, with the rest of the list down in sympathy, opened at advance, to 25, ruling at about 7, and closing at 12 pel cent.

LORD BARTINGTON AT MANCHESTER, The Daily Neva says Lord HartingtonV speech last night waa not altogether consistent with that complete fairness to his opponents which has always characterised his public conduct He was speaking at a Liberal Unioniat demonstration, and was. of course, carrying out the function of Liberal Unionists that of preaching Liberal division, and ologising for a Tory Administration. It is a difficult task, and it leada even Lrd Hartington into somewhat ungenerous criticism. Lord Hartington says that the Liberal Party has talked in Parliament, and harangued outside on the Coercion Bill, but the country has turned a deaf ear to their advice. It is not the country, it ia House of Commons, and its Conservative and quondam Liberal majority, which has turned a deaf ear to the protests against Coercion.

The Standard says Lord Hartington refuses to creep back into the good graces of his former associates by leaving ma unionist coueagues in the lurch or by forgetting tlie reciprocal obligations of loyalty which bind him to Conservative statesmen. The settlement of the Irish Question on the basis ot the absolute and unimpaired supremacy of the Imperial Parliament is, in Lord Hartington's judgment, the only end woith keep The Daily Tt I' graph says The times are gone by when in consequence of the insufficiency of constitutional means of action, resistance to un just laws may have been not only a right but a duty," and Lord Hartington djes but apeak tlie mind of every sound Liberal in tlie country in declaring that he will be no party to any changes in our constitution or in our laws which are carried out or which are sought to be obtained by any other means than those of constitutional agitation and of fair Parliamentary discussion." THE COERCION BILL. The Standard says It is now probable that the discussion on the report of the Crimes Bill will be confined to two or three of tlie more prominent amendments which were shut out by the resolution of the House fixing a date for the close of the Committee stage. There is at present a general feeling on the Opposition benches in favour ot permitting the measure to pass without unnecessary delay, and concentrating attention i the Laud Bid. The Daily Neics says The action of Captain Plunkett in virtually superseding the Mayor of Cork is likely to lead to an energetic protest from the Nationalist members.

TEl.EC RAM.) Berlin, Friday Night. The weather being very fine, the Emperor that afternoon took his first drive for about a fornight. The appearance of his Majesty in the open air af tec protracted an indisposition, made a deep im pression on the immense crowd assembled in front of the palace, and the Emperor repeatedly and cordially acknowledged the continuous cheers with which he was welcomed. DAILY NEWS" TEHCItAM.) Berlin, Friday Night. In political circles here it is not believed that the diplomatic straggle at Constantinople will lead to any serious complications.

Should Russia ant France, it is argued, really succeed in preventing they ratification by the Sultan of the Egyptian Convention, England, owing to the position she occupies) in Egypt can well afford to regard the matter with perfect equanimity. She has by her negotiations with the Porte shown it ia considered that she is earnestly desirous of coming to an understanding on tlie subject. If her endeavour should be frustrated at the eleventh hour bf France and Kueaia, she will not hesitate to pro ced as she thiuks fit. with or without the agree ment of tlie Sultan. THE SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT.

CHRONICLE TELE 0 RAX.) Paris, Friday Night. The action of the English police in the case ot Mdlle De Campos ia being watched here with in teres t. Sen or Case, the Councillor of the Spanish Embassy here, tails me that Ruben Donadeu is lawyer. He has been chiefly known as political agitator, and was a Deputy during ahort revolutionary period. He wanted to marry Mdlle De Campos himself, and the abduction waa directed chiefly against him.

Madame Bond usetul auxiliary. frobaQly unless some acident arises the matter will cease to ex cite interest. From what I hear, however, tbe De Campos fortune is likely to cause a great deal of litigation, and Miel vague will soon have aa opportunity oi snowing tnai ne is a SPORTING PROPHECIES. DERBY MEETING ThTsDay. (FROM THE "SPORTS Rangemore Plate Archerasa Needwood Plate Dulcimer or Mellifont Isthmian Welter Ironclad Doveridge Cup Roodee or Spot Darley Selling Plate Fernando Selling Hunters' Lady Frederick Osmaston Stakes Satiety (FROM TBS SPOBTTNO Osmaston Plate Satiety Selling Hunters' Soudan Isthmian Welter Ironclad Darley Plate Fleetfoot Needwood Plate Mellifont or Forbidden Fro Rangemore Plate Archeress Doveridge Plate Button Park (from the daily tsxeoraph nowc.

Rangemore Plate Maidenhair filly Needwood Plate Dulcimer or Mellifont Doveridge Cup Oaf ton or Spot Darley Plate Fernando Osmaston Stakes Satiety Razors. Easy ahaving assured by aainf the Bell" Razor, Registered, as sold for fifty Jers rice 3a. Fur a stiff beard titin Baser ia MSB commended. Our Gersaan HtJbammwmmmA ag visible Edge" Baser a keen always used; made in two aasea anSs sjad SsaaV oyposc ir ml me day. Tl Belfast.

WLtUAM, CuUsr, SIR LEPEL GRIFFIN. (from a correspondent). hear from a Lucdon friend attempt Tudore, to some high official post in Ireland, this gentle man qualifications being his practice among Hindoos and savages, and his servile obedience to hi employers. It will be remembered that he accompanied Lord Lytton to India, and waa that Governor-General adviser. It is said he had secret instructions from the Tory chiefs to induce Lord Lytton to bring on the Afghan tt ar.

Sir l.ep?l Griffin is now iu London with th Maharajah, and it is said he is most anxious quit his service for Da'iiiu Castle, and is bidding high Cm Unionist support, wliich his educated talents enable trim to utilise for the benefit of self and employers during the pandemonium corruption and tyranny this Salisbury policy is about to inaugurate in Ireland. 1 hope you will call attention to this intrigue, anj nve our country from this cast-off Indian jntrij-uer, for whose absence the Maharajah ia su a iocs to be allowed to pay a largesum, provided mattcrs can be managed discreetly and with regard to conventionalities. THE COERCION BILL THE NEW BATCH OF AMENDMENTS. London, Friday. The amendments which will be moved on tl report stage of the Bid were issued this Mr.

John Morlcy will move that the Act shall have no force after three years from tlie di passage. Mr. Dillon will move an amendment of Clause 2, which late to punishment by summary jurisdiction, tc I'olcc. baOiflS and process-servers wh iu the execution of their duty may be fiuilty of Mr Healy will move another amend applying the provisions of ihe same clau magistrates, who in the holding of inquiries i the first clause shall use threats or menao lor bribes, to any witnesses summoned before M'Cartan and Mr. Matthew Kenny will move amendments to Ihe same effect iu regard to Crown Solicitors and other officers of the Government who mav violate the law.

Sir. Harrington will move to include within tli of ho i anv laTulh.iu ho deprive a tenant of the right of turbary, right of takiiiEr seaweed, or of any other right ordinarily exercised by him iu consequence of the doing by such tenant of any act which he had a legal right to do. The Chief Secretary will move a large number of amendments, most of which are consequential on the promises extorted from the Government during the debates in committee. EXCURSIONS TO THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. Details with regard to Messrs Burn' new passenger service between Balfast and th Scottish Highlands appear in our advertising columns tc-day.

The new route is certain to become very popular, since the tendency of the time is largely in favour of davlight trips Channel. The Messrs Burns announ. 5 aurt August, the Royal Mall Steamer Hare and promised successful also provided for, and if the arrange- at all on the scale of completeness that usuahy distinguishes the management ot tmshrm we may hope that the service will prove a boon af1 no inconsiderable importance to a vast section of those who can spare a day or for an enjoyable trip. Public interest be directed chielly to the Oban excursions, the throueh tickets will enable passengers to Stafl'a and Iona, Glencoe or Lough Awe, on the Saturday moraine, reaching Oban in time for the sailing to Belfast the same evening. The fares are remarknbly cheap when the extent of the journey around tlie Highlands is taken into consideration, and we have no doubt the experiment which is about to be tried will result iu a permanent service during the summer months in years to come.

We are given to understand that Messrs Burns mid the Harbour Commissioners on the question of dues to be charged in relation to the daylight sailings. The matter will probably be settled at the next public meeting of the Commissioners, when we trust the decision will he such as to encourage an important development of enterprise which promises to confer advantages on tne people ot tseitast, and, inaeea, we may say on those in the North of Ireland generally. CHARITY SERMON AT CARRICKFERGUS. As already mentioned in these columns a charity sermon will be preached to-morrow in the Catholic Church of St Nicholas, Carrickfergus to aid in defraying the heavy expena incurred by the renovation of tl church, the erection of a presbytery, and the tension of schools iu the The preachi will be the Very Rev Father M'Laughlin, whose reputation as a pulpit orator will be iu itself an attraction to mauy of the faithful in the neighbouring parishes. The Missa Cantata will commence at 12 o'clock.

A special choir will be in attendance, under I lie leadership of Mr. Howling. A special train for the convenience of Belfast visitors will leave York-road terminus at 11-20, calling at Greencastle, Whiteabbey, and Oarrick Junction, aud arriving in Carrickfergus before 12 o'clock. The return train will leave at 2-40 m. The Railway Company have kindly consented to grant return tickets at single fares.

We have only to add that it is seldom the Catholics of Carrickfergus appeal to their brethren in other places to assist them in parochial work. The necessity tor the works undertaken by Father Quin will be acknowledged by all, and we trust the gathering to-morrow will demonstrate to the respected pastor that his zeal for tlie welfare of his flock is appreciated in other parts of the diocese where Catholics have fewer difficulty a to contend with than in Carrickfergus, As the weather promises to be hne no more enjoyable excursion could be experienced than a trip to Carrick and bacic. London, Friday, The Morning Pott Berlin correspondent says The National Zeitung aays that Lord Salisbury has invited Russia aud France to formulate counter proposals with regard to affairs in Egypt. THE POPE AND IRELAND. Roue, Friday.

Monsignor Persico and Father Gualdi lei Rome to-day on their mission to Ireland to port to the Pope on the state of affairs there. Belfast Mining Comt-ant A meeting of parties interested in this concern waa held yester day in connection with tlie winding jp The pro ceedings, however, were of a private character. Families and Gentlemen desirous of residing in Dublin during he Winter season, en pension, will find at tlie Grcaham Hotel all the comforts of home aud the tariff most reasonable. Advt, Sight is Priceless. The greatest care should be taken in the selection of spectacles, asaightloat never returns.

Every condition of impaired vision proper ly suited at this establishment at prices about one half less than usually charged. The Eclipse Shil ling Spectacle is tlie finest ever sold at this price, the better quality are Periscopic, and range from 2s to Ss tid per pair; tlie best Pebbles procurable at 6a 6d! a second quality 3s Cd. Thomas M'Lellan, Optician, Castle -place, Belfast ticular tlie system which Mr. Gladstone would have introduced into Ireland the Manxmen are loyal to the British Crown. What a lesson this Manxland teaches our Tory rulers and their hybrid supporters, the Liberal Unionists, who would fain make Ireland happy by fetters I But British brutality will not succeed, and Ireland, though bouud hand and foot she may be, will continue the struggle till the last galling link shall have been broken, and she stands entitled to legislate for herself to make those "better laws" of which it is now the Manxn privilege to boast.

It is intended that the constabulary force in belfasi shall lie in wait for the wily criminal with a bicycle at hand. The quest: is siW'esteU by the presence in the Ormeau Park yesterday evening of a stalwart member of the force bestriding a bicycle through paths in which, by a recently-passed bye-law, bicycling is forbidden to the general public. If urgent official affairs demand the practice ot the two-w Heeler lor the capture ot present or prospective criminals, well and good, but, apart from that, it does seem as incongruous to see a constable stiffiy practising to break a bicycle record as to behold a bronzed veteran of the army staggering beneath the unaccustomed burden The North-East Agricultural Show was brought to a conclusion yesterday in splendid wcatiier, tne excessive neat ot the sun ren dering the isistvettoti the different art- uients by visitors something less than a pleasure. It can scarcely be said with accu racy lie smo was an improvement on foimerexhibitions. Neither theentnesnor the class of exhibits were up to the average, but the agricultural depression which xists Irelanu and the tmsfttl-M state of tho farming classes, the show may ne pronounced a success.

The arrangements were most satisfactory, the convenience of exhibitors and the comfort of visitors being well looked after. Altogether the promoters of the show are to be congratulated on the result of their offorts to encourage enterprise i uepar to wmch tt: attention was directed, and a word of praise is due to the secretary, Mr. (. Lt timgham, for the businesslike way in which he superintended the arrangements. Mr.

De Cobain had an unusual question on the notice paper for last night which dealt with a subject of some local interest. It was to know from the ChiefSecretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if his attention had been urawn xcesst I naln inlheted upon a man named John M'Crea, of Bnllynafeigh, Belfast, for refusing to give his name to a tram mtitetor, v. was tinea with the alternative of two and a half months' imprisonment; whether the Resident Magis trates, by whom the line was imposed, enjoy the m-ivilesre of travelling free bv the trams at present and whether the bye-laws which prevent overcrowding of tramcars in Belfast a i ie iu 1 in 1 ti police force have been largely favoured wdth free travelling by those who have the management of the tram service in Belfast? The question does not appear to have been put, and there will be much curiosity to know what caused the Member for East Belfast to hold his hand after going so far. tt isslaiad on reliable autlioritv that the Holy See has been pleased to nominate the Very Rev Father Flood, Prior of Tallaght, to the Coadjutor Bishopric of irinidau. The intelligence will oe receiveu with feelings of delight by the numerous admirers of this holy and hard-working Dominican, and nowhere will it meet with so much approbation as in the North oi Ireland.

Father Flood in his capacity of Prior of the Church and Convent of his Or tier at Newry for upwards ot three years displayed a missionary zeal and loving re-trurrl for tho interests of the Catholics of Ulster which few are likely to torget. His appointment to the Tallaght House on the death of the lamented Father Tom Burke was a soecial mark of favour, indicating the value set upon his services by the heads of the Dominican organisation. To his lot it fell to complete the Burke Memorial Church, and his visit to the vinees in aid of that great i established a keen sympathy with the labours of the Fathers both in Dublin and elsewhere. As a nreacher Father flood stands front rank of an Order distinguished for the pious fervour wLh wliich it commands the hearts of the faithful, and those who heard his appeals on behalf of the Memorial Church will not easily let die the memory of some of the most touching words ever addressed to the generous instincts of Irishmen. His elevation to the Episcopato come as a graceful recognition ot noble and enduring toil, and the oualities which adorn his character are sure to gain for him the respect and esteem of his Episcopal brethren.

Father Flood, it mav be added, is the second of the Dast Priors of Xewry who has been raised to the Episcopate. The first was the present Bishop of Cork lr Callagnan. The death-rate last week in the sixteen town districts of Ireland was 23'3 per ,000 of the population. Tlie deaths in each of the several towns corresponded to the following annual rates per 1,000 Armagh, 207 Belfast, 237 Cork, 22-1 Progheda, 254 Dublin, 266 Dundalk, 21-S Gal way, 202 Kilkenny, S3 8 Limerick, 17'5 Lisburn, Londonderry, 21-4 Lurgan, 5-1 Newry, 2P1 Sligo, 241 Waterford, 18-5 "Wexford, S'U. Among tlie 102 deaths from all causes registered in Belfast are 1 from scarla tina, 4 from whooping-cough, 1 from diptheria, 2 from entric fever, and 4 from diarrhoea.

Eelfast Youso Ireland Society and thb Lord Mayor of Dublin. The address presented to the Lord Mayor of Dublin (Mr. SuUivan, P) by the Belfast Young Ireland Society on the mubn Ids recent visit to Belfast has been neatly engrossed by Mr. Kilmartin, Rosemary- Frameworks. Roval-avenue, the SuUivan Arms forming a striking surmount.

Tho address will be lorwaraea 10 uuouu Theatre Royal. The last performance of Mr. Bourne's successful drama, "Man to takes place tin's eveninir. On Monday the celebrated Midget MiuUtreU open an engagement We have seen the programme, and if ho troup. ything like what it is said by the Jb.nghsn Press to be we can promise all who visit tlie theatre during next week a treat of rare excellence.

The performance will conclude each evening with an American sketch. IRISH JNATIOWAL L.BAUUB Dtl.f AM MHUBJ It will be seen by our advertising columns that a meeting of the lady members of this branch will be held on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the ntfiraa. 8 Oueen -street. It is announced that the meeting will be addressed by Mr. Brady ami other gentlemen, ana as tne ODjeeB is an important one, it is to be hoped that tlie attend ance will be large Special Show of Overcoating in the newest shades.

Four cutter fully employed, Fbakcis Cuai him in no part more forcibly than where he expressed his rm resolve to stick to the Torie3 ad hold out against Mr. Gladstone and jainst all reconciliation. Mr. Chamberlain enraged if Mr. Gladstone speaks of so is Lord Harrington.

There is prospect of it, he exclaims, and there tnnot be until Gladstone surrenders, there will be no surrender. Very good rogress has been made since Lord Harring ton joined the Tory Party. He is regarded Liberal no longer, and while that gentleman may think he will tiro out is opponents by sticking to tho orlcs and keeping them from falling, he will nd that it will be the Liberal Unionist con-ituents, who want reform and cannot get it, ho will tire first. Like his friend Chamber lain, who is, however, too jealous of him to a the same platform, he too goos in for a Party that will swallow up all before Irish Nationality if lie entertains the belie! that the same tactics which served so long keep in subjection the people of India would be equally successful in Ireland. As good men as Sir Lepel Griffin have had to confess that British dragooning in Iteland was failure, and should the rumours regarding tins gentleman prove true now he will luivo to mako the same confession liimseif.

The Tecent elevations to the Peerage have occasioned a number of vacancies in the House of Commons, and caused not a little political speculation as to the probable result of the contests which are now about to take place. Of course the Government in making its selection studied well the security of tlie constituencies, and the seemingly small amount of trouble which would be involved in returning candidates of the true Tory complexion. Tlie vacancies arising from the Jubilee honours are for St Ives Division of Cornwall, Basingstoke Division of Hampshire, Hornsby Division of Middlesex, and Coventry. Sir John St Aubyn, who sat for St Ives, is a Liberal-Unionist, the other three are Conservatives. The result of tlie elections may not prove uninteresting in the present condition of affairs.

We find that last year the Unionist majority for St Ives was 2,507, tho Gladstonian Liberal, Mr. Samuel Barrow, polling 8S3, not by any means a formidable or dangerous member. Mr. Sclater-Booth had a walk over at the last election for Basingstoke, the Conserva- I tive majority in 1885 being 1,579. There I was no opposition shown to Sir James I M'Carel Hogg's election hist year for Hornsby, and the fact that in 1881 the Con-' servative majority was would seem to present it as a safe constituency for the Tories.

The Coventry election was by far 1 and away the closest of the lot, Mr. Eaton's majority being 435 at the General Election and i 2.89 in 1885. It will be seen, therefore, that with regard to those whoso elevation has just been announced the seats are con- sidered very safe bv the Government. All were returned by large majorities, and the expectation, no doubt, is that a similar con dition of mattors will be found to exist after I the coming contests. The vacancy in the Spalding Division of the polling for which is fixed for the 1st of July, arose in consequence of the death of tho Earl of Winchelsea and the elevation to the Upper House of Mr.

Finch Hatton, who carried the division last year by a majority of 2S8 against the liberal candidate, Mr. Halley Stewart. But his majority at the General Election of 18S5 over same candidate was only 7S. Stewart has again fearlessly entered the field, and gives promise of fighting a stiff battle with Admiral Try on, who comes for ward purely and simply in the Conservative interest. It is to be regretted that better opportunities are not afforded for showing the direction which political thought i tending.

But they will not be altogethe uninstructive, and must show whether tin constituencies affected are as thoroughly in accord with tlie present brutal policy of the Government as they were with it3 less vindictive programme. The constituencies will have explained to them the position of poli tical affairs. They will have an opportunity of supporting either the policy of Coercion for this country or a policy of reform, for the two all-important subjects which they will be asked to vote upon must be Coercion and Home Rule. The situation we are inclined to think, has chanced since the General Elec tion, and the prospects have become brighter for Mr. Gladstone.

The brute-force policy adopted by the Government cannot in the end commend itself to the great majority of the English peopl e. tw-l- na contented with Home Rule as Ireland is discontented without, it." These are the words of a special representative of the Pall Mall Gazette, who has, during a recent visit to Manxland, been interviewing some very fennnrtarifc neonle there, including the Speaker of the House of Keys and the Lieutenant-Governor of the Island on th Vlnma Tinle. And in thus expres I sing himself he surely says what is fraught with weighty meaning. Irelana is seetmng with discontent, wretched and trampled upon as she is without Home in the Isle of Man all things get along in the very happiest fashion. "I suppose, Mr.

Taubman," says the Pall Mall interviewer to the Speaker of tho Manx Parliament, that Home Rule is popular throughout the Island?" "Very popular," replied Mayor I aubman. venae moAn own laws from time immemorial, and better laws, we are disposed to the House of Commons coulu nave jnaae for as." The Lieutenant-Governor, who is an official of the English Tory Government, also expressed himself in favour of Home Rule, and stated that it worKeu in tne xsiauu uikb to the satisfaction of the Government" (tho Imperial Government) 'and the people." And so it was witn otner far as the Islanders them ninmmed. why. they are not only pleased with Home Rule, but they desire more of it, and the editor of the Manx Sun, a Tory organ, exclaims, "Left alone, we could work things half as cheap again." One of the blessings already conferred by but lie knows very well it would not work. may keep the Tories a little longer in but that is the most it can do.

Im: information which we publish in another oolumn as to the intention of the Government to give Sir Lepel Griffin a position of importance in Ireland will not take the people by surprise. They are prepared almost for anything now once the reign of Coercion is inaugurated. It is a well-known fact that the outlook under the new regime of Coercion is anticipated in official circles with grave alarm, and as the operation of the Code will be made as stringent as pos- perhaps, as well that we should be native races ot India lie hates tho Irish race still more. No English writer of recent times has made more virulent attacks upon tli His hate is not confined to the Nationalists: it extends to the Irish race as a whole. Some of vour readers may remember his vile articles in tlie Fortnightly Beview four or five years ago, trying to prove that the Irish people were no better than savages, and that they had for centuries been a stumbling block and a hindrance to the spread of Anglo-Saxon civilisation.

A person who holds t.iese views about the people of Ireland, may hi the eyes of a Tory Government be a first-rate man to govern them, but the Irish people will be excused ll they give notice vance that they will not lie as meekly as The Government have blocked Mr. Sexton's Irish Local Bankruptcy Bill, which is down for the second reading on Monday night. Considering that Ministerial promises were made over and over that if this question were taken in hand by a private member there would be no opposition from the Government, it is, to say the least of it, rather shabby now to obstruct Mr. Sexton in his effort to procure Local Bankruptcy Courts for Belfast and Cork, and for any other part of Ire-laud where the state of business might justify them. Still meaner is it to block the Belfast Licences Bill, in regard to which Sir Beach distinctly stated in the beginning of tins Session that if it were brought in by a private member the Government would not oppose it.

The Government have not themselves blocked this Bill, but one of their followers, an English member, has done so, doubtless with their knowledge and sanction. Assuming that the report about the Jubilee honours for Mr. Haslett and Mr. Ewart turns out to be correct, Mr. Sexton will ask the First Lord of the Treasury- on Monday whether, the selection of the late member for West Belfast and the present member for North Belfast for Jubilee distinctions, her Majesty will confer any mark of her favour upon the members for South and East Belfast.

Messrs Johnston and De Cobain. The offices of the Irish National League of Great Britain will from this date be at 26 Great Smith- street, Westminster, instead of Palace Chambers, as heretofore. The new premises, which are very commodious, will also accommodate the Irish Press Aeencv. The House of Commons waa without incident to-day. All the morning sitting was devoted to the Coal Mines Regulation Bill, and at tli intr siftine members were too wearv to appearance, so the House was immediately counted out The return of evictions in Ireland for the quarter ended 31st March, 1887, of which I sent you a full abstract last month, was issued to members of Parliament and the public today.

We publish to-day the prospectus in which the West Argentine Gold Company, Limited, set forth the advantages to be derived from investment the part of their estates known as Cerro Yslle. Valuable information has been received from the property, and it is the object of the Company to ot a gent i wnose acquaintance wna previous discoveries wm oe a guarantee oi- soundness of tlie undertaking. The subscripts list opens to-day and will close on Tuesday next. St John's Day in Belfast. The Masonic brethren in Belfast celebrated St John's Day in usual way.

A special service was held in St George's Church in the evening, there being a large attendance of the brethren. A sermon appropriate to the anniversary waa preached by Kev 1 uampDeu, u. Intermediate Examinations. These examina tions conclude to-day. The attendance of can didates in tlie different centres in Belfast has been satisfactory from the outset, and the centre superintendents have co-operated to the best advantage with the General Superintendent (Professor Park) in carrying out the Commissioners' arrangements.

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Towels, and Manufacturers' Samples oi tlign Ulaea Hoots ana Mioes VBuea at au Dana oiuiaingt. 24640 lC9 fortified with the assurance that in the tlestruction ot our lioertiC3 mere iu vvuu luke-warm despotism. The transportation of Sir Hamilton, and other things that have occurred since then, show that the Tory Government are far from being on lafe ground, in their own opinion, when they want to perpetrate a series of unconstitutional manoeuvres, and the reported selection of Sir Lepel Griffin to assist in the "Unionist" method of Government would be p. stroke of policy worthy of the statesmen who are privileged to rule in these days. Sir Lepel Griffin is tho British Resident at the t'Court of the Maharajah of Indore.

His is briefly outlined by our corre-ipondent, but apart from what he says the striking point for consideration by the Irish tte is that he has never had any experience rth mentioning of tho working of repre sentative institutions. He is a stranger to Ireland a stranger almost to England, his career being confined to tho Lastern despotisms, and his associations in the Courts of her Majesty's Oriental Dependencies, where Parliaments or representative institutions are unknown, brand him as utterly unfitted for a position in the Executive Government of a country where popnlargovernment is supposed to have made rapid progress during the icto- fian era. The choice, if it is to be made, however, is a good one from the standpoint of the existing Administration, and will help to confirm the Liberal electors in England, Scotland, and Wales in the impression that Ihe Union can only be maintained by an abrogation of all the civil rights which are tfa glory of the British Constitution. The.