Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1884 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The British Parliament reassembled on the 23d of October. After the reading of the Queen’s speech in the Commons, Gladstone gave notice he would ask priority be granted the franchise bill throughout the session.

A purse of £1,500 was made up in Dublin, by the Lord Mayor and others, for the benefit of the family of the late A. M. Sullivan, A fund of $50,000 will be raised for the family of the late A. M. Sullivan by the Irish people. Mr. Trevelyan has resigned his position us Chief Secretary of Ireland, aud has accepted that of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a seat in the Cabinet, in succession to Mr. Dodson, who is raised to the Peerage. Mr. Trevelyan is succeeded in the Irish Secretaryship by Mr. Campbell-Benner-man, a Scotch member of Parliament, who has held a minor office. Mr. O’Brien and Mr. Harrington, two of the Parnellite members of Parliament, assert that they have proof that there was a conspiracy between the crown lawyers and the men who selected Dublin juries for the purpese of securing the conviction of persons charged with the Maamtrusna murders in Ireland.

A new Cabinet has been organized in Belgium with Bernaert, Minister of Agriculture of the retiring Cabinet, for Premier. It will be much more moderate than its predecessor. The Czar takes sides with the imprisoned Jews, and is reported as saying that any leniency on his part would bo a step in the right direction. His position creates considerable surprise. It is rumored that the English in-come-tax will be increased a penny to the pound sterling to defray the expenses of the Egyptian campaign. The British taxpayer is beginning to grumble. The ground of the battle of Austerlitz. is to be excavated on the strength of reports that the French commander burled chests there containing 1,000, ojo francs. King Alfonso has come to the relief of the poorer and unemp oyed classes in Madrid by ordering contracts fcr building 400 houses.

to be occupied by workingmen, and ten enormous Government school buildings, which will afford room for many hundreds of children. A monster demonstration against the British House of Lords took place in Hyde Park, London. Over 80,000 people were present. Speeches of a decidedly republican charat ter were mode. Lord Salisbury and the Tory leaders were vigorously abused, aud when the revolutionary “Marseillaise" was i layed there was tremendous applause. The demonstration created a profound impression at the Tory clubs.