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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 86, 5 February 1881, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[Reuter's Special to Stab.]

London, February 3.

The Bill introduced by Mr. Forster, in regard to Ireland, is generally praised by the Press as being a tneasiire, in the right direction, and calculated' \o; effect the object in view.

In the debate in the House of Commons on the Irish Coercive Bill, Mr. Gladstone refused to agree to a compromise, which was demanded by the opponents of the measure, and insisted that a division should be taken. The Irish members have resumed their obstruction, and the debate continues.

At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, owing to the scandalous scenes which continue to occur in the House, the Speaker put a stop to the debate- Great disturbance thereupon ensued, and did not cease until the Irish members left the House in a body. There being still a quorum present, the Coercion Bill was then read a first time.

Later. In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Gladstone gave notice that he would propose that a maiority of three-fourths of the House, on a motion of urgency, should be sufficient to give the Speaker supreme power to suppress disorder. Mr. Gladstone's proposal was in view of the disturbance which took place at the previous day's sitting of the House.

Several mass meetings of Irish residents have been held in England, in order to express sympathy with then- countrymen.

A ladies' section of the Irish Land League has been initiated in Dublin.

News comes to hand that the Fenians have caused placards to be posted up throughout Ireland, setting forth their rights in inflammatory terms. The police have acted promptly, and destroyed all the placards which were posted up, besides a quantity for further distribution. The death of Anna Maria Hall, the Irish authoress, is announced.

Mr. Gladstone's physician advises, in order that he may obtain the repose he requires, that he should accept a seat in the House of Lords. His friends urge the same course, but Mr. Gladstone declines.

In the House of Commons Sir Charles Dilke, Under- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, stated that the question of holding a conference was no longer under consideration, but that it had been agreed that the Ambassadors of Powers at the Turkish and Greek Courts should negotiate in the matter ; and there was every hope that united action would bring about a peaceful solution of the frontier question. Mr. Childers, Secretary of War, states that the total reinforcements expected to arrive at Durban, Natal, by February 10th for service in the Transvaal, was 4,500. He added that the Boers had not committed any outrages, and would be treated according to the rules of civilised warfare. The steamship Norfolk left Plymouth on Tuesday, for Lyttelton. The severe cold continues. The Thames is frozen over, and an ox has been roasted on the ice at Twickenham. Consols, unchanged at 99J. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 50s ; New Zealand, ex sbip, 435. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 345. Paris, September 3.

Gambetta has been delivering speeches on questions of domestic policy and their peaceful tone, has given general satisfaction. '