Gladstone Defeated

hondón advises of the 9th inst, sav: Whilr (ine crisis was imminent, another lar more serlpue has burst upon us, and the government, whlch has weathered triumphantly rnanv votes of censura on matters where there was gronnd for reasonable dirterences of opinión luis uow been wrecked with tb:: rlght all on its Bldc, by a unión of clase Interesta, party hatred. The ocoasion was the debate on the amendment to the budget to tax wines. Tlie debate histed f nlly elght hoiirs, and ml the lunst exeiting of any wliich bas occurrcd Blnce the famous Bradlaugh delates. As tin bour for the división approaehed the exeiteni 'nt inereared til!, whcn Mr. Gladstone rose to olose the debate at 1 o'elock in themorning, the house wjs so crowded that man; membera were unable to find s :ate. Noí fi r a long time has Gladstone spoken with sueh vigor and so much of the old lire. He received not the Hghtest iiili rruption, in spite of his bitter thrusts at the opposition. The latter seemed completely cowed. Xo doubt Gladstone knew perfectly what the vote was going to be. This adil il eharpnesa to hls attack. Hls defense ol the budget was musterly of eourse, but when it eame the attack on the c mservatives for their tactics the house was rous'.'d into the greatest enthusiasm. The climax eame when, aftvr dwelling in almost a solemn manner on tne greatness of the national need for 11,00:),000 for the defense of the empire, of wbich the chancellor purposed to ralse only half by taxation, he paused, wayed his hand almost in the faces of the leaders on the opposite beneh and a íded wlth crescendo scorn: "And the regular oppoíitloo is so loyal; ditto, national; dftto, patriotie; ditto, (.onstitntional, as to reíase ds the money." The scène which followed LhÍ3 outburst beggars degcrlpt'on. Cheers and yells resounded and for 10 m'.nute3 ran lemontun reigned. The di.-patc'i savs: The mlalitry will resign, hut the conservad ,vs will lind their victory wor8e than a defeat. They must find mone} arrange the crimes act and settle with Russia, all in the face of a large liberal majority. The tax on tea whleh th.y propose would befar more unpopular than the tax on beer and spirits. Therefore th:'_v probably will refuse to take office. If they accept, the liberáis will nol be sorry to transfer all these trouble3 to theii shouldcrs. Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues met at noon and remained in session fully one hour and a quarter. The session is said to have been a stormy one. During the Bitting it is said that numerous accusations ano reeriminations were indulged in, lmt it was unanimously agreed that there was no altsrnatlve but to resign. Al 5 p. m., Mr. Gladstone annoonced the adjourn. ment of the House to go to Balmoral, to place his reslgnatlon in the quoen'a hands. It is the general belief that the conservatives will take office. Prominent members are urging the leaders to do so. The política! situaüon is viewed as very grave at this time, and the news that the cab toet haa decided to reslgn eaused much gloom in commercial and flnaneial cireles. Cholera bas ben declarad epidemie in Spain Hostili' Arabs made au atteinpt to wreek the Suakim Berber railroad. Anti-Jewish riots have broken out again in Vienna. Victor Hugo's funeral cost France 80,0000 francs. Sir Juliu9 Benedict, the famous musician and composer, is dead. Over 70 persons vvere killed by the wreeking of a train on a Rassian raflroad. Th EYencb chamber of deputies has voted 1.0L to impeac.h the Ferry iniuistry. Thirty Christian villajes in China have been burned by the fantical Black Flags. The Fresen w.r sWp Renard went down a few days ago wltii 150 men on loard. Late advices frim the scène of the earthquake in the valley of Casbmere place the numbaroi killed at 2;b. Aden, Persia, was vlslted by a disastrous cyclone recently. Greatdamage was done to propertv on laad and in the harbor. T'lnve hundreri hcmses, iilty shops and three u is in the Slambotu quarter M CoastantiQople were destroyed by ftre recently. One person was killeJ and inany wcre injured. Whole have been engulfed by the earthquakc in the vale :if Cashmere. The horrors of famine are add 1 to others,thousandsof bushels of grato in storage baving been swallon'i'd up in the opi 'ui: chasms. The Princess oí Wales is endeavorins; to bringabout a meeting of the Prlnce of Wale and the Czar oí Rnssia at Copenhaen. It is the hope of the Princess that a permanent peace may be secure 1 tl r lUghthe meeting. Astrong synd'cate, eomposing Baronesa Burdett-Curtts and othef benevolent persous, is formlng iu London to carry out t.'ardinal Manninii's scheme To foiuil a Gordon free state and pr BeiT th ■ NUe Ir :;i tae commerce of the world - a project to vvhlch the cardinal arged that the Grordon memorial fond be devoted.
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