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Show FOREIGN. By Cable. London, IS, midnight. In the house of lords Lord Oairns asked if steps had been taken to enforce neutrality. neu-trality. Earl Granville promised that the documents concerning the war would be laid before the house as soon as they were copied. In the house of commons .Mr. Ilar-court Ilar-court made an inquiry touching measures mea-sures for the preservation of English neutrality. Gladstone sai 1 the inquiry was premature, coming bei'ore the declaration of war had been made. While the premier wa- thus speaking a dispatch from Lord Lyon" was handed hand-ed to him announcing that the Ibrmal declaration of war had ben sent by the French government to Berlin. (Gladstone (Glad-stone then replied that all the papers would be submitted as soon as possible, and measures would be takeu looking to the preservation of neutrality in Belgium. Particular attention would be paid to the status of l-'I'ig'Tcnt ships in British port. After a discussion on th'1 strength of the army, during which IWnai Osborne Os-borne asserted that government was unable to put iO,'."..' men in the field, the hou-e adjourned. The trial of the Fenian con-pirut.irs, I'avitt and Wilson ha- conchi'led. They were convicted and sentenreci. I I'avitt to 16 years and Wilson to 7 j years imprisonment 'wtb hard lab'.r. ! Paris. ''.'. The mornii g journal' 1 say the Prus-iaijs Duw in iraii'-e j no: be espdl-'d fiom the orjntry i: : they observe a strict neut-ality. V' ' diplomat or t!i r ;'. ,r.-i vi'.i ' ! aihiwed in the 1 n-:i ') rviip. I I.a I.;;-rt', ,S 'L- 'J hi' :- j;'r-y. ! :iL.iii) givfs the f .-r.-'L prnrrruu!!-. Th' anny wi'! tir-t envr i J t is . U v.- ut ruii th' -lu'ir m stut .' -J ('ct many. I: w!l: then occupy nd fi.-li-ty Franki'iri; from this point it wtl ! we- p all the Prussian t-rrit"ry to th , l.Mt of t!,-3 Rhine. atJJ th-n iff Prisma by w-iy f Wetrphiiiv |