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Show FOREIGN. t.ICK I I ItKI TAIX. London, U'i. Then) hs been an unusual increase of dementia among the inmates of the Liverpool work-hou.-e, which is attributed to the religious re-ligious excitement. In the commons this evening Sullivan Sul-livan said lie had been nssured by Marquis Hartington that a resolution would soon bo introduced regulating tiie position ol reporters for ttie press in the house. In iow of thiij promise lie said we would not carry out his intention of calling atteniiou to the presence of strangers. This was a great relict to spectators who had crowded the gadery in" expectation expecta-tion of an exciting debate in the Tichborne ense. After the transaction trans-action of some unimportant business Kueally riise and moved that a royal commission bo appointed to investigate investi-gate the circumstanced attending the Tichborne trial. In ft powerful .-peech in support of his resolution he alluded to tt.e growing disaffection at the re.-ult ol the trials and the manner man-ner in which they had been conducted conduct-ed by tiie bench. Nothing sort of a royal commission of inquiry would content the people of England, who ; were conviuctd justice hadn't beeu! done. He stated that he had re-: re-: ceivctl many letters from Americans to the same eflect. The discontent i n;- i grown into a torrent, which was p- ring over the land. The late t iinititry partly owed its downfall to us conduct in regard to the Tich burne C;ise. He asserted that he had p- siiive proof that Cniet Justice Sir A lexauder Cock burn, in society, while the trail was m progress, said he would give the claimant fifteen years' imprisonment-He imprisonment-He spoke severely of the Pittend-reigh Pittend-reigh forgeries, and stated that the claimant was unable to call more witnesses for lack of funds. The pen alties lor contempt had been directed araiUat Oil ft tiiiha WUmrejep wt re browbeaten, and the p irtiality of t-.e bench was patent throughout tiie proceeding. Kneally declared that be had sacrificed himself to his sense of honor and duty, ana had been irretrievably ruined in hi3 profession. pro-fession. He believed the motion before be-fore the house would never be renewed re-newed in its present form. It was impossible to predict the result. if an commission should be refused. Tue defeat of the motion would spread dismay in the country. He epoke three hours, and was followed by Whalley, who seconded the motion. Sir Richard Baggalley opposed the appointment of a commission for which there was not the slightest ground to justify it. The observations, observa-tions, he alleged, that were made by tiie chief justice were grossly niisun tiers tood and misinterpreted. Whalley remarked that the house seemed to be interested in the suppression sup-pression of all inquiry which would lead to an exposure of a Catholic conspiracy con-spiracy against the Tichborne claimant. claim-ant. Sir Henry James, who was attorney general under the last Gladstone ministry, denouncec the motion as an attack on the jury system, and declared de-clared the commission asked for was unprecedented. .Disraeli said Kueally'a speech was a tin ice told tale. The charges of misconduct against the chief justice were entirely unsupported. Alluding1 to Kneally he regretted thata talented talent-ed man, under a haluciuation, had destroyed his reputation. John Brtyht reviewed the evidence in tho Ticnho.-ne trials and declared that he could not but agree with the jury in their verdict. The motion of Kneally was then rejected by a vote of 433 to 1 aye. London, 21. Colliery owners ol South Wales have agreed to throw open the pits to the miners at a re duction of fifteen per cent, on the wagi s. A daily Xew.i dispatch from Athens says considerable excitement prevails over tue approaching elections. elec-tions. A state of siege is reported inipcr.diii:. Government has concentrated con-centrated 5,000 i-oldiers in Athens, and it is supposed intends to raise thi army to a war. footing. |