The Parliamentary Committee ap pointed to enquire as to the imprison ment of Mr E. Dwyer Gray,M.P., Sheriff of Dublin, has reported that Justice Lawson did only his duty in the case. Mr Seaton, supported by the Irish members in the House, purposes moving an address to the Crown praying for the removal of Justice Lawson from the Bench. A letter from the Pope was read in all the Catholic churches of London on Sunday, November sth, the occasion being the seventh centenary of St. Francis of Assisses. The Pope laments the dearth of Christian virtues, in the 19th century. The first annual report of the Irish Land Commission, made on November 14th, speaks of the indisposition of the tenants to purchase holdings, though a number of landlords are anxious to sell. The Arrears clauses of the Act are not put in operation +o the extent expected, and the amount of assistance applied for is insig nificant, considering the large sums " due to landlords. Agreements for fair rents between landlords and tenants without the intervention of Courts are increasing. Under the machinery of the Act the fair rent cases are being disposed of at the rate of 4600 per month. Labourers,; y are not availing themselves of the " Act. Davitt, at a recent speech at Aber deen, urged the Scotch 'farmers to , demand a decrease in their rents. He said they should claim the right to have an independent tribunal to arbitrate between them and their landlords, for he thought it possible to have conceded to Scotland the same right already granted to England. The fate of Professor Palmer, Captain Gill, and Lieutenant Charm- > ington has been ascertained. Accord- £[ ing to a dispatch from Colonel. * Warren dated Alexandria, October IGth, the whole party were ordered to be killed. They were tied to the edge of a precipice, and offered the alternative of throwing themselves over or to be shot. It is supposed that Palmer leaped off, and Gill and Charmmgton chose the other alter native. The companies who are promoting the Channel Tunnel have renewed their application to Parliament, accompanied by fresh plans. The Socialist Herr Most was recently discharged from prison in London, hav ing taken his proscribed paper — the Freiheit — to Zurich. 