The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-01
FOREIGN.
Foreign Bondholders.
ENGLISH MUTTERINGS AND IRISH
MURMURS.
Gossip About the French Election Bill.
Notes on Irish Affairs.

Notes on Irish Affairs.
LONDON, May 31-A dispatch from Cork to
the Times says about forty persons were in
iured in the riot at Mitchelstown on Friday
last. Complete order has been restored.
AT crowded meeting of the Land League
of Great Britain. held last night, it was re-
solved to hold a demonstration against tho CO.
ercion act in Hyde Park on Sunday next
The Times says it is believed that the Irish
executive has strongly represented to the Cab
met the necessity OF adopting measures for the
suppression of the Land League. If the League
is permitted to continue its work it will bring
the masses of the Irish people into physical
conflict with the British Crown.
Discussion on the Land Bill.
The House of Commons in committee on the
land bill, tonight, rejected the amendment
limiting the right of free sale to tenancies of
and below $50.
Dillon's Health.
DUBLIN, May 31-At meeting of the
League to-day, Mr.. Sexton said he had visited
Dillon and regretted to find that his delicate
condition was seriously affected by incarcera-
ton.
The French Election Bill.
PARIS, May 31.-The Bureau of the Senate
have elected a committee on the Scrutin De
Liste bill, one member of which favors the bill
and eight oppose it. The bill, however, will
probably pass as the Senate, considering that it
not disposed to reject the principle of the bill,
but will content itself with rejecting the tenn
porary provision for increasing the number OF
Deputies In bureaux lis Senators voted
against the bill and II for it. There were 96
absentees and Is Senators abstrined from vot-
ing.
Going to the Races
LONDON, May 31.-In the Commons the mo-
ton by Richard Power in favor of the adjourn
ment of the House for the Derby was arried,
246 to 119 amid loud cheers. Wilfred Lawson
(RadicaD opposed the motion.
The Condition OF the Macedonia.
The position of the Macedonia, ashore near
Null of Kintyre Light House, is very criti-
cal. She is considerably damaged forward and
her foremost is gone by the deck. The wreck
is not approachable except from the seaboard.
Tug boats are in attendance and efforts are be-
ing made to float her; but their success is
doubtful The cargo is being discharged into
The value of the vessel and cargo is estimated
at 100000. No passengers are aboard the
steamer.
The Null of Kintyre is cape projectin g
from the peninsula of the same name into the
North Channel, which separates Scotland from
Ireland, at the mouth Of the Firth of Clyde.
English Holders of American Bonds.
The yearly meeting of the bondholders of
1868 was held to-day. The general tenor of
the speeches was to the effect that although
the bondholders had no legal claim on the
American government something might be
done if friendly appeal were made. The
speakers seemed to base their hopes on the
fact that the Bank of England still holds some
residue of the loan.
Miss O'Brien and the Germanic.
The statement of Mr.. Chamberlain, preSi-
dent of the board of trade, in the Commons
last night showed Miss O'Brien's charges un-
founded as to the steamer Germanic.
Foreign Notes.
Charles Smith, lumber operator on the
Mirimichi, has absconded. He is defaulter
for $4,000.
A Berlin bulletin states that in consequence
of painful outbreak of an old ailment Brince
Bismarck is confined to his bed.
Prof. William Dwight Whitney of Yale Col
lege, has been appointed a foreign knight of
Ordre Pour LIE Merite for his scientific attain
ment.
The London Telegraph announces that the
entry of the Cornell crew for the Henley re-
gatta may be finally accepted, but merely as
concession to international courtesy.
The water in the St. John IN. b. River is
falling rapidly and the timber drives which
are not yet in will be much impeded.
M. Seguln, correspondent of the Paris Tele-
graph, was killed by Arabs Saturday at Beja.
A Canso IN. 81 despatch says:-Monday, a
little before noon, more than 900 miles of the
cable having been buoyed, the Faraday got un-
der way for Lands End. Not fault was
found in the cable between the shore end land
ing and the buoy. The tests have been perfect