The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-02-15
ANTICIPATED OUTBREAK WHICH DID
NOT TAKE PLACE.
The Provisions Of the Land and Arms
Bills.

New YORK, Feb. IA London special of
Sunday night says: Gall day there has been
an uneasy feeling lest the public meetings
called to express sympathy with Michael Day
some serious disturbance. The public officers
in Downing street, it was said, were to be at
tackled, and they have been guarded all day.
Mr.. Gladstone left his official residence in
Downing street last night, it not being thought
wise for him to remain there over to-day, as,
in the event of an outbreak, that pa TT of Lon
don would be open to an onslaught of the mob
from the worst parts of Westminster. Nothing
beyond street noises and cries, however, has
come OF all this ferment. All the necessary
the leading Home Rulers in London, including
three or four members of Parliament, at once,
had there been any outbreak. The temper of
England is undeniably rising and growing
dangerously bitter on this subject
Proceedings in Parliament.
LONDON, Feb. 14.-In the Commons, Har-
court, Home secretary, in reply to questions
from the Home Rulers said the power to open
letters in transit is reserved to the Home Sec
Rotary for exercise in exceptional cases. He
declined to state whether it had been recently
exercised. Joseph Cowen, Radical, gave nc
tice of further questions on the same subject.
Condition Of Ireland Improving.
LONDON, Feb IA dispatch from Dublin
says: The social condition of the country has
further improved. The weekly rents of the
Land League are falling off. Tenants in
several districts are paying full rents to the
land ords. The Property Defence Association
is doing good work for land owners by attend
ing sales. serving writs, &c.
Efforts of the Land League.
A dispatch from Dublin to the Times says
the leaders of the Land League are now trying
to allay the apprehension of Irishmen by re-
presenting the coercion act as harmless At
meeting of the Limerick branch of the League
Mr.. Boyton stated that no one would be ar
rested unless he aided in or perpetrated any
crime The government, he said, did not con
template interference with the right of peace
able assembly and free speech, and it will be
perfectly competent for the League to criticise
public measures and the acts of landlords, but
the League should not interfere with legal
tribunals.
The Land and Arms Bills
LONDON, Feb 14.-The Standard saws there
is no prospect of land bill being introduced
before the first of March. 1t will consist of
two parts, one dealing with the interests of
occupying tenants, the other containing provis-
ions facilitating the purchase by tenants of
their holdings.
The chief provisions of the arms bill gives
the authorities power to search premises OF
persons for arms.
1t has been decided that those persons whose
signatures are necessary to draw on the Land
League fund shall keep out of Ireland when
the PF0tection act is in force.
Universal Suffrage in Italy.
ROME, Feb. 14.-The UNIVERSAL suffrage con-
vention resolved that delegates should pro-
coed to the capitol on Sunday, to present an
address adopted at previous meeting to the
Italian people, but the government prohibited
the meeting at the capitol. A meeting was
afterwards held at the Speresterio and mo-
tion was adopted in favor of universal suff-
rage.
Trouble in a Cretan Province.
GAMBIA, Feb. H.-In the Province of
Miracello the populace attacked the gendar-
merle who fired, wounding several persons.
All was quiet yesterday. A thousand regulars
have been despatched to the scene.