, 1881-09-09
u,,or of tho Irish Political
W. prisoners Held under Ar
bltrnry Arrest.
!. 1nperial Parties Each Now on
Nv It's Way to tho Fortress Of
Dantzio.
r,.nth diplomats Alrcady Casting
''>i freely Eyes OF tic Empire OF
Morocco
n.uotess Of Communists, Socialists, and
nihilista Called at Borne for
Qot, 23.

AMERICAN COMPETITION.

t}kf4A L LAW = <AAASF
AMERICAN COMPETITION.
toSpoS, Sept. S.-LoM Derby. III spcaH'ha
uson,hport yesterday, reierrct! to INC eoi'-
asimn % of England III connection with tho
sroion that our agriculture IS TO w &c
s.tnarrl By American coinpctitlot' nh!l our
aJt ,.,Ja b. protective duties. He snltl 'io !i.
sst at eeyeo Will, those viows. our '!'"tcrlal
wv uosDerity Ind received c'eck' bit 10 co'l-
ssSsrrd It only slscl' temporary i!tctuatlol'
,,inaiyituats Or nations are suo1eet 10.
1,tE METHODIST CpNFEftEScE.
Atthe meeting Of tho hiotho1ist Ee,a'nela.
t.I conference this morning. OIL mutton ol
,hs I,ey, Alexander Mncau!uy, 1t WIS fe-
vi si,ed that there should hc devotional exer'
,iv, TO show tho sympathy VI thu conference
Nth tho people Of Am,crlca, who aro tot'ay
,fstiug Up prayers for the restoration TO
tt,uh Of President 0nrtlcEa. william >.
] ilpn, Member Of Parliament, accordingly
|: ode,ed prayer, and I'LL appropriate hymn was
Afterwards sssnE. ,,t.z,
nlon Of tho llalld Of Cod iii Tho origin n1lA
noRress Of Methodlstl,. Tile American
d,hgatcs painted ont that tho spFeatl Or
ueholls1n in America Is atliud by It's ~
uukabo adnptabllity to tho tastes Of inc
American people.
On the subject Of aIetliodisln rs Power
utho Statc," tic principal featnre was tin
reading Of papers by colorel tlele2ates.
Ilo.sey pointed out tho efforts Of Mctlluuts!l
n tho direction Of education. lie saiA
| IethodIsn wins All elo,liy 0f Arlnll AMI atl
national OWLS, and that "tr.o Ncthotlsln
rs SYNONYMOUS with "tr,le intrlNt nnd citt-
,en" ]. G. prico (c6loreu) testified to tho
benefits tho AIetl,odlsts llayo conferred .pon
Africa, a,pl tho aid 1t las giycu to tlle so:'s-
ion Of tho negro question In Ahcricn. Mnr-
SHALT Of Vlcksburg, and 1lancy, OF Vlrei'ila,
followed. Alien, OF Calladn, nild Reid. nf
America, pointed out that oven the gigantic
statistics presented ut tho Conference 1Allctl
todo Justice to tho position OF afettIotl!s'n,
specially in A,llcrlcn, whero tiscir chlirch
recommendation cqualel TINT OF any other de-
nomination. Various delegates from Amer
la and elsewhere laid special CLAIM, to tho
freedom Of Methodism from the prctei'sioils
lul influence Ut politics.
/ 4 LIVERPOOL. HOLIDAY.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. S.-Touny IL n general
holiday, the occasion being tho visit Of tho
rtince and Princess Of Wales to open tlle
langton mud Alcxnndra docks. These nre
Athe extreme nortl. end Of tlle dock sys-
TEN, and are specially designed for tho trills-
slant!c steamer traffic. No market reports
tdaY
4 STEAMER WITH A HIsOKEN SHAFT.
Tho steamer Rochester, from Boston
Aug, q, for London, was spoken Oil tho 3d
inst With llor shaft broken. The Roc!!es.
Ter was IN good condition, aud llor cargo oi
tssila WIS doing well.
ELECTION FOR s1EsiHEli OF PARLIAMENT.
Dublin, Sept. 8.-Tllc election III tho Coltis
tyryrone to I'LL tie vacancy III tho House Of
Commons caused BY tie appointment Of Lyt
lon, Liberal, as n Commissioner under tllt
Land act, resulted In tho return Of TlonaA.
4. Dickson. The poll stood as follows
Thomns a. Dickson, Liberal, 3,10l; Col
Stuart Knox, Conservative, 3,070; tic REV
Harold Itylett, lIomc-llule, Parncll's candi
date, D0l.
A protest wns lodged in behalf Of Col
Knox declaring that tile ballot pape1s In tl,'
boxes did not correspond with tho return o
she presiding officer, aMl tho numGer Of vote
tiYen for each candidate by tho returning
'aees did not agree with the numbe
counted by tho respective agents.
KETTLE.
LONDON, Sept. 6.-Kettlo l,as issued MI all
dress from Kllmainllnm JUL as at,d-1.eugll
: saMldate fur Parliament for County Mon
asllan,
PROTECTION.
,The conference called ut Westminster: b
ne National Land League, alHl intended MS
demonstration III favor at fair trade prime
9'es' was very thln'y attcntlcd.
COMMENT,
The Pail 1ialt Gazette says: "rha wora
conclusion deduoibe from the late election
II lhNf fhn o,i} lin
efeht Of appeal to tho country be reduced b
oAaEaif or thrco-ilft.s. II tic Liberals nj
@ao!4 thelt own, their present apathy lnu!
Disappear"
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
aase been subscribed by Dublin merchan
~ guarantee fund for tlle exhibition
lf1sA manufactures.
THE WOOL. BALES TODAY
we're pI5o0 hales sold, comprising New Zc
nad Port Phillip. aud Capp. Falr slolllal,s
tases steady.
uohEPFIELD, Sept. 8.-The exports fr0
al''c ely to America of cutlery, rails, al
Me! Tot August show MI aggregate deerea
" ~. .Sa,oo colnpare.iswitl tho satne t,untl
.sssyear. untter tho head OF stcul uio,
@s1elsa decrease Of Et5000 III willis
'spoE's for tho sanle per!ot!.
, THE ynlsoSEns.
,s,' su,oA14S, Sept, 8.-Thrco suspects +" VIC
creased ss, Mt Galway aftor three nontlls' II
iGassoa1hent. -Four others were offered ,
10y 10y on signing conditional pardon. Il1
ITItaneu to lo SO. Father Sllcel,y IL
sas,. "us ohe-fourth Of tlla Imprisoned "sl
ss s'as afo III tic inllr,uory. Davitt Is
E'od health. tIa ,vna viai,nti {,v A rehI,tvI,