The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-12
FOREIGN.
The Irish Land Bill,

LONDON, Aug 1.-THE Times SAYS it has
been arranged that the House of Lords to-
morrow reconsider the land bill after leaving
the House of Commons and the bill will be re-
amendments of the House of Lords on Satur-
day.
The Daily News this morning says: Lord
Salisbury has issued whip to the Conserva-
tive peers inviting them to be ready to con-
slider the land bill as amended by the House of
Commons. The language of the whip implies
that the Conservative peers may be called up
on to oppose the action of the Commons in re-
iecting the more important amendments of the
House of Lords.
The Standard this morning says: If the
Lords decline to acquiesce in the rejection of
their amendments to the land bill by the
House of Commons, an unofficial conference
will probably take place between the Liberal
and Conservative leaders, and if this fails re-
course will be had to the machinery of a con-
ference.
In the House of Commons to-day the amend
ment to the land bill made in the House of
Lords-to omit the latter part of the clause
providing that where the land court is satisfied
that the act of acceptance by the yearly tenant
OF lease containing terms unreasonable or
unfair to tenant was procured by threat of
eviction or undue influence the land court
will declare such lease void, was rejected by
254 to 125. Goschen LiberaD and speaker
Brand voted with the majority and spoke in
The English Wheat Crop.
The Times estimates that with ordinary sum-
mer weather throughout August the English
wheat yield should exceed by SEQ, Geo quarters
last years crop.
The Bank Of England.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-The Times in its financial
article this morning says: We believe that
Italy has obtained elsewhere the amounts OF
bullion she requires at present, and the antici-
pated Withdrawals of gold from the Bank of
England on Italian account are at any rate
postponed. 1t is quite possible that a bullion
drain to America, may begin at any moment,
but at present, in spite of the withdrawal of
bullion from the bank on Tuesday for America
it cannot be said any drain has set in. The
bank directors will be, no doubt, prepared to
raise the rate OF discount quickly on the least
sign of a drain to America or elsewhere, but
with the cessation of the Italian demand, for
the present there appears to be no necessity
for any action at least in advance of the open
market
Tn eAmerican and the English Doctors.
The American delegates to the International
Medical Congress, which came to a close yes
terday, adopted resolution thanking those
whose Inequalities they. have received, and
which will strengthen the ties of friendship
between the United States and England.
The Campaign in France.
PARIS, Aug, 1.-THE GambettistlB elleville
committee have abandoned their announced
scheme of building vast temporary structure
in which M. Gambetta was to speak ostensibly
on the ground of the expense of the undertak-
ing, but really because of the growing import
ance of the La Croix and Revilions candidatsre
make it dangerous for M. Gambetta to face
bona fide public meeting at Belleville. He
attended two private meeting on the 18th and
10th insts., respectively, nobody being admit
ted without invitations.