The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-07-13
FOREIGN.
Two Hundred Imprisonments I'm
der the Coercion Act.
END OF A REMARKABLE LIBEL SUIT.

LONDON, July 2--,over 200 persons are i'm
prisoned in Ireland under the coercion act
including one member of Parliament, one
priest, one magistrate, several town council
Tors and many poor law guardians.
A Remarkable Libel Suit Dismissed.
The interesting libel case of Wilberforce
against Philip came to an abrupt conclusion in
the Queen g Bench Division yesterday, by the
PLAINTIFFS counsel Withdrawing from the CASE
The plaintiff said she had been unfairly
treated Justice Sir William V. Field ordered
her to be silent or leave the court. All the
documents in the case were impounded by the
court with view to possible action ag linst
age ~, claiming to be the daughter of an
American Army surgeon, formerly resident
OF San Francisco and Indianapolis, but who
is now deceased, and the trustee of whose
property, named Perry Morton, she claims, is
still resident Of Indianapolis, sued Captain
Philip for SANDER and libel on account of steps
he had taken to detach his father from her in
huence. His father, an old man nearly so
years of age, had lost his own daughters and
intended to adopt Miss Wilberforce and leave
Tho defence, as outlined in Charles Russell's
speech and indicated in the cross-examination
OF the plaintiff, was that the plaintiff is an i'm
poster and adventures; that her whole ac-
ton; that she had formerly been domestic
servant; that CAPT. Philips communications
are true, and justified by the plaintiffs de-
ception OF his father, The plaintiff was
broken down under the cross.examination,
and the Withdrawal of her counsel, which was
threatened on Friday, is not surprising in
view of the revelations in Mr.. Russell's
speech.
The immediate cause of the withdrawal of
the plaintiffs counsel was the receipt of a
letter from Threop Morton of Indianapolis, in
reply to a letter from the plaintiffs solicitor,
saying that no such person as Perry Morton is
living there. Justice Sir William Field com.
mended the counseps action, and said it had
been shown, step by step, that the letters put
in evidence by the plaintiff were wilful and
gross fabrications for the purpose of carrying
out fraud The jury returned verdict for
the defendant, and Justice Field silencing the
protest of the plaintiff, ordered her to leave
the court.
Commissioners Under the Land Bill.
1t is surmised that the three commissioners
under the land bill will be Viscount Monck,
Justice Barrick of the Queens Bench, Ire.
Parliament for Dungannon, or Mr.. Shaw
(Home Rule), member of Parliament for Cork
county.
The Murderers Of Abdul Aziz.
A Oonstantinople dispatch to the Times says
the Sultan entertained the idea of having
Judgment in case of the alleged murders an
nulled by the court of Cessation but it was
represented to him that this would involve the
necessity OF new trial and the danger of fur
Their scandal. The Sultan then decided to
commute the death sentences.
An Insursent Band in Algeria Defeated.
PARIS, July pa tdespatch from aAlgeria
states that the insurgent chief Boru Amina,
with 1000 Arabs. twice unsuccessfully at
tackled the town Of Kreider the It'll inst. The
place was defended by companies of French
rifles. Boru Amina fed southeastward after
losing % men.