The Portland daily press., 1881-01-10
EUROPE.
ParneIl and His Associates D efying
Parliament.
COERCIvE MEASURES TO BE STOUT
LY RESISTED.

New YORK, Jan. S.-A London special says
Mr.. Parnell and such of his indicted Irish fel-
low members of Parliament as have arrived
there are apparently as firmly intrenched in
the House of Commons as the most loya; En-
glishmen on the floor. The fact that they are
ON trial before the Court of Queens Bench in
Dublin on the grave charge of conspiring
against the peace and dignity of the British
Crown does not seem to strike them as q seri-
GUS matter at all, and they have challenged
the government to political combat with quite
as much confidence as any thoroughly English
opposition could show. 1t is we'll understood
that they will not return to Dublin while par
Lament remains in session unless arrested and
sent back under guard; iand from the course
they are pursuing it would seem as if they
had taken the full measure of the government
in this regard ana had satisfied themselves
that they will be permitted to carry out their
Their faith no doubt is grounded in the jeal-
GUS care with which the House of Commons
has for centuries guarded the rights and privi-
leges of its members. Mr.. Parnel says coer-
cion measures will be stoutly resisted from the
moment of their introduction, and boldly de-
clares that three months shall pass and CO
ercion bill will then be as far from becoming a
law as it now is.
While going to parliament last right Mr..
Forster was groaned in the streets and Mr..
Gladstone was cheered.
DUBLIN, Jan. S.-Irish members of the
IlOuS0 VI OOuAOuS SpOk6 OIL " hollYS OD
struction motion of last night, consuming over
two hours The question was raised whether
O'Kelly was in order speaking on the motion
for adjournment The speaker said O'Kelly
was in order, but the practice was highly in
convenient, and, if persisted in, he believed
the House would be obliged to put an end to
the abuse of the practice.
Ii. the Commons last night the attorney gem
eral, introducing the corrupt practices at cleo
tions bill, explained that its chief object
would be to put an end to the lavish expense
accompanying most elections, that check be
placed on expenses by certain sum being for
the entire election, according to a schedule
varying according to the size of the constituent
cy: various punishments with hard labor
would be inflicted for corrupt practices, such
as bribery, and candidate guilty of corrupt
practices was never to be able to sit again for
the constituency where they occurred. The
bill was read for the first time.
A meeting of Irish Liberal members of par
lament, as distinguished from Parnellites,
was held to-day to express regret at the in
completeness OF the changes proposed in the
land systems comprehensive reform of which
they assert should be Immediately supple
mental to any coercion bill. 1t is reported
that considerable section of English radicals
will support this view, and that some members
OF the ministry do not disapprove of such
pressure.
DUBLIN, Jan. 9.-The proposed land meet
Z
large crowd however assembled. Four hum
dred troops were present. The local magis-
trate explained the reasons for prohibition II
and the people quietly dispersed Davitt SUBJ
sequently addressed large assembly from the
hotel in Tralee
thousands of laborers will soon be starving
unless care is taken to supply their necessities,
and the prospect of their being idle to any
considerable extent is very disquieting. A
large Land League meeting was held at Derry
lanes, county Cavan, today.
Greece Preparing for War.
LONDON, Jan. "a despatch from Athens
says that military preparations are proceeding
most actively. A great sensation has been
caused here by the news that the Turkish
press advise the Porte to dismiss the Greek
minister from Constantinople and expel all
Greeks from Turkey.
The French Elections.
PARIS, Jan 9.-Results of eighty elections
are reported, showing that A Republicans, 8
Irreconciliables, and Conservatives have
been returned, and % second ballots will loo
elected.
Foreign Notes
The Oxford University boat house with
MANY valuable boats was burned yesterday.
French municipal elections took place yes
terday
In French diplomatic circles it is believed
reserves
will ahsolve France from further action in
behalf of Greece.
A dispatch from Berlin says: 1t is stated that
Count De st. Vallier, French ambassador
here, is ready with some more acceptable
plan, which Bismarck favors, if the scheme
of arbitration of the Greek question fails.
The revenue of France from indirect taxa
tion during 1880 exceeds the budget estimates
by 109, 200, 900 francs.
Private advices from Crete report rising
and ferment of revolution there and a determi-
nation OF the Greeks to seize the opportunity of
the rising in Greece to throw off the Ottoman
yoke.
The affairs of Ireland continues to be a mat
ter of much concern to the Pope who is re-
ported to have sent fresh instructions to some
of the Irish bishops with a view of promoting
the re-estabishment of order.
A serious split has taken place among Carl
lists in Spain, a large section of whom have
abandoned Don Carlos.