The Portland daily press., 1883-12-12
FOREIGN
Banquet Given at Dublin to Mr..
Parnell.
HE rs PRESENT WITH A Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUTE - ass,oOO.
King Milan COmmutes the Death Sem
tence of Two Radicals.
Four Murder Conspirafors Sentenced TO
Penal ,servitude.
The Banquei 20 ParneIl.


DUBLIN, Dec. ia banquet was given to-
night in the Rotunda, at which was presented
the natioasj tribute, and was attended by per-
sons from all parts of Great Britain AMI Ire
land, as well as from most distant places. Five
hundred and eighty tickets to the banquet
were sold. Great precautions were taken to
prevent any members of the national league
entering the Rotanda during the ceremonies.
Lord Mayor Dawson presided.
The banquet rooms were crowded. Among
those present were Messrs. Sullivan, Sexton,
O'Brien, Mccarthy, Biggar, Gray, Healy,
O'Connor and other members of Parliament.
Mr.. Davitt, in the course OF his response to
the toast Ireland, nation" said that led by
Mr.. Parnell they might believe themselves on
the threshold of heralding in an Irish nation.
Mr.. Parnell, on rising to reply, was cheered
for several minutes. He referred to the for
nation of the land league and said never was
movement formed to contend against such a
system of robbery and fraud in the carrying
out of which so much moderation was display
ed and such an absence of crime. Thirty
thousand soldiers and 5000 police were in
Ireland, and the law of habeas corpus had
been repeatedly violated. most significant
example was when thousand Irish were inn
prisoned by "Buckshot" Forster. lfsthe lib
erals wish the Irish to cooperate with them
there must be no more coercion or emigration.
We regard any system of emigration we have
yet had in this country as a murderous blow
against the life of our nation, being accom-
panied by untold suffering on the part of vic
Tins. Three-fourths of the emigrants from
Ireland during the last year or two have been
compelled to find homes in miserable garrets in
New York, Boston and Montreal, and the
present Irish executive was characterized by
greater meanness and incapacity than any of
his predecessors. Earl Spencer came to Ire
land Of a sort of inferior bottle holder to
Forster. We are not surprised that Earl Spen,,
cer should be the best innate, and
biggest coercionist who ever came to
Ireland and that he should desire to give full
play to unbridled insults and passions in q for
eign garrison in Ireland. Mr.. Trevelyan's
ambition is to prevent everybody from doing
what he has legal right to do. Instances
are the imprisonment of Mr.. Harrington, ssiz
Hre of the Kerry Sentinel and arrest of its
editor, and the suppression of national league
meetings in the north. Oar rulers want OF
common honesty permits Mr.. Harrington to
remain in prison for an offence which the men
in Dublin Castle must know he is innocent.
The English are always willing to employ
fores to the fullest extent against the mass OF
the people. We shall return about eighty
members at the next election. We must be
patient If we wish to win. Coercion cannot
last forever. 1t certainly rests with Irishmen to
determine at the general election whether lib
eral OF tory government shall rule England
Ii we cannot rule ourselves we can cause Eng
land to be ruled as we choose. We are
determined this generation shall not pass away
until it has bequeathed to those who come af
ter US the great right of national independence
and pros sperity. At the close of Mr.. Parnell'i
speech he was greeted with great cheering.
Mr.. Dawson presented Mr.. Parnell with Q
check for 238, 900 as national tribute. The
address ACCOMPANYING the tribute presented tc
Mr. Parnell was enclosed in an imperial quar-
to album with richly carved bog oak covers
studded in silver wrought bog oak tracery and
other appropriate ornaments.
O'Dsnnelps'Case.
LONDON, Dec. livery effort is being
made by the friends and counsel Of O'Donnel
to procure respite.
OmciaI Repert ON the Underground Rail-
way Explosion.
Colonel Maiendie, of the board of trade
after an exhaustive examination Of the tunnel
explosion at Praed street, has made an official
report, in which he says there is no doubt that
the damage was done maliciously. He be-
lieves it was not intended that the explosion
should take place at the moment but after
the train had passed, and that the exploding
apparatus, whatever it was, went off prema-
turely. The authorities have in their posses
affair intimately with the Glasgow outrage
and others Of a like character.
Tennyson's Title.
1t is reported that Tennyson's title will bt
Baron Tennyson Deyncourt of Aldworth.
Sentences Commufed.
BELGRADE, Dec. 1.-THE judges at Zaitchar
condemned radical editor and radical dep
uty to death for participation in the recent re-
volt, but King Milan has commuted their SEN
tences Two other radicals were sentenced tc
S5 years imprisonment.
The Situation in Egypt.
CAIRO, Dec. 11.-It is reported that the gov.
ernment has received news that the body OF
Hicks Pasha has been found with one hand
grasping his sword and the otner his revolver
His forces had no cartridges left when they
were .overpowered. Reports have been re-.
ceived that Ell Mahdi's forces have marched OF
will march into the mountains from Ell Obeid
possibly with the view of going round to Don
COLA between Khartoum and Upper Egypt
There is no later news from SEMINAR.
Neutral Between France and China.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE North German Ga
zette, referring to the statement in a speect
delivered by the Marquis of harrington, the
British Secretary of State for War, at AccTing
ton, on the LIST inst, that the British govern
ment has received an intimation from the
German government that it is willing to coop.
crate with England to protect their subjects
and interests in China in the event of wal
between France and China, says Germany
has merely acceded to a desire of the British
cabinet that the two countries should coop.
crate with a view to the protection Of theil
respective subjects, and that no manifestation
either for or against France or China, could
have been contemplated. The sole object of
such cooperation is to protect Europeans in
the event OF an outbreak similar to that which
occurred at Canton.
smythe's Murder.
DUBLIN, Dec 1.-THE crown rested the
case today at the trial of Elliott and others on
the charge of conspiracy to murder William
Smythe
Conspirators Sentenced.
SLIGO Dec 11.-Four of the nine men whit