The Portland daily press., 1884-07-24
THE OLD WORLD.
News by Gable From Different
Countries.
The Tory Opposition TO the English Fran
chiSe HILL

ch1se Hill.
LONDON, July 23.-The Marquis of Salisbury, ad-
dressing conservative demonstration at Sheffield
yesterday, said it absurd to suppose that the
members OF the House of Lords, who we're mostly
landlords, had any to dread the agricultural
laborers. He insisted on the necessity of appealing
to the electors before the Franchise bill passed
and said the government insisted on the franchise
measure in Its present shape because it desired a
change OF the tribunal before the matter was
brought before the Judgment Of the people. The
government was afraid to ask the verdict of public
opinion, where alone verdict was legtimately OBJ
tainable, but summoned a procession, imagining
that 10000 radicals, amusing themselves in Lon
oon, on gwen DAY, expressed public opinion Ibis
attempt to leglslate by picnic had dangerous
SIDE; nothing was more dangerous for popularity
governed State than attempt to decide public
metropolis.
Sir Stafford Northcote, in an address yesterday
at Kings Lynn said an early appeal TO the electors
was imperative to solve the difficulty between the
House of Lords and the House of Commons.
The English Cotton Manufacture-COm-
plant of Sanded Cotton.
The annual report of the Northern Spinners' AS
ISOLATION has just been made public. 1t states that
the cot trade has been prosperous during the
past year. 1t draws attention to the competition
on5red by the growing spinning industry in India,
and declares that this competition is becoming
serious. The trade also suffers constantly and
heavily, it says, from the presence of damp and
sand in the cotton bales. More over, there has
lately been serious admixture of inferior cotton
in bales purporting to be of higher quality. The
report urges the Importance of strict examination
of the bales when opened.
For Service in Egypa.
Orders have been issued at the Chatham Dock
Yard to send all available steam pinnaces to Egyps,
The Cholera ScOurge,
There was 81 deaths from cholera at Marseilles
last night, and 10 at Toulon. Several apothecaries
at Touon threaten to close their shops because the
city is distributing medicines free.
PARIS, July 23.-Seventeen deaths occurred to-
day at Toulon up to six o'clock. AT Vidiantban
there was one death, and there was one also at
Sigues and Brignoles.
MARsEILLEs, July 23.-For the "a hours ending
at p. M to-day there were A deaths from cholera.
PARIS, July 23.-The public schools at Toulon
and Marseilles will be closed tomorrow. The
French Academy of Medicine proposes 10 hold
and cure of cholera
The Cornwall Case.
LONDON July 23-The trial of James Ellis French
Royal Irish Constabulary) who arrested last
week charged with feonious practices in connection
with theCornwal case is being privately conducted
The magistrate before whom it is made stated that
the evidence would be of the most revolving charac
ter and requested reporters to withdraw.
Gable Notes.
1t is understood that the members of the Egyptian
conference unable to agree in regard to Eng
lands financial pro osals. England and France are
wide apart. Earl Granville is empowered to sum.
mon the conference to another meeting at any time.
In rifle contests at Wimbledon the Canadians won
the Kalapor cup by score of 665. The English
team scored $50 aud the Indian team 556.
Right Hon. Sir Lawrence Peel of London is dead.