The Portland daily press., 1885-12-03
ENoLIsH ELECTIONS.
ENoLIsH ELECTIONS.
Later Returns Indicate Liberal Gains.
NationaIists Garry the American
Flag in Dublin.

LONDON, Dec 2.-Returns of yesterdays poll
ing received up to O'Clock this afternoon show
that the Liberals have gained IL seats.
The Tories are jubilant over the submission Of
King Thebaw and the practical conquest of the
whole kingdom Of Bnmah by the small expedi-
tionary force of General Prendergast That officer
was to have taken Mandalay last Tuesday, in time
for the very beginning OF the British elections,
but he has been only four days behind his orlgi-
nal programme and his success is still in time to
be effective in swelling the Tory vote in the re-
naming counties. Already the Tory orators are
utilizing the Burmese defeat, and in many of the
speeches made Monday they pointed out the ylo-
lent contrast between the success OF the Tory for
eign pslicy in Indo-China and the miserable fiaseo
made by the Liberal government in the Soudan,
Nor do they fail to show the difference between
the promises and performances Of General Prem
dergast and Lord WoSeley. The former has
steadily advanced and has ended the war within
the week which he assigned for the accomplish
ment Of that task. TAe latter. on leaving London
in 1854, promised to eat his ChriStman dinner at
kartoum and he never got nearer TO 1t IMAM
Korti.
The one person in the present government who.
is likely to gain the most prestige from the success
in BurInah is Lord Randolph Churchill, the young
secretary OF India II the expedition had failed
he would have been the scapegoat and would have
come in for unlimited abuse from the Liberals.
AS it has succeeded. he is more firmly fixed III his
position than ever before, aud his personal follow
ing which was already formidable before the dis
solution of the last Parliament, may be expected to
be larger than ever in the new House.
The Birmingham caueus has decided TO placSTa
the country Parliamentary divisions with Mr..
Gladstone's reference to Irish affairs in his hrst
Midlothian speech. In that he asserted that
there was vital danger to the empire II only
small Liberal majority was returned, as that
would make a Liberal government dependent on
the Parnetes for existence. Ile tories are
fathering an argument that an appeal at the pres
ent moment to the country districts would be TOO
late to effect change sufficient to please Mr..
Gladstone and that il would be better to make
the Tories strong enough to avert the catastrophe
predicted by Mr.. Gladstone in the speech referred
to above Meanwhile, Mr.. Parnell is satisfied that
only small Tory majority will be returned.
The Mar0uiS of harrington, Speakllg al liver
stone last night, said that the greatness ana I'M
Ininenee of the peril WhichW0uld follow Il MI fai.
nell should become dictator in the House OF
Commons. ought to nerve the Liberals to struggle
to the last. The Parnel candidates, he said, We're
unrepresentatiye. Parnells nominees were noth
ing more than persons who had been coerced Dy
the Land League, which was unequaled Tor grind
ing tyranny. He declared that universal tyranny
was prevailing in Ireland with the cOnnlyance ana
completely CT the present government.
The Times, in leading editorial this morning
advocates coalition OF moderate Liberals WIN
the Tories as the measure which VIII tlWaft tle
designs of Mr.. Parnen.
The Nationalist vote in Dublin, Ireland, was
immense, being .23,772 against a CONSERVATIVE ste
vote of 447G and a Liberal vote of3170 Great en-
thusiasm was displayed in the city last night upon
the announcement OF the result OF the election III
the city. Sullivan and Harrington made Speecnes
in which they exhorted the populace to preserve
the peace A procession Of Nationalists was
formed and marched through theprlnclpal StreeIs.
Some of the paraders carried piacards bearing Ihe
election returns. numDef OF Onlted otdtesS
flags were carried in the line. AS they passed
along the parddefS sang tod save lfeidnQ. anu
gave rousing cheers for Nationalist candidates.
The gates Of Trinity were closed, and students
were not allowed to leave the college grounds,
The police were reinforced and constantly pa
frelled the streets but the paraders were not in
terfered with in any manner. This morning bano
of youths placed the stars and stripes around the
statue of Grattan, fastening the flag with green
ribbons. A party of students sailed forth and
captured the flag, which they bore in triumph to
the college.
Up to SIX o'clock this evening the Liberals had
elected 22S members, Conservatives 1872, ana
Nationalists is. The Tory net gain has been re-
duced to SO seats and the Liberals have become
iubilant over their late success.