The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-08-10

Liberals are so strong that it would
be a waste of energy to try to beat
them.
Mr.. Gladstone, in q letter to a
Manchester eleotor, says he looks
forward with assured confidence to
the result of the elections. His
voice having failed, Mr.. Gladstone's
physicians have enjoined complete
rest, and he has gone on n yachting
excursion with Sir Thomas Brassey
in the Sunbeam.
There are signs of trouble in the
new Ministry. Lord Randolph
Churchill and the Earl of Iddc-
sleigh both remained away from a
banquet to the Ministers, July Doth.
y great Tory meeting at Liverpool,
at which Lord Churchill was to have
been the principal speaker, on the
same day, had to be postponed be-
cause at the last moment he refused
to attend.
The .Stam1frd, the accepted Tory
organ, has given Lord Churchill
severe rating, saying it should fol-
low Salisbury but not that "over-
grown schoolboy, who is without
knowledge to fathom his own ignor-
ance of craftsmanship"
The new Government was defeat
cd in the House of Commons, by
$50 to 1870, on minor point of the
Medical Relief bill. Their Parnel-
lite allies deserted the Conserva-
tives, which was the cause of the
reverse. The incident caused much
commotion, but would have no
practical result.
AN ARIsTOCEATIC SET-TO.
Lord Lonsdale and Sir George
Chetwynd have had ten minutes
fight, first ON horseback with whips
and then dismounted with fists, over
Mrs. Lily Langtry, the actress. Sir
George began by striking Lord
Lonsdale over the head with horse
whip, exclaimins, ''Take that, you
devil. Don't meddle with my Lily"
GENERAL.
Princess Beatrice was married to
Prince Louis of Battenburg, July
23rd. Queen Victoria gave the
bride away, it is said because the
Prince of Wales, who should have
done so, would have nothing to do
with the marriage.
Sir Charles Dixie has been impli-
Gated in scandal with women, which
almost broke him down. The mat
ter having been settled some way,
the late Radical Minister was to
have come from seclusion to his seat
in Parliament last Monday.
The Radical newspapers are pur-
suing the Prince of Wales, for going
in for a racing stud. They insist
that the man who expects to be the
next King of Great Britain should
not defile himself in such Il dirty
puddle.
M. Waddington, the French EN-
bassador at London, and his wife,
have both refused, the st. James
Gazette says, to appear in mourning
at the court ball, rs prescribed by
the Queen, because Of the death of
Prince Frederick Charles of Ger
many. NJ. Waddington's refusal
was officially declared in courteous
note sent to her Majesty. In this
the French ambassador expressed to
the Queen his personal regret at be-
ing unable to comply with the royal
command, but said he could not dis
obey the orders of his Government
to not wear mourning at the death
of any enemy of France.
THE LONDON SCANDAL.
Several prominent men in London
society, whose names were on Mrs.
Jeffries' books, have disappeared
from London, and are believed to
have gone to America.
The committee of investigation
into the statements of the Pal
MaW Gase1e have reported thai
they are satisfied that, on the whole
they are substantially true. The
report is signed by the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lon
don, Cardinal Manning and Messrs
Morley and Reid.
On July 30th the Salvation Arm,
marched with much parade to tn
Parliament buildings to present t.
the House of Commons the monste
petition urging the immediate pass
age of the Criminal Act amendmen
raising the age of consent from thir
teen years to eighteen years. Th
petition, which contains 100000
signatures, and is one mile and
half long, was borne in specia
carriage.
The crusade against immoralit
in city and country grows daily, an