The Portland daily press., 1886-05-26
FOREIGN.
Excitement Over the Cabinet Meeting
In London Yesterday.
Notifications of the Home Rule Bill
to be Announced.
A Live Row Between FusiIeers and
Police at AIdershot.

LONDON, May 25.-The British Cabinet
| met at noon today. The conference was gen.
| orally regarded as exceptionally important,
and as bearing directly ON the present politi-
cal crisis. When the Cabinet had been in
session half an hour special messenger
was despatched after Baron Herschell, the
Lord High Chancellor. He was at the time
| engaged in a great law suit, but the nature
of the summons he received induced him to
| abruptly cancel his engagement and repair
| at once to the Cabinet meeting. 1t was stat
| ed at that time that the Cabinet would GER
| tainly decide whether or not the government
would dissolve Parliament and go to the
country on the Premier's Irish policy.
TsEcoND DESPATCH.
The meeting of the Cabinet lasted an hour
and twenty minutes. Five minutes after the
adjournment Mr.. Gladstone started for Wind
sor Castle to see the Queen. 1t was rum0red
that he would advise the Queen to dissolve
Parliament Immediately.
THIRD DEsPATCH.I
At 4.3O p. m. today, there was considerable
excitement in the city in consequence of a
report that Mr.. Gladstone had rendered the
resignation of the government to the Queen.
Mr. Morley, at the Cabinet council, was
alone in continuing to oppose the elimina-
ton Of clause "a from the Home Rule bill.
The Harrington section maintain their en-
nifty to the bill and will not attend Liberal
conference. The ministers are confident
dents and "doubtfuls," they will have ma
jority Of 40 The bill will be dropped under
its second reading. 1t is probable that Par
lament will be dissolved in the autumn. If
the Gladstone government be returned, the
winter session will be devoted exclusively to
the discussion of the Home Rule bill.
The upshot of today's meeting of the Cab
met is virtually move in the direction OF
concession to the dlSaffected Liberals. Sew
eral of the ministers urged that clause "a OF
the Home Rule bill be eliminated, but after
long discussion it was decided to leave the
matter in Gladstone's hands to deal with as
he might think fit. His mind was apparent
ly quickly made up, for early in the evening
the government whips were instructed to
summon the rank and file of the Liberal
party to a general meeting Thursday, when
notifications of the Home Rule bill will be
announced in order to preserve the govern
ment from defeat on its second reading
Mr.. Gladstone has issued a circular calling
on all the Liberal members to meet at the
foreign office.
Gladstone went to Windsor today in obe-
dience to summons from the Queen and
conveyed to her the opinion of himself and
colleagues with reference to the home rule
bill and the proposed dissolution of Parlia-
ment. The Queen intimated that she was
willing to meet the wishes OF the ministers.
The government does not promise to recon-
struct the home rule bill but will propose to
withdraw it after the second reading. and
bring it up for the committee stage later,
when the objections will be dealt with OPEN
mindedly.
A Meeting Results i'm Riot.
LONDON, May 25.-A pitched battle be-
tween the Enniskillen Fusileers and de-
tachment of police was fought today at Al
dershot. Several of the Fusileers took ex-
ception to the remarks of some of the speak
- 10 tft,n xu1ain oh
was in progress there, and made rush for
the stands with the avowed purpose of drag
ging the speakers therefrom. The police en-
deavored to prevent them, and selzlng some
of the soldiers, were hurrying them off to
the police station, when their comrades came
to the rescue, and severe fight ensued, in
which the police were terribly beaten and
compelled to retire. The police subsequent
Iy obtained reinforcements, and returning
arrested five of the riotous soldiers.
EruptIons of Nit. Etna.
CArANIA, May 25.--The eruptions of Mt
Etna have greatly increased and the de-
strnction of the town of Nic0loSi now seems
inevitable. The entire district is enveloped
in darkness and showers of stones are con-
tinually falling.
Wrecks of Tornado.
BERLIN, May pa tornado visited Wetz-
Tyr, Prussia today and destroyed large
number of houses and factories and lifted
barges out of the river Lain and carried
them in some instances considerable dis
tance in the air. In the neighboring country
the wind uprooted entire forests
The Orleans Princes.
PARIS. May 25.-The Cabinet by vote of
6 to today, adopted the principle of expul-
sion of the Orleans Princes. The bill pro-
viding for their expulsion will be drafted
Thursday and afterwards submitted to the
Chamber of Deputies.
On the Greek Frontier.
ATHENS, May 25.-Both the Greek and
Turkish armies aresmutually surrendering
their prisoners and the positions they re-
ing of the last few days and both armies will
commence to-day retiring from the frontier.