Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-01-09

expect serious defectons from among
his clergy 1t is known that many
priests refused to read to their focks
those parts of the mandement which
directly referred to the Ricl question,
and when called upon to explain their
motives, replied that they would sooner
resign and leave their dioceses thar
conform to the requirements Of the
mandement. The Bishop seems to
realize that he has gone too far and
has intimated, seini-officlally, that he
will explain his views more fully next
Sunday
An English Victory in Egypt.
CARO- December 3o.-A dispatch
from Kosch says: Lieutenant General
Stephenson, commander of the British
forces in Egypt, who recently arrived
here, with large requirements, at
tackled the rebels who have been
menacing the garrison for several
weeks Three hours fighting ensued,
resulting in the British troops apturing
Giniss, village near Kosch. The
rebels were completely routed. The
cavalry is pursuing the enemy. Two
guns and twenty banners we're cap
tured.~ The English lost one officer
killed and twenty-one men wounded.
The Egyptian allies ofthe British lost
six killed and thirteen wounded.
Latest Phases of the Irish Question :
The Orangemen.
New YORK, Dec. 3o.-The Times
London cable special of December
2oth says In the Irish affairs of Par
lament in general big things are on
foot. Lord Churchill is in Dublin to-
day with Lord Justice Fitzgibbon con
sulting with the Orange Tories, whom
six months ago he was denouncing as
obstacles to the party. He has per
suaded Sir Michael Hicks-Beach and
some others to agree to Dissolve i'm
mediately if they cannot carry the vote
of confidence on non possumas to
Home Rule. Salisbury has not decid-
ed to dissolve, but he is drifting that
way more and more. He considers
Lord ChurchilPs argument that with
the cry, "The empire is in danger,
and with the disorganized state Of
the Liberals, he could this time get a
majority. Moreover, as a parleying
argument, perhaps the threat of dis
solution will be enough to frighten lots
of Liberals, who are indisposed to GO
to the strain and expense Of another
election. The strong point with Sails
bury in all this is the safety of the
House Of Lords, as looked at from the
point of view of mere politician. l
Gladstone should be allowed to take
office, consolidate the party and send
the Home-Rule bill up to the Lords,
and it we're rejected, the immediate
merits of the bill would be obscured
by the Liberals in their protests against
the hereditary chamber, particularly il
the bill were rejected more than once,
and this is just what Salisbury is
n<leii lNpErrs1or.
The Irish have decided upon moth
ing in regard to their course. 1t is not
known whether they will move an ad.
dress amendment until the caucus is
held, day or two before the session.
All reports of their intentions are rub
bish. 1t will take three or four DAYS to
swear in the members, and then follows
the election of Speaker, and the next
day, probably, the Queens speech. If
there is an amendment by the Irish
party or the Liberals, the Ministry will
be guided by the course of the debate,
always holding the threat of dissolution
as a trump card. If there is no amend
ment, then one of the unofficial Tories
will move carefully worded vote of
confidence, calculated to take the wind
from Gladstone's sails on the Irish ques-
ton, and the threats of dissolution will
hang over this. l learn, on authority,
that Lord Churchill has notified Glad
stone that when the Home Rule scheme
is introduced he will go to Ulster and
raise the Orangemen in arms against it.
BY the few in Dublin who know of this,
the threat is treated as buncombe, but
It serves to illustrate Churchill's
methods. The fact that he will be in
command of the Tory strategy insures
lively work from the start
TIRED OF FREE TRADE.
Another cable special from London
says: The cabinet has reached deci
sion on hetarifquestion. A bill will be
for intr oduction into Parlia-
nent authorizing the imposition of
1uties on imports into Great Britain
rom countries imposing duties on i'm
'orts from Great Britain. The meas
Ire will be founded on the report of
.ord Iddesleigh's Commission on
Trade, which finds, first, that English
depression is due, primarily, to foreign
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