The Portland daily press., 1886-05-18
FOREIGN.
Report that Queen Victoria Desires
the Dissolution of Parliament.
orangenen in Armagh, Ireland,
Aiming Themselves.
A Great Banquet Proposed in Honor
of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
EnsIand's Topic of the Day.

LONDON, May. 15.-In the lobby of the
House of Commons this evening the subject
of the dissolution Of parliament was on ey-
erybody's lips. The second week in July
was mentioned as the time when the general
elections would most probably be held. Col.
Ponsonby, the Queens private secretary,
visited Gladstone today, and it is understood
he conveyed to the premier message from
the Queen to the effect that Her Majesty was
desirous that dissolution of parliament be
avoided, as she feared that that course
would have disturbing influence on the
business interests of the country. From
Birmingham comes the statement, made 1t Is
said on the highest authority, that Lord
Harrington has decided to prepare home
rule scheme, embodying Chamberlain $
points, namely: The absolute supremacy OF
the imperial parliament, retention of Irish
members at Westminster and complete con-
troll of the Irish finances by the English par
lament.
LATER.
1t is reported that Gladstone has replied to
the Queen that she must dissolve Parliament
unless the majority against the home rule
bill be so great as to justify its opponents
in undertaking the government with chance
Of succeeding in passing the Irish legisla-
ton.
Opposed to Home Rule.
ARMAGH, May 17.--Orangemen of Lurgan
county, Amargh, are enrolling themselves in
military associations organized for the pur-
pose of resisting home rule government. 1t
is stated that in the event of an Ulster rebel
lion a Loyalist expedition will be ready to
march on Dublin, leaving strong garrisons
in Ulster and an army of observation on
Shannon.
LONDON, May 17.-John H. A. MacDon-
ald member for Edinburg and St. Andrews
in, fha Of EOra-
mons tonight petition against granting
home rule to ireland. The petition was
signed by 106,S94 Scotchmen; it was one and
one quarter miles, long and weighed 274
pounds and was borne into the House on the
shoulders of stalwart attendants.
In the Commons.
LONDON, May 1.-THE debate on the home
rule bill was continued in the House of
Commons tonight. Sir Richard Asheton
Cross Conservative was the first speaker.
He said the bill would not secure good
government for Ireland. Gladstone had said
the union was effected by bribery and the
premier himself was offering the large
bribe of 950,000, 900 to Ireland, and this was
not the first time he had offered to brlbe.
Parliament, he continued, would cease to be
imperial if the Irish members were not re-
tanned.
James Stansfeld, president of the local
government board, said the Conservatives
land resolutely, and, he continued, we all
know what resolutely means, (Cheers) He
believed in Irish nationality and he though
to satisfy the Irish was the only way to eff
feet lasting moral union of England and
ireland. (Cheers.)
In Honor of oliver Wendell Holmes.
Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning .and Sir
Theodore Martin are arranging for great
banquet to be given by authors and artists in
honor of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Hurricanes on the irish Coast.
LONDON, May 17.-Hurricanes are report
ed on the Irish coast, and fears are enter
tanned that ships now on the Atlantic may
suffer. Limerick has been visited by a Sc
we're storm, and portion of the city is in
undated, but no details have yet been re-
ceiyed. The damage wrought by the flood is
said to be. immense.
Foreign Notes.
The banns of marriage between Patti and
Nicolini have been published in Paris.
The Bank of Ireland stock has risen to
263
A Madrid Spain, despatch says, Queen
Christina yFastordas s~@-eH IL ~ - s'S25i.
4 Berlin despatch says Count Herbert
Bismarck has been appointed secretary of
CT tn for fnrniOr, affairs