The Portland daily press., 1886-03-08

opposition, IL that Sn0ulQ come ABOUT. JosSG
Collins declares that Mr.. Chamberlain VIII
never, never consent to an Irish Parliament
This shows that Mr.. Chamberlain is still
cherishing the scheme of national councils
altogether exploded.
Parliamentary incidents are few, but i'm
portant. Mr. Labouchere'S motion for the
abolition of hereditary peerage was rejected
by 36 votes only in a House of nearly 400
members; this, too, after hostile speech
from Mr. Gladstone. The premier admitted
that large reform of the House of Lords
was inevitable, but asserted that this would
not happen in his time, and pleaded that
when it should be undertaken the hereditary
principle should be preserved He also sug-
gested the inclusion of the bishops, showing
his old tenderness for the ecclesiastical pro-
fession. The Radicals and Parnellites Goa
lesced in the division.
The Irish debate ON Thursday was notable
mainly for the utter foolishness of the Tory
tactics and for Lord Randolph Churchill's
confession, which the country now has from
his own lips, that he had thought it was pos
sibfe for the Tories to cooperate with the
Irish party. The confession does much dam
age to his political Judgment, almost as much
as to his Manchester proposal for union of
English members against Scotch radicals
and Irish separatists.
France is again hostile in Egypt. Its rep
resentative at Cairo is secretly backing
Monktar Pasha's idiotic scheme for the re-
organization of the native army. This
would disturb the budget and throw Eng
land back into all the old difficulties OF two
years ago.
Sil Charles Dixie has reappeared for an
hour in the Commons. The Pail Mail ia
zette is indignant at this latent atfront to
public morality, and declares now that ne
cannot be forgiven. Mr.. Stead'S lmpudent
letters to Mr.. Chamberlain in regard to the
case created complete disgust People say
the Pail Mall Gazette may have purity OF
sort, but it has no decency. nor spark OF
charity. Otherwise there is nothing new ID
regard to Sir Charles Dixie. His career is
apparently concluded. :.
The Pail Mall Gazette is being sued fol. Ii
bel on Mrs. Broughton, at whose house Jar
rett made the arrangement which led to the
abduction of Eliza Armstrong and her suDse-
quent Imprisonment by Mr.. Stead and his
associates. His enemies assist the woman
with her suit
The Queen has taken the recent lecture of
the Standard to heart, and is emerging from
her long Secluson. Being in town for a
drawing room this week, she drove three sep
crate days in the park: She has further
promised to attend public functions, in the
city, and if she will consent to antedate her
jubilee, that celebration may take place this
summer. 1t is hoped that she will undertake
royal progress through the great towns.
At Windsor on Monday Lady Roseberry
presented Mrs. Phelps, who was received
very graciously. Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps dined
and slept at Windsor.
By Cable to the Sunday Herald.)
LONDON, March 6.-The grand assault Of
the Tories on the ministry has ended in a
damaging fiasco, and illustrates afresh the
utter want of tactical, as well as debating,
ability among the opposition. The real OBJ
ject of the Tories this week was not to draw
out Gladstone, but to get an occasion for rls
ing, in advance, the cry of ''the empire in
danger" and as Sections motion of censure
on Churchill would thus have served their
purposes as well at any other they angled to
rot If disoucSQ6 q { huf the Irish marty
seeing the little game, defeated it by the
simple expedient of discussing, on Tuesday,
for five hours, another motion which had pre-
cedence, though it must be added they were
as anxious to carry the latter as to put off
the former. Holmes came with his little
scheme, with the result of discrediting him
self as a debater, running Churchill as Sc
rious politician, building higher up than ey-
er the fame Of Gladstone, terrifying. the
Wings, dispiriting the whole body of the
Tory party and filling the Orangemen with
unuIterable disgust. Not the least significant
| fact of theWhOle encounter was that the on
| ly speeches which came from the Liberal
| benches were strongly in favor of home rule.
| The effect was clearly seen in Hartington's
| subsequent outside speech, which was OF
| most shilly-shally sort and which the Tories
| ridicule today 1t may be safely said
that neither James nor Harrington has ad-
| yersely affected Gladstone, and, judging by
the private talk of British members in the
| House, not only the bulk of the Liberals, but
| even many Tories, are ready to grant
| home rule Several things are forming
toward this end, but chiefly the attitude of
| the Orangemen, who have this week made
complete asses of themselves, and that of the
Irish who, almost always 70 or so
strong, are watchful, grave and sensible.
| The influence of the Irish and the humilia-
| ting position of the Orangemen may be
Judged @ from the fact that old Johnston, the
! Orange sub-chief, in the recent debate plain
! lively thanked, not the House, but the Irish
| party, for its forbearance. What the minis
terial scheme will be, however, still remains
| a secret, though all the indications point to
proposal of Parliament of somei sort for
| Ireland This is the only inference, as well
| from Gladstones speech Tuesday as from
| Morley's, but the further statement that
Parnell has seen and approved the govern
ment scheme is untrue. Meanwhile, in re-
| sponse to Gladstones invitation, almost
| every public body in Ireland is sending to
London motions for home rule, while many
| of the LoyalistS petitions against 1t are
| filled with forged signatures, as appears
| from statement of the petitioners commit
tee Of the House of Commons this morning.
! Even the landlord grand juries in Ireland
| are not unanimous on the question. Only
| GladstOne's coming declaration is wanting to
| add to the National ranks every one there,
| except few thousand Orangemen.
cIadstone's appropriation Scheme.
| LONDON, March 7.-Gladstone has so far
| progressed WlLU Tell ldnulOTuS eXprOpTIdIlOu
| scheme as to require the services of the par
| liamentary counsel to the government to
| draft the details of the bill. He proposes an
| ascending scale of rates of purchase or a ra-
| tiO of extent and value of the tenants hold
ings
ROME, March 7-An earthquake has oc-
cured in the city of Cosenza in Southern
| Italy. The shock was so severe that num-
Der of houses were blown down, one person
killed and several injured.
Marriage of the Infanta EuIalie.
MADRID, March 6.-The Infanta Eulalia,
sister of The late King, was today. married
| to Prime Antonio, son of the Due de Mont
| pensier. The ceremony was performed in the
| al family, including the Queen Regent
| Christine, and a notable gathering OF mobiles
| and dipomats.
LONDON, March Princes Eulalia's
| dover is 100000 and she receives pension
| of $4,000. The Duke of Montpensier has
| settled $12, 800 on her and $4,000 on her hus-
| band. The presents are valued at 100000.
Madrid Matters.
| MADRID, March THE Duke of .Seville,
| who was recently sentenced to Imprisonment
| for insulting Queen Christina, was pardoned
| by the Queen on the occasion of the marriage
| of the Princess Eulala and he will be liberia
| ted tomorrow.
| The elections have been fixed for April
| 4th and the Cortes will meet on May 18th.
Foreign Notes.
| Lord Rosebery, British foreign secretary,
| has consented to make room for q number
| of Turkish officers in the Egyptian army by
| displacing British officers.
| Miss Marie Van Zandt is seriously i'll in
| st. Petersburg. She is attended by the
! Cars physician.
WEST INDIES.