The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-08
Effect Of the Adjournment Of
Parliament.
The Opposition Not Dismayed by the
Failure Of Their Plans.
Dillon Selected as the Coming Parlia-
mentary Leader Of the Irish Party.
Reception Of the French Fleet.
Copyrighted, 1891, by the New York Associated
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Copyrighted. 1891, by the New York Associated
Press
LONDON, Aug. 7.-Since the prorogation
speech announced that the coming session
would deal with questions already elabor-
ated all rumors of an immediate general cleo
tion have ceased. The members know that the
legislative programme mentioned in the
Queens speech in November last is left in
complete and will be resumed next year.
Besides the Irish Local Government Bill the
Ministers have perfected an English meas
ure developing the existing system of local
government by creating district councils,
and other bills. The opposition are pre-
pared to see the Government succeed in
carrying these without fearing that the
Cabinet will be thereby so strengthened as
TO avert defeat on an appeal to the country.
The burden of the work rests upon Balfour
in his Irish Local Government Bill. 1t is
understood the feature will be the franchise.
the electors of county boards being confined
TO persons actually paying rates. The
measures will bear the smallest resemblance
~ AlO uOulC-luAS LISdsulCos L I6 ledulUS
principle Will. prevent the boards created
under its provisions from being controlled
by the masses.
ROYALTY AND THE WORLDS FAIR.
II the presence of royal persons can
insure the success Of the Worlds Fair in
Chicago its success now seems to be assured.
1t is certain that several members of the
English royal family are showing such in-
terest in the progress of the preparations as
to indicate the intention on their part to
visit the fair, and communications have
reached London from Berlin which leave
little doubt, if Europe is at peace at the
time Of the that fair, the German Emperor
will indulge himself in the greatest voyage
OF his life, in seeing America.
BRITISH NAVAL MANEUyERs.
The three weeks naval maneuvers just
concluded in the North Sea have been keen
~ watched by every Government in Europe
Experts blame the Admiralty for suddenly
changing the plans, converting the opera
tiOns into tactical maneuvers, thus spelling
the initiative of the Admiral commanding
In spite Of the Admiralty's laundering the
evolutions yielded results of immense i'm
portance They have shown the rapidity of
the mobilization of the English fleet in
reality; that new and complicated instru-
ments of sea warfare like the battIeships
Sans Pareil and Nile can be equipped,
manned and sent to sea in a few days
ready for action. They have also proved
that the 110-ton guns used on the Sans
Pareil can be worked rapidly and success
fully, penetrating nineteen inches of iron
armor and fifteen inches of any compound
armor afloat at a range OF 1000 yards. An
other discovery made has modified the ac-
cepted ideas Of the value OF torpedo vessels.
In no instance did torpedo vessel succeed
in an attack on an iron-clad. The system
followed against tbs torpedo vessels con-
VeTted a defense into an attack. Instead Of
waiting for the torpedo vessels the war
ships went for them. Out of twenty tor
pedo-boats four were adjudged captured
while two that were protecting ships were
destroyed and seventeen attacks repulsed.
The superiority of an active over q passive
defense against torpedo-boats is therefore
held to have been demonstrated.
THE IRISH LEADERSHIP.
Dillon while here conferred increasingly
with the Parnellites with the view of end
ing the schism in the Irish party. He found
them resoIutely opposed TO ParnelIs retire.
ment as condition of reunion. Several in
timated their intention to withdraw from
public life, but during the tenure of their
places in the Commons they will adhere to
their old leader. The meeting of Dillon,
on the future leadership of the party re-
suited in an agreement that Dillon should be
formally invested with the leadership when
Parliament reassembles. Meanwhile Nc
Carthy will be the nominal chief, though
Dillon will be the virtual leader.
Lord Salisbury has instructed his solicitor
to press the bankruptcy case against Will
lam U Brien to the rapideSt possible cOnclu-
sion. Besides Lord Sails bury another claim
ant, George Bolton, to whom jury awarded
II anna urrlz in hal
O'Brien years ago. has revived his demand.
1t is plain that the object IF both suits is to
disQualify O'Bren for parliamentary life
THE VISIT OF THE FRENCH FLEET.
Lord Salisbury started for Chateau Cecil,
at Deppe, to-day. His last official work was
a communication to NJ. Waddington, the
French Ambassador, on the preparations
made for the reception of the French fleet
at Portsmouth. On August 21st Admiral
Gervals and his officers will dine with the
Queen. On the 22d the Queen will inspect
the French feet and the French officers will
attend a banquet in Portsmouth town hall.
On the oath the officers will go to London to
visit the naval exhibit, and the sailors will
be banQueted in the town hail. Besides
this there is TO be series OF balls and junk
etlngs. all promising glowing welcome to
the Frenchmen.
THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE CONCLUDED.
The Wesleyan Conference concluded its
labors with the significant appointment by
q large majority of Professor Dawson to the
Chair of Theology. His recent address on
the inspiration of the Bible aud his broad
views have excited alarm among the ortho-
dox. His election proves the strength Of
the broad church views in English Wesley
anism. Another victory for the forward
party was the appointment OF a committee
to try to obtain an act OF Parliament re-
scinding Wesley's deed, under which the
three years ministerial circuit system pre-
of Is nhf fofp n1
Wesleyan ministers, the dominant feature
of the church, will cease to exist