The Portland daily press., 1866-10-09
Foreign News per Steamship Hi
/ bernian.
banquet to the Promoters of the
''" s'' Atlantic Cable.
AFFAIRS IN GERmANx.

Steamship ffibernian arrived pSi' at Sc ocioc
this afternoons -'- "
- a,,t tne Loid Mayor Of London has determined
Atlantic oablsS 1t grand banaret @ is AZ The \ Man.
siEM M nyuse, early in November
a;ad fs nn,anS aaughter of Gen. Tom Thumb
al acll lllhnanation Of the brain, at Norwich
The Marquis de Boissey is dead. 4
"A royal patent was soon to be issued, ass,lm-
ing possessiYl3 of Hanover electoral, Hesse,
i, NASSAU and Frankfort, and the King will sa-
lnte tne people of these States as new Prus-
Semi-official provincial correspondence. saws
with Saxony until that country has piven
some guarantees against a reeurrence of chose
dangers wmen at the outbreak of the recent
war menaced both Russia and Northern Ger.
many 81 ] -. = -
Both Chambers have adopted the Govern
ment proposal for the prorogation of the Diet
from sept. 18th to Nov. 18th. The Ministers
expiaaned that it was the desire of the Gov
ernment THAI the next session should be brief
in order to make way for the convocation of a
North German Parliament
The Paris Moniteur says: In Gambia. unfor-
tunateiy, blood has been shed, but the insur
rection has not yet progressed The arrival
OF the turkish Commissioner appears tn
have produced good effect, and IN to the
presenas ume az hopes have not been abandon
with which he is entrusted.
'Servia naa addressed representations to the
Porte, insisting on the evacuation of the FORTS
Of klengOorupk and Elizabeth near Orsowar
~. Inc Following is summary of the news per
Clty OF new York, which sailed on the 26th
from Liverpool for New York.
The National Company's screw steamer tbe
York. y a.. ' Vi i'0"
Honors are about to be conferred upop some
Of those who have shared in the successful
compiesion OF the Atlantic Telegraph. The
interest which Her Majesty has expressed in
the undertaking will be manifested in an en-
during way. The delay arises from an excel
lent reason, viz: for the purpose of ascertain-
ing to whom the honor is more particularly
due LORD Stanley, Secretary of State for For
eIgn Analrs, had accepted an invitation to he
present at a banquet to be given in TiyernooI
on the lst of October, to Capt. Anderson and
his coadjutors. anu
ThesLondon Times of the 26th, in an editori-
al on the Eastern question, says: "The settle
ment of the Eastern Question involves a Grave
general European catastrophe. The onest;on
admits OF no pacific or diplomatic solution. n
will have to be referred to the ultimas ratio.
The London Morning Posts CITY Article
states on the authority Of Madrid letters that
tne Spansh government has accepted the good
omces OF England and France in regard to the
Chill. anu
-. The Paris correspondent of the London
Times says things in Spain are great deal too
PAD to last, and when the great convulsion
aoes come the last Bourbon sovereign who still
reigns in Europe will join the exiled band of
her dethroned relatives
The Paris Patrie publishes dispatch from
dated Sept. 18th, which states
bhas IN Kozardagh an insnrrection had broken
out to which the authorities themselves were
accessary. Mehemet Pasha had. been named
in7chief. Four districts had Offer
ID to submit to the Turkish authorities