The Portland daily press., 1867-04-01
Foreign News per steamer.

... N1Y YORK, March 81 %
The steamship City of Paris, from Liverpool
Goth and Queenstown 2lst, with 797 passengers,
arrived here this evening. She brings some
interesting details Of news in addition to cable
advices. ..-.. --..-r. ...r =. sa.c r1sIf
In the House of Commons OF the 18th, Mr..
D'Israeh proposed the Government reform
scheme. He said that with view to settling
the reform question, the Government proposed
household franchise with two years residen-
tai and tax paying conditions. Out of 1890 900
householders in England and Wales non-vot-
ers, this proposition would enfranchise 237 900,
increasing borough voters to 8S1 900. The prin-
ciple left 486,00O households without vote, who,
as they did not pay their votes would not be-
come qualified, the Government thought desir-
able to afford compound households an opporl
tunity to obtain the privilege of voting upon
fulfilling their constitutional duties. but did
not state, however, what form the "onnortuni
ty'would take. He then enumerated the fancy
franchises, viz: A vote to every person who
pays twenty shillings direct taxes; vote to
possessors OF fifty pounds in savings bank or
the FUNDS, and to members of the learned pro-
LESSONS. He contradicted the statement that
the possessors of any of these four franchises
would have vote in addition to the one to
which he was entitled as a householder, and
explained that any person who paid twenty.
shiilings, either as income OF assessed tax but
not taxes paid under licenses, should alone
have the privilege of both franchises The
government propose to reduce the county fran
chlse to fifteen pounds rating. =, liza f.lauo1
MI. DIsraei estimated that the scheme
would add nearly one million of voters i'm bur-
oughs, and three hundred thousand in conn
ties. % 10 f- ti. t.t
Mr. Gladstone severely criticised the scheme.
He declined to accept Mr.. D'Israeh's figures,
regarding three-fourths of the new voters as
men in Buckram denounced as dual voting,
and expressed the opinion that the bill would
not pass as a whole $50 5-t-s il'.5lts iif9 /!
1t is stated that the Pope has agreed to allow
Italian troops to enter the PontificaI States TO
help the Pontifical to suppress brigandige 10 ~
Antonelli opposed the proposition. ef,i W iis
LII is announced that the Emperor of Russia
has extended amnesty to all Frenchnen exiled
to Liberia for completely in the late Polish re-
bellion. III : o. ~ 49,
In the North German Parliament amend
ments to the draft of the constitution propos-
ing the freedom of the press and the right of
public meeting were rejected. so
On the 21st inst. Mr.. Gladstone convened a
meeting of the Liberal members of the House
of Commons. 1t was understood to agree on a
course of opposition to the Government reform
bill. 5, IN. ..-r Js....', I'D IL
The extra steamer Tripoi sailed from
Queenstown for New York on the 10th inst
with large number OF passengers Gill;
Advices from Rome of March Goth, state that
proclamation has been issued at Trasimore,
offering a reward of GOO scudi for the; capture
OF every brigand, dead OF alive, and ], 200 scudi
for the capture fevery chief of band 81 ba