The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-02
FROM EUROPE
NEWS BY THE CABLE.
Match betaUeen The Yachts Henriee-
fa and Fixing.
Sailing OF Transports for Vera
Cruz.
Partial Destruction Of the Crystal
Palace by Fire.
Cabinet C1icis IN Greece.
THE ABYssINIAN CAPTIvEs AGAIN
IN IRONS.

CoaCes, England, Dec. 81. NoonAt the desire
of the Queen, match has been made between
the Henrietta, Capt. Bennett, and the Duke of
Edinburgh's yacht Viking. The race will take
around the Isle of Wight. The Duke will sail
his own yacht.
The officers of the New York squadron have
been invited to banquet at Southampton
London, Dec 81, Noon-The British Ameri-
can conference which has been in session here
for long time has at last removed all difficult
ties and agreed on a basis for confederation
bill to Parliament.
1t is said that Admiral Goldsborough, of the
United States navy has asked permission of his
Government to transport the Cretan refugees
IN war steamer.
Madrid, Dec. 31-The Cortes has been dis
solved by the Queen.
New YORK, Jan. 1.
Specials have the following:
Paris Dec. 3l.-The Libena of this morning
announced that NJ. Winchester, an Austrian,
is urging upon the French government the
adoption of his new guns into the military and
naval service.
Ha0re, Dec. 3l.-Thrty transports have sail
ed for Vera Cruz from Cherbourg and the re-
mainder are under orders to leave by the 8th of
January.
SydenhdDt, Eng, Dee. 31.-The Crystal Pal
ace or Worlds Fair exhibition building of Eng
land is now on fire. The conhagration broke
out at o'clock in the afternoon OF to-day. 1t
commenced in the north wing, and was first
seen to issue from the section set apart for
tropical contributions, commonly called the
tropical section, in which were some rare and
valuable plants The Egyptian and minsale
courts OF the palace are now almost destroyed
by the flames. The northern tower is left stand
| ing, but all the gas pipes and heating appara-
| tus are being broken, the flaming gas escaping
from its summit and firing some of the sur
rounding material. Embers of burning wood
are falling from the tower, scattering around
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had been made by the iron arches and supports
giving away.
Sydenhanl, Eng, Dec. 81, Egening.-The fire
at Crystal Palace has been extinguished. The
damage done is estimated at S1,5e0O00.
Trieste. Dec. 80, Euening-News has just
reached this city from Greece, dated in Athens
on the oath inst, that there is cabinet crisis in
the Kingdom, the Ministers of Finance and Pub.
lie Works having rendered their designations
TO the King. His Majesty hesitating to receive
them, the two officials insisted that they should
be accepted. Government affairs are in a troub-
ed condition in Greece. Money very scare and
the pay and pensions of all the State officials
are four months over due.
Constdntinople, Dec. 30.-In special dispatch
es forwarded from France, the Emperor Napo-
leon confidentially and in friendly spirit adj
vises the Sultan and government OF the Porte
to yield all the demands for re form in govern
ment affairs and redress of local grievances
made by the people of Serria. The French
Emperor auus Dy way OF an Imperial uIplomat-
ic postscript that the Turkish rulers should "try
to pacify his Sclavinian subjects" The recon-
mendations of Napoleon are likely to have con-
siderable effect for as if to add weight and CO.
gency to his words we are in receipt Of advices
here from Gambia announcing that the Chris
tan insurgents have been reinforced by volun-
teers from abroad, and are making active pre-
parations for another fierce engagement with
the Turkish troops.
Trieste, Dec 80, EUening-News from Corfu
dated 18th inst, has been received here. Ad-
vices state that four British war vessels tool, in
provisions after being fully fitted out in that
port, and sailed Immediately for the port Of
| CANDIDA - s
Intelligence has just been received here by
way of Corfu to the effect that the instruction
in Thessaly, which it is supposed is fomented
from Greece, is progressing fully. The insur-
gents have named Greek Colonel, Veil, as their
leader
Paris, Dec. 31.-Letters just in hand dated
in Massowale, the principal sea port town OF
Abyssinia, state that the English Consul Cam
eron, M. Rosseau and their friends, known for
some years past in Europe and America as the
Abyssinia captives, who had just been released
from protracted Imprisonment, had been
again placed in irons by order of the Emperor
Theodore, ruler of Abyssinia. The cause, il
any, which his Majesty assigns for the action is
not known. The act, however, will produce
considerable feeling in England