The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-12-10
EURO Pc.
GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, Dec. Moon. :
Her Majesty's Theatre, one of the largest in
the city, took fire last night after the audience
had retired, and was totally destroyed. No
lives were lost. Origin of the fire unknown.
Loss very heavy.
LONDON, Dec, Midnight
In tue House of Peers, this evening, Earl
Mayo made short speech in which he deplor-
ed the bad taste and evil effect OF the public
funerals for the Fenians executed at Manches-
ter which had taken place in England and
Ireland. Such demonstrations, he declared,
showed disposition to sanction murder. He
was glad TO say that every precaution bad been
taken bp the government to prevent or SUD
press any outbreak arising from the bad pas
sions thus fomented. ftT86 Ef
In the House of Commons, toni ght Lord
Stanley, abiding to the European Congress on
the Roman question proposed by France, said
he could not see that any good would result
from a meeting of the Representatives of the
powers in general conference without pre-
vious agreement as to the basis on which their
deliberations should be conducted sg5 T
In the course of the evening the new mail
contract that has been concluded with the
Cunard steamship line was uufavorably criti-
cised, when Mr.. Hunt, the Finance Secretary
for the Treasury, defended the action of the
government, declaring that the contract was
the best one which could he made at the pres
ent time.
At a late hour tonight the Houses of Par
lament adjourned to meet on February 18th.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. Z, Noon.
The ship Lizzie Southland, which sailed from
New York for this port has been lost, as she is
now long overdue. ~
The ship Thornton, Captain Hottan, which
went ashore in the Mersey in a bad position,
is not thought possible to be saved.
IRELAND.
DUBLIN Dec. 8-Evening
The obsequies of Allen, Gould and Larkin
were performed here to-day. and were the oc
caslon of an immense manifestation of sympa-
thy. The proceedings We're similar to those
reported at London, Manchester and Cork, but
in numbers this demonstration far exceeded
any previous one, 1t is estimated that 10000
men marched in the funeral procession. Good
order was maintained all along the line, and
the whole affair passed off quietly.
LONDONDERRY, Dec. 8.
The steamship Hibernia, from New York,
Both ult. has arrived at Neville on her way to
Glasgow.
The Presse says that the Conference will
not meet at Munich as at first proposed, but In
this city, at the time originally appointed
The ENJOYS of the various powers resident in
this city will represent those powers in the
Conference.
PARIS, Dec. 8.
Fears are entertained here of a ministerial
crisis in consequence of the last speech of NJ
Rouher on the Roman question IN the Corps
AtSiSldbu. lT1uce NdpultOu Is dpUut w ledfc
Paris for Monsa, in northern Italy, where lie
will meet his father-in-law, King Victor EN-
manuel a.r5r
l't FLORENCE Dec. 8.
1t is reported that Gen. Garibaldi has again
disappeared from the Island of Caprera, and
it is feared that another attempt against Rome
will be made by the party of action.
The speech of the French Minister, NJ.
Rouher, in which he said that Italy should not
take forcible possession of Rome, gave rise to
an angry debate in the italian Chamber of
Deputies vest erday. Prime Minister Mena-
brea informed the House that he had asked
the French government for an explanation of
the speech, and he expected to receive reply
from Paris by Monday. He added that Italy
would only gain possession of Rome with the
concurrent consent of France and the other
European powers, and that it would be impos-
sble to achieve that object by force. AT the
end of the debate vote was taken, and the
government was sustained by majority of
the members.
BERLIN, Dec. 8.
Important changes in the existing tariff
rates OF the Zollverein are contemplated.
ITALY.
49, FLORENCE, Dec. z
The Italian Parliament assembled yesterday
Count Sansea was chosen President of the
Chamber of Deputies over Baron Ratazzi by
40 majority.