The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-12-13
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ISLANDER DENIED.
PARIS. Dec 11.-Senor Miraflores, intendant
of ex-Queen Isabella of Spain, has published
an emphatic denial of the oft-repeated story
that the Queen had taken the crown diamonds
on her retirement from Spain. -.t
RUMoRs OF A CHANGE OF CABINET.
PARIS, Dec. PA council of ministers was
held at o'clock this afternoon at the Tuiller-
les. 1t is rumored that this extraordinary
meeting of the council has been summoned TO
consider and decide upon an immediate change
in the ministry.
NAVIGATION OF THE BALTIC. IN ~.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec 1.-THE navigation
of the Baltic Sea is closed for the season
FAILURES.
LONDON, Dec. 11.-Several bankers of ST. Pc
tersburg have recently failed, but their names
for some unexplained reason have been With
held from the public tffi
Portugal.
AN OUTBREAK FEARED. u.
LISBON, Dec. 11.-Fears are entertained of
the breaking out of rebellion in various parts
of Portugal. The authorities are active.
Great Britain. ave
r. LOSS OF AN AMERICAN SHIP. -t.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 1.-THE American ship
Crescent City, Capt Coledeld, which left Sa-
vannah, Ga, for this port on the 30th of Octo-
her last, with cotton, sprung aleak at sea and
was abandoned, as If was evident she could not
be kept afloat. ss,ir
GEN. GRANTS MESSAGE. 4- III
LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Observer says Gen.
Grants message makes pleasing impression
in financial circles.
GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF TELEGRAPH LINES.
1t is reported that Mr.. Love- Chancellor of
the Exchequer, does not find it necessary to
raise loan in the open market in order to
provide money for the purchase OF the tele-
graph lines in accordance with the recent act
of Parliament.
Egypt.
THE sUEz CANAL. I'd =
LONDON Dec. ia report comes from the
admiralty Office saying that for a distance of
thirty-five miles the Suez Canal is subject to
sand drifts, reducing the depths, and thick
fogs, bewildering to pilots. ---'si u
LONDON, Dec. I'm. Lesseps denies that
the Suez Canal Company is in want of funds
or requires international protection. He prom
Uses that all unfinished work on the canal will
he completed without interrupting its naviga-
ton.
MADRID, Dec. 1.-THE Cortes voted unani-
mously for the restoration of constitutional
guarantees. sr1ta -ft "a. ~
RUMoRs OF COUP D'ETAT. .fe-s7
PARIS, Dec 12-Private advices received
uoTo dSScEt Iudt 0cu. COuCemplaC0Sa coup
d etat that sure of 100 voices in the Cortes he
will proclaim the Duke of Genoa King, and |
then present law to the Cortes making him
self Regent during the minority of the King;
that ne relies on the support of the army, the
Generals being in his favor, and that he will |
send for the Duke of Genoa. soon to carry out |
the scheme On the other hand public dis |
patch from Madrid announces that Prim made |
a speech in the Cortes yesterday, in which he |
denied any intention of making coup detat |
He declared, however, his belief that an i'm
mense majority of the country was in favor of |
the Duke of Genoa; that the Duchess of Gen |
ca was willing that her son should accept the |
crown, and that in all probability the Duke of |
Genoa would soon be proclaimed King of |
Spain. ~ LA - t5t32y -
---rt-- Rome. 10
THE PAPAL SUCCESSION. |
PARIS, Dec. ia telegram from Rome re-
ports that the Pope has issued a decree provid- |
ing that in case of his death the Ecumenical |
Council shall be dissolved and none bnt Cardi-
nails take part in the election Of his successor.