The Portland daily press., 1870-11-26
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| CABINET CRISIS.
IN, LONDON, Nov. 25-[Speca to N. Y. World.
| Ine CaDinet Crisis has eliminated to-day. This
morning Earl Granville went TO Windsor Cas-
ne to inform Her Majesty of the impossibility
| vi carrying on the government with cabinet
so lrrecOnciliably divided as to the policy to be
| pursued towards Russia The tender of his
| resignation on this issue will upset the minis.
| try. ''"''
| LONDON, Nov. %. p. M-The Cabinet as.
sembled at half past two. Granville and Glad
stone were absent. At 8 o'clock Gladstone ar
rived with Gortschakoff's note which was read
and there ensued a hot and even angry discus.
sion, but 70 decision was arrived at, The Cab
met at o'clock adjourned to meet again to.
morrow
FROM PARIS.
by balloon complete file of Paris Journals
W Inc 24th inst have been received.
ne Iemps says that the supply of beef and
u au luton VII be exhausted in few days There
IS very little salt meat, but there is dried fish
sum ;Ient for twelve days. There is five
months supply of chocolate, but rice is less
ABUNDANT, and is becoming scarce. Sugar, cof-
zee and tea will last long time yet. There is
enough enc material for bread on hand to carry
nc nc supply Into January without any diminu-
a so1 IN either quality or quantity, and horse
hesh Will last two months longer
ELECTION OF SCHOOL BOARD.
AT the election in Manchester to-day for the
ecnool BOARD, fifteen members were chosen tw,
OF . w Whom are Roman Catholics. The poll shows
S0n,nrc?nmen, Weseyans, Presbyterian, 2
seEiuiarists and woman, lydia Becker, no
religlon) and 1 ragged school advocate. mo re-
hgion). The secularists obtained the lowest
number of votes. There was 40 candidates
Lydia Becker got 1929 votes out of 26513
electors.
VARIOUS MATTERS
-, Inc American steamship Ontario left Cowes
,n's morning for Havre, conveyed by two
French frigates. The cargo is intended forthe
army OF the Loire, whose movements it is said
have been delayed by their non arrival.
"A German ship, said to be the Lord Broug-
nam, has been captured off Deal by French
=, The appeal of Rev. Mr.. Mackinochie from
the sentence condemning him for Romisb ten
dencies has been decided against him.
Inc city council of Dublin petitions for the
pardon OF the Fenian convicts.
France.
REPNRTED BATTLES.
: MELVILLE, Nov. M-An engagement ia re-
ported TO nave occurred on Wednesday near
Mezleres, in which the Germans were defeated
and suffered heavy loss
LILLE Emo. Nov. 25.-There has been fighting all
day at Villiers Bretone Aux. Neither troops
engaged nor result are known here.
Prussia.
THE WAR BUDGET
BERLIN, Nov. 25.-The federal Parliament ia
asked 10 VOte supply OF 100, 100000 thaers for
the prosecution of the war to the end,
SPEEDY PEACE PREDICTED.
The Berlin Anzerger to-day says that unless
slgrs fail the end Of the war is at hand.
THE EASTERN CONTROVERSY.
1t is confidently believed here that the East
ern controversy will end without rupture of
peaceful relations. Russia and Prussia are
equally averse to congress, which no power,
however, has yet proposed
Austria.
VIENNA, Nov. 25.-In the Hungarian Diet
this AFTERNOON Won Beust, in regard to the
Euxine question, said he deemed It inexpedi-
ent to make any disclosures at present.
THE RUSSIAN REPLY TO ENGLAND,
LONDON, Nov. Gortschakoff's reply
reached London early in the morning but
Baron BruanOw did not deliver il till afternoon.
shortly before the Council of the Cabinet con,
ference. All the members of the Cabinet were
present except Bright and Fortescue. The
contents of the Russian communication was
not made public, but there is some authority
for saying that the Cabinet has arrived at no
decision. The reception of the despatch has
produced much anxiety in highest quarters.
West Indies.
CUBA.