The Portland daily press., 1871-08-14
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'aN-t GERWANY.
N0n-seciarian Schools
BERLIN, Aug. 12.-Bismarck, as Chancellor
OF Germany, has decided that the school adj
minstratiOn of Alsace shall be nom SCI taran,
GREAT BRITAIN.
British Arbitrator.
LONDON, Aug. 12-It is reported that Sir
Alexander Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice of
England, has been appointed the British mem
Der of the Board of Arbitration upon the Ala
6ona and other claims pending under the
Treaty of Washington.
Arbiiraters CONFIRMED.
The report that Chief Justice Cockburn has
been appointed arbitrator for Great Britain
Under The Treaty of Washington is confirmed.
The drawing up Of the case for the British
government has been entrusted 10 the Lord
chancellor with Lord Lenterden and Prot.
montague Bernard as assistants. Sir Randall
Palmer will act as counsel for Great Britain
before the board of arbitration.
,- The U. =. Loan.
The Tines money article of to day states
that the balance of the funded United States
loan was taken by bankers here and will be Of
ieres to the public next week by Jay Cooke,
McCalloch & Co.
Regatta.
The regatta OF the Royal Victoria Yacht
squadron came off yesterday. Among the
yachts which started was Ashbury's LivOnia.
The race was won by the Gertrude, which took
the hSde cup. Carton was second. taking the
mosey prize and the Livonia was sixth. After
ton.
FRANCE.
81" g., There Power.
PARIS, Aug. 12.-In the Assembly to day
hivel, Of the left centre, moved that the title
VI PRESIDENT Of the Republic be conferred on
iniers-that all the powers whcq he has here
toiore exercised as chief of the executive be
er entrusted with the PRONUNCIATION and exc
cution of the laws; that he be authorized to
receive Ambassadors; that his official resi-
dence be at the place where the Assembly may
set; that he be lodged at the expense Of the
Republic, his remuneration to be fixed lat a
later date; that he shall have the right to ap-
point members of the Council of Ministers, d.
plomatic agents and military and naval com.
mands, and that ministers appointed by him
shall be responsible for acts to the Assembly.
Adnet, of the extreme right, made counter
motion expressing confidence in Thiers and
continuing his present pc wers. -
liners, who was present, asked for vote of
urgency" ON both proposals, and amidst great
excitement they werd classed urgent.
The court martials hold long and exciting
sessions daily and the trials OF leading Com
munists is progressing as rapidly as possible
where SO large plumber OF witnesses have
been summoned.
Fires set by insurgents continue to rage in
the forests of Algeria.
Foreign Items.
Count Won Moltke is dangerously ill.
The Emperor of Brazil will return home af-
ter his European tour without visiting this
country.
Opposition to the prOlOngation of Theirs
term of Office is said to be growing rapidly
both in the Assembly and among the people.
The Paris City Council has voted to raise a
loan OF $50, O0O 900 francs to be used for the re-
building and repair of the edifices destroyed or
injured during the reign of the Commune.
The gun cotton explosion at Stow Market,
England, was terribly destructive of life and
limb Twelve persons were instantly killed or
fatally injured, and forty others slightly or Sc
verely injuIed. The intense excitement occa-
stoned by the disaster is increased by the fear
which prevails of another explosion.
The Imperial government of Germany as
we'll as the local authorities have adopted the
most stringent measures to prevent the spread
ing of cholera. Twenty three persons were
attacked with the disease at Kingsbury, yes
terday, Ii of whom are already dead. No case
of cholera has happened in the south of Rus
STA. 80 FsE
A Mexican dispatch says: The opposition
are gaining. Lerdo has 1927 electors and Diaz
1904. The DiariO, official, says that Juarez has
5023.
Palacios, commanding Matamoras, and Cor
tina, commanding the line of the Rio Grande,
are quarreling over the depredatiOns commit
ted on the American side. A collision is fear
ed and preparations are making for it.
The meeting in Hyde Park, Dublin, yester-
day, was attended by 10000 people, and speak
ing by prominent radicals denOuncing the &C.
ton Of the Sunday previous took place from
several stands. Quiet prevailed.
The latest Brazilian advices state that the
bill for the emancipation of slaves passed to its
second reading in the Chamber of Deputies.
vents and other property of the church for pub
lie uses.
The World has special, an improbable ru.
NOR, that Victor Emanuel has offered to re-
store the quirinal to the Pope, and unite with
France and Spain to secure his independence.