The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-07-28
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Various Matters,

FRANCE.
Various Matters.
PARIS, July N.-Gen. ViDroy invites, in a
card, subscriptions for rebuilding of the Palace
OF the Legion of Honor.
Devienne presided yesterday at the session
OF the Court Of Cessation. The sittings of the
courts martial have been again adjourned.
Fresh arrests of Communists were made yes
terday.
Generl Amnesty.
1t is remored that repealed adjn'mnts of the
courts martial for the trial of Communist
prisoners are for the purpose OF paving the
way to general amnesty.
The Assembly has postponed till August 4th
the question of distributing among all the de-
partments OF France the loss of property and
material by German invasion.
ROME.
snbmissiou to tho Dogma.
ROME, July 27.-SyrO Maronite and Greco
Melcbite, patriarch, Greco Metchite, archbishop
of Aleppo and thirteen Hungarian archbishops
nave forwarded to Rome their submission to
the dogma of infallibilty.
rfF lss.-..s SPAIN.
Salaries Reduced.
MADRID, July The government has re-
solved to reduce the salaries of all functiona-
RES 70 per cent. r4e
GREAT BRITAIN.
Parlia mens.
LONDON, July N.-In the House of Com
mons this evening Mr.. Gladstone handed to
the Speaker a royal message urging that pro-
vision be made for Prince Arthur. On the
Speakers apprizing Mr.. Gladstone that the
message was addressed to the House of Lords,
there was much derisive laughter from the OPP
position benches. The premier apOlogized
somewhat lamely for his mistake. The ques-
ton of the ballot was discussed with much an
nimation.
DOMINION OF CANADA.
Fires Raging and Loss Of Life.
TORONTO, July N-very extensive fires are
raging in the woods on the line of the North
ern railway in the neighborhood of New Low
ell 1t is reported that three children persisted
in the flames.
Boiler ExpIssion.
QUEBEC, July N.-The boiler of Jones' saw
mill exploded to-day and almost demolished the
building. Pieces Of machinery were thrown
100 feet. About 80 persons were at work but
only one, a Mr.. Hickey. was killed.
Foreign Items.
A large force Of Turkish troops has gone to
Albania, the Porte fearing a rising there in
connection with the Montenegrins.
The Grand Duke Alexis is at Cronstadt COM
pletely absorbed in the equipment of his squad
ron for the voyge to America. The fleet which
sails August Both for New York.
The Pope 10 his reply to the address of the
Roman Academy disclaims any inherent power
in the Papacy to dispOssess the sovereigns.-
He says that in ancient times Christian ma
tions reversed the Pope as arbiter between peo-
pie and sovereign. -
The Committee OF the House of Commons
upon the slave trade will on Monday next ex-
anime the British Consul at Havana relative to
the recent landing of cargo of slaves in the
Island of Cuba
Gar Alexander and Emperor William spent
Monday together at the castle of Ingenherm,
Bavaria.
An investigation is going on at Brussels to
ascertain if the pictures found in the former
residence of Victor Hugo, in that city, We're
stolen from the Louvre.
A Calcutta dispatch says that the rebel
Amer Khan and four other Whabee prisoners
have been sentenced to transportation for life.