The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-08-23
# o r EIGN
FRANCE.
The Court Martial.


| VERSAILLES, Aug 22.-In the court martial
W uay members OF the Paris fire department
IMPOSED positively that the Commune ordered
t nS uIing OF public and private buildings and
Palace Royal. - WY
Compulsory Military Service.
The press holly debates the nronosed d;s.
Dahumeht of the National Guard. The con
| sefVatiVe journals advocate and the radical ma
pers oppose the step. Fears are expressed that
us en'orcelnent will meet with opposition in
| Lyons and elsewhere.
| The Assembly.
The budget com mittee of the Assemble and
| the government have agreed upon a substituta
I for the newspaper stamp duty in the shane of
tax upon paper of 20 francs per kilogramme
| 1t is reported that compromise has been made
| in the matter of the prOloDgation of Theirs
term of Oeice under which he is to receive the
title OF President, and hold his position until
| the dissolution of the present Assembly. Sup
| Elementary elections in five important cities
| will soon be ordered
GREAT BRITAIN.
Riot i'm Limerick.
DUBLIN, Aug. % AS band of music was
passing through the streets of Limerick to
day, followed by a large crowd, signal was
gwen on which mob commenced stoning the
polIce who were watching .he procession. The
latter immediately rushed upon their assall-
ants, and after hard fighting succeeded in dis
and taken to the hospital
PERSIA.
Famine and Pestilence.
LONDON, Ang. 22-The news from Persia is
sun contradictory. The Levant Herald de-
clares that famine and pestlence is worse than
ever; that there has been q 600 victims at Is.
pahan alone; that the crops have been destroy
ed ard th.t one third of the population have
been annhilated
DOMINION OF CANADA.
The Aquatic Carnival.
HALIFAX, Aug. 22.-The entr es for tie re-
gatta are now complete and the list is closed
Ihey are as follows: For the tour-oared race
6ryor, Barton and Roche, crews of Halifax;
Renforth and Taylor crews of England; Coul-
ter, crew OF the United States; Paris crew OF
ST. John. There are five entries for the single
scul race, viz: Rentorth and Brown of the
Pryor crew; Coulter of the American crew;
Sadler OF the Taylor crew; Tracy of the Bar
Ter crew. This race excites equal attention
almost with the iOur-o cared match. Brown of
the Pryor crew has good reputation aud it Is
expected that the contest between him and
Rentorth will be very close.
The Yacht Club offer number of prizes for
swimming matches on the last day OF the car
nival. The second Tyne crew are very conf
dent and anticipate that the only contest will
be between lthem and the Renforth crew.
Every precauton has been taken to prevent
foulng on the day of the races by stationing
oooto pIhulN hdthidS Oub Guo COuIs0 OI the
race Grand stands have qeen erected capable
of accommodating several thousand people.
The ~. John Il ace.
ST. JOHN, Aug. 22.-Tbe crews have finish
ed training and are resting to-day. Both crews
are in capital condition ard splendid race is |
Anticipated. There is very little betting out
the odds are still in favor ofthe Tyne crew.
Foreign Items. |
The Emperor and Empress of Brazil are re-
ported in Hamburg. |
The Wales coal miners strike is ended-the |
fourth time.
1t is proposed to hold a congress of conserya-
tive Catholics of Germany, Austria and Switz- |
erland IN Munich. Sept. I'D
The subscriptions to ths new United States |
loan at noon Tuesday amounted to $4,000, 900. |
The steamer Prince of Wales bound from
Hong Kong to Bangkok, Siam, has foundered |
at sea- Fifty persons lost their lives by the /
The ravages'o cholera are steadily increasing |
at kongsberg. 1t has also appeared at Dautz-
ig but no cases have yet occurred in Stettin or
south of Prussia.
1t is semi officially stated that thu Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria will not at present |
go to Gastein but will meet the Emperor Will |
liam OF Germany at some future time.