The Portland daily press., 1874-12-03
FOREIGN.
A small Pox Alarm.

LONDON, Dec 2-There is considerable alarm
here IN consequence of the discovery of eight
cases of small pox on board of the steamship
Abbotsford, which is at the Victoria docks I'M
dergoing repairs of damage sustained by coll
lding with the steamship hides while on her
passage from Antwerp for New York. Eight
persons afflicted with the disease were removed
to the hospital, and the Abbotsford is being
disinfected, The remainder of the passengers
had left the vessel and gone to Liverpool be-
fore it was known that there was small pox on
board.
Troubles i'm the French Ministry.
PARIS, Dec. "a draft of the message to
be submitted to the Assembly by President
MacMabon was read in the Council of Minis
tiers yesterday A paragraph in the MESSAGE
in regard to raising the state of siege was en-
phatically objected tobya majority of members,
WHO claimed that the maintenance of the state
of siege was necessary, in consequence of the
recent successes of the radicals in the munc-
pal elections at Paris aud elsewhere in the
country. Several members of the Cabinet also
objected to the manner in which the consttu-
ti0nal laws were mentioned in the message A
fresh council to determine these questions is to
be held to-day.
More Outrages Upon Missionaries in
Turkey.
LONDON, Dec. 2-Mail advices from Constan
tinople say that the authorities stopped the
transmission from that city on the 10Th of No
vember of despatch reading as follows: The
already existing discomfort of the diplomatic
corps at the arb itrary acts of the governments
has been materially augmented by violation by
an armed force of the house at Keehaher. near
Latakia, belonging to the American missiona-
ries. A party of soldiers scaled the house and
carried Off 20 the prison two natives who had
been converted and become Protestant teach
ers, All the foreign representatives at Con-
stantinOple except Elliot the British Ambassa-
DOR wished to convene a meeting for the pur
pose of reminding the Porte of the obligation of
his treaties. Elliot declined to co operate in the
movement for fear the Russian government
would seize she opportunity to denounce the
treaty Of Paris. Baker, United States Minis
ter, entered strong and spirited protest against
the violation of the missionaries house aud re-
minded the Porte that his government was al
ways quick and energetic in defending the
rights of its subjects. The Sultan promised
that full redress would be given for the pro-
ceedings.
PARIS, Dec. 2.-The reports of dissensions
among ministers are cOutradicted. The Cabi-
net this morning settled the terms of the
Presidents message. Semi-ofical journals say
that the message is very energetic and conser-
vative in tone and is calculated to reassure the
country against partizan agitatiod. The Duke
d Audiffret Pasquier of the right was to day
elected one of the Vice Presidents of the AS
sembly,
Probable Change OF Ministry.
MONTREAIA Dec. A-Ino (JueDec Legislature
meets Tomorrow. 1t is rdmored that Jolly or
Beiingham will move a vote of want of conf
dence on the address and that enough votes are
pledged to carry it.
Singular Case.
TORONTO, Dec. 2.-In the Provincial lunatic
asylum, yesterday, female patient named
Mrs. Newell, an English emigrant, afflicted
with a notion that her five children's souls
would not be saved unless she herself died some
terrible death, set fire to her clothing and then
knelt in devotion while enveloped in tlames.-
The fire was extinguishcd but the patient died
this morning after great agony.