The Portland daily press., 1875-06-21
F OR e IG NJ
An American Consul Attacked by a Chi
mese Mob.

An American Consul Attacked by a Chi
nese Mob.
SHANGHAE, June 19-Intelligence has been
received from Chin Kong that body of native
Consul and his wife. Two of them were ar
rested and confined in the British Consulate,
when mob of soldiers surrounded the build
ing and endeavored to effect the rescue of their
companions. The Europeans hastily mustered
and prepared to defend the consulate, but the
Chinese authorities succeeded in quieting the
mob. The British and American consuls at
this city have left for Chin kang, The United
States man.of war Pelos and the British war
ship Thahia will follow there.
The Dublin Fire.
DUBLIN, June 19.-Five thousand casks of
liquor and thrty-five houses were destroyed by
the fire last night.
The American Rife Tenn.
DUBLIN, June 2O.-Tbe American rife team
upon invitation of the Lord Mayor attended
divine service to-day at st. Patrick Cathedral
The sermon, preached by Connor Keeper, was
an eulogy of monarchy and the established
church. Residents of the city comment severe
visitors enjoyed the hospitalties of the Lord
Mayors mansion.
The ". Petersburg Conference.
LONDON, June 19.-The new circular note of
the Russian government to the powers dated,
May 20th says that the object of the st. Pet
ersburg conference is not the conclusion of a
formal international treaty. Invitations will
be issued when all the governments have re-
piled to the September circular. 1t is believed
that Russia intends that protocol shall be
draughted enumerating the principles of inter
national law, accompanied by declaration of
each one of the powers signing it that they will
observe the principles as tar as possible.
French Assembly.
VERSAILLES June 19.-The National Asse M
hJV will nj MOndav 6iSpuSS fba Suhiaot of
an appropriation for the Pniladelph Centen-
NAL Exhibition.
PARIS, June 20.-The committee of thirty
have been considering the electoral bill. They
have decided to maintain the system of voting
by departments. In the Assembly yesterday
ia and the Bonapartists as to the responsibility
for the extraordinary taxation made necessary
by the late war.
HOnors TO the American Fleet.
BERLIN, June 19.-The authorities of Ham
burg and Altoona officially saluted the United
States steamer Alaska on Friday and the com.
mandauts of towns inspected the ships There
Subsequently lunch was served at which the
visitors and officers of the Alaska proposed
toasts of the most friendly nature Admiral
WOrden and Captain Franklin have returned
from this city to the squadron. The Alaska
left this city to- day for Shickstatt to join the
Franklin.
The Pope UnweII.
ROME, June ia New York Herald cable
special says the Pope suffers from lumbago.
He is not confined to his bed and holds audi
fences as usual, yet an anxiety prevails.
Foreign Notes.
General Martinez Campus has succeeded in
crossing the river Ebio, notwithstanding a
heavy fire was kept up on his forces by the Car
lists. By this movement he has established
communication with Gen. Jovellar, commander
of the army of the centre.
Mr.. Firman, an American Spiritualist, who
professed to photograph deceased persons, has
been convicted at Paris of swindling and SEN
fenced TO six months Imprisonment Mr.. Sui
livan, formerly OF the American Embassy in
Madrid, was witness for the defence.
Tennyson's new dramatic poem, Queen Mary
is published. The London Times, in a review
the drama than in anything which has appear
ed since Shakespeares time.
The Gar, when he returns from his visit to
Warsaw will pass through Bohemia. The EN-
peror of Austria will greet him on the frontier
Three persons have died and seventeen are in
the hospital from the effects of drinking whis-
key at the Dublin fire.
the French Assembly will take up the pub
lie powers bill to-day Tor debate.
A contest took place at Edinburg Saturday
between the riflemen OF England, Ireland and
Scotland for the International challenge trophy
Scotland won by 20 points ahead of England
and 139 ahead of Ireland.
A special from Paris to the London Standard
says there is reason to believe that the govern
ment has decided that general election shall
be held this year, and there is no doubt the AS
sembly will vote final dissolution as the gov
er1ment assentS to it.