The Portland daily press., 1878-11-04
EUROPE.
The English Municipal Elections.


LONDON. Nov. 2-The municipal elections
held throughout England and Wales yesterday,
were mostly contested on political rather than
on local grounds. The Londan News claims
that on the whole. the balance of the changes
favors the Liberals.
An English 5oarnnl on the Fishery Dis
The London Telegraph, commenting upon
the dispatches from Philadelphia about the
fisheries dispute. says:
In a world where no two well-informed people
think alike on any given subject, why should
the fact that Salisbury and Evarts are unable
to take quite the same view of this question.
create in Philadelphha profound sensation?
Let the whole of the facts be put before the
the public and we are sure that men of COM
mon sense ia both countries will soon arrive ut
friendly agreement.
There are no other com ments on the subject
in the daily OF the weekly press. All that is
known publicly regarding the controversy has
come from the United States
The Colonial Trud Company.
-Fhe Echo says that the Lord Mayor after ex-
aiming charges against the directors of the
Colonial Trust Company of publishing mis-
state ments regarding the Company's position,
has decided that there is no ground for issuing
summons against those officers.
The Glasgow Bank Failure.
The Lord Advocate at Edlnburg has &C.
directors of the Glasgow bank.
$150000 was subscribed at private meeting
in Glasgow yesterday for the relief of the
shareholders of the bank. Five firms each
gave $4,000.
Csrkey Wins the International Walking
Match.
Corkey won the weeks walking match at
Agricultural Hall, covering 521 miles to
Browns 505, and RowelPs 469. The priz4s
4E(0 he A.tla hall n
to Brown, ESQ to Rowell.
A Strike Impending.
LONDON, Nov. 3.-The Oldham cotton OPERA
tves held meeting Saturday aud unanimously
resolved to resist the proposd reduction of 10
per cent in wages. Twenty thousand hands
and 100000 spindles will b. affected by this
action.
The Treaty Of Berlin.
The Observer, in semi-oficial paragrap nh.
says it understands the statement that the
British government has applied to ths other
powers for assistance in enforcing the treaty of
Berlin is unf0uuded.
Germany aud ts,e Vatican.
ROME, Nov. 3.-The negotiations between
the Vatican and Germany are progressing
slowly. Both sides are anxious to arrive at a
prompt settlement concerning the dioc. ses Of
Aisace and Lorraine which ara still admius-
tered as when they belonged to France The
Vatican will take advantage of the recent de-
IoaG OF the raQical3 IN switzerland to re- eStab-
lisb relations with that country. The exiled
Swiss bishops have already been notified to re-
turn.
Aif0nso,s Assassin,
MADRID, Nov. %. The public prosecutor has
been ordered to present an Indictment gainst
MoncasI within "a hours
A 81. Petersburg Journal Sees Signs of
War.
ST PETERSBURG. Nov. 2-The Golos SAYS all
the Russians wish for peace, but the present
aspect OF affairs is very alarming. The Golos
particularly points to the fact that the chief
field cashbox has bsen returned from Odessa
to Adrianople and asks why if the rumor of
the re-advaIcngs are untrue. An advance on
Constantinope would be hostile challenge on
the part of Russia. 1t is reported on 90 cd
authority that the Grand Duke Michael will
shortly succeed Count Kerzsbue in the governor
generalship of Warsaw, that Gen. Mulutine
now minister of war is going to Caucoses, and
that Gen. Nepok oitschtsky or Ger. Kaufman
will probably be made minister of war.