The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-07-16
EUROPE.
Depression of the Cotton Trade in Eng
land.

Depression of the Cotton Trade in Eng
land.
LONDON, July Unpublished statistics show
that the movement for a reduction in output
is spreading in the cotton districts. In addi-
ton to the depression at Blackburn and Old
ham, 10000 spindles at pre- present have stopped,
out OF an aggregate Of 100000. A quarter of
the looms at Preston have also stopped. At
Accrirgton work is very irregular, particularly
the weaving department.; $500 spindles are
idle in two mills, besides numerous other STOP
pages. In the Leigh district $4,000 spindles
are working on short time, and 140, 900 are
stopped altogether. In the Washington district
$4,000 spindles and HOO looms are idle.
Bismarck's Relations with the Vatican
LONDON, July ia Berlin correspondent
believes that most that has been accorded to
the Ultramontanes is that, in consequence of
the retirement of DR.. Falk from the ministry
on ecclesiastical affairs, the ecclesiastical laws
have been enforced with more leniency than if
he had remained in office, and this may ulti-
mately have the effect of procuring the recog-
milton of the ecclesiastical laws by the Vatican.
The German Government and Parliament
BERLIN, July 15.-Bills have been introduced
in the Bundesrath for the alteration of those
articles OF the German constitution by which
the Legislature must meet and the budget be
voted annually, and by which the duration of
Parliaments is fixed at three years. The bill
which proposes to substitute biennial meetings
of Parliament and biennial budgets has created
considerable sensation as tending to further
free the Government from parliamentary con-
troll. The technical reason alleged for the
change is the inconvenience of discussing two
budgets, the PruSSan and Imperial, in the
same year. 1t was suggested some time ago
that they might be taken up in alternate years.
The creation of department for the control
of the imperial railways is also regarded as
step toward rendering the Government less de-
pendent on Parliament.
Ferry's Educational Bill.
PARIS, July 15.-The bureau of the Senate
have elected committee on Ferry's educa-
tional bill The committee consists of
opponents and friends of the measure and
represents 13G senators favorable and 123
unfavorable to the government. In the depu-
ties the debate on the bill providing for the
return of the chambers to Paris was included
Foreign Notes.
Tenart (Libera) has been elected to parlia-
ment from Glasgow.
The Irish University bill was read third
time in the Lords yesterday.
All the members of the Orleans family met
at Geneva Saturday, but for what purpose is
not stated.
A despatch to the Daily News denies that
DR.. Weimer, Saloneff's accomplice, has been
sentenced to death. He has not vet been
tried.
In consequence of the depression of trade
many Lancashire operatives will emigrate to
America
James Mitchell, brother OF Maggie Mitchell,
was caned in New York yesterday and is serl-
ously hurt.
mond yesterday, for numbering his grand
mother, and notwithstanding generalization
was clearly proved the colored jury convicted
him only of murder in the second degree.