The Portland daily press., 1880-05-11

LONDON, Mar 10.-Gladstone has written a
letter which has been forwarded to the British
ambassador at Vienna, in which he says:
"When accepted the task of forming an
administration resolved, as minister, not to
repeat or even defend the political language
regarding more than one foreign power 1 used
when in position of greater freedom. 1 re-
greet that should even have seemed to impute
to the emperor of Austria language which he
did not use.
csms of Austrian policy were founded his
letter concludes:
You now assure me that Austria does not de-
sire to extend or add to the rights
she acquired under the treaty of
Berlin. Had I possessed such assurance
before 1 never would have uttered any
one word which you describe as painful and
wounding, but will Immediately express my
serious concern that should have been led to
refer to transactions of an earlier period or to
use terms of censure which l can now
wholly Danish from my mind. I think this
explanation should be made not less public
than the speech which supplied the occasion
therefor.
The Deficit in the India Budget.
LONDON May 10.-A despatch from Calcut-
ia says that the error of 93,000,000 discovered
in the Indian budget caused profound sem
sation throughout the country. 1t is generally
felt that the defence of a blunder has broken
down most lamentably, and that the gross mis-
calculation as to the war expenses has forever
ruined Sir John Strachey's reputation as a f.
nancier.
English Cotton Operatives.
Delegates from twenty cotton manufacturing
towns in England, Saturday, agreed to meet
the masters tomorrow at Manchester. The
operatives demand an advance of five per cent
and will strike if it is not conceded.
No News OF the Atlanta.
The channel squadron, ordered to cruise in
search of the Atlanta, has arrived at Bantry
Bay. There is no news of the missing vessel
Is Persons Killed by Dynamite.
Eighteen persons were killed or wounded by
the explosion of dynamite magazine at
Faido, belonging to the st. Gothard railway
contractors.
Portugal Sends Gunboat to Macao.
The Portuguese gunboat Tonega has sailed
from Liscon for Macao.
Irish Agitators Coming Over.
Davitt and Brennan, the Irish agitators,
sailed Sunday for America. Davitt and John
Dillonwill visit California and other points of
the United States in the interest of the Land
League. 1t is believed that Parnell will join
them four months hence, after the adjourn
ment of Parliament.
Trouble Between the Porte and British
Ambassador.
CoNsTANT1NoPLE, May 10.-The British en-
bassy and the Porte are exchanging angry
notes relative TO the suppression sOf the Levant
Herald and the editors subsequent sentence to
seventeen months Imprisonment for publish
ing new number of his journal. The en-
bassy claim that the decree against Whitaker
is informal and cannot be recognized. The
Porte is indisposed to permit the trial of Whit
taker. The last issue of his paper contained
grave charges against the Grand Vizier which
would by trial gain greater publicity. The
Porte insists upon its right to infict summary
punishment Whitaker meanwhile has left
the city, and the embassy refused to counte-
nance or assist in the execution of the decree
against him.
The Porte has not yet succeeded in arrang-
ing for the payment of salaries, and the dis
tress among the officers is great. A pasha was
mobbed by women whose husbands are away
on service They threatened to throw their
children under his feet.
Albania Proclaims Her Freedom.
BERLIN, May 10.-A new official organ pub
lished in the Albanian language, issoed at
Scutari the 7th, contains declaration of indie
pendence signed by Ali Pasha and the secular
and ecclesiastical chiefs of the Mohametan
and Roman Catholic tribes Turkish troops
have Joined the league All those not favor
able to the new regime are ordered to leave the
country