The Portland daily press., 1881-07-23
FOREIGN.
The Irish Land Bill Through the
Committee.
QUIET RESTORED IN TUNIs.

LONDON, July 22.-Rochefort's organ, the
Lanterne, prints a despatch from St. Peters,
burg, dated the 18th inst, which says the
Nihilists' kexecutive committee has held
great and solemn meeting. Several exiles
came from Geneva to attend 1t was resolved
to give the Gar one more warning, and If he
does not heed it he and all his pig headed ad-
visers will perish.
The above was probably invented on the ba-
sis Of the Berlin despatch to the st. James
Gazette to the effect that the Nihilists were
holding congress in st. Petersburg, under
the very eyes of the government, which was
unable to discover the place OF meeting.
Bradlaugh and His Supporters.
Bradlaugh has summoned meeting of his
supporters in Trafalgar square on the evening
of the I'd of August, to make an orderly pro-
test against his expulsion from the Commons.
The Land Bill Through the Committee.
The consideration of the land bill in the
committee was finished tonight amid loud
and prolonged cheers, and the bill was then
ordered to be reported to the House.
The Transvaal.
The vote of censure which Sir ichae
Hicks Beach will move on Monday next in the
House of Commons is as follows: That in the
opinion of the House the course as pursued by
the government in regard to the rising in the
Transvaal, which so far as yet explained to
Parliament has resulted in the loss of valuable
lives without indicating the authority of the
Crown, is fraught with dangar to the future
peace and safety of Her Majesty's dominions in
South Africa, and fails to provide for the full
fillment of the obligations contracted by Eng
land toward the European settlers and natives
of the Transvaal.
Mr.. Rathbone (Liberal member for Carnar-
vonshire), will move an amendment as fol-
lows: That the House, believing that the con-
tinuance of war in the Transvaal would not
have advanced the honor and interests of
England, approves the steps taken by the gov
eminent to effect a peaceful settlement, and
feels confident that every care will be taken to
guard the interests of the natives, to provide
full liberty and equal treatment for the entire
white population and to promote harmony and
good will among the various races of. South
Africa.
Tunisian Affairs.
TUNIs, July 22-Affairs in the regency are
much calmer. The whole of Tunis including
Kairouan, is now quiet. This is attributed to
the impression produced by the occupation of
Sfax by the French.
Later details of the capture of Sfax say that
100 French were killed or wounded. A por-
ton is held by the Arabs who fire from the
houses and prefer death to yielding.
The German Migration to America.
The Times Berlin correspondent, discussing
German emigration to America, says one au-
thority reckons the amount of capital lost to
the Fatherland by semigration to America at
1880. 600, 900 marks. Many regard the vast
tide OF emigration not as an unmixed evil but
as a purifying stream. They contend that
Germany is suffering from over population.
Foreign Notes.
A Berlin despatch announces that there is to
be complete revision of the American diplo-
matte and consular service in Germany.
All present anu former ministers of the
Turkish government have been summoned in
council to consider the best means of settling
neutrality-suspicious.
The weather in Paris is moderate but the
scarcity of water continues There is short
supply OF water at Bordeaux, Lyons, and
Rouen.