The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-02-21
EUROPE.
Irish Tenants Paying Rent in large
Numbers.
THE POPE INDIGNANT AT PARNELL's
ACTS IN PARIS.
A French Village Destroyed by an Ava
lanche.


Roadway. Lord Digby's tenants. to the num-
Der of 700 after holding out in most deter
mined manner for Grifith's valuation, have
paid rents in full less the landlords abatement
Of ten per cent. The authorities of Dublin
Castle are quietly awaiting the passing of the
coercion bill to carry out their part of the pro-
gramme. Lists of those who are to be impris-
oned are already prepared and proclamations
to be issued by the Lord Lieutenant are print
ed. The country will be surprised not at the
extent to which the powers of the authorities
under the bill will be exercised, but at the
lienency with which the bill will be put in
force. The ordinary law is beginning to assert
itself throughout the country with vigor
which it was not supposed to possess, and there
is a growing disposition not to interfere with
this satisfactory movement. This is as regards
the Land League. With the Molly Maguires,
Fenians and Ribbonmen the case is different.
They will be dealt with in a most vigorous
manner.
DUBLIN, Feb. 19-The Orange emergency
committee met to-day. After dsposing of
routine business they drew up a telegram,
which was dispatched to the Grand Master of
Canada. requesting the aid of Orangemen and
other Protestants OF the Dominion to enable
the committee to further oppose the Land
League and assist prosecuted Protestants.
LONDON, Feb. ia dispatch from Rome to
the Morning Post says the Pope has expressed
indignation at Parnel and the principal men,
beers OF the Land League, whom the Roman
Catholic bishops in Ireland have represented
as only sincere patriots, for having formed an
alliance with Henri Rochefort and other anti
clericals.
Just before the House of Commons ad-
journed last night, and when most of the re-
porters had left, the Speaker said he had con-
sldered the various questions and suggestions
addressed to him, and had framed a new rule
in lieu of those announced on Thursday which
he trusted would meet the views of the House.
The rule is as follows:-That in committee on
any urgent bill or in the stage known as con-
Slderation of a bill as amended, minister can
move that the remaining clauses and any
amendments or new clauses standing on the
notice paper shall, after a certain day or hour,
be put forthwith, and such motion by min
lister shall forthwith be put from the chair, but
not decided afirmatively unless voted by to
ma ority This seems to meet the Conserva-
tive objections
The Marquis of Harrington, on behalf of
Mr. Gladstone, gave the necessary notice of
motion such as is here referred to- on Monday
night, in regard to the protection bill.
Prosperous Condition of British Finances
The Times this morning says:-It is probable
that the revenue for the current year will ex-
coed the estimates by nearly e., 00O, 900, and
the expenditures may prove not to have been
above the estimate. In addition to the cash
surplus which would be thus in hand the ma
tional finances are better by the sum Of $780,
600, which it was necessary to provide in pre-
vioas years for the extinction of the amount of
debt then falling due. The result, inclusive of
this sum OF 100000, will be surplus of about
OO0,00O as compared with the deficit of near
ly that amount in 1879 aud 1880.
American Pork Excluded from France.
PARIS, Feb. ia decree is published pro-
hibiting the importation into France of sailed
pork, bacon and ham from the United States
A French Village Destroyed and Fifteen
Persons Killed
The village of Brevieres, department of Sa-
voy, has been destroyed by two avalanches
Fifteen persons were killed. Damage 100000
francs.
Four Students Burned to Death at a
Masked Ball!
LONDON, Feb. 19-The American Club at
Munich telegraphs;- mo American was in
lured by the accident at the masked fete of the
students of the Academy of Painters here YES
terday when the costumes of some students
caught fire, by which four were burned to
death and eight seriously injured
The Greek Question.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Feb. 19-Count Won HAITI
feldt, the German ambassador to the Porte,
brought with him instructions for Baron Won
Calico, the Austrian ambassador which were
agreed upon by Germany and Austria. They
snow tnat In the event OF war the powers will
undertake to localiZe it,
Athens says despatch from trustworthy
sources at ConstanJincple states that the Porte
has informed Germany and Austria of the
maximum concessions it is prepared to make.
They include the cession of the whole of Thes-
sally and portion of Epirus, but the Porte re-
fuses to cede Jamina, Metzova and Prevesa
Bismarck's Wishes Disregarded.
BERLIN, Feb. 20.-The committee of the up
per House of the Prussian Diet to whom the
bill relating to powers of administrative au-
thorities was referred back on account of the
objection of Bismarck to the acceptance of a
paragraph as amended by the lower House,
have rejected Bismarck's proposal with regard
to state supervision over provincial admins.
trations.
Foreign Notes
dispatch to the London News from Kilat,
Persia reports that Khan and 10000 fami-
lies have gone eastward to construct a strong
hold near Merv.
Germany has given its adherence to the plan
Tor an international exhibition of electricity in
Paris, to open in August.
The municipality of Marseilles, by vote of
thlrty-three to one, has annulled its decision to
on the ground that he was the enemy of radi-
cal ideas
An international medical and sanitary exhi-
bition is to be held in London on the occasion
OF the meeting of the International medical
congress. 1t will be open from July 10th to
August 18th. Applications from America for
space will be received until April 10th.
The Republicans in the Swedish Diet have
defeated the Governments income tax bill.
which was intended to cover serious deficit
IN the budget, and are obstructing legislation.
The situation is serious The King has left
Stockholm for Christiana