The Portland daily press., 1881-10-05
FOREIGN.
Congregational Union OF England.

Congregational Union OF England.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-The Congregational Union
of England and Wales assembled at Manches-
ter consisting of 1000 delegates to-day, and
passed resolutions of coincidence with Mrs
Garfield and the American Lational VICE.
Particulars of the Arab Outrages in
Tunis.
LONDON, Oct A Tunis despatch to the
Times says: The attack on the railway station
was made by the Arabs who recently attacked
Ali Bey. Wadzergha is the sixth station on
the French railway. 60 miles from Tunis
The Arabs threw the rails into the river. The
station agent, who was an ex-lieutenant IA the
French army and Chevalier of the Legion OF
Honor, was burned alive, and ten employees,
mostly Maltese and Italians, we're massacred.
M. Roustan, French minister at Tunis, in
vted the English and italian conSJ Is TO assist
at an official enquiry into the disaster. The
English and Italian consular clerks, doctors,
etc., have accordingly gone TO Wadzergha for
that purpose. Six hundred French troops
went there on the 30th ult, but the Arabs APP
peared long before their arrival. The massa-
ere was undoubtedly caused by the wholesale
destruction of olive forests, villages and vine
yards which General Sabatier considered nee
essary around Zaghouan. The Tunisian au-
thorities are evidently trying to screen the
Arabs accused of numbering the Maltese and
Italians No arrests have yet been reported.
The Tebesfa columns of French troops have
already entered the regency and captured
Gafsa after severe battle with the DJerid
Arabs. Ali Bey has sent a messenger stating
that he is not able to hold out any longer and
demanding French escort to effect his re-
treat 1t is rumored that his position is critl-
CAL mutiny having broken out in his camp.
The Times correspondent at Tunis states
that unless the French occupy Tunis immedi-
ately an anti-Christian outbreak may occur at
any moment.
PARIS, Oct 4.-Reports in regard to the posi-
sition Of Ali Bey are declared TO be exaggerat-
ed He has not been routed and has lost no
guns. Gen. Logerah has sent several batallons
to enable him to resume the offensive. a
preparations for advance on Kairouan has
been completed, and measures decided upt q
will be in full execution by the 18th inst a
temporary railway will be laid from Susa TO
Kairouan
Mr.. Parnell and the Farm Laborer
Delegates of farm laborers interviewed Mr..
Parnell at Cork yesterday. Mr.. O'Leary sub
mittted a manifesto prepared by comm ttee
in accordance with resolution of the recent
national convention. Mr.. Parnell, replying,
said the land league intend to form labor de-
partment, and that with this object number
of laborers would meet in few days.
Sir Stafford Northcote on Politi :
les.
Sir Stafford Northcote, speaking at Hull,
yesterday. said the Conservatives wished the
land act to have fair trial The condition of
affairs was very unsatisfactory as regards the
Boer convention and the Anglo-French COM
mercial treaty. With regard to Free Trade"
he was not quite in favor of all of the propos-
ais made by his Conservative friends.
Another Outrage in Ireland.
LONDON, Oct. A farmer named Leary
living near Baltimore, Leinster, on Lord Ken
more's property, was fatally shot last evening
by a band of armed men who visited his house
to warn him not to pay rent. He died this
morning.
An Important Allocution from the Pope.
ROME, Oct. Alt is stated the Pope will de-
liver a very important allocution on the sub
ject of the relations of the Vatican with the
powers at consistory which is to be held pre-
paratory TO the canonization on the 8th of De-
cember.