The Portland daily press., 1881-07-21
FOREIGN.
A Nihilist Congress in ST. Peters
burg.
TRIPOLITAN TRIBES DETERMINED TO
FIGHT THE FRENCH.

IUNIS, july NU.-Ino bey.S troops are de-
serting him by hundreds. .The aqueduct will
be guarded by a French regiment as attempts
have been made to destroy it. Tripoitan
tribes have Joined the insurgents and raided
within twenty miles of the capital. Spies re-
port that the rebels declare they intend to
plumber and massacre Christians by the
wholesale.
The Nail Makers Strike Ended.
LONDON. July 2O-The great strike of the
nail makers of Staffordshire, which begun
last month, has ended, the masters having
conceded the 30 per cent. advance IN wages
demanded.
Potatoes Plentiful in Ireland.
The potato crop in ireland promises plenti-
full, aud large margin for export is expected.
Lord O'Hagan not to Retire.
The report is denied that Lord O'Hagan
will retire from the office OF Lord Chancellor
Of Ireland.
A Nihilist Congress in st. Petersburg.
A Berlin despatch says the Nihilists fare
holding congress IL st, Petersburg under
the very eyes of the government, which, al
though fully aware of the fact, are unable to
discover the place of meeting.f
The Burial of Dean Stanley.
Dean Stanley will be buried beside his wife
in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday next. The
public will be admitted to the Abbey during
the funeral service, unless he has left among
The News says Dean Stanley always spoke
| in terms of affectonate appreciation of his en-
| thusiastic reception in America, and the large
number of American callers in Deanery proves
| the estimation in which he was held in Amer
| lea has not weakened. In accordance with
| this feeling DR.. Dudley. Assistant Bishop of
Kentucky, will preach the funeral sermon on
| Sunday at St. Margarets, Westminster.
An Important Rumor from Rome.
The Times prints with prominence which
| indicates it's authoritative source letter
| signed "a Resident in Rome" as follows:
| 81 have sufficient grounds for believing that
| had all gone quietly the Pope would have
taken the occasion he desires for terminating
his imprisonment and that the torch-bearing
procession was organized by the old Zealots in
distinct opposition to the representations of the
| Cardinal Vicar, in the hope of provoking
| what in fact happened, and so effeGtualy pre-
venting the Pope from passing the doors of the
| Vatican
Protest by Don Carlos.
The Paris correspondent of the Times says
| Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, before
starting for London sent the following protest
to his friends: "The motive of my expulsion
can only have been my presence at the mass
celebrated for my uncle on St. Henry's Day.
At the present moment Spaniards who had
come contding in the protection OF France to
fructify the soil of Algeria by their labor are
suffering intolerable treatment. Spain is
mourning for her massacred sons and dis
honored daughters, but France IS not RESPONSE
bic for the acts of her government She is
the cradle Of my family. I love her dearly.
l remember all the kindness which has les
sened the bitterness of my exile. Leaving
French soil, 1 address to my friends thanks
and farewell.
The Land Bill.
A new clause of the land bill of which Mr.
Forster gave notice to-day, is intended to pro-
vide for the allotment of land to aid in the
building of cottages for agricultural laborers.
1t was read a second time.
The Sultan Breaks Another Promise.
CoNsTANTNoPLE, July 2O.-In spite of the
promise of the Porte to France, to cease send
ing troops to Tunis, the Sultan has ordered a
further contingent sent.
PENIS Remains to Remain in England.
LONDON, July 2O.-Mr Littleboy of New
port Pagnell writes to the Daily News as fol-
lows:
The proposed removal of the remains of
William Penn have obtained much attention
here and in America. beg to inform you
that deputation of the Society of Friends
met Mr.. George Harrison, the Commissioner
from Pennsylvania, in London to-day, and
handed him "a reply courteously declining the
proposed removal. The trustees believe that
the removal of Penns remains amid the
pomp of a state ceremonial would be utterly
repugnant to his known character and senti-
ments; and, further, the trustees cannot ad-
nit that America possesses prior claim to
the custody of his remains.
An Appeal to Mohammedans.
PARIS, July 2O.-The Oran correspondent of
the Temps says, in connection with troubles in
Algeria that letters were sent from Mecca in
1880 to all Mohammedan countries, vigorously
appealing to the sentiment of the brotherh God
uniting all Mussulmans, declaring that Islam
was threatened with complete destruction,
that England was mistress Of India, France OF
Algeria, and Russia of Turkestan, and it there
fore behooved Mohammedans to awake and
everywhere throw off the Christian dominion.
The Irish Land BILL
LONDON, July 20.-In the House of Com
mons last night in committee on the Land bill
tho amendment of Hugh Low, Attorney Gene
raj for ireland, enabling tho land court to
quash all leases concluded since 1870 which
it finds to contain unfair terms and to have
been forced on the tenant by threat of evic-
ton or by undue influence, was carried by a
vote of 201 to 100.
The Case Of Mr.. Bradlaugh.
Mr.. Bradlaugh has had an interview with
the Inspector of Police at the House of COM
mons, and informed him that he does not in
tend to bring mob to Westminster on the Sd
of August when he will present himself at the
table of the House, claiming his parliamentary
rights, but says he cannot prevent a crowd
gathering. The police will exclude the public
from the palace yard on that day.
The Emigration Clause of the Land Bill.
Mr.. O'Donnell, Home Ruler, writes to the
Times claiming that the government have
virtually abandoned the emigration clause of
the Land bill by inserting the provision
limiting the expenditure to 100000, to be
spread over period of three years. But for
this concession he says the government could
only have passed the clause after expelling all
the Home Rule members. AS the clause now
stands the Home Rulers regard it as COM
| plete fiaScO.