The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-12-09
FOREIGN.
Particulars Of the Great London
Fire.
MARINE DISASTERS REPORTED IN
ENGLAND.
Discussion Of the German budget Re-
sumed.

Ordered to Madagascar.
PARIS, Dec. S.-The French cruiser Venus
will go to Madagascar.
Bismarck's Health.
BERLIN, Dec. 8.-Great disappointment was
expressed in the Bundesrath yesterday at the
absence OF Prince Bismarck, who was expect
ed to make an important address. His severe
neuralgia palms, which still continue, prevent
ed his attendance.
The British Cabinet.
LONDON, Dec. S.-The Times says 1t has rea-
son to believe that soon after Christmas Lord
Derey Will be invited to join the Cabinet
Hugh @. Childers, now War Secretary, will
become Chancellor OF the Exchequer, and Sir
Charles Dixie will enter the Cabinet. 1t saws
these changes may be precursors of even more
important ones. II is possible that before the
END OF the next session of Parliament Mr..
Gladstone may consider himself entitled to re-
TIRE, and In such contingency there is little
Gouot tnat Lord Harrington will become
Prime Minister.
The Fire in London.
LONDON, Dec. So A. M.-The fire which
broke out last night in the premises of Foster,
Porter q Co., wholesale hosiers, on Wool
street, was the greatest that has occurred in
London since the celebrated Tooley- street fire.
Ine loss Is estimated at upwards of 92 900 O00
Inc whole block between London Wall, Phil
lip Lane, Addie street and Wood street ex-
cept the warehouses on the corners of London
Wall, has been destroyed. The fire is now
suDdued, but the remainder of the block is
still in danger
1t is believed that persons were injured,
some OF them seriously. Foster, Porter &
20 1t is stated, had stock of silk goods,
alone estimated to be worth G5000OO.
Inc salvage corps succeeded in saving a
large amount OF goods. The walls of the ware
houses burned on Wood street and Philip lane,
Ieil into the roadway with a crash like that of
thunder, filing the streets with burning de-
bris.
10 A. MAT this hour the engiues are still
pouring immense volumes of water ON the
ms. The burnt area is over two acres One
nreman IS missing. 1t is believed that he was
overwhelmed by debris when three or four
houses fell on Wood street, at 6.45 O'Clock this
morning.
The German Budget.
BERLIN, Dec. SIN the Reichstag yesterday
Herr Burchern, Secretary of State for the I'm
perial Treasury, urged the necessity of intro-
ducing two consecutive budgets. He said the
financial situation Of the empire was very IA
vorable- The budget for 1881 and 1882 gave
surplus @ OF over zoo goo 600 marks, and that for
ert asked the House to reject the budget for
1884 and 1885. The debate was adjourned m-
til Saturday.
An Unknown Steamer Founders.
LONDON, Dec. 8.-A steamer, the name Of
which has not been ascertaiDed, struck the
rocks near Penzance to-day and foundered.
Nothing further concerning the disaster is
known.
Eleven Liyes Lost on a Wrecked Barque.
The German barque Argonaut, Cap ain Bre-
mers, from Bremen for New York, is ashore
on the Island of Terschelling and will proba-
bly, be total wreck. Her captain and ten of
the crew were drowned Four of the crew
were saved.
The Floods in Paris.
PARIS, Dec. S.-The water has reached the
heart of the city, and the drains in low living
quarters, are unable TO find an outlet, and the
water has risen to level with the roads The
cellars OF the foreign office building is flooded.
Notre Dame quarters is swaming with rats driy-
en- ont from sewers, and people were suffering
from their depredations. The water has in
Yadad the 1Ihanhar Of Denutiaa