The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-12-15
FOREIGN
Mr.. Gladstone Resigns the Chan.
cellorship Of the Exchequer.
HAMPTON COURT PARTLY DESTROY.
ED BY FIRE.
Twenty-Five Persons Drowned in
Mine.

LONDON, Dec 1.-THE Pail Mall Gazette says:it
is authorized to state that Gladstone has resigned
the CHARACTERISTIC Of the Exchequer and that the
war. is appointed to succeed him. Changes in the
ministry naie necessary by this arrangement are
still under consideration.
Hampton Court Partly Buried.
Early this morning flames were discovered issuing
from the front windows Of Hampton Court. the
Royal Palare at Hampton fifteen miles from Lon
don. The fire now O1 A. No is progressing. The
pal tings have been destroyed and it is believed
that many have been injured The local fire en-
si1es ar are werkng Vigorously 70 conquer NE flames
gallery. The local fire brigade is mastering the
1.30 P. M.-The fire broke out in a suite of pri-
tie apartments in the clssier. The local fire
brigade worked three hours and succeeded in pre-
venting the flames from extending. The first ac-
count OF the damage appears to have been exag-
gerated quantity of valuable property re-
moved in time to save it. woman was sutfoeated
3P. M.-The Times gives the amount of damage
| by the fire at Hampton Court at many thousand
pounds. The fire is subdued.
Tho Times says the picture gallery was at one
time threatened but its contents were removed.
| Hampton Court Palace was once favorite resi-
| dence of the TudOrs and the Stuarts. Within its
walls King Edward vi was born, and here also his
mother Queen Jane Seymour, died. The palace
was for time the prison of the unfortunate King
Charles / 1t is situated in a park of A . G es
which was laid QUO in its present form by King
William III. The grounds have been during many
and The palace has been occupied ia part by persons
OF rank Ill reduced circumstance A fine collection
ael, which was contained in the palace, has been
opent e. the public free of charge for long peri
OF The grounds about the palace laid out in
the formal Dut n style with elevated terraces. long
shady arcades and curious maZes of labyrinth They
are situated about twelve miles westward of Lon
don. on the north bank of the River thames.
Hampton Court Palace was begun by Cardinal
Wosey in the reign Of King Henry VIII, and was
arge,y the work of Sir Christopher Wren. The
infn faA H
with his characteristic shrewdness presented it in
1926 to the King, who had become 10 aous of the
prelate's growing magnifcence. King William III.
added many paris to the bull ing and completed it
In all It's pres mt form. The building contains three
spacious quadrangles The collection of pictures to
which the public have access is contained in the
State apartments and other rooms, and numbers
lO27. The grand staircase painted by Verrio.
Among the artists represented in the galleries
Sir Peter l4ey, whose celebrated portraits of the
most beautiful ladies OF Charles the Seconds Court
are here aud Raphael. who is represented by seveu
dyek, Dosso Doso, Titian Tintoretto, Caracel Muir
lilo, CorIegio, Salvador Rosa, Gorgione Paul ver-
ronese, Guido and large number of 9th r artists
are also represented.
Arrested on Suspicion of Numbering Lord
Cavendish.
DUBLIN, Dec. 14.-Two important arrests were
made here this morning in connection with the
murder OF Lord Frederiek Cavendish and Under
secretary Burke. Up to the present time no i'm
formation is obtained concerning the names or the
addresses Of the prisoners. private investigation
touching tnelr arrests Is now being held at the
CASTLE
The Distress in the West Of Ireland.
The government has issued circular in regard TO
the distress in the West of Ireland in which il de-
cares that IL is determined to rely solely upon the
administration of relief through boards of guardians
it Is satisfied thai relief works are not on ex-
travagant and demoralizing. bnt often fail to re-
lieve tn most needy. The government will be pre-
pared to empower boards of guardians to borrow
money if necessary to meet the pressure on their
resources
The Swiss Confederation.
BERNE, Dec. 14.-M. Reichmuet, Radical and NJ.
Welt. LIBERAL have been elected President and
Vice President respectively of the Swiss Confedera-
tion for 1883.
The Socialist Movement in Germany.
BERLIN, Dec. 14.-In the discussion on the
Socialist laws in the Reichstag yesterday Herr
Volimar, Socialist moved that the reasons for pro-
longing he minor state of siege were insufficient
He expressed sympathy for the Nihsts. He stated
that l3 900 publications were circulated in Berlin
weekly by the Socialist press, or as many as the
police boasted to have contscated in three months
New German Minister to the United
States.
BERLIN, Dec. IA DIR. Sch ma her German Con-
General at New York, has been appointed minister
to Washington.
Twenty Persons Drowned by the Flooding
of a Mine.
MELBOURNE, Dec. 14.--An Australasian mine in
Creswick Victoria, has been flooded Twenty-Five
persons were drowned.