The Portland daily press., 1883-12-13
FOREIGN.
Violent Gales in England, ireland,
Scotland and North Wales. a.
GREAT DESTRUCTION TO PROP
ERTY-MANY LIVES LOST.
El Mahdi Reported Advancing With
10000 Men.
SPANISH MERCHANTS URGING
COMMERCIAL TREATIES.
A Garrison Abandoned 10 Its Fate.

i GOMW WERfAAL TREATIES.
A Garrison Abandoned 10 Kts Fate.
CAIRO, Dec 12.-The garrison at Sinkat,
under command OF Ibrabim Bey, has been
/ abandoned TO It's fate. At last accounts the
| place was encompassed by $4,000 rebels.
| The War in Soudan.
| Baker Pashs despairs of an an advance from
Suakin with his present force and will act en-
1 tirely on the defensive until he feels strong
| enough to march across the country.
| Violent Gales Throughout England.
| LONDON Dec. 12.--Violent gales prev allied
| throughout England last evening, causing
| much damage in London and the provinces.
| At Wolverhampton the exhibition building,
| which was only Partially completed, was de-
| stroyed.
The gale prevailed throughout Great Britain
| and Ireland, accompanied on the coasts by
heavy ssas. The telegraph lines were much
| damaged and communication seriously i'm
| peded. The gale was especially serious in
| Ireland, Scotland and North Wales In the
| midland counties of England huge trees were
| torn up and carried away and caused great de-
struction Of property and personal injury. There
was also some loss of life in the low-lying dis.
tricts. Birmingham was flooded. At Derby
the roof and chancel of the Church of st.
| Chad was demolished. The Congregational
1 Church was demolished. AT Rotterdam the
parish church was injured. Many huge Chin
| neys and shafts were demolished at Manches-
ter, Leeds, Bury, Pudsey, Stamford and Lei
cester. A large gas holder at Bradford was
/ capsized. Two large chemical works at
| Widnes were damaged
| Fears are entertained regarding the safety
| of the channel steamer which sailed before
the storm. A ship has sunk at the entrance to
Albert dock, Thames river. At Leicester the
/ carriage works were destroyed. At Birken-
| head -Mersey great damage was done.
| The chief officer of the steamer just arrived
from Glasgow, was blown upon the quay by
| the gale and killed.
In Liverpool cabs we're overturned in the
| streets. Many buildings were damaged at
| Lincoln. The para9et of the tower OF the
cathedral was blown down and ships blown
from their moorings in Belfast hasbor.
At South Shields, near the mouth of the
| Tyne, vessels broke adrift in the harbor, and
| three wherries were sunk.
| The British ship Liverpool Capt. Davidson,
from Quebec Nov. 7th for Greenocb, is total
| wreck near Stranrear, Scotland. Nineteen
of the crew were drowned. Only one man
| and boy were saved. The ship has gone to
| pieces, ard the cargois is washing ashore.
| A portion of the town of Portsmouth is
flooded, and navigation of ferry steamers at
Liverpool greatly interfered with.
| At Hanterford many skylights were damag-
| ed, and nearly all the chimney stacks in Hull
overthrow. Two persons we're killed aud
| eight severely injured. AT birmingham two
/ persons killed aud number of others injured.
| Three persons were killed at Manchester by a
| falling house. At Deusburg three persons
were killed. At Chester man was blown
in the street and killed. Two persons were
also killed at Liverpedge, Yorkshire.
A portion of the roof of st. Marys church
at Berwick was destroyed. Several houses in
The British bark Carrie Delap, Captain
Lewis, at Glasgow from Bathurst, N. b., was
l severely damaged by collision.
Norwegian bark Jons, at Queenstown from
| Quebec was severely damaged. British brig
| Mary Johns, at Bristol from st. Johns, N. F.,
much damaged.
A boat was wrecked while entering Galway
hsrbor and four persons drowned.
| At Newry Qre) the gale was very severe,
destroying much property aud bending lamp
posts ia the streets.
/ the postal telegraph inspector was cut in
halves at Leeds. Vessels docked in the Mer-
/ sey were damaged. Two vessels were wrecked
| at Dunure near Ayr, Scotland, and two men
drowned. The lowlands in West Lane ashire
| and in Garstang district, on the Wyre river,
we're flooded. At Glasgow the damage to
property was very great.
| Affairs in spain-Rnmored Important
Reforms.
MADRID, Dec. 12.-The free traders ara pre-
| pairing to support Senior Gomez, Minister oi
Foreign Affairs, and Senior Moret, Minister ol
the Interior, against the Catalan protectionists
] A meeting was held on Monday to open cam.
| paign in favor of commercial treaties. Two
thousand persons were present. The speakers
urged the conclusion of treaties with England
and the United States.
The Ministerial Council have approved the
draft of the royal speech to be delivered at the
| opening of the Cortes. 1t is reported that the
| speech announces the extension of the suffrage
| to all who are able to read and write and who
| pay taxes, and with view to its fprther ex'
| tension mentions possible reforms of the Con-
stitution for discussion by future Cortes; pro-
poses bills for civil marriages and trial by jury,
| and declares tha9 the relations OF Spain with
other foreign Powers are friendly The dis
| pute with France relative to the treatment OF
king Alfonso in Paris has been satisfactorily
arranged and the relations now existing be-
tween tho two countries are friendly as befit-
l ting two adjacent nations with common COM
| mercial interests. Spain, it says, will endeav-
or to increase the cordislity with France il
| possible.
| Il is believed that Senior Segasta will accept
| the speech, thus reconcliDg the existing ma
jority ia the Cortes aud the dynsstic Left, and
avoiding the split in the LIBERAL party. The
| Conservative organs are deuouncDg the COM
mercial agreement with England. They claim
that its provisions ere injurious to Spanish
interests.
Affairs in Tonquin.
PARIS, Dec. 12.-Daring debate upon the
budget Admiral Peyron, Minister OF Marine
stated he would shortly ask for credit for the
maintenance of troops in Tonquin six months
| rs hi5, DtC. lS.-AuulIdl IeSDeS Will sal
tomorrow to take command of the French
feet in Chinese waters.
O'Dennell i'm Prison.
LONDON, Dec. 12.-O'Donnell is now allowed
| to smoke in his cell because the prison physi
clan says it will have composing effect.
Father Fleming, O'Donnell's spiritual ad-
wiser, visits the prisoner twice daily.
The Egyptian Defeat.
CAIRO, Dec, 12.-The governor of Kbartouu
l +Aa% 4h,
Mahdi after the battle returned to El Obei
| with ammunition and battery of Krup
| guns taken from Hicks Pasha. Ell Mahd
is preparing to send 10000 men to the provinc'
of Darfour and another 10000 to subdue thu
Kababish tribes near Khartoum.
The servian Revolt.
Belgrade despatch to the Times says tha
| in view of the exaggerated re ports which have
| been published in regard TO the mum
ber of executions that have taken
place as result of the suppression of the re
| cent revolt it has been ascertained that ths
total number has been IS, including four
priests, four merchants, schoolmaster ant
| nine peasants, all OF whom were taken red
handed. Several were executed for shooting
peasants who refused to join the revolt.
Foreign Notes.
The radical clubs of London are signing
memorial which is being circulated soliciting
the Home Secretary to grant a respite
| O'Donnell.
A Cairo correspondent says that the Angle
Egyptian Bank has offered the Egyptian gov
eminent loan of el0,000,0O0 to construct
canal parallel to the present Suez Canal.
NJ. Cyroet, the anarchist concerned in th,
Theatre Belicour explosion in Lyons in 1882
has been sentenced to death.
A Brussels despatch says Capt. Robert Dick
insou an Irish political refugee, brother-in-lav
of Mr.. Parnell, was found dead in his bed yes
terday.
At the election in Ipswich yesterday to fill
| vacancy in the House of Commons caused BY
the death of Cobold (Conservative), Wes
UibersD was elected.
THE DOMINION.
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