The Portland daily press., 1883-07-11
FOREIGN.
Good Shooting by the American
Rifle Team.
The English Channel Tunnel Scheme
Rejected.
Peace Between France and China
Assured,

yesterday, says the visitors did poorly at first,
but when they had once got the range of the
bullseye they clung to it with much tenacity.
The American rifle team practiced at the 1C0
yards range at Wimbledon, this morning. Out
of possible 30, Bull and Brown scored each
49, l.. w. Scott 81, Jones and Van Hessen 30
each, Steamer and Spaalding 20 each, Pollard
26, DIR. Scott and Smith "a each, Roberts %,
Dolan 81 Col. Howard 49,
The Standard says the score made by the
American team to-day exceeds the best score
they made at Creedmoor. The Englishmen
will not have walk-over.
In the contest at Wimbledon to-day for the
Halford prize at 1000 yards, Dr. Scott. Of the
American team, scored IA out of possible 30.
In the contest for tthe Molineaux prize, at
100 yards, Major Shakespeare of the American
team tied the top scores, making ~ out OF a
possible 30.
Not to Quarantine Vessels from India.
Sir Charles Dixie stated in the House OF
Commons this afternoon that it was not the in
tention Of the government TO quarantine yeE-
sells coming to England from India. He stated
however, that ships from those countries sus-
pected of being infected with cholera would be
detained and inspected. He had not been in
formed Of the existence of cholera in China.
Prussia ana Rome.
BERLIN, July 10.-The feeling here against
the Vatican is so strong that ossibly rupture
of their relations is being considered.
Affairs in AMMAN.
SAIGON, July 10.-The regent of AMMAN has
been taken seriously i'll. Four thousand
"black flags" are mens sing Namdinh, ten
thousand are concentrated at Santi, where
they are entrenching. The French transport
Annamit3 started for Haiphong on Sunday.
The Niglho will sail tomorrow. Capt. Kerge-
radec has zen appointed French Consul at
Bangkok
James Cary Declared a Bankrupt.
DUBLIN, July TO- James Carey, the inform
or, has been declared bankrupt, owing to his
failure to pay his rates.
A Tax Rebellion in Crete.
VARNA, July 10.-It is reported from Crete
that an outbreak has occurred there among the
people, against the payment of taxes.
Rates of the Turkish Tariff.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 10.-The Porto pre-
po-os to impc 9 tariff Of 10 I1r cent on arti-
cle1 imported for consumption and tariff OF
from to 20 per cent on other importatons.
De Chambord's Condition.
VIENNA, July TO- = Count de Cha mbord
parsed a slc ,ples night, and is still extremely
weak.
Large Failure at Greenock
LONDON. July 10-The Standard says Robert
Steele a. Co., of Greenock, an old shipbuilding
firm, has suspended payment. The debit of
the firm are said to be heavy
The Cattle Plague in Egypt.
ALEXANDRIA, July 10.-According to ad-
vices from Behera, the cattle plague has ended
with the death of all the cattle in that district,
The cotton worm is now doing great damage
here.
The 1risn Land Act.
LONDON, July 10.-The report of the com
mittee of the House of Lords, which has had
the Irish land act under consideration. has
been submitted to the Hou-e The comm
find that the emigration clauSe1 of the act
hNxx gil xt.aN H., ~ ~ Ia
are unreliable; that relations between land
lords and tenants have not improved, and that
the tenant7 have become dem0ralized, and
maintain the hope that lreeh agitation will
bring about the passage OF new act.
France in Tonquin.
PARIS, July 10.-In the Deputies to day NJ.
Challemet Laconr, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, replying to a question, said that the
II ench force in Tonquin was sufficient for any
OPT ition it W - likely to encounter. In the
event of unexi c'Sd difficulties during the par
liamentary rece-1 the government would inn
mediately convoke the Chaml RS. NJ. Ckelle-
met Lacour continued: "It Is now evident
that Tuduc is Francis enemy. There is no
longer any qus tion OF negotiation with him.
France must now n -ort - fighting. M. Her
mond, French civil commissioner in Tonquin,
will recommence tire Ting e5 sc 0n as 1Ssible
after the oppe .ition ID France ha5 been sub
dned. France viii eccupy only the Tonquin
Delta. She has no intention of conquering
AMMAN. The reports of Chino aggression
are unfounded. / am able D state that pacific
relations will be maint ined with China.
France demands of China not to emb1rrac- her
action. She proposeJ sub Iuently ID conclude
a convention with China, with view of insur-
ing respect for their re pective frontiers"
The Channel Tunnel Scheme Defeated.
LONDON, July 10.-A majority of the joint
COMMITTEES of the Lords and Commons have de-
cided to req lrt against the adyisability of per-
mitting channel tunnel Lord Wolseley sue
ceeded convincing majority that the scheme
was unwit }, Lord Wolseley's argument is as
follows III the tunnel were made. Dover
would have - be made tiJtcls fortress.
III the tunnel were --llowed, the strength of the
garri- On would have I ts incres d on cace
footing to prob bly, 1900 men. With that
strength surpr'7e might be imr ossible at Dover
III time OF war, but during peace it would be
possible to take Dover by surpriGe. So long as
all Europe remained armed 81 the teeth, a
general disturbance had to be considered as
pc lible at any moment. A force might be
landed on dark night, and the best illustra-
ton of that no -ibility, Lord We eley said, was
t, be found in the surpri. which the British
fleet gave Arab in the Suez canal. The fleet
landed troops at Ismailia fore it wa3 known
at Cairo that troop were to ent-r the canal.
That was lone merely by making arrange
ments beforehand, Ind such arrangements
could as Q, silly be made in the of Dover
by having the telegraph cut at cert-in placer.
A small force landing suddenly at Dover might
easily carry all the fosts there, and il Dover
were 90 surpri ID the invaders could cover the
approach of a large army through the tunnel
Great surpri is everywhere EXPIRE --ed at
the adverlo reI ort of the committee, and the
p.I ors have already begun to oke fun at the
commit 20 by taunting them with the sent.-
meut EXPIRE 7sed by Count Won Moltke, 3when
spesking of the tunnel, said: How to entsr
Lagland dt not trouble me; 1 know twenty
ways of getting into ENGLAND but l do not
know one way OF getting out"
Foreign Notes.
The Roumanian government has despatched
a note to Austria, which declares that Rouma-
MIA fully recognizes the obligation not TO allow
any agitation , disturb the existing neighbor-
IL relations between the two countries, and
gives q pc ,itive 'urance never TO ignore that
obligation. The Austrian government accepts
the not9 81 q satisfactory evidence that the
pending frontier difficulty will not become &C.
rious.
Said Bey Khandeel, project of Alexandria at
the time Of the riots aud ma sacres, has been
found guilty of failing to perform his duties
and .entenced to seven years imprs onment
with hard lat Or.
A Bloodthirsty Preacher.