The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-04-14
THE OLD WORLD.
News by Gable From Different
Countries.
A Startling RumOr from Khal
tOum.
The City Fallen and General Cor
don Prisoner.
,er Going TO Australia.

LONDON, April 13.-Advices from Sauakim
state that it is rumored Khartoum has fallen,
and that Gen. Gordon is prisoner.
Spencer Going TO Australia.
LONDON, April IL. - Herbert Spencer's
health does not improve. The doctors have
advised long sea voyage, and it is now decid-
ed that he will go to Australia.
Matters i'm IRELAND.
DUBLIL, April 13.-At meeting of the Ma
tonalists at Ennis today, McKenny, member
OF Parliament, said he had attended the meet
ing to show that the rights of free speech could
not be suppressed because Mr.. Briggs had
called Earl Spencer Lord Lieutenant of Ire
land drunken house breaker and other names
equally true.
Failure of Belgian Bankers.
ANTWERP, April 1.-THE Messrs. Ghislain,
bankers OF Chartered and Antwerp have fail
ed. The amount OF their liabilities is placed
at 16 100000 francs.
Earl Grnnviile's Circular 10 the Powers.
LONDON, April 13.-Earl Granville is pre-
pairing a circular TO the powers declaring that
England is DESTROYS renewing definite under
standing in regard to Egypt, and Of establish
Ing future relations on an international basis.
concord between France and Russia, says
Lord Granville will not permit England to act
IN contradiction to the protocol OF disinterest-
ednees.
France and China.
LONDON, April 13.-The Paris Liberte pub
fishes IL Q conditions of peace between France
and China, which M. Patenotre, the French
minister, is charged to offer at Pekin, in which
it Is stipulated that China shall accept limit
ed French protectorate over Tonquin. No de-
msnd for indemnity is mentioned.
Hung Hoa Captured by French Troops.
PARIS, April ia despatch from Sontsy,
dated April IL. says General Nigrier on Wed.
nesday 6ombarded the village before Hung
Hos, and the enemy forthwith began to evac-
uate the town without resistance. The French
will enter Hung Hoa tomorrow.
Gen. Millot teegraphes: ION the 9th inst.
Hung Hos was bombarded for six hours. The
Chivese offered no resistance, but evacuated
AFTER setting ire to the town, which is now in
flames. Part of the Chinese fed to Phulanj
and part to Dou Vaug and Than Hoa."
Gable Notes.
NJ: Maindron, the celebrated French sculp-
tor, is dead.
NJ. Gounod is preparing an important work
on Wagner and his music.
The Countess Bose has beqneathed 10000
guilders to the Frankfort Natural History So
ciety.
The Count de Chambord's will shows that he
had been for some time carefully investing his
money on this side OF the channel. He left
$4OO, 900 in English securities.
Edward Smith, American consul at Mann
helm, died OF apoplexv Friday evening in q
railway carriage near Reading, Eng. He was
on his way home.
The new Russian gold loan of Els, ZOO, 900
has been concluded. The loan will be devoted
to railway construction.
Henry james Byron, the English dra matist,
died IL London yesterday. He was the first
editor OF Fun and the author of "Our Boys"
Marquis Tseng has been summoned to Pekin
10 confer with the supreme council He is not
recalled in disgrace, and 1t is expected that he
will return to England.