The Portland daily press., 1885-11-11
FOREIGN.
england Formally Declares War
Against Burmah.
All Foreign Subjects There ordered
Into the British Lines.
Depression in ShipbuiIding on tn
Clyde Causing Destitution.
Servians Cross the Border and At
tack Bulgarian Outpost.

NEW YORK, Nov 1O.-The Commercial Adver-
Users London despatch says; A cabinet council
was held at the official residence of the First Lord
OIL the Treasury today, and the reply OF hlng
Thebaw to Englands ultimatum having been read
ting cabinet declared war against Burmah, and the
formal declaration with the Queens sanction has
been issued The French government and the
Burmese minister resident of Paris have been no
tilted. All foreign subjects remaining In Burmah
are required to come into the British lines. The
British army of invasion is advancing l5,ooo
strong, the greater portion on steamers, and the
first military operation will be the bombardment
by the ironelad Flotilla of the Minhla forts.
The Balkan Difficulty.
LONDON, Nov. 1O.-It is stated that leaders of
the Unlonist party in Roumelia have had a meet
ing with the Russian consul and other Russian
representatives at Pbilppopolis,. but without re-
suit. The RoumelianS refused to listen TO any
thing affecting the position OF Prince Alexander.
Fifty SeryianS recently crossed the frontier near
Tru and attacked a Bulgarian outpost OF 10 men.
One of the Servians was killed. The attacking
party subsequently retired.
A party of Servians inspecting the Bulgarian
frontier fell on the Bulgarian commander in the
Kustendii district. The commander was not in
jmed.
LONDON, Nov. 1o.-Tne Daily News this morn
ing endorses the maintenance Of the union of Eng
land and Ireland as subject of paramount i'm
portance and as necessity in preserving the In
tegrity of the empire. 1t says sit would be wise
is only one way to prevent Parnell from debating
his own terms, and that is to return Liberal ma
jority to Parliament
Tie Times considers that Mr.. Gladstone's Irish
argument for the need Of q Liberal majority in
Parliament is weak. He is willing to go many
lengths, except to disunion OF Ireland and Eng
land Therefore it is immaterial whether Liber-
ais or conservatives deal with the question, as
neither party can go farther. All will do their ut
nlOct tn the unity of the amOira. Liberal
unity, covering the dfssention of Wings and Ra i
Gals on church, Irish and other questions, must
collapse under the stress of events and leave the
nation in the grayest difficulty.
The Eliza Armstrong Case.
The trial of Mr.. Stead, editor of the Pail Mall
Mrs. Rebecca Jarrett and Madame Louise Maurey
on the charge of indecently assauting Eliza Arm
court in London.
The prosecution announced that all the charges
against Bramwell Booth had been withdrawn: and
that the conspiracy charge against the defendants
had been abandoned.
Eliza Armstrong testified regarding the alleged
indecent assault on her her, the evidence so far
being a repetition of her former statements The
prisoners, except Madame Maurey, were not rep
resented by counsel.
assault against all four of the prisoners. The JUS
tice then passed sentence on the prisoners as fol
lows: MI Stead, three months Rebecca Jarrett,
six months; Sampson Jacques, one month; all
without haId labor; and Madame Louise Maurey,
six months with hard labor.
An Outbreak In Limerick.
LIMERICK, Nov. 1o.-Owing to the recent civil
ian attacks, a large party of the Kings Royal
Rifles broke out of the barracks here tonight,
armed with bayonets, and made an ndiscriminate
attack upon the people residing in the vicinity.
One man was stabbed in the head and three 9th
ers were severely wounded. PicketS were imme-
diatey sent out and the mayor and large force
OF police soon arrived and suppressed the dlsor-
der. People residing in the vicinity fled in terror
to their homes and barricaded the doors. The
soldiers were eventually conveyed back to the
barracks.
Business Depression in Glasgow.
GLASGOW, Nov 1O.-The depression which has
existed for some time in the shipbuilding trade OF
the Clyde is increasing in severity and there are
so many men out of employment that the relief
committees find great difficulty in supplying even
food for the distressed people. Forty-Seyen stow
aways were discovered recently in the hold OF
vessel which was about to sail for America.
Foreign Notes.
The French government has decided to reduce
school fees in cases in which several brothers at
tend school, and to educate free every ninth child
in a family.
Mariotti, the would-be assassin of M. de Frey
cinet, has been pronounced mon0maniac.
Dr. William Benjamin Carpenter. Ii. d., +. r.
S.. an eminent English physiologist is dead He
published an important work entitled Principles
reputation was widely extended by an excellent
work called Principles of Human Physiology
For manv years he edited "The British and
Foreign -Chirurgical Review" He died
from the effects of terrible burns caused by the
upsetting of lamp while he was taking yapor