, 1877-02-24

The Is1ington Gazette is usually a very res
pectable paper, in which chapel and church
advel tisenents appear, and which appears
to have a serious character but on Wednes-
dav it gave. under the word "Communl-
Gated" lust such another account as the
Da;ly TELEGRAPH gave US q year or two ago.
of "a fight at a cock pit in the Upper Street
between o pugiiist and q chalneo ouN-
terrier. The dog was only allowed SIX feeS
of chain, or it would apparently nave oeon
more than the equal OF the man ana a. IL
was, the duel was said to be an even one
neither party winning. It'll descFioed oy
the correspondent of tho Ellington Gazette
in language of highly technical slang ana
we do not see a word in the paper TO lntt-
mate anv expression Of disgust. Certainly
the whole affair, if it ever happened, was 8
disgrace to IsIiugt9n, and to its police ar
ran9ements. Of the two, the man,-who
is called "B.alIy. the Upper Holloway
pugiIist,"-wa actually much the more
brutal. Indeed, properly speaking lC is
impossible for a brute to be brutal. O1ly
creatures higher than the brutes can sutt'r
any reproach for being brutes,-and
brutal" ofcourse, Implies reproach'
1t is stated that the warlike party IN
ConstautinopIe, which desired to begin war
at once, has been defeated, and that Tur-
key has recommended private negotiations
That may be true, and yet Turkey may
commence the war. The pressure on the
Treasury for money, already severe, must
speedily be overwhelming, and Midhat
cannot resort to q forced loan without DE-
%claring war. 1t is evident, moreover from
all accounts, that the eternal game OF IN
trigue is still going Oh in ConstantlnopIe,
aud that the Grand Vizier's position Is not
absolutely secure. The Sultan trusts other
advisers more. Midhat's easiest road out
of these difficulties is to conCiIlate the Vlo-
lent party Ivy demanding the wltndra"a,
of the Russian army from the %trontler' ana
so precipitating war, and as yet ne mas
never shrunk from any decided course es-
seutial to his position. He may wall OuS
the probability still is that ne Will aot'
The scheme which we described lass
week for getting Congress out OF the scraps
of a doubtful Presidential election IS most
likely by this time law. On Wednesday
night the Senate debated the scheme all
night, and at seven o'clock on Thursday
morning it was passed without amendment
by a majority Of At against II. The MI
nority consisted of M. Eaton, a Democrat
and sixteen Republican Senators Inc
House of R representatives in all probabilI-
ty passed the Bill yesterday, (Jan' 20) Dy
large maiorities, and the Presidents assent
would Immediately be given' so that the
scheme would in that case have already
the force of law. That gives the Commls-
sion of Fifteen, who have to investigate all
the double returns, above eighteen or
nineteen days for their duties, before the
second Wednesday in February winch
falls on the 14th, when, according to the
scheme, both Houses are to meet to receive
the returns and decide the result Inc
scheme is a good one for getting rid OF
the particular difficulty, but OF course IL
provides no remedy at all against the orlgtn
of that difficulty, which will! most I1KeIy
be the origin also of many similar dlt1cu'-
ties.
Much news has arrived about the Indian
famine. most of it confrmatOry OF the &C