Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-07
FOREIGN News.

The cause 81 Midhat Pasha's fall dates from
some time back ihc imperious character OF
Midhat Pasha cllshcd with the frmness Of the
Sultan, whose liberal views went tar ahead OF
Midhat The Constitution disappointed the
Sultan by the multiplicity OF its reserves and
qualifications, and many warm discussions oc
Cured between the sovereign and Minister.
The Sultan desired to introduce largely a
foreign element ioto Turkish administration,
and especially to employ Englishmen in lead.
ing POSITIONS IN all departments. His Majesty
expressed this desire TO Midhat Pasba very
strongly on several occasions, aud last week
took him stcruly to task for not having acted
on it. Midhat Pasha replied CURLY, and wrote
subsequently, TO the Sultan 10 undeierentlal
terms. On Friday last the Sultan sent for Mid
hat Pasha, but tic summons was not obeyed.
Saturday Midhat Pasha remained at home on
q plea of inGispcsltion On Sunday 4 third
summons was disobcyed, but Midhat Pasha at
tended ministerial council iu the afternoon
Meanwhile the police discovered secret CORES
pondence. which showed that Midhat Pasha
was plotting for the overthrow OF the Sultan
and lis own nomination Is Dictator IN Mon
day percmptory summons brought Midhat
Pasha 10 the palace, suSpectng nothlog. On
entering he was arrested and his letters laid be-
against him, and he asked for mercy. \ coun-
eli Of Ministers was called aud Nidhat Pasha
was offered choice of leaving the country or
being arraigncd before tribunal on q charge
of high treason lie elected to leave the couu-
try, and was asked if be- would go to Greece.
He replied that he did not like the Greeks, and
asked 10 70 TO BrindiSi, but omplalned that be
had no ready money. twenty-five hundred
dollars was given him. aud he embarked at
noon tor Brindsi On board the Imperial yacht
Izzedin. The letters found disclosed that three
thousand Ulmas were to have gone on Monday
night to the palace TO demand abdication of the
Sultau The fall of Midhat Pasha will check
no reforms, the Sultan being determined to
carry out tie Constitution in its fullest spirit.
The Porte valves all former claims 90 Servia
of substantial guarantees. Gortschakoif says
that the Ottoman empire las been aud remains
a permanent menace TO Europe aud humanity.
1t is stated that the Russian army has re-
ceived orders to move forward and will cross the
Pruth.
Tie President of the Chamber of Commerce
of Manchester, England, stated at its meeting
on Monday thst the market for their goods in
the United States, which was formerly excel
lent, had now come TO be valEeless, and what Is
worse, considerable trade has sprung up IN Man.
chester in Gotten fabrics manufactured IN Am.
erics.
Distress is prevailing among tho workingpeo-
pie of Lyons, where fifty thousand operatives
are idle in consequence Of tho condition of the
Silk trade. Manufacturers in Lyons, it is stated,
,leclare that work cannot be resumed until the
price of raw silk falls at least fifteen per cent,
DR.. Monck, spiritualst, has been sentenced
in England to three months imprisonment.
The small pox is increasing in London.
Secretary Morrill's condition is critical He
suffers from typhoid pneumonia.