The New York herald., 1877-03-16

compelled in great measure by needless antagonsun
To prove how insufhcienty ne is supported by tho
individual Ministers he cited case in which General
Won Stosch, chief OF the Admiralty, last
session. forced him a long and intricate
correspondence about the Admiralty estimates which
he (Bismarck) desired reduced but whom the estimates
came up In the Rechstag, General Won stosch made
reductions on the demand Of liberal members without
discussion In consequence OF Prince Bismarck reviv
ing this incident, General Won Stosch resigned. Tho
Emperor has accepted his resignation The deficit in
tho budget about 000 000 before announced
The German Minister OF War. explaining the army
estimates before the Budget Committee. justified the
increased expenditure by pointing tho growth OF the
French army and the recent movement OF troops on
the German frouticr; also to the growth and improve
ment OF the Russian army.
The Emperor William has refused to accept the rcsic-
nation Of General Won Stosch, cbief OF tho German
Admiralty.
The Rcichstag yesterday defeated by majority OF
10 the governments proposition to increase the cx-
pensos OF tho ChanceIlor's oco s7500 for additional
salary Of the German Ambassador at London.
Prince Bismarck, At q Parliamentary dinner, in
tho course Of explanatory remarks
on his recent speeches, inveighcd against
Prussian parsicularism He declared Germany did not
want to be made like Prussia but that rathor Prussia
should be Germanized
BILLoIR
Tho HsRALD's Paris correspondent telegraphs carly
this morning that Billor. the old soldier on trial
for assassnatng his MISTRESS found guilty last
night and at sentenced to death. This will recall
the horror which hung Paris weeks before tho
Inter crime of Moyaux at Bagneux threw his prcdcccs
sor In tho crime OF murder into the shade. In tho
extreme western end OF the Latin quarter lived this
man Billor who something Of a character IN the
k-La a~~l>
Of iders whom he besan:-''In July IA, 1870, when
was serving with the First brigade before -" &C.
His qualities story cllor made him popular in all tho
sas OF that end OF Paris; his longwinded yarns also
made him known to the police. He had a mistress
Nine. l.; Manach. widow, who belonged to the Com.
mune and was prominent figure at many Of the bar.
ricades Her absence from tho house OF Billuir was
not BY any means unusual thing. that tho fact OF
ner disappearance would havo attracted attention
had not several portions OF human body been
found on tho banks OF tho Seine when tho
water haT recedcd aftcr freshet Immediately after
this discovery. in the approved Partisan fashion
the order was simultaneously given to the police in
every arrondssement to mako inquiry for n missing
The result the rather unsatisfactory dis.
covery that lie Manach ut the house of Bloir
In fact It was currently reported that the OK
tramp and ex-sodicr was the first to give notice
Of his companion's disappearance. While he might
have been passed over without suspicion, he
20 well known, the mere fact that the police in his
district had heard his and of them lad been
compelled from the mere popularity of the ac,, to
listen to his wonderful tales, Billoir might
have had time to escape. As It was
the 'stuck to'' the detectives memories, and
they laid hold Billor. His house was searched
and there all the damning proofs OF murder were
iound-boody clothing and portions OF a corpse
backed and hcwn out Of all shape, but evidently
belonging originally to the body that of which
tho fragments disclosed by tho lido had formed part
Bloir was locked up and the work OF identifying the
dead with the missing began. This prosecuted
step by step until tho Project OF the Paris police called
upon the prisoner and told him clearly tho story of
his crime-how, where and when he had taken his
mistress fe-that Billoir confessed a His convic.
ton, therefore. last night Is not surprising.
HEAVY DEFICIT YEARS INDIAN BUDGET
Tho Indian budget final accounts for the financial
year 1876, as received from Calcutta yesterday,
show a deficit OF s1s 100000. Tho estimates for
1S76-77 have tho deficit at $50, 400, 600 The
deficit In each is due to the expenses Of resisting
the famine, loss of revenue from tho samo and
the extraordinary public works undertaken to give
poyment to tho starving people, Tho net amount
borrowed in 1S76-77 $1S,600,0O0. The loans
10 be raised in 1s77-7s $32 500 0o0 The govern
mont proposes to raise $12 500 900 in India and will
recommend Lord Salisbury Secretary OF State for In.
da to ask Parliament for power borrow $1s 900
in England. No additional taxation is proposed but
the promised abolition Of import duties cotton
goods well other fiscal releis must be postponed
The estimated amount Of council bills be drawn in
ls77-7S is $50, 600, 900.
BETTING BLUES.
Tho betting the University boat race between tho
Oxford and Cambridge crews. which takes place on
the Thames the Gath inst, Is IL to favor Of OK.
ford
GRAPE DISEASE.
Switzerland has invited Germany, France, Austria,
Italy, Spain, Portugal and Roumania conference to
consider the Of preventing the ravages Of the
phylloxera.