Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-14

LONDON, Nav 1.-THE House of CommopS
Sat irom lour o clock yesterday evening until
300 CLOCK THIS morning. The House was
most OF the time in committee ON the Irish
Sunday closing bill, which various Irish mem.
DerS ob>tlucted.
Russian Reinforcements AT San
StefauO.
CoNSTANTINoPLE, May i.-Thirty two bat
teries of Russian reinforcements have arrived
at San StefanO.
Gen. TodIebeu's Course Disapproycd
at St. Petersburg.
I0NpON. May IA special dispatch from
COnstantinople 10 the Times says the arrange
ment concerning the fortreSSeS has failed In
consequence of the ~. Petersburg government
disapproviEg General Todlebens projected
retreat from COnStantinOple. The position of
Sadyk Pasha, President OF the Turkish Cab
The MussuIman InSurrectfon Spread
ing.
News from the MuSSulman inSurrection
states that the disturbances are spreading.
Large numbers of Albanians are joining
Russian COnscriptiOu I'm Bulgaria
The Greeks in New Bulgaria. who are also
greatly dissatisfied, have just received new
occasion FOR alarm in the attempt of the Russian
authorities 10 enrol them under The general
cOnScription now being enforced throughout
Bulgaria.
The Most Vulnerable Point Of British
Policy.
LONDON. May l4-Lord Hartington's reso-
luton that no forces bee raised or kept by the
Crown in time of peace save within India,
The determination Of the opposition in the
House of Commons to make a united attack
on what Is generally conceded to he the most
Vulnerable point OF the governments policy.
Delay however seems 10 entirely favor t6e
government, and whether the debate on the
resolution occurs in fortnight or as the Daily
NelrN states next Monday, bV either date the
probable effect of Count SchuUlYalOff'S tourney
should be pretty well known and il 1nfayor
able, many liberals will hesitate To hammer
| The government on the brink of war by an ad-
favorable o. N,s,lH ba
! so acceptable to a ma OTity of the people as 10
| entirely obscure any question of technical
! lrregularlty or want of due consideration for
| the right OF parliament.
The Coming Conflict i'm Turkey.
Con>tantlnOpe adyiceS indicate that despite
General Indleben'S effort, the Porte will not
eNacUate Narna and BatOum. Shumla will
probably be surrendered, partly as Satisfac-
ton TO the Russians. and partly because il has
ceased 10 be 0t great Importance since the Rus
slams established themselves on its line nj
communication with Narna. Moreover the
thirty battalonS of regulars now i'm ShumIa
are believed TO be more useful at Constantine
IL the British and Turks hold NaTna and Ba-
t0um, the Russians must withdraw from the
1hraclan peninsula and from the Erzeroum
ana :lreblzonGe line, and that this accounts
1or General IOblebenS inSistence even at the
rlsk OF prejudlcing the negotiations between
London and ST. Petersburg. The conviction
indeed. is general that the object OF appoint
ing General Iodleben commander-in- chief was
that he might rescue the army from the unsafe
position into which the political motive OF APP
preaching COnStantinople had drawn it,
Decision Against President NOyes.
TRENTON, n. j., May l4-In the U. s. court
this morning Judge Nixon gave his decision
in the Noyes case. He decides that the priS-
Oner, NoyeS, could be held on other indict-
mentS than the one for which the New Jersey
requisitiOn was granted, and that the L. =
district court has no right TO 90 behind the
requisitiOn of the governor of New jersey, as
endorsed 10y the return Of the warden OF the
Essex county prison. He also decided that
the state has jurisdiction on the amended re
turn. and therefore decided In remand th.a