Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-07

uc0t and the supplementary vote will be uoan'
imously agreed. ,,,,
The London Central News also says THAT
it. ia able to state that 4 telegram HIS been re-
ceiyed from Mr.. Layard expressing the grave
eat uneasiness at bis isolation by the cutting OF
ali telegraph wires aud by information reaching
him that by agreement With the Porte the Rus
slams are close to the city and about to enter
and also take I'D position near Gallpol. blr.
Layard's communication reached the Goverc-
ment by way of Alexandria. Later information
states that Mr.. Layard's telegram was two days
N transmission. 1t further Gays that the Rus
slams have taken possession Of fort on the line
of fertilization between Bayak, Chekmejos and
Cbstalia and that another detachment bad &C.
oupied points of the Roulain lines.
LONDON, Feb. = p. m.-The Cabinet
meeting which is now in session was very sud-
denly ealcd. The Lord Chancellor vas sum
moned while engaged 90 case in the House
of Lords, the hearing Of which was Immediately
suspended.
LONDON, Feb. Tho Globe ID its issue
this o. M, says I'VE understand that a.
though the announcement this morning that
the Russian army had entered CoostantnoDle,
is up to the latest sdvices untrue, the Rus
sian columns are actually advancing rapidly
upon the Turkish capital and Gapoi."
It has been known 10 diplomatic circles some
days that the Russians are still advancing, but
| it is regarded as almost impossible that they
Gao yet be 10 possession OF Constantinople. We
are enabled to state that no official information
of the report has yet reached the foreign
| office.
LONDON, Feb 1.-The Standard, 10 lis
third edition, has a CoDstantinople dispatch
which says: According to the terms Of the
armistice the Turks are to evacuate the llnes
of Constantnople.
The Russian limit is to Bayuk Chekmeph
and the Turkish limit Kupuk Ch:kmeph.
| r. MISCELLANEOUS. -
The Cuban insurgent Colonel Bebj anime
Ramiraz, with Is officers, 100 men, 10 women
and lOS children have surrendered in the
ueigbborhood OF Bayamo.
Lieutenant Wysc, Chief of the Dlrien Canal
Expedition, has arrived atPanama from the head
waters of the Tuyra. He reports that the cx'
petition is 10 excellent health and satisfactory
progress is being made. ,-...9
A party Of $50, Costa Rcars under FrapcIscl
! Mora, nephew of q former President OF Costa
Rioa invaded GraytoWn on the lllh inst, and
seized aud carried away 500 slaod Of arms.
| This patty is opposed to Gen. Guardia's Gov
ernment, and will endeavor to overthrow it,
They seized one of the steamboats, on the SAT-
Juan river and started for the interior, intend
log to land on Costa Rican territory and pro
claim revolution. Ii ia believed that the
threatened war between Guatemala and Costa
RIGA will be averted
Beg Kull Beg, the Enir of Kasbear, ha2 ar
rived at Tashkend. He admits his inability
to oppose the Chinese. The Russian frontier
is crowded with Kashgarian refugees, who say
the Chinese are perpetratipg fnghlful ntrocl
ties ia Kashgar. All the towns former y hele
by Yakoob Beg have submitted to the Chinese
and the Khanate of Gashgar has ceased t.
exist.
The policy of the Provincial G0vetnnen OF
certain questions, particularly that OF railways
being unpopular to portion OF The commu
pity, some six thousand Of the people OF ST
Roch, suburbs, Of Quebec, assembled tJaque
Cartier market, yesterday evening and marched
to the Parliament building, headed BY b,ut
of music. Their arrival caused slight scene
10 the House. Members of the Governmcn
police guarded the doors, to prevent the Grove
entering the building. A hundred men Of b
Battery appeared on the scene. aud ere no| Of
guard Twenty mounted Hussars pa-adc'
The city, but at 10 o'clock the crowd dispersed
and all was quiet. The citizens without dis
tinct Oh condemn the action of the mob.