Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-20
ETGESsgE McEGs


A(gha1istan, having asked Lord Baaconsne!a
20 gran. them an interview, Tie Premier has
written letter TO their caaiIEaP, LORD Law
ycuco, 10 reply. Lord Beacorslied says ho IS
ut loss to perceive what useful purpose couo
ba served by more extended expression
Through deputation from the committee OF
opinions which Lord Lawrence and others have
SO frequently aod copiously explained in regard
TO the Assem- bling OF Parliament. The govern
| mcnt will as matter Of course, be prepared,
| in he event Of the commencement OF hostllltles
| 10 India, to advise Her Maj asIy to make such
communications TO Parliament as the letter and
spirit ct the act regulating the relations or the
Grown With lndla mey seem to require. Ibis
would seem 10 be q act less satisfactory and
scarcely less constitutional mode of meeting the
occasion than a series OF memorials and depu-
ta!ioas. The papers relative to India will be
published before the end of the month. Lord
Lawrenco's committee to-day passed resolu-
t!on rcg1Cting Lord Bcacoosield's rsiusal to
receive q deputall0D, and emphalcalIy con-
| dem1lng lis apparent determination, In The
event of WE being declared, not to advise Her
Majesty 10 consult Parliament until hOstllties
Eave commenced. The conmiLtce adjourned
uutiI Friday, srd decided meanwhile, to col
tot signatures to the protest. The act cited
by Lord BeaconsE:!d prcsclibes that when Par
hauent IL sitting any order directing an actual
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF iostitics by Her Majesty 3
| forces in India must be communicated to it
uiihlu tt.ie months aud if Parliament is not
sitting, :I:3:, within month after it reassem-
blts. Thus tho government is undtr Ito legal
obligation 10 call Parliament earlier than usual.
\ dispatch from Lahore says the Victroy
| has arrived there, aud that The commander 10
chief has bccn recalled from PHshaWur to swat
! him.
Il lispa!uh from Peshawur ANNOUNCES that
the PASS near Ali Musj:d has been reconnoiter
cd. lis difficulties are less than they wcro
supposed to he. Artillery can be brought to
| bear upon the 11rt.
The Bombay Gazette aAnourcas that several
regiments have been waroed to hold themselves
10 readiness to advance from QucItat iamedla-
tc!y, and that ail are ready. Merchants from
Central Asia s'y that no Indications Of move
mert Of shr Russiana toward Aighaniatan are
observable.
Sjgnrr Meliilo, editor Of the Censor at Nap
associate oi' Passananr, and Vas arrested with
! him IL 1870 for posting Revolutionary p!acards.
:nn shopkecper who sold P,ssanantc the knife
with which he a:temptcl 10 kill the King has
also bean arrested. The authi rites have made
s5paral arrests ia connection with the bomb
outrage "a lFEorancc They are coDlilant Of de-
:; lccting the criminal. Another oi the wounded
has died i'asS!Dautc informed his examiners
Yesterday that h:J Intention Yea tc fetish klDg
| nuuhnrt, and If be had had money enough to
buy & revolver he could have succeeded. lie
had 10 ptrajnal feeling against the King CT
| tho government. lie Intended the as;assina-
ton rs Z means toward :. universal republic.
J; dispatch from London says: The Ceve.
lard yainc owners have resolved to make Il re-
tuciion of 10 per cent in the miners wages
| The Oldham cotton masters have refused the
operatives request for a pnatnoncment 0i the
10 per cent. reduction Ct wages for three
months. a strike Is probable. al a meeting
Of The Clyde ship builders yesterday The opinion
was expressed that unless tina men yielded
promptly lock out should be aoiorccd.
| Great excitement WEE caused in Paris yester-
day morning in politics. and social circles by
| tho news that Fourtou; the late Minister Of the
Interior had challenged Gambet'a to d duel.
Tho offence Of Garbotth was given by his course
il tho electoral commission which h@s Just rec
| commended the unseatlEg OF Fourtou, and In ur-
eirs the Chamber Of pepptie7 u carry the rec
ommondation into effect. The attack mado BY
Uamb upon the personal ss we'll 81 tho oilicl-
g! character aud conduct OF EouIt0u was exceed
| iualY bitter. and constituted g pTo7Ccati0a that
| was deemed UNDESIRABLE but there is al impress
sion in some quarters that the duel will be avoid
cd. Tho Conservatives aid .Honapartisls are
! sne3fipg 81 Gam bat:Gs want Ct personal c0uT-
ego, end prophecy Lh&! means. Will be found e.
prevent 8 hCatiie mceting, butt!o young men oi
both parties and fire Caters generally say that
| Fourtou cannot, in honor. accept anything but
All sbect apology from Gambottc which he
cannot u10rd to give and the duel is inevitable.
| Five hundred agricultural laborers now on o
! strike are on the way TO London, where they
| will stterd labor mass meeting and parade the
strce!s. This evening they will attend n meet
ing st Exeter Hall.
Manuel psrdo, OK. president Of Fosu, has toom
| assassinatcd.
In regard TO subsidy for railroad cornoc.
! ton with the City OF Mexico. Or for steamships,
Mr.. Foster. American Minister says the hnar-
| csl condition of tbs country fo1bjds it, and tho
| general impovorishment OF the people prevents
| the sustaining OF foreign trade. English mer.
chants have almost entirely Withdrawn from
Mexico, and the foreign trade is in the hands Of
the Germans and Spsniards, VINO cannot easily
Da displaced. Tho Mexican free list enables the
| import Of engines, machinery srd agricultural
| Implements, and in these articles tho Amar-
cans can corptto successfully by establishing
| warehouses for tho sale of kindred articles and
| for tho display Of tho products CT their manu-
I4cLo.ios. IN this way the ssles CAN be gradually
Increased until permanent market is created.
LONDON, Nov. CO. state Of appai1g dis.
| tress aud deatltutIon exists among tho mtoban.
iea aad laborcr5 of Sheffield in consequence Of
tbe business depression. Hundreds OF persons
arc living in tcnenenrs without clothing or
! furniture, which they have been forced 10 sell
to procure food Ttey arc without fuel and
! depcnGcnt upon the charity OF their neiGhbors
! for subsistence. The Mayor has called public
! meeting to devise measures of relief
LONDON, Nov. 20.-At the opening Of tha
| Prussau Parliament, yesterday, Couat Stoib2rg
Wcrnisocrodo, The Vice Chancellor, SAID that
! the government relics upon the CO operation of
the Chambers !oc tho removal OF the Goa0oal
difficulties. LAST years surplus, he said, vii
he almost entirely required to cover the recent
| contributions OF Prussia towards the German
Excheauer. Tho interest GA tho public debt
will Ikewisa bo coraideratiy iocYossed. and
there arc other unavoidable expenses, Uness
interests are 10 be neglected, nc said, rc'rcnch.
ment will be almost Impossible.
JoN0oJ Nav 81 Tho (tnn!ral N hGa Slvs.