Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-21
FOREIGN EoWa.

nrOnlSe. According W tue IePti'' VI o"'''.''
be is perfectly ready to meet the fIce1oy at
Peshawar. This disposition, however, is a.
tributed to desire to gain time.
The government can afford to Eerouate, as
| there is little doubt that all ldes CT WATER
campaign has been abandoned, put oniy un7
| nnalfed and immediate submission Will pre-
Cant var, and it is almost hopeless to expect
tho Amear to yield to the requirements OF the
| eoyernmeut, one Of which is that the command
| of the most important stragc routes shall be
placed in its hands. The Afehans at ALI Mus
| lid are now estimated at %, COZ.
The whole management ct the City OF GlaS-
COW Bank, namely, the secretary, managing
director, and six directors, were arrested on
Saturday Oh the charge ct fraud. They are
confined separately, aud not allowed 10 comnu
| nicate with any person. They all SURRENDERED
without trouble and declared they would have
done so voluntarily if they had known they
we're wanted.
A dispatch from London says disastrous
railway collision occurred yesterday, at PouIy,,
pride. Twelve persons are reported Killed AID
forty seriously wounded, Several have had
limbs ampussted and more deaths are 5x-
| p;cted. =
The highest estimates cf t"@ i.bllities ct
James Savers & Co., / l. 'l1or ar from
| g, 500 600 10 g 600 go ,,-,ng Which. NV
! Yer, ar l,rgely CIV, zee. fh-ir r"la ,tu d.
| 6ciepcY is estimated 81 ;s20U QUO s!sr lpg. A
| firm Of cotton merchants IL Liverpool have slso
| failed.
The Feuiau co1vict Cls.cy, who was sen
teoced 10 1876. has been LIBERATED.
The Suitsu has iuther delayed tEa formal
reply respecting the B.itsh scheme far re
| iarols 10 Asia Minor. p,ndlog certain explaoa
| ,oos wh,cl be has requested from ,bc M'uls
t.y. The Sultan, conlrade log certaio tumors,
has declared to Sir Austen Lsyard, the British
Ambassador, that be would never conclude an
alliance With Russia.
At the reassembIirg of the Hungarian Diet
| on Saturday great excitement was caused by
the action OF Deputy lraoyi, radical. lie
protested against the hosting OF the yellow
| and black flag, WhicG, be declared, symbohzed
uuity with Austria, and which was not recog-
! NJ d BY the Hungarian constitution. He also
claimed that IS The members of tho Diet We're
com PEELED TO hear the royal speech standing,
the Emperor should read 1t standing, as the
right Of tie throne AID Diet were equal The
| roga! speech. which was read to day, Is entirely
coiorless, ss the Ministry BOW acting is only
provisional.
Preparations arc making, 10 view Of pos
sible hostile movement By the Albanlaus, to
| conscentrate 10000 men at aoy point 90 the
frontier a. six hours notice.
A telegram from Agram states that armed
Insurgents arc reason bling 10 the mounta'ns
of Turkish CrGtia, and fresh rising is eX.
pected.
A correspondent at Berlin insists, despite de.
nis!s, that Count Won Beust's appointment as
Austrian Ambassador at Paris is directed
against Germany, aud declares that Count
Andrassy was obliged to assent thereto by
court Influence, and that bis position is
shaken.
The socialist members on Saturday lett the
Reichstag in body, 80 as to avoid being pres
ent durog the cheering for the Emperor at the
close of the session.
Reports come from several sources that the
annual military CONSUMPTION ia Germany is to
be Increased by twenty thousand men, but that
the addition is without political significance,
being merely in consequence OF the Increase OF
population.
The Ruski Mir publishes letter from fash.
kend, which reports, it is said there, that the
Afghan embassy will proceed to st. Peters
burg.
The Paris Temps says the Pfefect of Police
has ordered the suspension OF the arrest OF per-
sons condemned 10 contumacious for offences
duriog the Commune until the government has
adopted measures to prevent abuses.
The KioE Of Italy has accepted the re5ig.
| nations Of Mieisters Corti, Bruzzo. aud Btoo
| caetti.
A dixie ou the Damietta branch Of the Nile
has burst. L; is impossible to repair it, aud
10 900 mcu are engaged 10 building a new one.
The amount Of damage is unknown.
Sir Stafford NortEcote. speaking ct Brm'
| iogham Saturday night, did not anticipate the
necessity Of asking Of the country renewed
sacrifices lie condemned over anxiety respect.
ing the tultilmen Of the provisions of the treaty
OF Berip. Disturbance of the waters does not
cease with the falling Of the wind. Au import.
act 1noueot would be next May, the period oil
complete Ru.:ian evacuation. He was coz
7.uccd that the Powers would not suffer the
treaty Of Berlin to be set aside The English
govtramcnt's policy would be one Of frmness,
prudcuce and moderation, and they would watch
over the Interests of England's ludiao Colonial
| Empire. The government would not have the
neatt Of Eogland With them if it thought the
interests OF EngIand were limited to these small
! i-lands (ncaning Great Britain and Ireland.
Ooe great principle of their policy is the prescr.
| walton of the Ottoman Empire, and they iotend-
ed 10 introduce materIa! improvement 10 Aslat.
ic Turkey. Ho thcu defended the acquisition
| O1 CypIu5, WHICH, L" haiu, WAR 'luuiCateu NY
! The governments polio, resp Ing Egypt.
| C1uceruing AtghsnISlau, the Chancellor rcite-
! rated he statements mad" by Mr. Cross, the
| Home Secretary, a. Southport, adding tst the
governmeut Will GOT ALLOW Us utteutlOn 10 be
| distracted from the execution of the Berlin
| treaty.
The Grand Vizer has expressed to the AM
bassadurs the Porte all rm at che Russian mil
ita7y measures aud proceedings, which have
prevented the Porte from carrying gu. the much
| desired disarmament.
TIC German Rechstag Saturday adopted the
whole OF the Socialist bill, by vote Of 22l
agaius! l49. Both sections Of the conservatives
aro naiooa' liberals, With some Independent
| liberals, voted for the bill. Prince Bismarck
then read the message closing the Rechstag.
He said the government, armed with this
| measure, would make determined effort to
cure the prevalent disease. 1t they were not
able to succeed in two and a half years, the
government hoped to obtain further concessions.
Great preparations have been making at the