Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-18
The Supporters Of the Government
Regard It as Only a PreCau.
tiOnary Measure.
The Cabinet Crisis at Con.
stantinOpIe Continues.
Turkish People and Army Said TO be
Bitterly Hostile to Russian
Alliance.

LONDON, April ls.-The dispatch o
troops from India to Malta is the leading
topic OF political discussion. The sup
porters Of the government regard it as
only the natural accompaniment Of otheI
precautionary measures, aud not indica
tive of a belligerent indication. The
opponents of the government regard il
as another step in the development of a
warlike policy. They point to the fact
that the news was announced the day
after the parliament adjournment for q
recess, thus preventing criticism or TN
explanation of the Measure for three
weeks. The opinion is expressed that
this is one of the determinations Of the
cabinet which Lord Derby referred to in
his remarks 10 the house of lords on the
9Th inst. as inducisg his resignation OF
the foreign secretaryship.
The royal yacht Osborne has been or
dered to the Mediterranean Immediately
to bring home the Duke and Duchess of
E%dsnburg.
Orders have been received At Ports.
mouth for the ships Of the FIRST reserve
to be surveyed aud prepared with all dis
patch for a elk months cruise with the
channel squadron.
The chief officers have been appoint.
ed to the Cyclops, Gorgon, Hecate and
Hydra, all iron.armed, plated turret
ships Of 1890 tons burthen, and carrying
four guns each, aud the Prince
Albert, four guns, i~rou-pIated, turret
ship 1905 tons. 1t is reported that they
will be shortly commissioned for the
coast defence, relieving seA'going ships
now acting SIS coast guards,
A chartered steamer left Plymouth
yesterday with $500 tors ammunition
aud stores aud twenty.one steam
launches and torpedo boats for the Med
iterranean feet.
Accounts from Berlin and Vienna are
still hopeful that the congress will meet
shortly.
Bismarck left Berlin last evening for
his L~ouenenburg estates, but it is not
thought that this will interfere with d.
plomatic negotiations.
The persistence with which England
and Russia maintain their positions
concerning the congress is held to mean
that the difference is a radical one, and
that each power sees in the Others pro-
posal an attempt to prejudice before
hand the character Of the congress;
hence probably the willingness Of the
St. Petersburg cabinet to revert to Bis
marck's original idea of the congress,
discussing the treaties OF SO and II
rather than the treaty Of San Stefsno.
If this suggestion is acceptable to Eng.
land, the difficulty Of assembling the
congress without ~wounding Russia's
dignity might be easily overcome, but
the belief does not gain ground that the
congress will succeed in averting war
ever if it ever meets.
The cabinet crisis ct Constantinople
continues. 1t is believed Ahmed Vefyk
Edendi, president of the council of min
listers and minister of the interior, ad.
heres to his resignation, bat this is not
certain. A reconstruction of the cabi.
net is said to be impending, but no sue.
cessor to Ahmed Vefyk Efendi 10 men,
toned. The contest ia between Russia
aud England for the supremacy. The
Turkish people and army are said to be
bitterly hostile to the Russian alliance.