The New York herald., 1879-11-01
One Thousand Communists Still in
New Caledonia
EUGENIE RETURNS HOME
Lady Gooch Atones for Her Of
fence by Death.
DERBY'S vACILLATION
rsY CABLE TO THE HERALD. ]

LONDON, Nov /, 1879
The ex-Empress Eugene has returned to
Chselhnrst.
Small streams of lava flowed from Mount
Vesuvius Oh Thursday
It is asserted that King Humbert has accepted
the resignation OF General Cialdini
Blackstone, the comedian, died Mt his resi-
dence in Sydenham yesterday morning.
An offensive and defensive alliance has been
concluded between Servia and Bulgaria.
The Liberal states that the phylloxera has ap-
peared in vineyard near Figueras, Spain.
The Paris correspondent OF the Times reports
that Prince jerome Napoleon has returned to
Paris.
The Posts despatch from Berlin says ga
military journal. the Heeres Zeitung, denies
that there is to be any increase in the army
votes"
The London correspondent of the Liverpool
Post says that Lord Derby has received u hint
10 withdraw his name from the books of the
Carlton Club
The Paris correspondent of the Daily News
reports that it is probable proceedings will be
taken against the Bishop Of Angersior denounc-
ing republican institutions.
A despatch from P.sris to the Times says
Don Carlos returns to Paris in few weeks,
when he will doubtless profit by the warning
given him by the French government
Prince Bismarck, though suffering from neu-
ralgia and sieeplessncss, continues to take an
active share in all public business and the tele-
graph between Varzin and Berlin is kept busy.
A despatch to the Times from Faris says the
resignation Of General Gialdini produced con-
siderable surprise there, as his retirement will
cause the Italian Ministry much embarrass-
mcnt.
The Berlin correspondent Of the Times says
the North German Gazette discredts the report
that the Gar will visit Berlin 1t says he will
remain at Livadia during the greater part of
November.
In Halbstadt, in the Bender district Bessa-
rabia, the wells used by the German colony
have been poisoned with arsenic A hundred
persons are i'll and five have died. The perpe-
traitor OF the crime has not yet been discovered.
An official return, to be laid before the French
Chamber of Deputies, shows that 3.O65 COM
munists have been amnestied, 300 of them
being prisoners and 1,7OO condemned by de-
fault, and that about Thousand remain ex-
cluded.
1t is regarded in military circles us extremely
probable that Captain Carey, who was with the
expedition in South Africa in which the late
Prince Imperial lost his life, will retire from his
regiment. 1t is expected that he will enter the
Church
Admiral Hornsby's squadron, now at Malta,
which is under orders to proceed to Turkish
waters, will probably go to VOurlah. The
Standards Constantinople despatch says Ad-
miral Hornsbys squadron will probably winter
in Besika Bay.
A semi-ofcial note has been sent to the press,
stating that the departure of Don Carlos for
England was due to warning, informing him
that the government had resolved not to tolerate
political manifestations, for which his stay in
France recently afforded u pretext.
The Times correspondent ut Paris points to
the fact that Russia only really commenced dis
arming the troops that returned from Turkey
after the interview between the Emperors ut
Alexandrovo, from which it is gathered that the
Emperor William gave the Car satisfactory as
surances
RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA.
A despatch from st. Petersburg to the Daily
Necs says:-'Russian newspapers publish cor
respondence from Bcurma giving the details of
the disastrous affair ut GcoiTepc and the sub
scquent retirement of the Russian forces The
Goios says that the announcement in English
newspapers Of the suspension of the expedition
against the Tekkc Turcomans is confirmed"
ITALY IN SEARCH OF AN ALLY.
The Di,iito says:-"Francc and England now
regret not having agreed to accept the cooper
alton of Italy in Egypt Italy has been com
PEELED to form with Germany and Austria "a
league against the excessive prepondcrance of
,;,,f IA,
ever, Italy will show that she only seeks to rec
oncile her interests with the standpoint of the
general interests of Europe"
PRUssIAN POLITICS.
A Berlin despatch to the Times says :-''Tho
elections of officers OF the Lower House were pre-
arranged in caucus, Herr Won k0cler, strong
conservative, who was elected president, repre-
scnting the largest body. The various secre-
tarics were named OH the unopposed motion of
Herr Windhorst, the utramontane leader. The
abstention of the progressists was OF a piece
with their discourtcous absence from the open
ing ceremony mt tho palace. The progrcsssts
abstained from voting for president in the Lower
House of the Prussian Diet"
THE PRUssIAN BUDGET.
The budget was presented in the Prussian
Chamber of Deputies yesterday IL shows an
estimated deficit of 81 ,001 $40 for the next
fiscal year, which the government propose to
cover by loan, as also deficit of 81, SO, 12o
remaining from the current fiscal year.
THE SPANISH FLOODS.
All the Spanish officers and non-commissioncd
officers will contribute ono days pay to the re-
lief of the sufferers by the floods in Murcia,
Spain, and the privates will contribute real
each. Dispatches announce that ut Ballabardat,
In the province of lIuesca, several persons
have been drowned and twcnty-six houses de-
stroyed by the Hoods.
THE DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
Cardinal Manning has authorized a general
subscription to be opened among the Catholic
temperance organizations of Great Britain for
the relief Of the popular distressn the south and