The New York herald., 1879-02-24
Troops Going Forward to
South Africa.
GOVERNMENT IN BULGARIA.
Leo XIII. on Good Terms with
the French Republic.
GRANT AT ALLAHABAD.
[BY CABLE TO THE HERALD


LONDON, Feb. "a 1879.
The Bureau Of tho Chamber OF Deputies Satur-
day elected Budget Committee. all the members of
which in favor of the conversion of five per cent
rentes. The Senate Saturday voted "urgency' FOR
the Amnesty bill. The Correctional Tribunal has
acquitted the great railway stock OPERATOR Philip
part. charged with misappropriatng the funds of
various banks. Tho appointment Of General Chanzy
rs Ambassador at St. Petersburg is officially
nounced. The Times despatch from Paris says the
discussion on the impeachment question will prob
ably result in resolution reciting that the country
by successive votes has deservedly condemned the
acts Of the Ministry of the 10th of May The Cham
ber OF Deputies will then pass to the order of
the day. The river Garonne has burct the
embankment at La Bastide-Cenon and it is feared
that lives have been lost. Extensive floods have
Cured at Bayonne. Tarbes and Bordeaux.
GRANT IN INDIA.
ExPresident Grant arrived ut Allahabad yesterday.
andeis the guest Of the Lieutenant Governor. The
Vccroy Of India has invited him to visit Calcutta.
EGYPT POWERS
The Times correspondent at Paris says the
French despatch boat Renard has been ordered
to Egypt An English vessel is also
going there so as to demonstrate the
accord Of Great Britain and France. who will ccr-
ainly insist That the Khedive shall not by reapsing
the European Powers.
ENGLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA.
The steamship City OF Paris. having on board the
Twenty-frst regiment, left Queenstown yesterday
for Natal. The Obserpcr announced yesterday that
tho dsbandmcnt Of the native forces in South Africa
in accordance with instructions from the home
government.
PORTUGAL SUSPICIOUS ENGLAND.
The Portuguese government has ordered tho Gov
ernor of Mozambique to send troops and three
corvettes to Delagoa Bay. on the South African
coast
THE MOB AT ADRIANopLE.
The Archbishop of Adrianople is not dead. but is
severely injured. He assaulted on account of
his Turkish sympathies. Prince Lobanof has
promised that the Russians will cndeavor to discover
the parties guilty of the outrage He has explained
that those first arrested released for fear Of
popular uprising.
THE BULGARIAN ASSEMBLY.
"A despatch to the Standard from Tirnova states that
Prince Dondoukoff- -Korsakof formally opened the
Bulgarian Assembly on Saturday amid great
thusiasm. Tho Roumelian and Macedonian
delegates present and there. was
large crowd of spectators. The first business
meeting will be held Monday. Prince Dondou-
kof-Korsakof previous to the opening. told depu.
tation that he would resign if the delegates perse
vered in theft plan of adjourning protest against
tho Treaty of Berlin The plan hos in consequence,
been abandoned.
VATICAN AND THE WORLD.
The Pope yesterday received representatives Of
1902 Catholic publications issued in Europe and
America. and addressed them on the influence
and mission Of the press. He incidentally
stated that temporal power indispensable
to the Holy See. The Pope very cordially received
the Marquis de Gabrac the French Ambassador. who
presented the official notification of NJ Grevys elec-
ton to the Presidency of France. The interview was
mutually satisfactory.
CABLE NOTES.
A despatch to the Iost from Berlin says it is re-
ported that the Emperor william. receiving q de-
putation Of German inhabitants of Schleswig. in
formed them that the Schleswig question must be
regarded finally settled 1t is understood that the
Tariff Commission recommend duty of only
twenty-five pfenng per hundred weight ON pig iron.
The Standard announces that the French Atlantic
cable is broken 16l miles from st. Pierre, Miqueon.
in 500 fathoms of water.
Weston arrived at Ipswich at nine o'clock Saturday
night. He is III miles behind time
The Norwegian bark Benguela. Captain Fuglesang.
Is at Chrstiansand with her cargo heated. and will
discharge.
Tho British ship J. 8. Wright. Captain Crowell.
which arrived here yesterday from New York. lost
her bulwarks. had boat stove and sustained other
damage during the voyage.
The steamship Illinois, Captain Shackford. from
Philadelphia. arrived at Queenstown today and pro-
ceeded for Iivcruool