The New York herald., 1879-12-20
A7EST CABLE NEWS.
/, and Alarmed for the Safety
Of Her Troops.
TILE Ct MINE M Oil ECIk
THE FAMINE IN SILESIA
Perils Of Political Serenad-
ing in Madrid.
ALCHEMY A LA MODE.
Gordon Smokes the Pipe of Peace with
the King of Kings.

(DY CABLE TO THE HERALD
LONDON, Dec. 20, 1879.
Ismail Pacha, ex-Khedive Of Egypt, lies i'll at
Naples.
A royal decree has been published in Italy
ordering the cessation Of quarantine for vessels
from the Northern ports Of the United States
The British government has granted pensions
of $500 annually to the widow and f1OO to
the mother of the late Sir Louis Cavagnari, who
was murdered at Cabul
The correspondent of the Vienna FreD,denblatt
at Alexandria says that Gordon Pacha will
shortly return to the Island of Massaia Abys-
sinia, to confer with delegates Of King John on
conditions Of peace between Egypt and Abys-
sinia.
M. Cookery French Minister of Posts and
Telegraphs has asked the Chamber of Depu-
ties to vote S,0OO,OOOf. for subterranean wires
between the principal telegraphic centres, to
prevent recurrence of such suspension of
communication as happened few days ago.
AID FOR IRELAND.
The Times Dublin despatch reports that the
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, has forwarded to
the Bishop Of Ross draft for 81 900, being
part Of collection raised in Cleveland for the
poor Of Ireland.
CONCESSIONS TO POLAND.
The Daily NeOs' st. Petersburg correspond
ent hears from good source that it has
{ been decided to grant to the municipal gov
ernments in all the chief towns Of Poland the
privilege of using the Polish language in the
sittings of their councils after January 1. The
Standards correspondent ut Berlin asserts that
as a demonstration Of hostility to Germany for
f,v Dol;a c;%x
has permitted the opening of subscriptions at
Warsaw for the benefit of the destitute in
Upper Silesia.
FRENCH MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
The Standards Paris despatch says:-''The
Debats publishes semi-otficial note stating that
nothing has been settled except that the Ministry
will resign"
The Times has the following despatch from
Paris:-"The note of the Debdts says the Min
istry will resign Immediately after the close
of the present session of the Cham
bers." The same despatch says:-"If NJ. de
Freycinet is commissioned to form n now Cab
met there is every ground for hoping that he
will succeed in forming an administration inn
bued with every governmental spirit and able
by relying on the majority of the Left, to solve
the pending questions"
A despatch from Paris to the Times says:-
"In the vote by which the Chamber of Depu-
ties adopted amendments to the budget reduc
ing the episcopal salaries (which amendments
the Senate had reiected) the question of privi-
legc was not raised, and conflict with the SEN
ate was thus averted. The Senate has resolved
to refer the budget to its Finance Committee"
~ THE MAY LAWS IN GERMANY.
The local authorities Of the town of Elbinr.
Eastern Prussia, petitioned the Landtag against
the introduction by Herr Won Puttkammer,
Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical fairs,
Of the new school Mt Elbing for purely secular
education. The committee of the Landtag to
which the petition was referred advised the
Chamber to pass to the order of the day-in
other words, to reject the petition. This propo-
sition was carried yesterday by vote of 245 to
LAT, the majority consisting of conservatives,
clcricals and Poles, the minority of liberals,
progressonists and free conservatives. Ex-
Ministers Falk and Hobrecht voted with the
minority. The Berlin correspondent of the
Times thinks that the rejection of the petition
Is further evidence of the governments inclina-
ton to mitigate the severity of the May laws,
in view Of bringing about u modus rirendi with
the Vatican.
THE AUsTRo-GERMAN UNDERSTANDING.
The Vienna correspondent of the Times,
commenting the speech Of the Emperor
Francis Joseph in reply to an address from the
delegations Thursday, says:-"The en-
phasis the Emperor laid on the intimate under
standing with Germany Us an additional guar
antee of peace cannot but contribute to correct
any misapprchensions which might still exist as
TO the real character of that understanding"
THE AUSTRIAN ARMY BILL
The Compromise Conference Committee
elected by both houses OF tho Rcichsrath yes
terday has decided with only one dissentient
vote to propose the adoption OF clause 2 of
the Army bill. This clause is the one which had
been rejected by the Chamber of Deputies, and
which fixes the period of the operation of the
bill at ten years.
M. PIIrILPPART IN RoUMANIA.
The 7eiegraphs Paris despatch says NJ. Phil
ippart since his disappearance from that city, has
been in Roumania negotiating for a concession
for constructing railway and telegraph lines i'm
Roumania and Roumcia This negotiation has
France M. Philippnrt will proceed to establish
Credit Foncicr of Roumania."
LoNG-DIsTANcE rEDEsTRrANIsM.
Inc oP"'sWo" pupiishes lcttcr from FRANK
johnson. the American long distance pedestrian,
stating that as he is unable to find a competitor
in America in his style of pedcstrianism he
challenges William Gale, the British pedestrian,
to walk match of 1.5OO miles or upward. for
fIOO sidc one and onchalf miles to be walked
mt the beginning Of every hour for 1 900 con-
sccutive hours johnson will allow Gale ESQ
for expenses TO walk in New York, Boston or
Chicago, or he will take 600 for expenses and
walk in England
SEDITION IN SPAIN