The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-24

NOT APPRECIATED BY GREEcE-THE HEsI-
TATING BoNAPARTIsTs THE INTERocEANIc
CANAL.
[BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.1
LONDON, July "a; 1879.
despatch from Rome to the Daily Netrs
says 1.-THE Pope hopes before the close of the
year to conclude concordat with Russia"
The French government is said to be negoti-
ating to obtain Marshal MacMahon's acceptance
of the command of the garrisons of Paris and
Versailles.
The Berlin correspondent of the Post states
that German capitalists have petitioned the
government for permission to construct an cleo
trio railway in Berlin.
A despatch from Constantinople, dated on
Tuesday evening, says THE Sultan has
quested the Grand Vizier, Kheireddn Pacha
to attend Council of Ministers on Wednesday
for the settlement Of the Ministerial crisis"
The French Chamber Of Deputies, at Yer
salles, on Tuesday night, despite the opposition
of the protcctionists, passed the government
bill authorizing the prolongation of the treaties
of commerce for six months after the general
tariff is voted.
A ST. Petersburg despatch says:-"In conse-
quence of the prevalence of incendiarism the
authorities Of Kharkoff have divided the town
into 1924 fire districts. Every householder is
bound to keep special night Waterman and to
have thirty buckets OF water always ready"
despatch from Berne published in an even
ing edition of the POSI- says lit is appre-
hended that the decision of the Swiss govern
ment against permitting public funeral for the
remains of the exiled Bishop, DR.. Conrad Mar
tin, will provoke disturbances at Paderborn."
despatch from ST. Petersburg says-"The
ordinary censors Of the press have refused the
responsibility of supervising the news relative
to General Lazaretf's expedition against the
Turcomans. The military censor on General
LazaretFs staff will deal with such intelligence"
There is prospect of the new Khedive's re-
signing. The Standards Berlin despatch
says :-"As the firman submitted to the Eng
lish and French Ambassadors ut Constantine
pie curtails the Khedive's right to conclude
treaties, Tewfik Pacha has sgnifed his inability
to conduct the government unless this privilege
is accorded him."
Can such things occur in EnglandY In the
House of Commons yesterday Mr.. Grissell, a
civil engineer, and Mr.. Ward, a solicitor, were
ordered to be arrested under the Speakers war
rant for breach of privilege, in having offered
for payment to control the decision of the Pri-
vate Bill Committee relative to a bridge across
the Thames. Ward has been arrested, but
Grissell has gone to France.
In the House of Commons on Tuesday
bill introduced by Sir Stafford Northcote Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, to enable banks to
limit the liability of shareholders to twice
the amount of their paid up capital, was talked
out by Mr.. William Holms (iberal), member
for Paisley, who objected to the government
amendments restricting the operations of the
bill to England. The Bankruptcy bill was also
recently talked out. These repeated fascos ex-
cite much comment and dissatisfaction.
RUSSIA PROTECTING HER TRADE.
The Standards Berlin correspondent tele-
graphs that the notice of the Prussian govern
mept of its intention to close in January the
direct goods traffic from the Russian frontier
has been met by the Russian railways reducing
the freight charges between the remotest dis
tricts Of the empire and Liban, Russian port
on the Baltic, to such an extent that transporta-
ton by this route will cost less than to q Prus-
sian port.
ENGLAND AS THE WORLDS MEDIATOR.
The amendment offered in the House of Com
mons Tuesday night by Mr.. d. w. Hamburg
liberal conscrvative) member for North Stat
fortshre, to Sir Charles Dikes motion for an
address to the Queen in favor of urging the en-
forcement of the Treaty of Berlin, expresses
qualification that the main part Of that
treaty has been carried out, and sat
isfaction ut the steps taken by the gov
eminent to secure the execution Of the
remainder Robert Bourke, Under Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, declared that if Turkey and
Greece failed to come to an understanding in
regard to the frontier, the British government
was always ready to join in mediation. The
government, he said, had never isolated them
selves from the other Powers.
WHAT THE GREEKS THINK.
The committee in London for the furtherance
of the Greek claims has received q telegram
from an Englishman residing in Janina which
says that it is the firm belief there that war be-
tween the Turks and Greeks is imminent. The
Posts Berlin despatch says negotiations between
the Turkish and Greek delegates for regulating
the frontier will begin ut Constantinople this
week.
THE DARIEN CANAL
M. de Lesseps has issued the prospectus of
the Darien Canal Company. The capital is
fixed ut 4CO, OOO, OOOf $3.50, 200, OOd). Only
125f per share will be called up in the first in
stance Interest at the rate Of five per cent will
he paid on the actual money received during the
course of construction. M. de Lesseps esti-
mates an income of 9O,OOO,OOOf. from the
canal, and rcckons that the shareholders will
receive IL L. per cent per annum.
WANT OF UNION AMONG THE BoHAPARTIsTs
A Paris despatch to the Times says:-"The
disunion of the Bonapartists is becoming daily
more apparent Some of them advocate the
claims of Prince Victor, son of Prince Jerome
Bonaparte others only willing to accept
Prince jerome certain conditions, and now
M. Granier de Cassagnac urges in the
Pays that lineage is nothing and that
everything should depend upon the result of u
plebcscitc.' A Paris telegram, from an unrelin-
bic source published here. has the following