The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-03
LATEST CABLE NEWS.
Premier Waddington's Bugles
Sound Truce.
GAMBETTA'S WAR MAP.
Pope Leo Admonishes the
Belgian Bishops.
PARNELL'S PROPOSALS.
PARNELL'S PROPOSALS.
Personal Intelligence of Victoria. Mukhtar
and the Czarina
MIRSKY SENT TO THE MINES.
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agreed to prolong the existing Army law for ten
years.
The Times this morning states that Sir A. 7.
Gait will be added to the Canadian Cabinet as
Minister Resident in London.
The Czarina is confined to her bed and her
physicians are constantly in attendance upon
her. The Empress is at Cannes.
The reports that Queen Victoria is suffering
from an alarming illness have no foundation
other than that the Queen has slight cold.
The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, in in
PRODUCING the estimates in the States General
yesterday, expressed the hope that an extradi-
ton treaty with the United States would soon
be adopted
The Chemnitz (Saxony) Tage6laA states that
an explosion of fire damp occurred in mine in
that district on Monday evening, and it is feared
that from seventy to eighty persons persisted.
The recovery of the cOrpses Of the victims is
actively proceeding.
The Posts Berlin despatch says:-" is as
serted here that the German Foreign Office has
issued a circular informing its diplomatic rep
resentatives abroad that, apart from some
trivial differences, the cordial relations between
Germany and Russia undisturbed."
YAKOoB KHAN's DEPARTURE.
This mornings Post, commenting upon Yakoob
Khan's departure yesterday from Cabul for
Peshawur, says:-"This news is Of great signifi-
eance. 1t probably means that Afghanistan has
Seen the last of its ameers. 1t also points to
restraint, if not actual punishment, being in
store for Yakoob for his carelessness if not con-
nivance in the massacre Of the embassy The
exact part he played may never be known. The
Commission OF Inquiry are reported to have
found it absolutely impossible to obtain evil
dence that would justify a conviction for
major offence, but there is more than enough to
establish Yakoob's weakness and culpable negli-
gence" despatch to the Standard from
Cabul says the suddenness of the removal OF the
Ameer from Cabul to Peshawur was calculated
upon to thwart any attempts of the tribes along
the road to rescue him from the British.
GoRTscHAKoFF's SUCCESSOR.
A despatch from ST. Petersburg says:-"The
statement relative to the probable appointment
Of M. valujeff as Prince Gortschakoff-s successor
to the Russian Chancellorship is contradicted
in Ministerial circles 1t is pointed out that
Prince Gortschakoff has not yet rendered his
resignation. Should he do so, Privy Councillor
Giers, who actually conducts the Foreign Office
during the greater part of the year, is regarded
as his more probable successor"
THE BELGIAN KULTURKAMrF.
A despatch from Paris to the Times saws -
"The Archbishop of Mechlln, Belgium, in a re-
cent pastoral, asserts that the Pope is not in
fallible, except when he judges questions which
rest on the testimony of God and that of His
revealed truth revealed law. This is in
tended to rebut the charge that the Belgian
bishops are guilty of schism disobedience in
disregarding the Pope's admonitions respecting
the educational agitation. The Bishop Of Tour
nay, the most violent opponent of the liberal
Cabinet, has been superseded by an admins
traitor appointed by the Pope. The Bishops
mind is believed to be unsound."
KING JOHNS LAST FREAK
Intelligence has been received in Rome that
the Bishop Of Massia, Vicar Apostolic over
portion of Abyssinia, has been imprisoned by
King John. The Vatican has earnestly re
quested France, and other governments
through the intermediary of France, to use their
influence to obtain his liberation. The Pope
will also send delegates to King John to inter-
cede for the Bishops release.
HERALD WEATHER SERVICE.
The weather continued very severe through
out the land last night and the early part of to-
day. At sea it is exceedingly stormy, and
fierce northerly gale prevails along the coast
A number of vessels have been driven ashore
by the tempest. Among the number is Her
Majcsty's ship Valorous. Snow has fallen heavily
in nearly every part of England, while in Scot
land the drifts are so great as to impede traffic
of every sort. The reports from Dundee state
that snow has fallen continuously in the north
crn districts, accompanied by intense cold
Skating was commenced last night, which was
ono of the coolest hitherto experienced in the
metropolis this season. The Mid-England canal
Is frozen over SO that navigation has nearly
ceased altogether. Hunting has been suspended
on account of tho foul weather. The reports
received at the Meteorological Office do not give
very much encouragement of fine weather Tor
some time, although the winds have died out
somewhat tonight and rain is beginning to take
the place of snow.
AMERICAS EGYPTIAN STEAMER.
An Alexandria despatch to the DAILY Ncms
says the Egyptian government has sold the
Dcssul, an old steamer of the Khedival postal
service, for E5, 100 to America, for use in the
transport of customs authorities
MUxrITAR PAcHA ALIVE.
The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Ne,rs
announces that Mukhtar Pacha has arrived ut
Prisrend.
NrHTLIsM IN RUSSIA.
The sentence of death passed by the Military
Court of st. Petersburg upon the nihiIist.
Mirsky, who was convicted of the charge of ut
tempting the assassination of General Drcntila,
has been communicate hard labor in the Siberian
mines for an Indefinite perod
SOCIALISTS IN GERMANY.
In the Prussian Diet yesterday Count Won
Eulcnburg, Minister of the Interior, replying to
questions as to the reasons for the continuance
Of the minor state of siege, declared that the
state of things prevalent last year still cx-
listed. The secret social democratic agitation,