The New York herald., 1879-02-15
THE DEADLY PESTILENCE.

ENGLAND WANTS TO INVESTIGATE THE NATURE
OF THE DIsEAsE-HoPgFuL REPORTS FROM
SOME SOURCES, BUT NO DECREASE OF THE
ANXIETY THROUGHOUT EUROPE.
by CABLE TO THE HERALD
LONDON, Feb 15 1879.
In the House of Lords last night the Duke of
Richmond. Lord President of the Council. stated
that England had asked permission of Russia to
send physicians to investigate the plague. The
Privy Council had. he said ample powers
to enforce quarantine at minutes notice. but he
did not believe England endangered The Paris
Official Journal says:--"The latest reports of the
plague are reassuring. 1t has not increased, and
energetic measures have been adopted for its sup
preston. The French government have despatched
physician to investigate the disease. The re-
ports that the plague has appeared in Turkey
unfounded. There is ground for
panic and no danger for the present from arrivals
from the Black Sea Sea of Azof Nevertheless the
Minister of Commerce has ordered quarantine Of
two days at French ports the Mediterranean ana
in Algeria. including arrivals from the Black Sea
and the Sea of Azof when provided with clean
bills of health" The RepuJlique Fra,sase. o. Paris.
energetically protests against permission being
corded to Russia to carry out her intention Of
sending four Of her volunteer feet, which
have been employed in transporting troops
in the Black Sea. to Marseiles to repair.
The Paris correspondent of the London Daily Neus
says it is believed that in consequence of this pro-
test the entry Of these vessels will be forbidden and
that very quarantine precautions will be
adopted. The medical authorities recommend
careful fuinigation of all letters and news
papers at the Russian frontier.
ITALY
Italian advices to show that Italy Is
t1,a fhn
than are the countries Russia. The Rubat-
tino line Of steamers between Italy and Egypt has
been discontinued. The importation of Egyptian
cotton is prohibited At Palermo Greek corn laden
vessel attempting to enter the port warned
off by cannon shot The maritime authori-
ties at Trieste have decided to discontinue
quarantine against arrivals from the Egean
Sea- The official Gazette Of st. Petersburg
nounces that General Lors Melikof has been
invested with absolute powers and command Of all
the troops and authorities within the military
don. Athaw, with rain. has begun at Izaritzin The
ST. Petersburg oios publishes the following telegram
dated Izaritzin. February l3:-"The government Of
Izaritzn will be divided into three districts. with
special representative of the medical staff at the head
of each. The quarantine line Of Saratof
will be extended eastward far Prs.
chib. thence to the Orenburg frontier and
westward from Iwanowka to the Don frontier"
The various projects reports which have reached
Bucharest state that the sanitary condition Of Rou
mania is good. There are no ep.demics and only
few Of typhus The A9nce Russe, of st. Peters
burg. hopes that the ambassadors of the Powers at
Constantinople will Professionally regulate the Dob
nenscha frontier avert the serious consequences
which possible from the Roumanian quarantine
regulations and the seizure Of ArabTabia, by which
the return of the Russian troops from Turkey is OBJ
structed. The Burgomaster of Vienna urges the
government to sanction cremation as precautionary
measure against the plague. -,
The Noroe Vremya reports that the plague has ap-
peared in Bessarabia