The New York herald., 1879-03-15
DUFFERIN AT ST. PETERSBURG
De Brogle and Rochebouet to
Publicly Protest.
THE DROWNED AT SZEGEDIN
Horrors of the Disaster In
creasing. 2 elT
POLITICS IN THE OLD WORLD.

POLITICS IN THE OLD WORLD.
LORD cHEIxsronp ATTACKED IN THE HOUSE OF
coxxoxs-rHE BERLIN TREATY AND ENG
LANDS FrnMNEss-FRANcE AND ITS DIS
oRAcEp STATESMEN.
tDY CABLE TO THE BERALD.1
LONDON, Ai,,rch 10, 1879.
The feature of last nights sitting of the House
OF Commons was Mr.. Jenkins denunciation Of
Lord Chelmsford and the coterie of
army and naval officers chosen from
the ranks Of the nobility, without any
reference to their merit or their experience,
and thrust into places Of Importance because Of
influence which they were able to COM
mand. His speech was very bitter
and, strange to say, seemed to awaken
less aninosity on tho floor OF the
House than would have been expected, The
exciting scene was brought abont by the an
nouncement by Sir Stafford Northcote that the
government did not intend to remove
Lord Chelmsford from his command. Mr..
Jenkins, despite the repeated intervcn-
ton Of the Speaker, attacked Lord Chclins-
ford, declaring that his advancement was due
to occult influences. Mr.. EgertOn Secretary
to the Admiralty, announced that since Thurs
day several transports had left Madeira for the
Cape.
THE ORIENTAL QUESTION.
: The Vienna Political Correspondence states
that Lord Dutferin, the British Ambassador ut
ST. Petersburg, has been instructed to lay stress
upon the necessity Of strictly upholding all the
provisions Of the Treaty of Berlin, and to
visions must not be revived under any prctext
whatever, England being convinced that the
difficulties in regard to Roumelia could
be overcome by mixture of vigor and
moderation Oh the part Of the Porte.
A despatch from Athens says the Greek
Frontier authorities have cHptsired several
armed bands attempting to enter Turkey.
The Times Pesth correspondent says:-"Ac-
cording to accounts received from Sofia, prepa-
rations tor another insurrection In Maced0nip
are in active progress. The leaders are the
Bishops of Sofia and Ocheida, TIN, Russian Chief
of Police Of Widin, the Bulgarian bandits Storko
and Petko two Austrian desertcrs,two Bulgarian
civil functionarics and an Englshman named
Cooper, who served with General Tchernaicf
In Scrvia. The Turkish governments perfectly
aware of what il going On, and is taking measures
ON the frontier accordingly The same de
spatch further says:-''rhc Roumanian Senate
and Chamber have resolved to amend the con-
stitution so ~ to conform the law concerning
Jews to the requirements Of tho Treaty Of Bcr-
lin. The question will now he submitted to q
popular vote" Much excitement prevails ut
Limasol, in the island of Cyprus. All the shops
arc closed and traffic suspended in consequence
of Sir Garnet Wolscley's monetary regulations.
The inhabitants have tclcgraphcd the Queen
appealing against Sir Garnct's desaee-
THE FRENCH MINISTERIAL POSITION.
A telegram from Paris says the DE Droglic
and Rochebouct Ministries intend to protest.
by publicly attcsted document, against
this days censurc. The Paris .Soir of last even
ing stated that General Bcrthaut, who was Min
lister of War under the Duke de Broglic. has
signed command Of the Eighteenth army corps
The Paris correspondent of the Times says:-
"Thc chief interest Of Thursdays vote in the
Chamber of Deputies was whether the govern
hcnt would be supported by majority of the
Left. On this point all reasonable expectations
have been fulfilled. The government. on the
rejection of impeachment. obtained majority Of
forty in the Moderate Left against the Extreme
Left. Such majority leaves the Ministry open
to defeat by u coalition between the Extreme
Left and the Right The order o. the day, pure
and simple. moved by NJ. Clcmcrccau. ON the
ground that the Chamber, having refused to
in,,cach the incrimnatcd Minister'S had no
votes of the Left to 1877 of the Extreme Left and
the Right"
ENGLAND's INDIAN EMPIRE.
The financial statement of the Anglo Indian
government. according to dispatches from Cal
cuttsl, shows that the deficit for 1S77-7S was
f3.543.O OS7, while for 1S7S-70 the estimated
net surplus is E4OO.OOO. The budget for
1S79-SO, including the Afghan war expenses
shows AN estimated deficit Of IL ,395.OOO. The
net increase of the debt during the three years
IL El2,7 ,703, ,1O6 No increase of taxation is
proposed, because the change In the relative
value Of gold and silver. which alone has dis
turbcd the satisfactory financial condition II
India, is under the consideration Of the home
government upon the motion of the Indian gov
eruncnt The government has decided to remit
Immediately the cotton duties on all goods con-
tanning yarn of counts not above thirties. a
telegram to the London Times from Calcutta
says the Indian governments propose In the
budget to raise IN India four aud half percent.
ngc loan of the nominal amount of E5 ZOO, 900
($24, 200, ,OOO), and to sell during the ensuing
year f15,OOO,OOO t*72, 900, ,OOO) worth OF
India Council bills ut rate of exchange calcu-
lated ut one shilling and seven pence per rupee.
The Daily yevs remarks that this practically
means loss to the Indian cxclc,lucr Of
E4.OOO,OOO (*19.3UO,OOO 1t shows, how
ever, that no tendency exists to play into the
hands of the sellers of silver. A heavy rain was