The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-23
GRANT LEAVES MARSEILLES.
Professor Nordenskiold's Elk
petition Frozen Up.
FRENCH CABINET CHANGES.
Italy Determined on a vigorous
Foreign Policy.
THE EUROPEAN PLAGUE.


[BY CABLE TO Thu HERALD.
LONDON, Jan. %, 1879.
General Grant and his party arrived at
Mnrseilles yesterday morning at eleven
o'clock. They will sail for Suez in the
steamer Labourdonnaye at noon to-day.
NQRpENsKIoLDs 1cEBoUND STEAMER.
Tho st. Petersburg Go,os announces that authentic
intelligence has been received from the Governor Of
Eastern Siberia that Professor Nordenskiold's
steamer the Vega is cebound forty miles from East
Cape. The authorities of Jukutsk have been in
structed to issue general summons to the natives
to assist the expedition. special relief expedition
OF reindeer and dog sedges has been organized but
it is feared this assistance will be late Russian
man-ofwar from the Pacific station will shortly pro-
ceed to Behring Straits to endeavor to extricate the
Vega or bring OFF the crew.
CABINET CHANGES IN FRANCE
1t is announced from Paris that NJ. Teisserenc de
Bert has voluntarily resigned the portfolio Of Agr
culture and Commerce. This occasions the Cabinet,
in which his position has lately been purely negative
from the consequences Of his imprudence in de-
nouncng the treaties Of commerce without having
fixed definite economic policy to follow after
taking such step. The correspondent who sends
this adds that it is expected NJ Jules Ferry. who
the author of tho vote of confidence passed by the
Deputies the Goth inst, and who personifes the
compromise then effected, will succeed NJ. De Bort.
n. Gambetta's neyspapers-the R;pabyiqae Francaise
and Petite Rspublique-are still disconnected. The
former says it cannot suppose the changes of
functionaries foreshadowed by NJ. Dufaure's speech
will fully satisfy the Left The latter fears fresh
crisis. though it thinks the present situation may
endure some time. lie Temps says it is certain that
M. Ferdinand Hcrold. Senator Of the Left. has
placed M. Duval Project Of the Seine. One Eng
lsh correspondent declares that he knows
on the best authority that President Mac
Mahon had determined to resign il M.
Dufaure was ousted and he (MacMahon) conse-
quently deprived of control Of the War Depart
ment.
IS oAMDErrA MASTER OF THE SITUATION?
The Times correspondent in Paris writing last
night, said M. Gambetta certainly only remained in
the ranks of the extreme Left to bring them to
moro moderate views. AS he obtains this
result he will return to the leadership of the
united Left, with his strength unimpaired by the
the Cabinets every act will in the future be carefully
scrutinixed and its continued existence will depend
on tho sunerAnce of the Chamber of Deputies. This
is exactly,the result which best suits NJ. Gambetas
policy.
ITALY's FOREIGN Foley.
In the italian Senate yesterday the debate upon the
foreign policy Of tho government continued
Signor Depres renewed his declarations of Tuesday.
The only point in<his speech was the assertion
that the interests of Italy forbade any modification
of the quo with Tunis. This is interesting in
connection with the relations between France and
Italy. The Senate adopted order of the day. which
accepted by the Cabinet. to the effect that in
order to uphold the national prestige and
institutions il is necessary not only loyalty to OBJ
treaties but also to that internal policy
does not disturb the financial equilibrium mill
tary organization. The foregoing is considered to
imply Of the policy of the late Carroll Cab
met. No confirmation has yet reached Rome Of the
report from Belgrade that Colonel Cola the missing
italian member Of the Servisn Boundary Commits
sion. robbed and murdered by Turkish brigands
Plevna.
EAST.
Intelligence has reached Calcutta that a Russian
steamer has made its way up the river Oxus
and beyond the Afghan frontier. Tho Chi
nese Embassy received by the Car )
Monday last with great ceremony. The
st. Petersburg Gazette states that complete
anarchy prevails in Kashgar. The rebels outnumber
the Chinese force Of occupation. Prince Lobanof,
the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople. and
Carathcodori Pachn. the Turkish Minister of Foreign
Affairs had interview yesterday. The defnitive
treaty has not yet been signed.
GUARDING AGAINST THE PLAGUE.
Preliminary conferences in regard TO the plague
have commenced between the German Privy Coun-
E,.,l. l,,t.,.
Sanitary Board. The establishment Of a rigorous
sanitary Gordon. with the cooperation of Roumanis
from Mcmcl to sulina is suggested. The Northern
Railway has given notice that direct traffic from
Russia will be suspended after Friday. Vienna
despatch the Standard says it Is expected that the
importation of woollcns leather and other Russian
products likely to carry infection. will shortly be
prohibited Tho Sanitary Commission is instructed
to take all necessary measures without regard to
trade interests. case of the plague Is reported at
Nijni-Novgorod.
An Official report received at Madrid states that the
cholera is increasingly prevalent in Asia Minor.
CABLE NOTES
A despatch from Copenhagen says It is feared that
. general commercial collapse is imminent in
Sweden. Further failures daily expected. and
thousands OF persons have been thrown out of en-
ployment.
The Ecces Cotton Mill. at Ashton. near Preston.
numbering 20Poo spindles on full time, was burned
yesterday. Ono hundred thirty persons are
thrown out Of employment. Tho loss is E3O,OOo
The court martial held on the officers of the Ger
man ironclads Grcsscr Kurfurst and konig Wilhelm
met at Berlin on Monday last.
Berlin despatch says it n reported that Prince
Bismarck ia willing to withdraw his bill TO discipline
the Reichstag in consequence of the vehement op-
position meets from the diets of the various Ger
States.
An election was held in Norfolk yesterday 20 ell
the ancy in the House of Commons occasioncd
by the death OF Mr.. James DUFF conservative. Mr..
4. Birkbeck the conservative candidate and Sir
I. F. Buxton was nominated by the liberals. Mr..
Birkbeck chosen, receiving 2,742 votes against
S,252 for his competitor.
Geneva despatch to the Times notes