The New York herald., 1879-09-24
FOREIGN NOTES.

FORElGN NOTES.
Prince Gregoire stourdza Of Moldavia has taken mp
ing the leadership OF tho elements Of opposi
ton to the policy of Jewish enfranchisement.
Tho iotila OF which the Russians made present
to the Bulgarians, aud which is riding at anchor
the port of Rustchuk. has quito recently had the
Bulgarian flag hoisted on its masts. The ceremony
was performed with all soiemnity on tho five ships.
The Metropolitan of Rustchuk, ut the head OF the
clergy of the place. blessed the flags, the thunder of
cannon announcing to the crowds throngng the
river side the commencement OF the ceremony. The
bulgarian prclate also delivered address to the
first Bulgarian crew.
The Gothard tunnel is being pushed rapidly to
completion. Four thousand men engaged
in the work and fresh hands taken every day.
The advance is ut the rate of nearly eight metres
day and the length still to be bored Is 1000 metres,
so that the tunnel will probably be finished by the
end of this year the beginning of next. The max
ing Of the Mont Cencre branch will be commenced
the 1st OF October and it's completion is expected
to coincide with that of the main line
The Rome correspondent Of the Paris Globe is in
formed that tue Sultan or Zanzibar is about to visit
Europe tor the purpose OF negotiating treaties Of
commerce with several European governments and
invite the latter to appoint consos in Zanzibar.
AS commercial relations have ALREADY been estab-
United States. the Sutans principal object is said
to be tho negotiation of treaties with Italy and
especially with Austria, the Austrian horins
have the largest currency IN the SuItan's domin-
ions.
The Athenian journals give interesting accounts Of
In 1870 the population amounted to Last SD4; in
1879 it has risen to 167975 At the very first
tho liberated Greek population. taken in 1838 the
free Greek people were only S50,000 in number.
Hence half century OF deliverance from that Turk
ish rule whose blessings our tories eager to
intact for the unfree Greeks and SIavs has
resulted in doubling of the free Greek population.
The city of Athens. which reckoned $4,000 inhabi-
tants 1870 boasts of "a .0O0 while the Pir@us
which had only 1000 In 1870 has than dou-
bled the number during the last nine years.
An extraordinary statement is in circulation in
England to the effect that Major Cavagnari did not
60 to Cabul with the light heart usually supposed
On the contrary. in private letter to q friend in
this country received within the last few weeks he
spoke in Respondent tone of the work imposed
upon him. He represented to the viceroy the use
lessness of tho mission and the dangers which it
was bravipg. He know that an envoy would either
be kept close prisoner would be in constant fear
of his life If it be true that Sir Louis Cavagnari
made such representations TO the viceroy it adds
another proof to the many already known of the
guilty folly OF the men who have enangled England
IN a desperate enterprise.
The Crown Prince OF Germany according to a re-
port in the Beriiaer Tagebiah, has made the follow
ing statements at students meeting ut K0ngs-
berg about report. originating with tho
Berlin correspondents of the Vienna lhesse to
the effect that the newspaper attacks
were occasioned by Major Won Liegnitz of
the German Embassy at st. Petersburg having
been robbed OF some compromising papers, contain
ing Prince Bismarck secret plans, and which fell
into the hands of the Russian government "Major
VonSLiegntz," said tho Prince, "empowers to
declare the story which is circulating through the
press concerning him to be an infamous invention of
stolen, but no papers. Moreover. Major Won Leig-
nitz adds that he keeps no documents in his resi-
dence."
London EcAo.--Yesterday voice '.called aloud be-
fore heaven for punishment which should ring
from eud to end of the Continent of ASIA" The
"until tho blood Of Cavagnari is atoned for" az
"the paramount and pressing duty Of the
British power s to hoist the blood stained dag again
at Cabul." We have becn so accustomed to this
kind of raving for blood that it appears to have
palled upon the appetite of tho reader. What il
ways little2 What IL they asked themselves how
many historic conqucsts have been endurng? What
or 1nco 70 Imey Il be on ns ,sH
This applies to nations well rs individuals, not
withstanding impotcnt appeals from the defenders
of vengeance.
don Tines building was never moro active, even
under the Empire. Two hundred and eighty thou
sand masons are in constant work; houses ris-
ing up on all sides, and when scarcely finished bills
announce that they are no longer to let. Numerous
commercial, industrial and financial undertakings
have been and launched; the general prosperity
is manifest, and the potato itself promises, with
hne september. to becolne ant,reactionary and
ter neither dear bread nor the absence of potatoes
will furnish the pretexs for it, and it looks II the
parties who expect the Republic to disappear In an
agitation provoked bx dearth must defer their hopes
to another season. Their last trump card--the re-
turn OF Parliament to Paris-will in all probability
lead to none OF the exciting scenes they look for.
Some of the conversations at simla in 1876 have
significance in Wow OF tho recent events ut Cabul
The Ameer Shcrc Ais Envoy, Syud Moor Maholned
Khan talking to Sir Lewis Pely. said that to acqui-
In the British demand for mission to DO sta
toned in Afghanistan rs much order for
his DEATH rIt is serious business" said the En.
voy ''liod grant that tho issue be favorablei''
But" he added. you should not impose upon
us burden which cannot bear. and if
you overload us tho responsibility rests with
you" When Sir Lewis Pelly asked him what burden
he meant the Envoy said, 1.-THE residence of British
officers the frontiers of Afghanistan." He
further declared that the Amecr would have great
difficulty in protecting tho mission from being In
suited by the people of the country who, above all
things, detested the presence OF foreigners among
them. These ana scores of similar warnings FROM
Englishmen and Afghans we're treated with contempt
by the Beaconsfeld government and the massacre
OF Cavagnari and his associates is the result
Unlike his father 1ewhk pushes ideas of economy
almost to an extreme The Paris correspondent OF
the Times says Stills household is reduced to tho
simplest scale, and every month the salaries OF his
personal attendants paid under his own SUPER
vision. He has reduced his civil list to low figure;
nothing goes into his private purse. lie has made 1t
kind OF ambition to meet tho engagements OF
Egypt, and an eye witness has him extin-
gushing candles which burning in
empty He Is not inclined, how
ever to accept the application OF the Euro
peau system of administration to Egypt, insist
Ing that Egypt only be productivity administered
by retaining the collection system already prac-
tsed, which, no doubt, means the bastinado. How
this may be- the conviction of the best Judges Is
that he has the most upright Intentions that under
his direction the exchcquer will bc replcnished that
twill certainly arrive at honorably meeting all