The New York herald., 1879-03-09
FOREIGN NOTES.

II there had been no Zulus should we have been
treated to the recent Egyptian coup dstatS asks the
London World.
Sir John Lubbock 10 great authority on the habits
of ants. His sisters and cousins have not
yet been given to the public
A relic of Luther Is on exhibition at London
book store. It Is . Bible containing his signature
and sixteen autograph lines. bearing date l542
sweeping measure for reducing the native
armies of India ninety per cent is prehgured by
two evidently "inspared' Arncies In the London
Times
General Grant, after receiving the hospitaties of
the Lieutenant Governor OF Bengal at Allahabad pro-
ceeded to Calcutta as the guest OF Lord Lyfton the
Viceroy.
william Simpson the artist of the Illustrated London
Ne,cs has found eighteen Bactran gold coins in the
ruins of Buddhist monastery near Jellalabad. in
Aghanistan.
great East African Company is to be formed in
London on the model Of the extineuishcd East India
Company. Sir John Lubbock and Captain Burton
are among its promoters.
Mr.. Mackenzie, the African explorer. sailed from
England on the 13th ult.. In the steamer Corsalr.
specially chartered. for Cape JUDY the northwest
coast OF Africa for tho purpose OF opening
TO commerce.
The Afth instance of cremation ut Gotha has just
taken place. accompanied by full religious rites.
The Protestant clergy signihed their approval OF
these ceremonies and on other occasions have par
ticipated in them.
Bishop Colenso. the "Apostle Of the Zulus" used
to be great friend and defender OF Cetywayo. He
churches Of Natal. in which he prays for ''all
fellow men. whether white or black, now engaged in
war in Zuuand.
They are again talking Of building national the
atre in London. The Marquis Townshend. propre-
of the Social Notes periodical lately edited by Mr.
s. c. Hall, is chairman of committee for promot-
ing this undertaking. great meeting was held in
this interest on the 25th ult at the Royal Italian
Opera House, Covent Garden.
Another French exposition talked Of. move
ment has been begun in Paris to celebrate the CEN
tenary of the French Revolution in 1889 by the
grandest international exposition yet known. But
this project may interfere with the similar one en-
in America to celebrate the Inauguration OF
Washington President in that year.
England is expected to come out of the Zulu affair
the gamer, of course. 1t Is thought that the Zulu
war; besides resulting in the annexation OF Zuuand,
will lead to the purchase Of Deagoa Bay from Por-
tugal and to vast extension OF British influence
the southeast coast OF Africa. Possible and quite
probable. though King Cetywayo shows fight
Professor Blackie, of Edinburgh preached a SER
mon at st. Davids Church. on Sunday evening. Feb
ruary %. He wanted to prove that Christianity is
tianty favors authority, order, subordination and
obedience to existing law" while the liberals were
as e "a ana n
vdual lawlessness.
The boy.King OF Burmah. in putting to death all
his male kinsman, has unwittingly played into the
hands of the British authorities ut Calcutta, who
have long been eager for pretex for extending their
authority over the Upper Irrawaddy. and thus re-
moving all obstacles to the overland trade with
China. Even the liberal organs Of Great Britain
not unwilling to see this step taken, and the oppor-
tunity seems too good to be missed.
Field Marshal Martinez de Campos. the new
Premier of spain is only forty-six years of age He
his commission general by services in the Car
list during the Presidency Of Castelar, and the
officer who proclaimed the restoration OF Alfonso XII
Valencia i'll December, 1874 He succeeded in ter
mnating the war in Cuba. and takes office under the
most auspicious circumstances being claimed as an
adherent by four political parties in Spain.
Gordon Pacha has resumed his interrupted labors
for the extension Of the Egyptian sovereignty over
Equatorial Africa. He has just appointed the young
Austrian naturalist Ernest Marno Vice Governor OF
the province of Quaabat the frontier region to the
west OF Abyssinia on the Upper Atbara Since the
conclusion OF q defnitive peace between Egypt and
Abyssinia there is longer any insuperable obsta-
Gle the establishment of the Egyptian posts pro-
jected two years ago on the Somauli coast.
Russian explorers have been very busy Of late in
Central Asia Besides Colonel p Matvaetf, whose ex-
ploration OF Balkh, Kunduz. Faizabad Wakkan and
Badakshan noted by the HERALD's correspond
ence from Tashkend, Colonel Grodkof has lately
visited Herat Maimene aud Merv, Colonel Severtsoff
has explored during the winter the Pamir plateau or
Roof of the World visiting the source OF the Oxus,
and Colonel Oshanin has traversed Hssar Kolab and
the northern part OF Badakshsn. returning via Kar
ategin.
Formidable riots have taken place at Haskoi and
Tchirpan. in Eastern Roumelia. intended to impede
the activity OF the European Commission for the sd-
mnistration of that province They also to be
taken protest against the exclusion OF the Rou-
inelian Deputies from the Bulgarian Assembly ut
Tirnova. Eighty members Of that Assembly advo-
Gated their amis son aud the correspondent of the
general insurrecton but the union Of Roumelia and
Bulgaria. according to the Treaty Of San stefano.
Sixty-nine libel suits for libel Ambiguity has
been the death Of one paper in Marseilles. and it
should be q warning to journalists every where The
Nouoeitisfe OF Marseilles. stated some months ago
that the tax receiver of ST. Etienne had embezzled
100. The proprietor must have had more than
one bad quarter hour when he discovered, as
he very quickly did. that there are sixty-nine st.
Etiennes towns or commnnes. IN France. Every
OF the tax receivers of these places brought an
action against the paper. which has been ordered to
pay l00f damages to each collector, besides 2OOf fine.
A full summary Of the proposed bulgarian consti-
tuition is published in the London Times of the 25th
ult 1t ills three columns and comprises ITO articles.
The Prince is to bear the title OF serene Hghness; -;
the State religion is to be the orthodox Oriental con-
fession all Bulgarians are equal before the law.
There is to be Council OF State of not less than
eleven members. elected by the Assembly, and re-
sponsible Cabinet OF Ministers. All Legislative
bills must be presented by the Ministers by agree
ment with the Prince. The constitution is chiefly
the work of Prince Dondo oukofi Korsakof; it has re-
ceved the approval of the Car and cannot be revised
for five ears from the date OF its adoption.
A FIRST exhibition circular" OF the Melbourne In
ternatonal Exhibition OF 1850 has been received. 1t
contains long lists Of ommssioners and committees
the system OF general classification, apparently
based to q considerable extent upon that OF Phila-
delphia. The president is the Hon. william John
Clarke. member OF the Legislative Council ut Mel
bourne. Applications for space should be sent IN
not later than June 10. 1872 The reception Of ex-
admitted after August 81. The exhibition will remain
open for six calendar months, commencing October
l. 1850, and closing March 81, 1881 Full particulars
can be obtained from James t. Denison, No. 123 Col
ins street. West. Melbourne who will act general
agent for American exhibitors.
Lord Granville IN his speech at the Reform Club
banquet Lord Dufierin. referred ut length to
the charge, unjustly brought, he contended.
against the liberal government that II had subjected
this country to humiliation in the settlement of
the Alabama claims. The following sentences
contain the gist OF his defence: lit may
be said IT H. quite natural that the Ameri-
should be pleased and that 10 we
who had suffered great humiliation. But Is
that true? Did we suffer humilationy Was there
humiliation In submitting. as we had previously
agreed with the Americans that we should. to the
Geneva award? Admitting that the award was un-
just-and in its justice !. for one. cannot entirely
asree-wc must remember that we are not impartial
judges of the fact But whether IL fair or un-
fair. whether IL was just unjust. deny that there
was the slightest humiliation in abiding by It,"
remarkable old miser has Just died In Dublin.
and curiosity is rife regarding his property which IL
said to be worth s5OOOO0. The old man. whose name
Is Law, was jeweller for many years. but for the
last fifteen twenty years he has lived absolutely
solitary life a larue house In Lower Domiuck