The New York herald., 1879-12-04
Alexander Of Bulgaria Stands
by His Guns.
GAMBETTA'S OPPORTUNITY,
Labouchere Committed for Trial
at the Old Bailey.
RUSTEM AT ERZEROUM.
(BY CABLE TO THE HERALD

on the Continent
Dispatches from Rome and from Madrid re-
port heavy snow falls
Mr.. Charles Stewart Parnell has issued letter
stating that the Sligo prisoners will be tried at
Carrick ON Shannon on the / l til inst.
The Standards Rome despatch announces
that Italy has recognized the independence of
Roumania by the appointment of an Italian
Plenipotentiary at Bucharest.
PRINCE GoRTsCHAKoFFs INTENTIONS.
The Post has the following Berlin despatch:-
"It is reported that Prince GortschalSoff left
here well satisfied with the result of his visit.
He has had repeated interviews with the Am
bassadors of the leading Powers" The Stan
dard's Berlin correspondent says Prince Gorts-
chakoff is determined not to resign voluntarily.
LABoUcHERE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
Mr. Labouchere has been committed for trial
on the the charge of libelling Mr.. Lawson and
released from custody on his own recognizance
in the sum of f2OO.
ERzERoUM's NEW GOVERNOR.
A despatch from Constantinople to the Times
says:-"On the recommendation of Sir Austen
Layard, the British Ambassador to Turkey,
Rustem Pacha has been appointed Governor of
the province of Erzeroum. This is an excellent
appointment. Rustem Pacha for the past six or
seven years governed Lebanon with remarkable
capacity, tirmness and impartiality."
BATTLE IMMINENT IN PERU.
A despatch received in London from Buenos
Ayres dated December 2 says Intelligence
has been received here that the Peruvian army
is concentrating in the province of Tarapaca and
that the Chileans are marching to meet it. An
INN rto hotf1 10 ba
FRANCE AWAITS GAMBETTA.
Much diversity of opinion was developed at
the meeting Of each group Of the Left to-day.
After the meetings of the groups the bureaux
sat- 1t is acknowledged that an agreement
among the four groups is impossible; therefore
each group will retain its liberty of action in
debate and VOTE The Left Centre decided to
support the Ministers unless M. Gambetta is
willing to form Cabinet. The group of the
Republican Union is determined to present an
Interpolation tomorrow. M. Brsson will move
the Interpolation, and NJ. Floquet will second
it. 1t is expected that the result will be a vic
tory for the government.
NEW BRooMs IN AFGHANIsTAN.
A despatch from Cabul to the Standard
says :-"Wali Mahomed will start for Badak-
shan shortly with 1 900 infantry aud the same
number of cavalry and four guns, with the in
tention of reducing that district to obedience.
He will act in the name of the British govern
ment. Mahomed Hussen has been appointed
Governor Of Madam Major Abdullah Khan,
Governor Of Logar, and Shabaz Khan, Cover
nor of Kohistan. The first is the son and the
latter two are grandsons of Dost Mahomed."
despatch from Cabul to the Daily Nc,cs re-
II ,;afa
The local disturbances are ended. The Ameer
has arrived at Gundamuk.
WAR IN WESTERN AFRICA.
News has been received at Liverpool that
war has broken out between rival chiefs in New
Calabar, West Africa, and that 200 persons have
been slain and wounded and the prisoners
killed and eaten. The Europeans in New
Calabria have requested British naval officer
to interfere. 1t is apprehended that the out
break will spread from Opobo to Brass.
KING JOHNS CoNTUMACY
The Daily Telegraph's Vienna correspondent
says:-"A telegram from Alexandria states that
the British and French Consuls ut the island of
Massana have summoned King John of Abys-
snia to allow Gordon Pacha to return to Egypt
without hindrance. 1t is reported that Prince
Hassan, son of the ex-Khedivc, has applied for
. command in the expedition against Abys-
snia."
HERALD WEATHER SERVICE.
warning has been sent from the Central
Meteorological Office in London to all the south
west coasts that large depression is ad-
vancng apparently toward the Bay of
Bscay Gales beginning to blow
ut nearly all the western stations and the baro-
a.. S..,1
the weather in that section has be-
come uncommonly cold. The storm is
evidently the one referred to in the
warning received from the HERALD Weather
Bureau on the I'd, which stated that disturb
Ance attended by rains and followed by snow
and south backing to northwest gales will ar
rive on the British and Norwegian, affecting the
French coasts between the Sd and 9TH
PANsLAvIsM IN BULGARIA.
A despatch from Vienna to the Standard re-
garding the situation in Bulgaria says :-"Times
do not improve. Prince Alexander, after re-
pcatcd consultations with the Consuls General,
has decided to charge M. zankoif his represent
tntive at Constantinopc, with the formation of
q new Ministry should it be necessary. He will
probably suspend the constitution and proclaim
"a state of siege, only abdicating should these
measures prove unsuccessful. The dissatisfnc-
tion of the Bulgarians is due chiefly to nihil-
istic tendencies, which have been widely
propagatcd by young Bulgarians edu-
Gated in Panslavic schools in Russia and
who have now returned home" REPORTS from
Sofia state that affairs in Bulgaria are in q very
dangerous state. The Turkish inhabitants are
leaving the country in large numbers, partly
lIa1
militia, partly in consequence of the hostility
with which they are treated by the Bulgarians.
The Turkish peasants are only waiting for the
close of the harvest sales to cmigratc to Con-
stantinople and Anatolia, and it is probable
that IN a very short time the Turkish element
will have disappeared from Bulgaria altogether.