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THE TIMES, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1879. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AFGHANISTAN. (Br roEcwM.ir Tuxauxn, xiS, Ttxmx.) (ro on CALCCTTA, Kot. 1.

The military newt of the past week almort wtatly confined to that of prjrUonf for General Robert division ia now fortably settled in or nr Shirpur Can tirn4ot, prorWoni (or five month being laid in and 400 transport animal, chiefly TaVoc, a Viod cf rough, trong Afghan Loot bavins bn rrocmL. The Shutar Lju rout is finally cWd, General Hugh a rcicade. consisting of two squadron of tS. Pth lancers, the bth Bengal Cavalry, the 3d Silks and the Kohat Mountain Battery, baring arrived at Cabul. Ibu lots raarcnea mio mp carnring the crimson banner captured at the urkhi VoUl.

Gtwnl HoberU addressed we wtfide the IUl Uisaar, complimenting them on their gallant defence of Shutargardan, and mention isjC specially CoWl Noel Money, Major Griffiths. Captain Morgan, and a native non oommweioned officer. When advancing to Cabul hi only anxiety General Roberta was or the Shutargardan, as in tbe event of iu falling to the enemy the whole country in hi. rear and on hi. right flank would rise.

Thanks, however, to the splendid defence nJJft of Uit portion thu contingency was averted. Communication by the Khyber route now f.irly tabli.hed. A flying Bright, Joft Jagdalak oc the morning of the 7th, marching, one rrtnhroogh the Jagdalak Fass, the ather part over the kill, and Veted a junction at Kataaang with General Marpherson's brigade, which had trailed through tbe Khurd Cabul and truck acros into the Tarin Valley to Btdshahi Mina.and thence Vsak Bala. General Bright returned to Ganda mk on the IHb. Theee movement were effected without any show of opposition, the only losa'being ahora theGnidea rounded by robber.

Your Oorre nt with General Briiht'sdividon writes: We bare not een a ahot fired nor baa a Kiitle article been looted in the camp or the march. The country through which the route lie i extremely barren and un ir.t?rttin. and apparently uninhabited, not a aiajle homeitead or Tillage being seen from the Jio of march until our arrival at Jagdalak, which it a n.all Tillage of about 20 houaes in a prove ci fine mulberry tree, the first we hare aeen tinre crossing the Surkhab. The Jagdalak Pan fully realised oar expectations. It is a terrible defile, nearly three miles long, and having a mean width rf 4ft.

It ha three gates where the ps nge tjirrow to from 10ft. to 6ft. The rock on each fide riao nearly perpendicularly, the Itrata being quite vertical and banging' rery lively together, a if a heaTy bin could be pre ripitated by a puh cf the hand. In place eingle iaU tand erect on end. riaing to a height of 150 feet.

The road i (imply the water channels. Tie troop marched op to their ankles in water. Tbe position beyond the Surkhab river as far a Jag will be held by outposts under Colonel Jen kits cf the Guides, wta will hare the 2d Goorkhas, the Ilazara Mountain Battery the Guides at his tit posaL The remainder of General Charles Gough'a brigade will be quartered at Gandamak. General Brirht. with the divisional head quarters, also re muss at Gandamak for the present." The same Correspondent writes under date taaor Nov.

6 The road for a mile and a half beyond Ganda jrak lies through a succession of small streams, the 11 of which are broad and shallow, and are strewn with bouldars of all shapes and siies, affording a very indifferent foothold either to men or animals. Tte road thence to Surkhab bridge make a deep descent into the bed of the stream, crosses it, continues at a low level until it crosses another bed, and then ascends to the first katal or watershed line, a distance of about fire miles. Two miles and a half from the camp Charjul and gone la the direction of the Tekk Turcoman country. A third and rather improbable report state that a oombined force of Russians and Persians ha been defeated by Turcomans near Sarakhs. New comes from Dakka of the capture of two Mohmanda who wcro concerned in the murder of Major MacdonaW in 1873.

This officer, while walking one evening near the fort of Mlchnl, wa suddenly fired at from an am bush and killed. Notwithstanding every effort on the part of the frontier officers and the lata Ameer Shore Ali, the morderers oscaped puniahment. Six years after the deed their capture ha now hoen effected by Mr. MerkV AisUnt Political Officer. The Sukkur Dadur Railway is now completed as faras Jaoobabad and is being rapidly pushed on towards Qoetla.

It is stated that the broad gauge will extend only to thi end of the Bolan 'ass, the line, being continued thence on metro gauge. It eeem, however, hardly possible that the Government will sanction the break of the gaugo on a line of. such strategical importance. Tbe permanent way and engines, it is believed, have bren already ordered in England, and at the present rate of progress of over a mile daily the railway should be open to Qoetta beforo many moaths. There is little doubt but that it will bo eventually extended to Candahar.

Sir Kichard Temple is still supervising all th arrangement along the Bolan route. He left on the 0th for Cndhr. Active for railway extension are being taken in the Khyber line also, and Mr. Molesworth, Government Consulting Engineer for Stato been ordered to examine the country from l'eahawur to Jellalabad. GANDAMAK, Xov.

H. There hare been no movements during the past week beyond reoonnoissances by Colonel Jenkins of the country round Jagdalak, from which 1 learn that a probable alternative route to Cabul will be di cove red passing from Jellalabad through the Lughman Valley, a route which will shorten the road greatly. Karkacha and Iro Mangil Passes have also been reconnoitred, and on the latter range an eligible position for a summer station, at an elevation of has been found, whence the Cabul, Taxin, Ispahan, and Jellalabad valley are all visible. All the convoys start for Cabul to morrow, taking rum and tobacco fur the troops and bringing back the sick and wounded. A site for winter quarters for the horses, here has not' yet been fixed on, there being no transport available to move us.

We expect, however, to move very shortly. 'The weather is magnificent and the health of the troops good. CABUL, XOV. 13. There is great difficulty about tho winter sup plies of forage, not one tenth of the necessary quantity luring been yet General Roberta has employed Sirdar Daoud Shah to work up the supply.

Influential Sirdars have been despatched to. different districts to requisition elephants, and the sick animals leave to morrow for Jellalabad. The grass cutters have gone, and the ponies will be sent away as soon as they are no longer uaeful but the Cavalry must be cut down to the extent of the supply. The fine on the city has not yet been imposed, but will be a crushing one. I A portion of tbe above appeared ia our Second Edition of fcaturdaj.J We have received the following from the India Office From Viceroy, Nov.

14, 1879. Following from Cabul, 12th. A. company, 67th Regiment, under Captain Poole, escorting foraging party, was attacked on Cabul River by about fans, tjompany was remiorcea oy mianiry, mountain guns, and squadron 12th Bengal Cavalry. r.vi mounts iu Lt it summit beinir marked bv a roueh arriving first, were dismounted went for masonrr monument in the form of a low pyramid The monument has been broken into, probably in search of treasure, as have been nearly all our better built graves with stones.

After surmounting the crest of the kotal, the road again descends, and for four or fire yards passes through a very narrow cutting in looA sandstone, tlien issues into less hilly country gradually to the Surkhab river, which was. reached after a march of ten miles. The bridge over it, said to have been built by Ali Mardad, still stands but landslips have carried awsv a considerable part of the. parapet and tho roadway on the Cabul side, leaving enly a narrow pace of alout 10 feet, the satety of which is doubtful. The river just before reaching the bridge rushes through a deep, narrow gorge, with wky.precipitous on of the prettiest bits of scenery in this desolate looking country.

Although the stream is not deep, the current is very rapid, its waters sounding at night as if it were a mighty river. The camp was pitched on cround reclaimed from the stream hills frowned down on each side, particularly on tie northers, where tbe cliffs rose sheer up to a height vt fully Pickets were placed on the southern and western hills. The road immediately after leaving Surkhab passes a snail affluent of that river, then ascends in a steep, rocky, narrow pathway alongside the hill forming the we tern face of the amphitheatre. This is the most difficult bit of rosd in the whole, way. Between Jagdalak and Surkhab the route crosses two kotals, the first called Bezwandai, about four miles from Surkhab, at an elevation of or a little over that of GandsKsk.

From tho top the Jagdalak kotal is cutting the sky at a distance of about six cil t. the intervening trace beinc filled un bv a eonfa.ed sweep of round topped, softly undulating hil's. On the left is the distant Sufed koh, bounding tho horizon beyond them, while on the right. at a nearer interval, ia a high range running parallel with the road. From Jagdalak kotal the landscape lack towards' Gandamak stretched IV many miles, lost at last in the nazy distance.

1iokir.g westward the view is provokingly shut in by a largo isolated, dome shaped hill. Three miles' farther march alone the bed of tbe stream wo reached the cijd of our day's journey, encamping on twrn rrnunc shore Jacdalaic village, a namo associated with the terrible disasters of 1842. The tit SMiminv atartM) far Katasamr. the main bdy marching by a new route acrosithe hills, only and escort going through tho pass. At KaUsang we found General Macpherson, not far koa the same point.

lie was ordered back to Fort, there not being room all here. Orders liave just been issued the return of this Brigade to Gan "aak, and General Macpherson to CabuL The are to left" entirely unguarded, it being 1d that the mere fact of a junction having lioen win ktj tnem open lor postal purposes, wen it an require. Th search for arms continues. General Baker, the 3d Sikhs, the 5th Punjab Cavalry, 4 two mountain guns, is searching Indaki in the Chardeh Valley, rurwex Shah an Afghan colonel, has left his regi Turkestan and brought 4fl0 to BOO "'tts. Several prisoners found guilty before amnctt was issued have been hanged.

Tho mill resaiinission atill si'ting has examined nearly 1it(ifM. No decision has yet been given as to th jnjjt tjj9 Ministers. Inquiry into Jioob a connexion with the massacre has begun. tnpicion againt him daily grofs stronger. The Ia" fcu leading to the inference of his P'Ut an liia Maaivinir the enemv' Ganeral tir caran th niirht before the battle of Pisb, hi having planned flight to Turkestan, "reiaaal to join in the entry into Cabul, and to hsving before sUrtiug for General Roberts' afcpput to death Abdul Karim Khan, a Kohis chiefand known to be a friend of the English.

Various rumour more or le probable conUnu reach us from CabuL It is said that Yakoob' pi in Turkestan have mutinied and dispersed. also reported that a Ruuian forct baaUft ward guns opened with' effect. Pursuit for six miles severe loss inflicted on enemy. Our casual ties, three 67th Foot, one 28th Native Infantry, tailed oole and lour b.th, wounded. All wounded doing well.

"Telegraph completed eight mile beyond Butkhak to Macpherson 's camp' (By TiuaiAra.) (Fkom oca CoaaxsrosDiyrs.) AUSTRIA. VIKJW Nor. 18. The Russian guests left here yesterday afternoon by special train for Berlin, iu spite of a severe snowitonn which, totting in tbe night before, continued all day long. All that one heart regarding the visit of the Russian Heir Apparent goes to confirm the previously existing anticipation that no political baiinon would in any way be entered into.

Far from taking the initiative to a diacussiou on political matters, the Grand Duke in hi interview did not to much as touch such a subject, the visit all along maintaining it character a one ex. clusirely of courtesy. If, therefore, any political object are contemplated by this visit of the Russian Heir Apparent, they must be connected with Berlin rather than Vienna. Their Danish Majesties are still here.not leaving for Gmilnden till to morrow morning. The Duke of Cumberland, "who accompeniod them, waa received in private audience by the Emperor.

Having resided so long here he came to be considered almost like a member the Imperial Family, and it may safely bo assumed that his visit and reception here have nothing whatever to do with any negotiations towards settling the diiTerenoe existing with the German Government on the succession question. Yesterday came off the official renunciation to the right of succession by the future Queen of Spain. The Emperor, the Archdukes, the Common Ministers, the Austrian and Hungarian Ministers, the President of the two Houses of Parliament in Austria and Hungary, the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna, and the Spanish Ministers, as representing ho King of Spain, assembled in the Privy Council room in the Burg. Then appeared the Archduchess, who stepped up to tho raised platform, where Hi Majesty, standing, addressed her. In conformity with the family regulation every Princess of the Imperial Family who contracted a foreign marriage was bound, His Majesty said, to renounce both for herself and her heirs the right of succession to the Throne, as also of in case of any members of the family dying intestate.

He then asked the Archduchess whether sho was prepared to sign this pledge and to confirm it by her oath. The Princess replied that she was ready to do so. Thereupon Baron Haymerle, a Minister of the Imperial House, read the document containing the formal renunciation. Tbe Archduchess next proceeded to a side table, where stood a crucifix between two burning candles, and there took the oath, the Cardinal Archbishop holding the GospeL At another table the document was signed, first by the Archduchess and then by the Spanish Minister, in the name of King Alfonso. This concluded tho ceremony, which scarcely lasted a quarter of an hour.

The marriage contract was signed but a short time previously to this ceremony, the consent as to one point having only arrived from Spain in tho morning. It was, dosired that the date of the Royal sanction of the Bill relative to the dowry should be insortod in the marriage contract. The details of this marriage, regulated as they had to bo according to the traditional rule of Spanish etiquette, which takes cognizance of the minutest details; hare consumed much time. In the evening there was a grand farewell dinner, at which their Danish Majesties were present. After dinner came the official leave taking.

Tbe bride, accompanied by her mother, the Archduchess Elizabeth, and her Court formed specially for the occasion leave to morrow evening. The' corf tgt is to stop for the night in Strasburg, Paris, Biarritz, and Iran, arriving on the 23d 'in Pardo. A reception is to be given at the Spanish frontier, where it is probable that the King himself will meet his bride. INDIA. (Br IffPO EcKorra Txi.mbj.pii, rid Tebuiak.) (raox ocb coKuaroyuEyr.) CALCUTTA, Nov.

16: The following additional particulars have been published regarding the recent Naga outrage Mr. Damaut, hearing that the Konoma Nagas had obtained ammunition from Munipore, started, spite of warnings from Koliima, with guard of 80 men to demand its surrender. On reaching the village gate the Ngas opened fire, killing Mr. Damant and dispersing the guard. Combining with other villages, they then marched to and besieged Kohuna, the garrison of which had been previously strengthened by the arrival of Mr.

Hinde and 50. men from Wokha. The Kohima stockade contained 130 men and a number of camp followers, women, and children. I'rorisions were short, tho water supply cut off, and the garrison reduced to extremity, when it was relieved by Colonel Johnstone. General Nation, with, the left wing of the 44th, had arrived in one march beyond Samaguting on Thursday.

Operations commence at onco. It is reported that tbe Nagas are fortifying Konoma. It is stated that Mr. Damant's head has been brought to Kohima by friendly Nagas. His body, however, has not yet been recovered.

The Rumpa rebellion appears to be raising its head again. Chendriah, the ringleader, is said to have recovered from his illness and to be committing fresh havoc Fever is prevalent among the troops and the police. In the Legislative Council on Friday Sir John Strachey introduced a Bill for amending the licenco tax Acts and extending taxation tbe official and professional classes. Tho ostensible object of tho measure is to relieve the poorer commercial classes at the expense of the richer professional and salaried classes. Tho measure, it is stated, ill not 'affect the revenue.

Full particulars have not yet been received here. The' court of inquiry into the stranding of the mail steamer indostan has found that tho accident was caused by an error of judgment on the part of tho captain in not guarding against danger liable to overtake a fast ship pressed to speed on a rainy night in a region proverbial for currents. Hi certificate, however, ha been restored in con sideration of his long and useful services. BURMAH. (Bt IsDO EraorxAjr TxxxoiurH, rid Teheban.) (raox oca corkestospint.) RANGOON, Nov! 8 The Burmese mission despatched from Mandalay shortly after the withdrawal of the Residency is still detained at Thyetmyo, the British frontier station, till orders arrive from the Government whether it should be allowed to proceed to Simla.

It consist of three minor official, two of whom have viaited They bring a letter to the Viceroy remonstrating against recent events. A eommunifut published lately in the Mandalay Official GautU ascribes the existing anxiety and unsettlement of trade entirely to the policy of the British Government. Shipment to Upper Burmah were completely discontinued for some days, but hare now recom taanced to a small extent. Large reinforcement of troops have been de batched to the British and Munipore frontiers. RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

BEELIN, Nov. IS. After repeated delays and procrastination the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia at last arrived here this morning, on his expected visit to his grand uncle the German Emperor. His Highness' visit may possibly have political objects, but it has the appearance at all events of merely a private call. Czare witch himself, it is understood, had deprecated a ceremonious reception, so thst neither Emperor nor Guard.

of Honour, as was expected and even semi, officially announced, wa in waiting at the station. The Vienna express had been delayed an hour by the heavy fall of snow, which seems to have been general orer all the northern part of the Continent, and at a quarter past 9 it glided into the Anbal Station. Un tho platform were the Russian Am bassador, M. d'Oubril, in civil attire Lieutenant General Count von Wartenslebcn, Commandant of Berlin; Herr von Madai, President of Police, with tho Masters cf tho Ceremonies and of the Horse. A considerable crowd, chiefly drawn from the Russian colony here, had assembled insido and outside the station to greet the Heir Apparent to the Russian throne, but there was nothing like a demonstration, and as his High ness drove through the bleak and sleety streets to the Imperial Embassy in Unter den Linden a respectful salute here and therefrom a passer by wasthe only popular welcome he received.

The Grand Duke had laid aside his as he stepped out of the railway carriage and away his cigarette, shook hands heartily with M. d'Oubril be might havo been" taken for anything but what he is, though his imposing height, athletio figure, and general bearing would have enabled the observer, to make a shrewd guess at his profession. After being introduced by M. d'Oubril to all the above mentioned officials, the ducal pair, preceded by a mounted orderly, drove in the same carriage to the Russian Embarsy, where all Iirywj rial visitors from tho banks of the Neva invariably residowhen visiting Berlin. This patch of Rus tian territory was for the occasion opened for tho reception of a number of Prussian Crown Guards in the well known antique uniform of Fre derick's giant with several under officers of the Kaiser Alexander Regiment of Guards, to do orderly service for the Grand Duke.

Despite the bad weather, knots of inquisitive spec tators occasionally gathered throughout, the day before the embassy, before which, too, a pretty strong contingent of policemen paced up and down, the number of whom would' havo looked more formidable still had their vigilant colleagues who mingled with the crowd and appeared tb share its simple curiosity worn the regular uniform of tbe force. In the forenoon the Grand Duke anil Duchess attended religious service in the Greek Chapel, within tbe precinct of their Embassy, among the other worshippers observable being the Hellenic Minister. After wards short visits were 'exchanged' by the Czare witch and the Emperor, who moreover entertained" his guest to dinner, cover being laid for 35 and restricted to the members of hi family and the chief dignitaries of bis Court. At the Opera in the evening Wagner' itienn waa produced, the piece, I am credibly informed, being elected at the special request of the Grand Duke either, perhaps, from a natural aym pathy with the great political martyr or be cause ha desired on returning home to compare Russian with German art in the execution of the aame task, Bulwer'a hero being also at present in possession of the St. Petersburg boards.

The Grand Duke, preceded by the Emperor by. a few moments, entered the bout at 8 o'clock during the Moond tct, in time to witness the word combat; but there was no demonstration, in accordance) with the rule of the plaro. The Emperor, who occupied a box on the right of the tage, sat between tbe Czarevna and hi granddaughter of Saxe Heiningen on the right, and Princess Frederick Charles on hi left, while in the adjacent box, communicating with Majesty's, the Czaro witch took hi place along with Prince William, eldest ion of the Crown Prince, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Meiningen. Hi (and Pnnoe Charles, his brother, who tat below) wore the uniform of a Rus sian General of Infantry, adorned with all hi Urders, while Prince Vlilhsm had donned the neat costume of a Muscovite lieutenant. of Uhlans.

The Grand Duko appeared in his own native uniform, which is sought to be accounted for by the fact that, setting out from home, it never occurred to him he would be called upon to exchange wardrobe uuurteaies with the only two Emperors in Europe betide his father. The youthful Prince William chatted gaily to hit distinguished, if somewhat silent, neighbour, while between the act hi Highness alwavs entered the Emoeror'slbox and conversed1 very cordially with his grand uncle, who looked the very pfcture of happy old age. Many a glass wa directed toward the box occupied by the magnate of whom to much hat been aaid and written lately, but the Grand Duke ha perfect command of his impassive countenance, and the riddle was not to be read in it at any rate. He stayed till the finish at 10, when, bidding the Emperor and tho others cordial good ni $ht, he drove home with his consort to the Embasty, and tomorrow evening, after pro bably again conferring with the 'Emperor, he will start for St. Petersburg.

So much for the external incidents of the Grand Duke' visit all the rest is involved in darkness and doubt. Tbe whole Press, bearing a most Lperplexed and puzzled air, is utterly at a loss to suggest a satisfactory reason for the visit, all the journals merely agreeing in this that tbe happiest explanation they can offer is probably, after all, not the right one. One newspaper thinks this much, at least, may be assumed that his Highness did not determine of his own free will to return home by way of Berlin, while another finds in the general concatenation of things a proof that hit route was selected not only without consulting, but in opposition to the wishes of hit Some are heard ascribing a deep political meaning to the visit, while others seek to invest it with a purely personal character. The Czar, they say. has not been able within the usual time to return tbe visit of the German Emperor at Alexandrovo, and therefore ho ha depnted hi eldest son to perform tbe vicarious act.

The Czar, again, is dissatisfied with the impression produced on the European mind by tbe Austro 6erman understanding it exasperate him that he should bo thought to hare fallen away from the Triple Alliance, and consequently he has sent his heir to Vienna and to Berlin to destroy the damaging delusion. One atrabilious man shakes hi head, and fears the incident will be fraught with frightfully evil days for Germany, while another of optimist turn opines that it will result in establishing henceforth a better feeling between the German and Russian peoples. One suspicious patriot paints the distinguished visitor in colours among which dissimulation forms by no meant the darkest shade, while another ransacks all history for the purpose of illustrating his point by citing the cases of celebrated characters who in their lifetime were shamefully maligned because they were grossly misunderstood. The Ciceronian, apophthegm, Quot homin't, tot stnientict never appeared truer than just at present. In lie leading articles, however, of all this morning's journals, occaaioned by the Grand Duke's visit, the tame tone sec nu to be observed, which might be described at courteous, but rather, cold and full of welcome, without warmth.

Their demsanour, in deed, might be compared to that of the noble Arab, with whom the sacred duties of hospitality are paramount as a motive power, and who will generously entertain the stranger for the night, though ever so suspicious of his character and true intentions. Men here feel that something is in the air and will not rest content with assurances to the contrary, though at the present moment of international mystery and suspicion they are apt to over magnify the importance of certain incidents. Apart from all other considera tions, it can hardly be contended that two magnate like the German Emperor and the Czare witch. wbo spent half an hour alone together, could in this brief space, after subtracting the time required for pure courtly formalities, discuss any serious international theme but though the Grand visit may not havo any well de fined political aim, it can hardly fail to carry with it, political consequences. It cannot fail to prove that the relations between Germany and Russia are not quite so bad as tome writers in both these couutriet would make believe but whether prompted by himself to belie the anti German sentiments with which he has hitherto been credited, or undertaken at the instance of his father to show that the alleged secret understanding between Austria and Germany ha in nowise induced him to look differently on tho relations in which he previously stood to both these empires, it would bo well, at least, not to search for too profound a meaning to tbe Grand Duke's visit to the Courts of Vienna and Berlin, nor invest it with ni at txclsd'honntur, ni tdnt RUSSIA.

8T. rrrEESUUEo. not. ix The speech of IordBeaconsfield at the Guildhall banquet has produced general disappointment here. Nowhcro out of England was it looked forward to with more eager expectations than at St.

Petersburg, and everybody believed that if nothing more at least some explanation of passing events at Constantinople would bo forthcoming. The telegraphic summary published here yesterday, omitting as it does all allusion to either Russia or Turkey, leads the Russian Press to the very reasonable conclusion that the Premier's discourse was intended less for the edification of the foreign public than for home consumption, although, at the tame time, it peaceful character is generally admitted. Pre. eluded by the absence of any reference to the relations between England and Russia from discussing the speech as an indication of British policy towards this country, the Press turns to its significance at regards the future votes of English consti tuencies. The Journal St.

PlUrtbvnrg, for instance, characterizes it as the plea of a party chief in view of the coming elections. The Novoye Vrtmya thinks that, while masking England's failure at Constantinople, it shows that the first Minister of the Crown it in a minority, or that there it a disagreement between the members of the British Cabinet, especially when account is taken of the pinch more elevated tone of Lord Salisbury's address at Manchester. The Goto, referring to the speeches of Lord Salisbury and of other members of the Government, considers that the Earl of Beaeoosfield ha thi time lowered the tone of his remarks to such a degree that they almost amount to a renunciation of all that ha lately been said by his Lordship's most influential These opinion of the Preas are important only a far' as they tend to show bow cloeelT the Russians watch for every sign of a turn 1 of tht) tid a favour of the Engliah Liberal party. They put their whole trust in the tuccess of the liberal at the next general election, and it would be interesting to know to what extent the extraor. dinary measure reported to hare been lately decided upon in Central Asia aro expected, to influence the opinions of English elector or whether the apparent hesitation ia deciding upon any measures at all, the account of which a little later emanated from the tame mysterious source, baa not been promoted in tome degree by the consideration that possibly the change ol Government in England, which moat Russians believe to be imminent, will render such forcible steps unneces sary.

At all events it may have been thought advisable to wait, for it is hardly reasonable to suppose that tho want of meant, which the Imperial Councillors at Livadia. must have been quite as well awaro of when they' determined upon the new Central Asian expedition as they are now, can have been the sole reason for ordering General Ka of ma an to postpone all preparations. Tbe impression which Lord Beaeontfield't speech ha produced in the official circle at Livadia seems to be worso even than made on the public at large. It is thought that by abstaining from all referenc to Russia and Turkey Lord Beaconsfietd bas resolved upon some important line of action in the East which he doe sot wish to disclose. In former speeches at the Guildhall, his lordship, they say, has always threatened mere than he in tended to carry out, therefore, hit silence in thi respect on the present occasion is doubly eloquent and ominous.

FRAUCEL PARIS, ScxdaT, Not. 18 9 30 r.w. On the first appearance, tix'weakt ago, of the XourtlU Rttue, edited by Madame Edmond Adam, I pointed out that its importance "consisted, not in its literary merits, whatever they might turn out to be, but in it representing a circle believed to be the of a powerful Republican section, whoso tendencies it would probably reflect. It waa to be expected that such a publication would study more thoroughly than journalism can do the economic, political, and social problems whose solution form the pro gramme of the Gambettist section, not that it would fall into the journalistic style and reflect the passionate attack to be found in Opposition newspapers. The number of rthe 15th however, hat shown this 'to be a mistake, for tbe attack on M.

Waddington in it Letter on Foreign Policy" does hot yield in violence or un founded criticisms to any paper. The entire letter might be quoted in proof of a few passages will show its tone. Referring to M. Waddington at the Berlin Congress, it says When he signed the many protocols of the would not doubt for a moment that he, to whom she had intrusted her signature, had exchanged it for serious engagements." Had M. Waddington demanded serious engagements," he would hare raised op both France and Europe against himsnd would bare repeated the tSU of the lUdia Irredenta faction at Rome, with which Count Corti, with so much wisdom and diguity, refused to mix himself up.

Republican France, seated for the first time in tho Councils of Europe, bad no part to play but that of an impartial and disinterested moderator, and the could have met with no greater misfortune than a suspicion of interestednesa, which would have immediately led to a coalition of distrust, to that, instead of emerging from the ordeal with universal esteem and sympathy, she would have incurred discredit. The writer further says, "To go to the Berlin Congress was for the first time to impose silenco on our legitimate claims it was to draw Italy into our loreign policy and take moral engagements towards her which, alas M. Wad dington wa ill to perform it was to alienate Russia from us by despoiling her of her conquests lastly, it was to give up the Mediterranean to Englandgive her Cyprus, after Gibraltar and Malta, and place her on the road for Asia Minor. If all this had but served to endow Greece with Thessaly and piru I This i tantamount' to. saying that France thould bare virtually committed tuicide by not appearing at the Congress.

It is not easy to understand, moreover, how by going she took engagements towards Italy or alienated Russia, for everybody knows that her representative were throughout a pattern of impartiality, and never showed an animus towards Russia that the latter showed gratitude for this that England acquired Cyprus nine days before the Congress opened that the other Powers were averse from the cession of Turkish territory 1 to Greece, who had not been atVar withlurkey and bad not sacrificed a soldier or a drachma and that it was out of deference for France that they inserted tho clause respecting Greece. The question should rather be why France thus took in band the cause of Greece and accepted the moral responsibility of the question when circumstances should have told her to incur no responsibility, not even a moral one, but to keep herself entirely unfettered. But the writer further says, If tho ultimatum system succeeds with England, let us hope M. Fournier will receive' on the Greek question instructions like those received by Sir H. Layard on the Armenian question." Thus France is first told she should bare keptaway from the Congress next, that, having gone, she should have demanded serious engagements and then that her championship of Greek interests should lead ber to send tbe Porte an dtimatum.

After such counsels, calculated to expose France to incalculable embarrassments and animosities, M. Waddington is asked whether he has organized the resistances, collected the forces, prepared the resources, and grouped the alliances of France." I will not dwell on the passage which assert that the BeaconsSeld Cabinet is now tending the Waddington Cabinet despatches which the latter could not witbout humiliation for France communicate to Parliament," for this will certainly be 31. Waddington't first information cf the existence of such despatches but enough ha been said to show the coolness and calmness required of a French Foreign Minister to remain indifferent to attacks and to resist excitations to that aggressive policy to which France has owed her greatest misfortunes. Tbe Cabinet yesterday agreed that France should be represented at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1880. 3L Gambetta, General Gresley, and M.

Lepere breakfasted with President Gre'vy to day, and had a day's sport with him at Marly. The tilpuUvju Franfaue holds up English Conservatives, and Sir Robert Peel in 'particular, at a model for Conservative Republicans in France. It cites Peel's conduct as regards Catholic Emancipation, his acquiescence in 'the Reform settlement, and Wellington'! warning to the House of Lords against rejecting free as types of the real tSU of the Conservative party in a free country. The Prefect of Vendeo having intimated to 3L Baudry d'Asson, Deputy, that the, banquet to the dismissed mayors, to be pre aid ad Over by General de Charette, was forbidden, M. Bandry d'Asson ha replied that he would disregard the prohibition, and that the banquet would, be held in hit chateau with much klat.

Thi new attitude of the Legitimist prove that they are beginning to be impatient. It would be fortunate if the Radicalt now, a a contrast to them, became peaceable and orderly. French 'import for the ten month ending October 31 amounted to exports to 363.011,000f., at eomsartd with 3, 449.020 and 20813,0001 in 1873. In import the mam ineraaaw ia in food agaiatt produce and raw miterials abx increasing from to while ntanafactured goods fall frora to a4 sundries iacreaae from In export man, factored good decline from 1,443,524,0001. to produce, food, and raw material from to and sundries from 181,150,000.

to This return indicate an improvement in nianufaeturinf ao jtiTity, But not in th foreign demand. Thein creased importation of food wa to be expected after the bad harvest but it i believed that tbe importaticn hit already made up the deficiency, The returns transmitted by the prefect during six weeks after the ingathering a bow an approximate yield of 82,000,000 hectolitre, or 62,000,000 quintals of wheat. The average consumption and towing being 120,000,000 hectolitre, toe deficit to be, and already for the most part, made op from abroad is hectolitre. As to the beet crop it is proving even worse than wat anticipated, and the price of sugar ha sensibly risen. Many refineries have now come to a standstill, and nearly all aro likely to terminate their operations by the end of December.

Quality it inferior and the quantity deficient. There hat, however, been a partial reaction in th sugar market, attributed to increased supplies consequent on the cancelling of contract with Eng. land. A telegram from Sierra Leone communicated to the Hipublique Franjaiis state that two ranchmen, Mil. we ifel and Mouatier, agents of the Marseille! house of Verminck, discovered in the course of September the sources of the Niger.

They west up the Kokolle river, crosaod.the Kong visited the head of the three streams which by their junction form the Niger or Joliba. The Paris papers express great gratification at Frenchmen having cleared up a mystery which DuChaillu, Lang, Win wood Reade, and others were prevented from solving by the hostility of the native tribes, and the BipubHqy Tranfaiu calls on the Government to stimulate or reward thi revival of the old French love of adventure which formerly characterized Norman and Breton sailors. A young man, wbo give hi name as Meyer and describe himself as a native of St. Petersburg, of Prussian extraction, was arrested yesterday while attempting to enter the villa occupied by the Russian Empress at Cannes. Letters Russian addressed to the Empress and to influential Russian at Nice were found upon him.

According to a Berlin paper the Empress wishes to return home very shortly and the Czar ha consequently given up hi visit to Cannes. ITALY. BOMS. Not. 16.

The orders given to Captain de Amezaga to take bit thip, the Varese, together with the gunboat lochia, into the waters of tbe Red Sea have brought a hornet's nett about Signor Cairoli't ears and given the Opposition papers now meant of attacking him for doing what if be had left undone would have raised a storm against him all the tame. During the last three days the mission of those ships has afforded material for the usual series of exaggerations, misrepresentations, and contradictions. Thero it no doubt, however, that the Varese and Iachia are going out to take practical possession of the Bay of Assab, on the coast of little to the north of the Strait of Bab el Mandeb, or, at any rate, to prevent that act from being interfered with. The intention, however, now about to be carried into effect, to far from being a new idea, wa conceived, and the legal right obtained, ten year ago. It appear that General Menabrea, when last at the head of th Italian Government in 1869, impressed with the necessity for the establishment of a convict settlement and a commercial depot for Italian Teaseli trading with the East, entered into arrangement with Signor Rubattino, the bead of the great Italian Steam Navigation Company, to 'purchase is hi own name, but in reality for the Government, i small extent of territory bordering on and including Asaab Bay.

The contract wa concluded with the local ruler, a portion of the purchase money wa paid, but beyond the building of a few shed, which were left in an abandoned state, no commercial use wa made of the acquisition and as regards tending convicts there, the idea Wat abandoned almost from the beginning. In the meantime, however, the spot has acquired new importance in the eyes of the Italian Government. The vexations and exactions to which the Italian geographical exploring parties are continually subjected at Zeila, and the possibility of some disaster happening have suggested the advisability of choosing a more convenient spot from which communication with Shoa can be kept open and, as the time ha come for the payment of tbe Iat instalment, the Italian Government have determined to take formal po sesaion and establish the requirement for communication with the interior from that point. Whether tho Government hevo cr hare not any political object in the matter I cannot pretend to say but while the abore is the simple history of the transaction, it is an undoubted fact that the Italian geographical explorers, impelled by their troubles, have been the cause of arousing the Government to take possession of their purchase. The opposition now raised by a portion of the Italian Press is purely fictitious.

Tbe African explorations enlist the sympathies of all parties tka King sees in them an opening for the enterprise of his people, the Pope a means of ready communication with the Christian subjects of King Menelek. The exploring party include both Italian officers and faithful subjects bf the Pontiff. One of the young Antonelli and Count Brazza, once idlers in clerical rooms, have distinguished themselves by their energy, and the youngest son of Prince Borghesehasstarted.or is about to start to join the expedition. The Italian Government claims having no other views than the development of the commerce of the country, the interest of science and civilization, and the suppression of the slave trade. It is, on the other hand, asserted that the occupation it both useless and inopportune, and it it stated that at the time when the purchase was effected, England, looking upon the matter in an unfriendly spirit, put such pressure on the Khedive that the latter wrote to Victor Emmanuel telling him of England's jealousy (ric), and stating that if he would postpone taking possess iun of the placo he would finally give him the Bay and something more into the bargain.

The difficulties of the Cairoli Cabinet have reached an acute stage. A state of partial crisis baa arisen. Signor Pares, Minister of Public Instruction, hat resigned, and the Cabinet it divided against itself. Signor Van, Minister of Grace and Justice, tide with Signor Grimaldi, Minister of Finance, who would first lay the finaiyiaj tituV tion before the Chamber and present Bill for. new) imposts to provide for tbe abolition of th Grist tax while, on the contrary, Signers Villa and Bacearini, Minister of the Interior and Public Works, think the conditioc of the Budget are sufficient to permit the immediate abolition of the tax without the neeataitr of lmrjoamff new burden for 1880.

Signor Depreti, who returned to Rome thi morning, ha had a long interview with Signer Cairoli, and at present the only practical solutioo would em to be a recorn position of the Ministry, to include Signor Depretia axviaoaaa of hi friends, on a basis similar to that talMraphtd yon a few days h. King Humbert goe to daT toTecU 4.