The New York Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1877, Page 6

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NELLER’S THEATR COLUMBIA OPERA HOU THEATRE COMIQUE—V. TONY PASTOR'S THE GILMORE’S GARDE) TIVOLI THEATRE—Van NEW YORK AQUARI’ TRIP “NEW YORK, “NOTICE LO COU RY DEALERS, ‘The Adams Express Company run a special newspaper tran over the Pennsylvania Railrond avd its connections, leaving Jersey City ata quarter pust four A: M. dail nd Sunday, carrying the regular edition of the HzxaLp West as Harrigvurg and Sonth to Washington, reaching Philadelphia at a quarter past six A. M. and Washington atone P.M. From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York to-day will be clear or partly clowly or cloudy, followed. by rising winds and temperature. Watt Srrert Yesrerpay.—The market was generally stronger, but there was a further decline in the coal stocks. Western Union was steady and New York Central stronger. Gold opened at 1045g, advanced to 104% and closed at the opening figure. Government and railroad bonds were generally firm. Money was easy at 2a3 7 Somu IxrorMation not to be found in the com- pany’s statements was given in court yesterday concerning alleged ‘‘wires” of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph C Tne Luck or THE GOVERNMENT seems to have begun in good earnest. A capital prize lottery ticket was found among the rubbish seized by Agent Comstock last week and deposited in a United States © who did not see Police Tue Crowns or Mr Sergeant Thompson assault the inebriate Cannon | appeared as witnesses yesterday, and the Ser- geant came out of court with a peaceable reputa- tion whic aker might have coveted. RTY OWNERS to apes is not hard to understand, for aving appliances cost money. ‘The re- luctance of the officials, however, to proceed agiinst non-compliants with the law concerning fire escapes is not so easily explained. Can money be at The 8 Licur Company, of Brooklyn, which a year ago succumbed to the powerful argument of the kerosene lamp and ttempt at reformation, has been ing to the extent of twenty-tive cents per thousand , and the dealers in lamps and ‘Tue BrooktyN ALDERMEN are to earn their salaries. The Mayor orders special daily ses- sions until a. President shall be elected, or until an election proves impossible. We would sug- gest that the plan adopted with reluctant jurors is sharpening to the wits, and that Alder- men who are true to traditions concerning their order would be the last men to hold out long under such treatment. Hav Nor run Notorious Cuonrennina Case as many lives as a cat it would long ago have gone into the dishonorable grave which it has always deserved, ion of the Supreme Court yesterday, he 7, seems to 1 it reason ‘tain that this vile nvass of corrup- tion will jonger offend the nostrils of honest men wnd kill legislators more effectually than natural means can r do. Merve .—In the annual reportof the New York City Lunatie Asylum the Superin- tendent describes “The Lodge” of the Black- well’s Island building in terms which must make readers wonder whether this horrible den is really one of the charities of the metropolis of a Christian land or the torture pen of a savage despot. The cause of the trouble is one that is common enough—lack of money with which to build sufficient accommodations; but behind this is the cruel, disgraceful truth that the condition of the unfortunate is the last matter about which the men who dispose of pub- lic moneys ever trouble themselves. Of all local affairs which should concern the individual citi- zen none more imperatively demands attention than the condition of those beings who have the double misfortune of poverty and mental al tion, and this Blackwell's Island diag) be kept before the public eye until the autho: are shamed into decency and adequate attention. Tue Weatien. he depression which brought us yesterday’s rain has passed off the middle Atlantic coast, attended by a rain area which extended northward as far as Nova Scotia. The other depression announced in the Heracp has descended from Dakota into the Lower Missouri Valley, with light rain and snow on its northern and western margins, and is closely followed by o high pressure from the same direction. Another depression is evidently approaching the gulf const. Heavy rain occurred yesterday at New Orleans and Vicksburg. A gale prevailed in the afternoon at Cheyenne, and very high winds in the Upper Missouri Valley. The tem- perature has risen over the region south of the lakes and is very high by comparison in the Platte Valley. The highest pressure is now at the mouth of the St. Lawrence and the lowest in Minnesota and Iowa. The Ohio River has risen at Pittsburg, Cincinnati and Louisville, and the Mississippi at Cairo, Vicksburg and New Orleans, as the Hunan predicted. The Cumberland has risen five fect five inches at Nashville, Tenn. The weather in New York today will be clear or partly cloudy or cloudy, followed by rising winds and temperature. Bad weather may bo expected on the French ond Spanish ovests after Beturday. NEW YORK HERALD, W Stanley's Latest Achievements. All admirers of indomitable energy and courage, a8 well as every student of geograph- ical science, will be rejoiced to learn that Henry M. Stanley has again been heard from, and that he continues to pursue his | important explorations in Central Africa. | Considering the enormous difficulties that surround the task of research and discovery which Stanley has undertaken we cannot accord to him the full meed of praise and admiration which his perseverance and pluck deserve, becauso even our liberality would fall short of justice where we cannot | realize the extent of the merit. Few people | who have taken the trouble of studying the ' nature of the problem which Stanley is now on the eve of solving have taken into account the immensity of the field of his labors. | They read: that he has circumnavigated Lake Victoria Niyanza in a sailboat, pene- j trating every little gulf and bay of the broken outline of that great inland sea, and carefully locating by instrumental observa- tion the prominent landmarks as guides to those who will follow him. But few stop to consider that this single lake is over two hundred and ten miles in length and one hundred and eighty miles in breadth, and has a coast line of over fifteen hun- dred miles and an area of not less than thirty-eight thousand square miles. To make an accurate coast and hy- drographic survey of this vast sheet of water, subject as it is to those terrible Equatorial tempests, is a work that should of | itself alone bring Stanley a lasting fame. Our explorer has not, however, limited his undertaking to the survey and explora- tion of the Lake Victoria Niyanza. He has | pushed his way across the divide which sep- arates the Victoria Niyanza from the Albert Niyanza, another of the great lakes that form the Equatorial reservoirs of the Nile. This journey was not only arduous on ac- count of its length, but also extremely dan- gerous because of the hostility of the na- tives. By organizing a large army, which was furnished him by King M’tesa, of Uganda, Stanley was able to reach the Albert Niyanza; but, from the dangers of famine that surrounded him, he was com- pelled to retreat with his forces through a most difficult and in some parts sterile region. Although repulsed in this attempt the explorer resolved to reach the Albert Niyanza by another route, and took his course to the south, hoping to effect a crossing of the divide through a more hose pitable region. While making this march | he discovered the Kageera River, which he has since explored and found to be one of the most important feeders of the. Victoria Niyanza and really an extension of the Nile itself into unexplored regions four degrees southof theEquator. In prosecuting hisre- searches along the line of the Kageera Stanley was again met and repulsed by the ferocity of the natives and the dangers of famine. He then decided to reach Ujiji by direct marches and endeavor to approach the Albert Niyanza from the south. All these attempts bore their own fruits in the most valuable discoveries and added much to the knowledge he had already acquired by de- scription and observation of the territory he | was traversing. From Ujiji Stanley commenced a complete survey of Lake Tanganyika, a part of which | he had explored with Livingstone soon after their first eventful meeting. The results of this survey must prove highly important in determining the value of the lake itself as a factor in the calculations respecting the sources of the Nile and the Congo. Stanley settles the question of the outlet raised by Cameron. The latter explorer insists that he has discovered the channel through which Lake Tanganyika discharges its waters into the western region. Stanley finds that while such an ontlet may have existed during an abnormal height of the lake level it does not do so at present, as the Cameron river was, at the time of his visit, only a creek which might at some future time become the lake outlet or one of many. Now, as- suming that at the present time Lake Tan- ganyika has no outlet, and that its surplus waters are lost by evaporation, the inference is plainly justifiable that a considerable precipitation must take place to the west- ward of the lake. The water supply for another large lake means the existence of such a lake, and we therefore regard the announcement by Stanley of the reported existence of a lake westward of Tanganyika as a legitimate deduction from the reason- ings of the physical geographer, as well as a probability based on the statements of the natives. In dealing with the general questions of the Nile sources Stanley takes a compre- hensive view of the subject. His letters contain so many important statements, sup- ported by an array of facts that have been verified, either wholly or in part by other explorers, that we can now accept them with the fullest confidence. It must be re- membered that the field of discovery is enormous, and that the liability to error is theretore very great. Still, Stanley. con- nects all his geographical details so com- pletely together, and presents them in such an intelligible form, with the links of evi- dence made prominent only where neces- sary, that his deductions will stand the most searching criticism even by the “arm chair” geographers. By his explorations we are made aware of the fact that eastward of Lake ‘Tanganyika the Nile | waters are derived from the region that is drained chiefly by the Shimeeyu Nile derives its waters from the great Lakes Albert and Victoria Niyanza, and that these are in turn fed by the rivers of their respec- tive watersheds, The Kageera River, it ap- pears, penetrates southwestward from Vie- | toria Niyanza to and, perhaps, beyond Alex- andra Niyanza, or the new lake not yet explored. We have, therefore, probably. reached in that lake the western limit of the Nile watershed, as the Abyssinian Moun- | tains and the Valley of the Shimeeyu repre- sent its eastern limit, All to the westward of the Alexandra Lake and River belongs to cither the Congo watershed or to some great lake system between the sixteenth and twenty-fourth degrees of east longitude, as suggested in the Henatp in November, 1875, and July, 1876. As o great deal of criticism has been levelled at Stanley by the ultra philanthro- River and its tributaries; that the White | | pists of the Royal Geographical Society for his vigorous defence of himself and his party against the ferocious assaults of the Bambirehs and other savages, we await the details of his journeyings with much interest. While satisfying the curiosity of the ‘arm chair” geographers and exposing his life in doing so he has aroused the flabby indig- nation of that class who subscribe for toothpicks and tracts for the dental and mental comfort of the wild Africans because he taught them that cannibalism was not recognized as a virtue by the Caucasian race. To explore the sources of the Nile and settle the problem of the Congo needs a man of bold and sol- dierly instincts. These Stanley evidently possesses. If the truly good members of the Royal Geographical Society believe that tho difficulties of the task can be overcome by the distribution of tracts and taffy we see no good reason why they should not go at once to Ujiji or Uganda and start business as mis- sionary post traders. Our Complaint Book. The Henraxp is in constant receipt of let- ters from persons who wish it to defend their own rights or to censure the wrong doing of others. Journalism has the power to remedy many evils which cannot be cor- rected by ordinary tribunals, and our col- umns are always open to complaints in which the public is properly interested. One of the letters we print to-day is a com- plaint against the Henaxp itself, and we willingly give it place. But to print all the letters we receive would be impossible, for the Complaint Book is not meant to be a place for idle charges or frivolous replies. Acase in point is a letter we received the other day, purporting to be from a washer- woman, accusing a prominent citizen with bilking her of her bill, Sev- eral collars, cuffs, false bosoms and handkerchiefs were included in this in- ventory, and it was pleasing to know that the prominent citizen was as careful of his linen as of his money. But how could we publish this dreadful letter? How could we be sure that it was not written by a per- sonal enemy of the person mentioned for the purpose of making him the object of public scorn or ridicule? The washerwo- man may have had aclean bill, but it was clearly not our business to collect it. Scores of other cases of this kind might be quoted, if necessary, but it is sufficient to say thet our Complaint Book is only open to those who have something to say which is of interest to the community and who say it in a proper way. It is forthe redress of pub- lic offences and not of private grievances. The Pope on Italy. Once again the Pope launches against the Italian government some mild objurgations touching its history and origin and relations tothe Church. These declarations do not seem to hurt the Pope and they certainly do not hurt Italy, so that there is no reason why His Holiness should not indulge him- self in this way if it is a comfort to him. Italy, politically considered, was sacrificed for some centuries to the ecclesiastical sys- tem, was the victim of a misgovernment never paralleled in historic times—all for the empty honor of having aspiritual prince living within her limits ‘govern the world” by a kind of moral dominion. It is doubt- ful whether the advantages of that experi- ment were worth the detriment toa great country, and Italy has now determined to try another plan and govern itself like other nations. Her endeavors hitherto have been fruitful in great advantages, and though the Pope's complaints are natural enough from his point of view there is no likelihood that Italy or the world will so far cease to be controlled by common sense that these com- plaints shall have any practical effect. The Park Commission. Although the plan of making one Commis- sioner the head of each commission in the city government and dispensing with the services of the others has many obvious ex- cellences to commend it to the Legislature awe do not see the advantage of its applica- tion to the commission that has constructed and now governs and keeps up the parks. There is one important fact in regard to the Park Commission that puts it immediately in a category by itself—separates it com- pletely from all the other commis- sions. These gentlemen receive no salary. To diminish their number is, therefore, not even to economize the city’s treasure to the extent even of two or three salaries, while the fact that they serve the city gratuitously will make it at least ungracious to require, as we fairly might of paid officers, that one shall take upon him- self the duties now performed by several. At the same time it is not desirable to sub- stitute paid for unpaid officials in this post ; for all can see the advantage of having the parks cared for by the liberal men of cul- ture who are pleased to serve for honorary considerations. Perhaps for the sake of unity in the administration of the streets it is well to give them entirely to the Board of Public Works, but otherwise we believe the Charter bill would be the better if changed so as to leave the Park Commission as it now stands. Another Tax on Our Commerce Ree moved, Final judgment has just been rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States in an important case of the Captain of the Port of New York against the Inman Steamship Company. By the law of the State the Cap- tain of the Port and the harbor masters are clothed with the authority and duty to reg- ulate the movements of shipping in the har- bor and are entitled to remuneration from fees to be collected by the Captain of the Port. These fees are assessed on the ton- nage measurement of the ships as a means of making the charge proportionate to the size of the vessel. | imposition of this charge as an invasion of the immunity from such charges guaranteed by the constitution of the Wnited States the Inman Company has resisted itin the courts and gained its case before the Circuit | Judge, and now before the Supreme Bench, where iv is held that the provision of the constitution which forbids any State to im- pose any tonnage dues is violated by the charges made, and that therefore those charges are anlaw{ul, Regarding the | The Retirement of a Veteran Poli- | ticlan. Yesterday the republican members of the Pennsylvania Legislature unanimously nom- inated J. Donald Cameron, ex-Secretury of War, as Senator of the United States, and this vote is equivalent te an election. Simon Cameron resigned the Senatorship for rea- sons which the Henaxp has already stated, and will be succeeded by his son, a man of extraordinary abilities, especially in an ex- ecutive capacity. he son has the future, but the father possesses the past. Senator Cameron will remain one of the historical figures of America, Like many other distinguished men—Lincoln, Chase, Stanton, Grant, Johnson and Wilson—his star rose in obscurity and brightened into splendor as it ascended, He was originally a printer, and by the force of intellect and will created for himself a place in the annals of his country. More than thirty years have passed since he entered public life as a politician, and, although the object of perpetual attack, Mr. Cameron has never been defeated by a foe and has never forgotten a friend. In Congress he was the contemporary of Webster, Clay, Cal- houn, Hale and many other distinguished men. During the war he performed important services both in the Cabinet and Senate, and afterward had the honor of succeeding Charles Sumner os chairman of the Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Cameron might well say of the most critical period of our history that it was one ‘‘all of which I saw and part of which I was.” He now be- queaths his power and influence to his son, and those who object to such an inheritance should remember that the fact that a Cam- eron should succeed a Cameron in the Senate is no more opposed to American ideas than that a Vanderbilt should follow a Vanderbilt ina railroad company, a Peel a Peel in an English Ministry or John Quincy Adams John Adams in the Presidency of the United States. The Camerons are and will remain a power, not only in the politics of Penn- sylvania, but in those of the nation, and whatever objection may be made to their policy their patriotism must be admitted. Senator Cameron has resigned two years before his*term of office expired, and, although he probably did not do this without the knowledge that his son would succeed him, the example is rare, The affection between the father and son is exceptional, and the new Senator will no doubt receive counsel from the Nestor of the Senate. Of Senator Cameron it cannot be said, ‘‘Superfiuous lags the veteran on the stage;” for he resigns in the maturity of his political and intellectual power, and is followed into his retirement with the con- fidence of his party and the respect of the majority of his countrymen. Another Police Outrage. Mr. Robert C. Brown, a well known citi- zen of New York, and a resident of Harlem for the past fifteen years, while riding on a Fourth avenue car a few days ago and con- versing with some friends on the platform in relation to city reform, expressed the opinion that the pay of the police ought to be reduced from twelve hundred to a thou- sand dollars a year. A burly, broad-shoul- dered stranger, in citizen’s dress, interfered in the conversation and indulged in violeat denunciation of Mr. Brown and his opin- ions. He was told that he had no right to take part in a private conversation, and Mr. Brown, after designating him as 4 ‘‘loafer,” left the platform and took a seat in the car. On Monday last Mr. Brown, while passing down Broadway,. near Bleecker street, was accosted by a policeman who asked him his name, adding, ‘‘You’re the fellow who called me a loafer on the cars the other day.” Mr. Brown, recognizing in the stalwart policeman the man who had thrust himself into his pri- vate conversation, told him that he wanted nothing to say to him while in police dress. The model member of the Broadway squad followed Mr. Brown up, abusing him foully, when the latter suddenly turned, denounced the fellow as a loafer and told him he would have his uniform stripped from his back. The model policeman thereupon arrested Mr. Brown, refused to take him round to Police Headquarters, and marched him down Broadway at three o'clock in the after- noon to the Tombs. The Justice heard the policeman’s story and instantly dis- charged Mr. Brown, severely reprimanding the officer. This outrage ought to be promptly pun- ished. Mr. Brown owes it to the public to cause the arrest and trial of the uniformed ruffian for assault. Meanwhile the Police Commissioners should at once strip him of the uniform he disgraces. It is by such brutal characters that the force is brought into disrepute. Married or Single? The case of Miss Mary E. Knox against Mr. John A. Merritt isa most singular one, Miss Knox claims Mr. Merritt as her hus- band, while Mr. Merritt repudiates Miss Knox as his wife. The courts of Putnam county believe that the marriage ceremony was performed which united the two ‘for better or for worse,” and so require Mr. Merritt to give bonds for the support of his alleged wife. The unwilling wedded man prefers to go to jail on principle, and thus at present the matter stands. We pity Miss Knox. She is the sufferer any way. If she is really married it does not do her any good to have her husband locked up in prison. If sho is not married, but only mistaken, she can get neither comfort nor support through the incarceration of the man to whom she lays claim. So, while the case seems a hard one for the defendant, if he is actually a bachelor, it is still harder for the amiable Miss Knox, who is either a dis- carded bride, an astonishingly mistaken spinster or a disappointed matrimonial speculator. Miss Knox, for hor persever- ance, deserves » husband of merit, even if she should fail to get this particular Merritt for her husband. Vanpenpit’s Win. ¢ threatened con- test over Cornelius Vanderbilt's will wan EDNESDAY, MAKCH 14, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. : judgment and of practical views. The enor- mous fortune he created is a proof of his competency to manage his own affairs and of his freedom from the control or influ- ence of others. His will was based on the principles which had guided his remarkable life and led him to such wonderful success. By what means this fortunate settlement was brought about is a question in which the public has no concern. Mr. William H. Vanderbilt is of a generous disposition and has great wealth at his disposal; but cer- tainly a contest would only have had one result. “Ihe legal will of a man like the late Commodore could not have been set aside by the courts, The New Hampshire Election. As was anticipated the republican candi- date for Governor has been chosen, and by nearly the usual majority. This year the majority is put at three thousand four hun- dred, and in the last election it was three thousand six hundred and twenty-eight. So small a variation as two hundred and twenty-eight on eighty thousand votes indicates a great stability of opinion and a definite condition of party lines. In one statement it will be seen that the difference between the two elections on eighty towns is only three votes. In States thinly peopled by in- telligent men of positive convictions, and possessing no large cities, much variation in the vote is not to be looked for, but New Hampshire certainly reduces the variation to its minimum. Republi- can institutions might enduro indefi- nitely in communities like this, with no Returning Boards to make them afraid, There is not much room for false counting when a variation of twenty votes on eighty towns would be a change sufliciently great to excite suspicion. There is a change against the democrats of one and probably two Congressmen, as the re-election of Jones is conceded to be doubtful. This, also, was looked for, as the possession of two demo- cratic Congressmen against one ‘republican is anomalous for that community, and was a result of that revolt against the misconduct of the republican administration which swept the whole country two years ago. Creating a Nuisance. It seems to be finally decided by the Boards of Health and Police that Little Hell Gate is to be filled with city garbage. A really useful project is to become a source of danger to the public health. What could be made an important improvement is to be recklessly converted into a dangerous nui- sance. When we find that the authorities having charge of the Health Department and the Street Cleaning Bureau are conspiring against the general welfare of the commu- nity and the interest of property owners in the upper end of the city it is time to sound a note of warning and battle against the iniquity before it becomes too great for prevention and beyond the reach of remedy. Professor Chandler states that garbage when covered by water will not be offensive or dangerous. That opinion may be based on the laws of chemistry and physics, as under- stood by the President of the Health Board, but it is contrary to common sense. Unless the officials intend to provide strings and cobble stones for sinking the dead cats and dogs to the lower depths, where the om- niverous eel and lobster can hold high fes- tival on the remains, we do not see how the garbage, offal and refuse can be sunk under water. Therefore we solemnly protest in the name of the people of New York against the creation of a nuisance at Little Hell Gate. We demand that the whole project of filling up that channel be abandoned at once, because we do not believe that an honest effort will be made to do it properly. With a hot summer approaching and too many causes of pestilence already surround- ing usin the form of dirty streets and bad sewerage, ill-ventilated dwellings and over- crowded dwellers therein, it is a monstrous outrage to deliberately contemplate the creation of a nuisance that may develop in our midst all the horrors of a cholera epidemic. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Ex-Mayor Onkoy Hall is in Boston, Oliver Ames was worth $15,000,000, Minister Washburne ts in Massacbusetts, Commodore G. K. Garnson is in St. Louis, Moderate priced houses are scarce in Boston. Mr. George Wurts will lecture on “The Good Timo Coming.” Mr. William Beach Lawrence, of Rhode Island, is at the New York. William Morris calls “gold of the darksome places the candle of the deep.’” Professor Ware, of Boston, is doing good service as a lecturer on architecture, An American lady bas a large practice as @ physician among the women of Lower India. The diamond 1s sald to be electrical. knew that it possessed social magnetism. Chief Justice Waite is white and gray, as if some- body had ordered vantila and chocolate tce cream, English rhododendrons aro blooming, instead of waiting for May, the month when they are expected to flower. ‘The advantage that tho newspapers of today have ovor those of the past is that wives of public men are no longer slandered. The Boston Transcript is in favor of having fruit venders on the streots, because there being no rent to pay the fruit is cheap. A disappointed nowspaper man who failed to obtain an interview stood on a corner yesterday with tears rolling down his cheek. The wheat crop in some parts of the country is not promising, and the granger would like to know how one can make juleps without straw, Mr, Medill, of the Chicago Tribune, urges that. the Presidential term should be extended to six years, and that the incumbent should not be eligiblo for immediate re-election. ASouthern paper, speaking of prospective candi- dates for town corstable, heads its article, ‘Who is the Great Unknown?’ And it does not mean to be fanny, either. Ex-Speaker Samuel J, Randall visited tho Massa- chusetts Legislatare yesterday. Each House took a recess after his formal introduction, and his reception by members of both parties was most cordial, St. Louis Republican:—‘'The art feeling is plainly growingin St. Louis. Tho recent exhibition of paint- ings and brie-a-brac at the Mercantile Library was not so successiul as it deserved to bo in the matior of at- tendance, but the collection proved, to the surprise of everybody, that this city hasa store of art treasures of which {t can well feel proud.’’ Evening Telegram:—"The public, which has long been usted with Parson Newman’s conduct as a kind of Wo already happily averted yesterday by the withdrawal of all opposition and the admission of the | will to probate, The idea of upretting the will could scarcely have been seriously on tertained, Mr, Vanderbilt wae « man of exneptionably strong mind and wlt-reiwnes, of wonderful business capacity, of wound court chapinin at Washington, is glad to hear that | Vrenident Hayes avoided his church yesterday and was innonaibic to the offer of a paid-up pew. The Presi- | dent and hie wie walked quietly to another Meth. odist churoh in @ loss fashionable part ot Wa wna returned to the White House on foot at | serves, In the evening thoy bad that notorious inf- Axi, How Ingersoll, to dine with them, and labored for ) hie sonverevn,"" TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. EUROPE LOOKING EASTWARD Fears That Germany and Russia Have Joined Interests Against England, France and Turkey. ANOTHER CABINET COUNCIL. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD,] Lonpon, March 14, 1877. ‘The startling feature of this morning’s news—t any one fact can add to the gravity of the occasion—is the understanding generally conceded to exist between Ignatie! and Bismarck. What was mere speculation a week ago has now grown into a well founded bellef, The new and bitter attituae which Germany suddenly assumes toward France, the pronounced attitude of Montenegro and the with held policy of Austria, taken together, conspire ta open the eyes of the English people to a situation which they have heretofore only dwelt upon in troubled dreams. England must act at once! The Times? leading article this morning says:— It may bo truly said the crisis of the Eastern ques tion has arrived. Never during any pfase of the question has a more important communication been addressed by one State to another than that of which Genoral Ignatieff! and Count Schouvaloff have been the intermediaries, The substance of it is that if Great Britain and the other Powers will agree to maintain the settlement insisted upon at the Conference and to urge it upon the Porte, Russta will be content to act in accord with them and will demobilize her armies, ‘This communication is now under the serious consid. eration of the Engiish government. ‘The Times further points out that the terms are considered exceedingly moderate by the other Powers, and says, “if Russia is contented with this settlement, we can see no sufficient reason for de+ clining it.” A GUARDED STATEMENT. Tho Post ina leading editorial, based apparently on authority, says the Eastern question is not to be settled in an nour. The public, therefore, will not be surprised to learn that the Cabinet Council of yester; day is to be followed by another, and perhaps by many more. As matters stand there is @ very fair prospect of an arrangement which will meet the exigencies of the situation, and if a certain caution 1s exercised in coming to = final de- termination on all important words and records there is no room for any pretence of a bitch having occurred. The protracted negotiations with Montenegro need cause no anxiety. The Monte- negrins will obey one word from St. Petersburg, but that word is not likely to be spoken until the larger negotiations in which Gortschakoff is occupied aro vir- tually concluded. That this conclusion is approaching is the news of to-day, although the history of the Easte ern question affords no guarantee that it will be the news of to-morrow. GERMANY AXD RUSSIA, The Paris Estefette professes to have advices of a most authentic character showing intimate relations between Russia and Germany. This assertion is strengthened by tho statement of the Standard’s Ber- lin correspondent that Bismarck has agreed to sign the international protecol proposed by Russia, A correspondent at Pesth asserts that tho Austro-Hungarian government has accepted Russia's project of a European declaration, but merely in its capacity of a signatory of the Berlin memorandum. The opinion prevails in Pesth that Russia, despite the present negotiations, is determined to make war. INTERVIRW WITH IGNATIRFF. * Tho editor of Le Temps, of Paris, has had an inter. view with General Ignaticff. He says Ignatie® de clared that his mission was to obtain forma sanction to the resolutions of the Conference, Russia held ta their substance, but as regards form would accept in- differently either a protocol emanating from the six Powers or a diplomatic instrument signed by Turkey alone but countersigned by the Powers, The protocol, by making manifest tho firm resulve of the Powers to seo the reforms accomplished, would give the proposals ot the Conferenco the form of a positive adjura- tion, Russia would not grant Turkey more than two months’ grace for executing the reforms. When this term expired the powers would be no longer bound to act collectively, but would be compelled in virtue of the protocol to ullow the free exercise of armed intor- vention by one or several Powers. The General con- tinued :—'Uur desire for peace 18 so strong that even if England only partially accedes to our views we shall not break off negotiations, but uso fresh efforts to ob- tain concessions. No time, however, must be lost. We cannot leave our army inactive. We must either util- ize or prepare to disband it.’’ General Ignatiefl stated that he was furnished with full powers by bis govern ment. WHO 18 MONTENEGRO’S BACKER? It $s reported from Cottigne that the Prince of Mon- tenegro has givon orders to make overy preparation for recommencing hostilities on March 21, if peace ia not concluded beiore the expiration of the armistice, Placards bave been posted ia Stamboul calling on the Porte to make war against Russia and threatening the Ministers if they make any further concession to Montenegro, A council of the Turkish Ministers on Monday declared that the Montenegrins’ domagds for the cession of Niosics and territory on the AI jan frontier are inadmissable. The Montenegrin delegates appear resolved to adhere to their demands. They will confer again to-day with Satvet Pacha, M. Phillip Christies remains hero as the Servian diplomatic agent, The coneiliatory disposition attributed to the Prince ot Montenegro is the moro remarkable as the disposi- Mon of the people of Montenegro does not appear very pacific, The people are aware of the advantage they bave over the Porte and are anxious to use it, By the line of demarcation fixed at the commencement of the armistice they actually hold most of the territory which they claim, and therefore can afford to wait, They nave also, beside money subsidies, received sov- eral cargoes of provisions from Rassia, 80 despite the influx of Herzegovinan refugees they are certainly not worse off than usual at this soason of the year, The Turks have withdrawn so many troops that they can do little harm, while as long as doubt exists about a Russian war the Montenegrins have a chance of even eventually bettering their position. If the Prince, despite all this, has shown some wish to meet the Turks half way, {t must bo because of advice, or pos- sibly orders, from Russia. Public opininn in Con- stantinople is considerably excited, It is feared that the Porte considers Montenogro’s demands inadwis- sitle, ONLY A FRW DAYS MORE OF SUSPENSE, Tho prophecy of the 7imes of yesterday, although hardly borne out by the facts, so far as they have been made public, still attracts much attention, The Zimes’ Jeading articie said:— To-day will be memorable in the history of the Eastern question. The Cabinet meets to consider the serms of an agreethent among the Powers, It docs not contain any engagement to use coer- cion im apy form, ‘he §=Powers will employ their diplomatic influence in favor of the reiorms the Conterence decided to be neces: » but farther th this they wili not go. 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