The New York Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1877, Page 7

THE WA Capture of Ardahan by the Russian Forces. KARS CLOSELY BELEAGUERED. Immense Preparations for Crossing the Danube. QUARTER OF A MILLION MEN INLINE, The Ozar in Person to Give the Order to Advance, THE CAPTURE OF SOOKGOOM-KALE England's War Feeling and Preparations. ATTITUDE OF THE OTHER POWERS (By CABLE TO THE HERALD.) Lonvon, May 19, 1877. While the movements of the Russian army taking _ Up position in Roumanta along the left bank of the Danube are naturally watched with the greatest interest, It must not be forgotten the present theatre of actuai hostilities is in Asia, both on Turkish and Russian soll, The forward movement across the Danube is for the moment delayed by the determination of the Russian commander to have at least 250,000 men in position along the river, with stores of all kinds,’ before the invasion of Bul- garla is definitively ordered. These conditions are being rapidly fuliiied, but it may take @ week at least to have everything ready. The most important news from Asia Minor is that of the fall of Ardahan. This fortified town, lying close to the Russian trontier, has cost the army of the Czar some effort, as at least two at- tacks in force were made upon it, both of which were repulsed, before the final assault which gave it tothe Muscovites. A St. Petersburg despatch makes the announcement of this important victory bersely as follows :— THE CAPTURE OF ARDAHAN. ‘The Russians have taken Ardahan, with sixty guns and large quantities of stores. The Russians lost 235 men. The Turks fed.” A Turkish despatch from Erzeroum states that the Russians, atter a repulse along the whole line in the morning. resumed the offensive in the atter- Boon, when telegraphic communication ceased: The news had gone far enough for Turkish teelings- By this successful operation probably 20,000 Russians will be enabled to go forward along tne Toad to Nevisolink and roil up the left fank of Mukhtar Pacha’s forces in the Sougha!u Mountains. It deeeortain’ that “Kars has tot yet fallen, but the Russians assert and the Turks admit that the Muscovite torces maintain their positions in front ot the twwn. The Russians recentiy made a reconnoissance in force, and a partial bombardment continues. A despatch from Erzeroum reports that a regular investment of Kars is taking place, and a great battle isshortiy expected. Telegraphic communication with Kars s@interrupted and communication of any kind is extremely difficult. The Russian headquarters are at Kuschik. The Turks at Van compelied the left wing of the Russians to fall back on Peek on the borders of Ottoman territory. A despatch from Batoum dated yesterday after- noon shakes its gory locks, apocryphally, to the effect that the Russians in the vicinity of Tchuruk- gon hive sacked and burned all the villages and massacred the women, old men and children. THE TURKISH SUCCESS#AT SOOKGOOM-KALE, Tt 18 officially announced at St. Petersburg tnat the Turks have bombarded Sookgoom-Kale again and burned the town, which was consequently evacu- ated, A Pera despatch says:—“Fazli Pacha has been named commander of Sookgoom Kale, and left Bhumla yesterday. He is very energetic. The correspondent adds:—‘‘I witnessed yesterday the embarkation of ten battalions of troops, accom- panied by batteries of artillery, for Asia.” The Sultan has addressed a proclamation to the troops sent to the Caucasus, saying he intrusts to them the mission of delivering their Circassian co- Feligiomats from Russian domination. The Caucasian insurgeots are fortifying their mountainous and almost inaccessible strongholds, Reinforcements amounting to 20,000 men have been ordered to the Caucasus from Central Asia, THE RUSSIAN RIGHT ON THR DANUBE. A Vienna correspondent says:— “For some time a movement, ona large scale, of Russian troops westward has been observed, which wus supposed to be directed to Simnitza and Turnu- Magureil, which seemed to reveal an intention of crossing there with one column to operate in the rear of the Turkish positions of Rustchuk, Silistria, Shumia and Varna, or else toward) Tirnova and the Balkan passes. AS far aa trustworthy intelligence goes the Rus- sins do not seem to have gone much further west. Ward than Siatina, on the Aluta, and Korbu, from which there Is a fair road down to the Danube at Turnu-Magurell and Simnitza, Its rumored thata portion of the troops which arrived at Slatina are destined for Krajova and Turnsevrein to act with the Roumamian army corps already assembled there, ‘This agrees with the report that the Russian Am- bassador at Vienna had been structed to explain the necessity imposed on the Russian commander of operating beyond the Aluta, which was the boundary agreed upon between the two governments, beyond which the Russian rigut wing Was not to extend toward the frontuer ot Austria, This report, if trae, only shows how utterly illusory it {sto trace lines of demarcation for military operations the exigencies of which cannot be foreseen. Thus the Russians could acarcely be expected to adhere to the line of the Aluta. Ifthe Turks carried out the oft repeated design of entering Roumania from Widdin, and just now itis rumored that the Turks are pre- paring to cross at Florentin, to the north of Wid- din, a successinl crossing there would endanger communications with Kalatat, especially by railway tothe north. If the Kussians really carry out the design attributed to them of operating in Little Wallachia, it would indirectiy confirm the report that considerable reinforcements are coming up, god that the Russian army on the Dannhe will be increased to eight army corps—-that is, to double what it is at present. Besides the four army corps forming the first line, another, origin- ally destined for the defence of tue south coast, is NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1877.-QU MEAT OF WAR said to be on its way to join, as weil as the Fourth, ‘Thirteenth and Fourtéenth army corps. It is suid a portion of the Fourth has already passed Jassy. Ifcompiete, each of these corps ought to number 85,000, thus giving the army an effective strength of 280,000 men."” WHY THE RESERVES ARE CoMING UP. A Berlin despatch says:—The experience which the Russians had of the Turkish needle gun during the first few days of the campaign has caused rein- sorcements to be despatched to Koumania and the Caucasus. In Roumania the three corps which were to have acted as reserves are added to the operat- ing force, and iresh corps are being mobilized in their stead, while in the Caucasus a similar change 1s being brought about. ‘The Russian com- batants in Roumania are thus raised to about 240,000 men, which will require the Turks to make a corresponding effort. Between Rahova and Sis- tova the Danube 1s almost unprotected. Probably ho attempt will be made to cross the Danube before the arrival of @ portion of the reserve. GEITING READY FOR THE TRANSDANUBIAN JUMP, A Bucharest despatch says that the infantry col- umn which was expected there yesterday did not arrive, It was probably detained by the storm ot the day before. Commenting on the removal of the Inssian headquarters to Cotrocent it says:— “The establishment of the Russian headquarters there indicates 4 purpose of expanding the Russian Operations over an extended front, This leads to the natural conclusion that the passage of the Danube will not be made for some time, as it will be necessary to bring all the Russian reserve stores near the river in order to prevent any delay after it is crossed, With a Russian corps stretched along the extended front it will not be dificult to throw a force across the river at some undeiended point where a léte au pont may be seized and fortilled to protect the crossing of other corps in the vicinity, As there are mo heavy masses of Russian infantry on the bank of the Danube west of Ibrau, it ia scarcely probable that any passage will be attempted until all the corps are in posi- tion.” The above sketch represents the strategic situa- tion, The tactical situation is as follows:—The Russtans appear to have crossed between Reni and Ibrail, inspite of the Turkish monitors, and are now awaiting deployment of the centre and right wings on the line of the river, while the Roumanians and Turks are exchanging comparatively harmless com- pliments across the river between the Jalomnitza and Kalafat positions. These Turko-Roumanian operations seem to ve confined to attempts to ascertain the number, calibre and position of each of the other bavteries on the respective sides of the Danube, (The crossing referred to is doubtless that of a reconnoitering party.) Four monitors appeared before Ismail yesterday. One returned to the mouth of the Danube, another | went to Tultcha and the other two remain wateh- ing the Russians at Ismail. The Russians have been tryimg experiments with Krupp shells fired into the river, They succeeded in exploding them under watery fragments flying a great distance. The Roumanians are so much in need of officers that they intend to prematurely give grades to the first class of the Military Academy. Strong bodies of Russian troops are moving in the direction of Oltenitza, but the Russian line all along the Danube remains stationary several miles from the river bank. Advices irom Guirgevo of this date say the movements of the Russians show that their chief point of operations will be the Upper Danube. The movements at the mouth of the Danube are mere fein\s, THE OZAR'S MOVEMENTS, Adespatch from St. Petersburg states that the Czar will start for the headquarters of the army on the 2lst inst, arriving om the 25th or 26th, He will be accompanied by the Camgguipchs ft is believed his arrival win coinclde with thé’commencement of operations on the Danube by the Russians, whose concentra- tion is nearly completed. Prince Charles of Rou- mania has been notified of the advent of the Czar, The HeRALD's Vienna correspondent states that during the Czar’s visit to Buchorest the Russians will attempt the crossing of the Danube at four points on the same day. The Grand Duke Nicholas has ordered the whole army to be ready for aetion next week, All the strategic points have been taken up. Fourteen trains bringing reserves to the front leave Kiew datiy. A Bucharest despatch states that the Grand Duke Nicholas will transter his headquarters to Bucha- rest on Sunday morning. The Prince has offered him his summer palace, but he will probably stay at the Russian mission, while his im- mediate personal suite and staff will be lodged at Cotroceni. He is expected to remain here about five weeks, by which time three army corps will probably be formally established in Bulgaria, when he will definitively take the field. Tne Czarovitch is also announced to arrive in Bucharest shertly, as he will witness the crossing of the Danube, THE MONTENEGRIN CAMPAIGN. A despatch trom Danilograd states that a council of warhas been held, and measures decided on which, it is hoped, will cause the Turks to abandon their attitude of reserve, They appear to have given up their intention of attacking Ragonti, find- ing the position prepared for defence. Advices from Seotari announce that the Miridites have been defeated in the neighborhood of Gusinge. Two chieis—Don Prim and Dion—were taken prisoners, THE RUSSIAN NAVY. The HERALD correspondent at Vienna telegraphs that the ministerial paper, the Political Correspon- denz, publishes uews from Mesopotamia stat- ing that a Russian has taking soundings the Persian = Gull. Hence it is that the Russian Pacific squadron may cruise in that direction in- stead Ol up the Mediterranean, The HeRawp cor- respondeut at Rome telegraphs as follows:—Filty Russian naval officers and sailors passed through Rome to-day, on their way to join the Russian ships at Spezzia, in consequence of an accident to their vessel at Naples. « ENGLAND'S WAR FERLING, It cannot be doubted thata strong war feeling prevails in London. man-of-war been in concladed So pronounced has this be- come that the question 18 discussed here as to what general should command the British army contingent. The most popular idea is that the Prince of Wales should take the nominal command on the German plan, with General Sir Garnett Wolsey a8 chief of staff, as Von Moltke | was to the Kaiser im the Franco-Prussian The main feature of the week has the debate on the Eastern question involved in Giadstone’s — proposition, The plan now resolved upon seems to be a piigrimage by Gladstone throughout England to foment the | agitation against Turke This domestic crusade, which the ex-Premier is to preach, will begin at Birmingham, on May 30. An extraordinary ovation awaits him there, A PRAYER FOR THE SUFFERING CRISTIAN, The Bishop of Lincoln has issued # special prayer about the war, in which he says:—"Have compassion, O Lord, on our suttering fellow Christians and de- war, been | Germans to-morrow. liver them from the oppression of wrong. Re- | nore will hold their ientival at Lion Pi 2 Get hehe SANATIS. store the churches in the East to their primitive purity and truth, and join them, together with us, in bonds of faith and love. Amen.” The Times and Daily News both announce that five vessels are loading at Woolwich with ordnance stores for Portsmouth, Where a large supply of warlike material, barrack necessaries and camp furniture have already been sent. Another large steamer is embarking firon forts and other cargo for Malta, The army and Navy Gazette says all applications of retired officers for permission to enter the Turkish navy are refused by the Admiralty. A de- spatch trom Catro says the Duke of Edinburgh has returfed to Port Said, LOOMING CLOUDS. A Pesth correspondent says:—Some extreme Hungartan papers demand that Count Andrassy should treat the approach of the Russians to the neighborhood of the Austrian frontiers asa casus belli, Military men consider that the time has arrived for concentrating ao corps of observa- tion in Transyivania. I hear from Semlin that military preparations of the Servians are now quite evident. Prince Milan to-day nominated Colonel Dragaschevitch Chief o1 Statf, and or- dered General Olimpics to resume command on the Drina, toward which the artillery are marching. The Austrian government has received simulta~ neously from St. Petersburg and Belgrade formal assurance that Servia will not take part in the war. Prince Milan will not go to see the Czar. The Polish papers are by no means favorable to the idea of aiding Turkey. Only in the event of Austria taking part in the war will the Poles be in- duced to run the risk of irritating Russia, No doubt were Austria to interfere Russia would re- quire a strong force to keep Poiand quiet. The Russian Telegraphic Agency denies the re- ported arrival of a Persain Envoy at St. Petersburg to conclude a convention for the passage of tho Russian troops over Persian territory, The Political Correspondence of Vienna has the following news from Athens:—“Under the pres- sure of events a coalition ministry is in process of formation, composed of the leaders of all parties. Such @ cabinet would signify the abandonment of the policy of inaction hitherto maintained.” A Constantinople telegram says the of Reuss, the German Count Zichy, the Austrian have not received identical instructions, Count Zichy is ordered to await a favorable mo- ment for offering mediation and to assure the Porte that Austria stilldesires the maintenance of the integrity of Turkey. WAR HAPS AND MISHAPS, A freight train on one of the Roumanian railways coilided with a troop train yesterday. Seven wagons were wrecked. Several were killed and many wounded, One Russian General has since died from his injuries, A Turkish despatch dated Lom Palauka, says: “The report received here of & Roumanian vessel full of Russian soldiers having been sunk by the Turks ts contirmed.”’ (Nothing has been heard of this before. probably untrue.) A Vienna despatch asserts that the Commander of Sebastopol has ordered civilians to quit that city, a8 an atiack isexpected, Itis sald the Rus. sians willestablish a camp in Northern Moldavia, where large trausports are arriving from Poland. ‘The HeRALD correspondent at Berlin telegraphs that the Russian government is engaging at high wages & great many German engine drivers for im- mediate service. A Widdin despatch of yesterday reports that 6,000 Circassians are joining the Turk- ish army as volunteers, THE ORENBURG RAILROAD. A Berlin despatch has the following:—“The Czar Prince and Ambassador, Aibassador, Tt ts has fually sanctioned the construction of the Oren- burg and Tashkend ine 1+ will avoid the deserts and steppes by @ circuitous route. Eighteen hun- dred versts of rail will be required between Oren- burg and Tashkend, not including the branch line to Tavinsk, which 1s 400 versts long." PFINGST-MONTAG, Pfingsten will be celebrated in the usual « 10 by the The societics belonging to tho Social Reformers, which include the Arndt Min- netchor, Concordia Liederkranz, Beethoven Quartet Club, Edenkober Society, Franz Abt Scuuler, Hudson Minuercuor, Mainzer Carnival Liederta(el, Kroutzer Quartet Cluv, New York Siingoririonde, Pialzer I monte and Hanauer Lamboy Fest Verein, will have a fostival at Hariem River Park, The Now York Tur- bors will hold Weir twenty-seventh annual fegiuval at Jones’ Wood, parading from Turn Hall at nine o'clock A.M. The Fidelio Quartet Ciub will have a celebra- Hon at National Park, Tho societies of the Mozart Unron, tncluding the Arion Quartet Clab, Marie! herchor, German Mannerchor, Mozart Man Harmonie, Licdervain and Reisender Quartet will go to Beilevue Park, aud the Bloomingdale Tur: IN ARMENIA, OBITUARY. JUDGE EDWARD KEN‘, EX-GOVERNOR OF MAINE. Few men in Siaine were better known or more gen- erally respected than ex-Governor Edward Kent, who diod in Bangor yesterday morning of heart disease, atter a briet iliness, He was born m Concord, N. H., January 8, 1802, graduated at Harvard in 1821, and studied law in the offices of Chancellor Kent, of New York, and Judge Orr, of Maine, Ho went to Bangor and commenced the practice of jaw in 1825, where be became eminent in his profession, being for many years the puartucr of the late Judge Cutting. He was 4a member of the Legislature {rom 1829 to 1833, aad the second Mayor of Bangor, serving two years, His high character, as weil 43 his emfnent ability and popularity, made him a promment loader im the whig party of Maine velore hy was tuirty-tive yeurs of age. Ho was several times a candidate for Governor, and was elected 1u 1808 und 1840, results very tnuch due to bis personal Popularity aud strength, as his party was always in @ minority 1 tha fe usually indicated by thousands, Hoe was elected the last time in tho September pre- vious to the election of Harrison ia Novemver, 1540; and the campaign in Maino was the most excmung wuieb bad ever uccurred up to that date, wed result- ing 48 itdid in September, in the election of Jucgo Kent, Was a victory lor the whiga wuich gave a tres Unpeias to their cause and gave rise to these tamous lines, whieh begin:— Mave you heard the news from Maine? How tt wont, heil bent, tor Governor Kent, &e, In 1843 Governor Kent was one of tho Uaned States Commissioners in setting the Northeasteru boundary dieputo under the Asnvurton Treaty. He was ap- pointed by Presideut Taylor Consui to Kio Janeiro, Iu 1854 Ue returned to Bangor und resumed the prac- ‘Use Of his proie: p. duuge Kent was one of the ploagers in Lue formation of the repubiican party aud tovk an active part iu the campaign of 185d, Iu 1359 he Wa8 appouted Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Of diaiue and reappointed im 1866, bat re- 1873 on wecuupt of bis uge His service Was as & member of the Conastitutioval Commission of Mame to consider the ameudments wuieh it was deemed necessary to make to the State constitution. He was uuani- mousy chosen Vregident of the Commission and brougit 10 the responsivle duty the re ults of wide expericnce and sound judgment, iu 1865 Waterviie College, wow Colby University, conlerrea upon Judge Kent the degree of LL, D. Ho leavos a widow aud one child. Just aud learued juuge 1m the highest court and a citi “uot puro and patriotic lite, be ior forty years vecupied & place in the respect and affection of the pevpie of Muine which lew, if indeed, any otner, of ius most distinguished citizons ever held, DANIKL A, ROBBINS. Daniel A. Robbins died at wis residence, No, 376 Poarl etreet, Brockiyn, yesterday, of paralysis, at the age of sixty-five years, Deceased, who was bora July 31, 1slz, amassed a large fortune and retired trom business, which bad been thut of « buiider, about twenty years ago. He Was a director iu the brovklya Bank, in the Long island Insurance Company, ie Brookiyn Guy Rutiroad Compuny and other corporations, He served one term as Supervisor of the Fourth ward. HON, EDWARD EARLE, A telegram trom Worcester, Mass., under date of the 19th inst., reports as follows:—*Hon, Edward Earle, ex-Mayor of Worcester, and tormerty an Indian Peace Commissioner unaer President Grant's admin straton, died bere this moroing.’? Sr, Barie was a wel kuowa ciuzen, and greatly respected for his upright official conduct. EX-JUDGE ELIAS J, BEACH, Ex-Judge Elias J, Beach, of Oyster Bay, who died on Friday morniag at bis residence in Glen Cove of paralysis of the brain, was a native of the vown of Woodvury, New Haven county, Coun., and came to Queens county as a school teacher in 1840, He studied law while teaching, and alter bis admission to practice soon became prominent as an advocate, He was thelaw partner ol BE, H. Carpenter, the tirm namo being Carpeu- ter & Beach, having an office at No. 16 Nassau strect, New York. He was twice County Judge of Queaus and a prominent leader in the democratic voun- cil, ‘Tie Queens County Bar Association held a epecial meeting at the Court House in Long Island City yesterday moruing to take suit: aio action dn reierence to Judgo Beach's deat, County Judge Jou J. Armstrong, President ot tho ‘Assovlauon, called the members to order; Henry W. Eastman was called to preside; Prerpont Potter and Robert C. Ecabree were chosen Vice Presidents ;3, M, i, Van Nostrand and Charles D. lownsend Secretaries, ‘There wore present besides Messrs. Gilbert Sayres, A. re Hon. Alexaauer Haywor, ¥ Cogswell, gewell, Ba | sneftiker, GJ. TOs Wm. b. Pearee, ¥ ; W, Denton, Solomon B, Noble and Kichard Busted, Jr, [he tuveting Waa addressed by ileory W. Kastan, a Memorial was r vy Judea Armstrong, aidresses were alo delivered by Messrs, Voter, Busteed, Cogswell, Novie, Deutun sand others, und revolltious tu the Usual fourm were adopted, alter Which the meeting adjourned, the Kings County Court adjourned yesteruay out of respect to the mem- ory of the lately deceased Juuges, Vlatvuel, aad Elias J, Beach, of Queens county. yiums Were pronounced upon the deceased jurists by General P, 3. Crooke and 8, D, Lewis, aud Judge Moore ordered the facta to be spread upon the minutes, MATTHEW BAIRD, Matthew Baird, a well known cnizen of Philadelphia, nd tor many years connected wiih the proprietorship the Baidwin Locomotive Works, died yesterday niorning. SEEPHANIAN PRESTON. Seephaniah Preston, a highly esteemed resident of Hartlord, Conn,, and Vice President of the Connectivut Mutual Life fasurance Company, died at bis residence yesterday at an advanced age, He was one of the founders of the compa 4 for several years 1 honored with an View president, ale th hs preve irom giving muck tenvion to bie official doties. One Of bis sons 14 Kev, Thomas 3. Presioo, Chancellor of the Roman Cutuolic | Arendiveese of New York, JAMES M VILLE CARLISLE, James Mandeville Carlisle, for many years one of tho leading members of the old Bar of the District of Columuis and aiso of the Supreme Court of the United Statow, died at Washington yesterday morning, aged } avout sixty Ave yours. He’ stood very high altho yurt aud thus becaine Known and by louding jurist turoughoat the fly Was also counsel tor #evorui foreign goveruments, A NEW The Maritime Association yesterday laid a telegraphic cable, connecting its Exchange with (he Lower Quaran- Ube and the hospital ship, thus adding anotier liak to ive lagilities for tue collection of barvor news, CABLE, INTUPLE SHEET. An able ciel magistrate of tue state, a | 7 A CRISIS FOR FRANCE, Gloom in Paris Over Mac- Mahon’s Biunder. pe ean ee oe THE REACTIONIS?. CONSPIRACY. nilaninatih A Step That May Lead to Civil Wear. THE MINISTRY'S HOROSCOPE. Germany Displeased—Italy Distrustiul. ENGLAND APPREHENSIVE. | —_— {PY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] TIERALD BUREAU, 61 AVENUE DE L’OPERA, Panis, May 19, 1877. ‘The thunderbolt which has fallen on France came out of aclear sky. in the E Doubtless those who conspired e to bring this trouble upon France were tojerably certain of what was about to come to pass, but to the mass of the people and to the Ministers themselves the mad act of the Marshal was, with possibly one exception, totally unex- pected. In the most moderate circles the turning out of the Ministry and the disasters that it may bring to France are regarded with deep sorrow, while among the lulled reac- Re- logically, if slowly, to its goal of a genuine popular government, a feel- ing of enraged disappointment prevails, political Pp such gloom as now pery who belief and radicals, were that that into moderation was at by the tion an end, the public would progress In all the Vicissitudes through which France nas sed since 1843 | ne recollect to have seen ades the community, among the extremists of the legitimist and clerical factions, ave The gloom that succeeded the coup Weétat on the 2d December, 1851, was not greater, The The great usurpation had been plainly foreshadowed; the materials which Worst was then known, made possible lad been gathering in his hands for months, and the use to which he would put them was not doubted, That except to his co-conspirators, such as De Morn. | his willing slaves, such as Rouher, and his swash- bucklers of fortune, such as St. Arnaud, be main- tained a hypocritical exterior, did not dec ive the The barricades were simply despair in arms; the | drunken soldiery, with their pockets full of gold | stolen a few hours before from the Bank of France, and the massacres that followed were unscrupulous power making sure of its prey. The fall of the Commune, with (ts baleful fires by night and whole- | sale slaughter by day, was halled by tens of thou- sands with satisfaction who to-day are full of angry resentment and painful forebodinga “WE ARE BETRAYED. ? The atmosphere seems charged with electrical influences which may develop one knows not. what convulsion of the elements. Even those who hope mM not altogether tran. quil as to resuits, A tour of the workmen’s dis- tricts, where the blue blouses swarm like bees, re- veals an intense state of excitement, Led habitu- ally by the most extreme radicals and socialists, they had of late in great numbers become amenable to milder counsels, but the uatural effect of Mac Mahon’s reaction has been to throw the workmen back em masse among the most extreme republi- cans. So bad faith breeds distrust and reaction tn- oue direction and reaction in another. “Nous sommes trahis” 13 heard on every side, in Belleville and out to the tile, This has indeed been the stock cry In those quarters since 1793, but, nation which felt itself hopelessly in the toils, to proit by diaturbances unfortunately for France, they utter tt with truth to-day. All France has been betrayed, and the question now discussed in fear and hope by the best men of the country is, Can France await in peace the day of legally punishing the offenders? The answers are tar from reassuring, WHAT DOES MACMAHON MEAN? The singuiar semt-oficial notice published afew hours after the dismissal of the Mimstry, to | that tho Marshal peace | determined to suppress sets the people asking Among those who hoped that he had tntended a coup @éat there | the effect and fs means witramoutane demonstrations, what MacMahon really to means, | is now @ suspicion that he intended only a coup de | | téte; but of this we can only Judge by the logic of | facts. In the first place the Ministry is wamuistak, | ably one of reaction, Whatever may be te Presi- dent's personal views, doubtiess the men atthe | head of the Cabinet will drive him to ae will end in revolution, and, probabiy, in civil war. 3 which It ia necessary to recollect that we have here a con- stitutional ruler disuiissing his Cabinet, not ve- it in majority In other words, | the the but cause mnajority opposed Chamber, of the pathizing with and supporting It, because syin the Marshal has taken issue with the nation under | that he interests. alone under- Th stitution of a Ministry thoroughiy reactionary ren- | the most absurd pretence its | stands and represents con: ders inevitable, therefore, the following chain of events ;—The prorogation of the Chambers for @ month ia to dive the new Ministry time to organiz buton the Legistature's reassembling the Ministry will meet an exasperated Chamber and be beaten by overwhelming majorities on the first measures Then will follow presented. @ dissolution and a al election in three mor which will be the The next Char gener hs, too short a time for ministerial agents to control the returns, ver will consequently be more republican than the present | one and stronger in the support of tell indignant ated and | will | on constituencies, The fiction in power, a humiliated in every contest with the majority, certainly push the Marshal to @ coup d'état, thing will then depend upon the old soldier's sense of honor and patriotism, 1 do not belleve he wants to play the part of Monck; he certainly has not the stuif in him to play the part of Cromwell, THE G AB VOR OFF ‘The scramble for oMices has already begun. De- crees revoking the appointinent of fifty-six prefects | are signed and ready to appear. It is rumored that among the first acts of the new government will be the dissolution of the Munictpal Council of Paris and hand against ultramontane tions—that Is to say, it will impose a slight punish Ment on the ishop iu order to be enabled to intiics a heavy one on the radicals of the Council. Itis curious at this conjuncture that La Défense, Archbishop Dupantoup’s organ, predicted all that has recently taken place a lew weeks since. It then asserted that a bishop and an Orleanist were at the bottom of the iutrigue which upset the Simom Cabinet. Dupanloup was the bishop and Due Decazes the Minister alluded to, Mgr. Dupanloup is now the power behind the throne, and Decazea The Minister of Foreign Adairs seems destined to ree versatility in carried ont the maxim of the elastic ecclesiastic of the Bersshire village, who, from the reign of Henry VIIL to that of Elizabeth (twice a Catholic and twice @ Prot Whatever king may reign, ny principle is to live and die Vicar of Bray, sir.” The republican Left has ordered its bureau to occupies the footstool of honor in front of it, vive the traditions of diplomatic which Tatleyrand so faithfully estant), simply said to caville remain in Paris in constant communication wit the members during recess. THE < PRESS ON THE CRISIS, The republican journals are almost exclusively occupied in discussion of the manifestoes of the republ and Deputies, ‘They declare that is surprised but nog alarmed, and is confident of the future, nb Senator republican. France The Journal des Debats demands that the gove ernment consult th diately, and country imum thus terminate the erisis. The République Francaise says President Mace Mahon’s message allies him personally with thia movement. {t advises the republicans to avoid ‘avado and act calmly, The Constitutionnet and Paris Jowrnat defend MacMahon’s course as perfectly legal. M, Thiers has signed the manifesto of the Deputies of the Left. The Moniteur says the Ministers have decided to vigorously repress all attempts to misrepresent Marshal MacMahon, such as insinuations of war or it is said President MacMahon will go to the provinces. acoup delat. The Marsetilaise states that two Deputies have drawn up @ proposal tor the impeachment of Presl+ dent MacMahon, A BKONAPARTIST IN OFFICE. It is officially announced that Baron Reille, Bona- partist Deputy for the Tarn, las been appointed Under Secretary for the Interior, GERMANY DISPLEASED AT THE CIANGE, (BY CABLE TO THE BERALD.] BERLIN, May 19, 18 The change in the French Cabinet has greatly displeased the German government, There exista here a well-founded fear of the results of ultramon: tane intrigue. The sympathy which the German uitramontanes received during the era of Bis- marckian persecution under the Falk laws from the Freneh = Catholic party and their mutual deference to the aims of the Romag Church have made official Germany very sensitive to anything which looks like giving them the come mand of the resources of a great nation, Hence Germany is taking measures vo strengthen the de- fences of the western frontier, 1t is definitely fixed that two new regiments of infantry and tnree of cavalry shall be despatched thither immediately, with more to follow in case of the slightest symp: tom of danger, WHAT If HEARD AND THOUGHT OF THE MAR- SHAL'S COUP IN LONDON, [bx caBLH TO THE HERALD. } LONDON, May 19, 1877. The French crisis excites grave apprehensions here that MacMahon, by plunging into ultramon- tanism, will necessitate a controversy with Gere many and I[taiy. The London papers unite in con. demning MacMahon’s precipitate demeanor. The Times, especially, reprobates the interference which the President has taken it upon himself ta make with the repubdiican institutions of the French people. In a leader on President MacManon's. course tt says:— So far all he hag done 1s perfectly iegal, nor would ho step beyond the bounds of the strictest constitus tonal authority if, with the consent of the Senate he should dissolve Parilament, Butas ruler does avery sinall part of his duty by strictly conform: ing to the letter of the law. Within the tout corners of the safest constitution the wif of man ever framed there 18 ample room for acts laden with national disaster and even ruin, It will not be enough for Marshal Mace Maton to plead that he hes acted constitutionally {it should be equally clear that he has acted om wisely, and respect for is brilliant reputation makea us wish we could 0 ook the grave reasons for misgiving in his message. Iu troth it seta up claima which will, we fear, bring him into collision witht the country. ULPRAMONTANES INDISPENSABLE. The Paris correspoudent of the Times saysi— ‘The administration falls back into the hands from which uutversal suifrage snatched it atthe last elece tion, If M. Buffet and M, Layrentie do not figure in the Cablnet it is only because the ims pressions gathered induced hesitation to chauge the Foreign Minister and because M, | Fourton refused to act with two absolutely clerical > M. Hourton must be attributed the aly publishe personages. Havas note alre » protestng before- intrigues, The note proves nothing. The Marshal, alming at dissolus tion, cannot dispense with the ultramontane voted in the Senate. He is henceforth thelr captive, Everybody is firmly convinced that the new ei tons Will protest against the Marshal's recent acts, | As to the Bouapartists, they declare themselves uninterested in the question, “We had two formi- dable adversaries.” sald ove of the most ardent to met y—"the Orleanists and republicans. They are now fighting furtously while we look on and wait, We can no longer be reproached with any- thing. We had th i of December, the republicans the 4th of September; the Orleantats have now the lou of May. As to the legitimists they can claim ho credit, They cannot even attempt a coup asa” A He LLOW ALTERNATIVE, The Pail Malt Gazette this afternoon says it thinks either in pretence or in truth that the alteraativa, submitted to France at the elections (in the even? of & dissolution) will be the return of a conservas tive majority or the retirement of MacMahon, and men the retention of MacMahon wil seem the best guarantee for th maintenance of order and the undisturbed progre: | ot trade, that to a large class of Fre: The Gazette's Paris correspondent says:—“It hg considered doubtful whether the Senate will vor@ for the dissolution of the Chamber.” TPALY pis eTruk. Adespatch says:—“The French government hag assured the Itallan government that the crisis will ange nits attitude.” The Ministerial organ, Diritto, say “Prom the manner in witch produce no ¢l the reierence of the inflammatory letter of the Bishop of Nevers to the Council of State. This is What the Germans call the system of componsa the crisis happened and the antecedents of the new Ministers everything counsels us to regeive these assurances with reserve,’