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Show fcL'KOl'K. Pir;s, 11. PreeiJiMit GitWy has signed tlio decree making ap-1 poK.iments and changes affjeting ' eighteen generals uud twelve commanders com-manders of the corj.s General Fane has been appointed commandant at Lyons, General Clinch wit at ChalouB aud General D.?galhtat ut 'J'nur. General Woltl replaces Duke D'Aumule Ht Bpflancon. Le Temps says the Duke D'Aumaie has been appointed inspector general. Madrid, 11. Kmg Alfooro will preside on Ibursdayut tho cabinet council to discusii tho iegal declaration of the cortee. If the ministers dis agree, which seems probable, a change of the cabinet ill be deferred until the arrival of Martinez Campos, when the ministry will bo remodelled. Constantinople, 11. General Tod le hen haa telegraphed Prince i Lobanofl that ho will negm the evacuation evacu-ation ol Adrianoplo in ten i'nya and ia malting requsilion lor all wagons; for transportation purpns s. Sophia, 11. The Bulgarian m-, sombly consists of 221 notables. Of these 108 are membora ex oicio, 91 1 elected by the popular vota and 22 nominated by Prince Dand'mkotl Korsakoff, who appoints 71 M iho medans, 8 Bulgarians, a (jroek bishop, a mufii and rabbi. The cjntti-tution cjntti-tution of Bulgaria will he chiefly modelled on that ol Servia. The princo will have a civil list ot 1,000,000 piastres and the succession to the throne will be hereditary. The ministry will be absolutely retpansible to the national assembly, which will control the legislative, financial aud administrative departments. Calcutta, 11. The report of Ibo death of the ameer of Afghanistan ia untrue. It is tho ameer of Bokhara. The ameer of Afghanistan will endeavor en-deavor to reach Herat. Vakoob Khan recently sent a cavsilry regiment to Knoistan to quell the dioturhances among the tribes, whereupon the factions fac-tions suspended hostilities and at-taked at-taked and routed the regiment. Athena, 11. Mukhlar Pasha haB refused to negotiate on the basis demanded de-manded by Greece, and tho Greek commissions will be recalled. Versailles, 11, In the chamber of deputies, to-day, Albert Gi6vy was elected vice president of the chamber. DeUarcere, minister of tho interior, presented a bill granting amnesty to communists. Leon Say, minister of finance, declined to make any statement state-ment relative to the conversion of 5 per cent, rentes, saying he would die-cuss die-cuss that matter with the committee on budget. Later in the day, an interpellation in-terpellation on this sublect being pressed, the chamber, to avoid prejudging pre-judging the question, passed to the order of the day. Bureaux, appointed ap-pointed as a committee ou army re-forme, re-forme, nine of the eleven members in favor of the reduction of tho period of service to three years, and the abolition of the system by which the educaLed clasB serve only one year. Berlin, 11. The rosl and Tatjblatt state that satisfactory declarations havo been exchanged by Germany and Denmark relative to the recent treaty with Austria. The Prussian chamber of deputies has finally adopted the budiret for 1879. London, 11. The first lord of the admiralty, in a speech at Westminster, Westmin-ster, to-night, referring to the eastern question, aaid lie was firmly convinced con-vinced that the Berlin treaty would be executed, as he knew the Russians Rus-sians were now evacuating Turkish territory. The Prussian government has decided de-cided to bring iu a measure declaring the Guelph fund forfeited The measure will not be presented to par liament now, owing to the shortness of the session. The reinforcemeLts for Capo colony ordered from Eupland number num-ber about 7,000 men. Government is actively inquiring concerning private pri-vate steamer assistance. The only troop ship in the harbor is being rapidly rapid-ly prepared for service at Portsmouth. Ibe first lord of the admiralty, speaking speak-ing at Westminister to-night, Btated that troops sufficient to end the trouble with the Zulus wnuld he on the way to the Cape witnio a week. Ho declared he had every confidence in Lord Chelmsford. The privy council haa oidtred a careful inspect ioo of the bills of health and of cicws and passsugcre of veteels arriving from the Black sen. Paris, 11. It is expected the official offi-cial journal will publish to-morrow tho decree transferring seven and dismissing dis-missing or retiring twelve provairatorB general. Four commanders of Ibe army corps will be tranalerred and nine dimnisaed. Rome, 11. The president nf the board of beahh, speokisg to day in tho chamber of deputies, predicted that if tne plagUB penetrated Europe, it would destroy a tnird of the population. popula-tion. The government has ordtred a twenty days' quarantine against vessels ves-sels from Egypt. Alexandria, 11. Vessels with foul bills of health were refused admission into Egyptian ports. |