29 JANUARY 1887, Page 2

According to the latest telegrams from Constantinople, the- Porte has

announced officially that Russia will consent to the election of Duke George of Lenchtenberg as Prince of Bulgaria. It is hoped, therefore, that the Powers will propose him, and that on his election by a new Sobranje he will be appointed Governor-General of East Roumelia, and all existing difficulties will disappear. The Bulgarians do not, it is said, object to this candidature ; but there is some insincerity in the negotiation, depending as it does upon the general condition of Europe. If peace is maintained, there may be an agreement about Bulgaria;. but war once declared, Russia would instantly occupy the Principality.