LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 192, 21 May 1878, Page 3

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

__ 0 [Special to the Mail.] (Rbutek'b, Per Press Agency.) London, May 16. A serious riot occurred among the strikers at Blackburn, and the military were called out. A destructive earthquake took place at Tenezala, 600 were killed. May 14. Arrived;— From Lyttelton, Opawa and Glanlora. From Bluff Harbour, Waimea, Jessie Redmond. May 15. Lancashire riots continue, military force has been strengthened, but no collision yet. May 16. Russian agents are negotiating purchases of ships in the United States, suitable for privateers. (London Special.) May 16. , i At the riots at Blackburn and Barnsley, the -military fired on the mob. Five persons wounded. Lord Russell is alarmingly ill, aud not expected to recover. Russia reinforced Sfefano with thirty -battalions. Canada is taking precautions against the Fenians. Baker and other English officers in the service of the Porte are actively employed in the defence of the capital. , Great reforms preparing. Vienna, May 15. At yesterday's sitting of the Hungarian Chambers Deputies, there was a debate on the Eastern Question, when the President of the Hungarian Ministry said the Government had lately found it necessary to take further precautions for the conservation of Austrian-Hungarian interests, and had strengthened her troops on the northern, southern, and eastern frontiers. . St. Petersburg, May 12. The Russian Ambassador at London remains here until next week, to receive the Emperor's decision. On his return he will'call at Berlin, and open with London negotiations of utmost importance. He has brought no written pro-; posals..bnt merely explains the views of British Government. May 14. Semi-official note published here advocates the following as a solution for preserving the vitality of Turkey, administrative authority of Christian population as tributary to Porte, and giving Bosnia to Austria. Constantinople, May 18. Turkish Government maintain the treaty of Stefano, and stipulates the surrender of Shuna and Varna fortresses to Bulgaria, not Russia.