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presses the hope that every' endeavour will be made to accelerate the suspension of hostilities. The Russians have occupied Adrianople, and preliminary negotiations for peace were commenced. January 24. The Russians have arrived at Kishai, on the road to Gallipoli. A panic has broken out in the latter place. St. Petersburg semi-official journals state that the relations between ling-land and Russia have improved. The Turkish Parliament bus petitioned the Sultan not to agree to the conditions of peace it the Hussian demands are exorbitant. Latest accounts say that Sulieman is at Kolisha. January 25. Sir Stafford Northcote will give notice of motion on the 28th for supplementary army estimates for India. The Porte has received from Russia the conditions of peace. Very harsh terms are proposed, including a heavy indemnity, and occupation till it fs paid. The Russians are now advancing upon Gallipoli. The resignation of the Earl of Carnarvon has been accepted. The Foreign Minister retains office provisionally. Fifty thousand salmon ova were shipped per Chimborazo for New Zealand. January 26. In the Hous» of Commons" to-day the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a question, announced that the Mediterranean squadron had been ordered to rendezvous and to enter the Dardanelles solely to keep the way open and to protect British interests. Be added that when the conditions of peace were made known the fleet would be ordered to stay at the entrance to the Dardanelles. Correspondence from Constantinople announces that the Porte has accepted the conditions of peace proposed by Russia. The Porte and that Power are each pledged not to reveal the conditions until a formal treaty of peace has been concluded. The amount of the supplemental"/ grant required for military purposes is six millions. January 27. The fleet under Admiral Hornby's command entered the Dardanelles, but subsequently withdrew to Besika Bay. According to telegrams received today from Constantinople, the Pone itself is ignorant whether an armistice has been signed or not. The conditions of peace have been confidentially communicated to the Turkish Parliament, but otherwise are kept secret, and are being forwarded to the Russian headquarters.

January 28. Tn the Honso of Commons to-day, Sir Stafford Northcote said that the conditions of peace accepted by Turkey are of such a sweeping nature that they cannot be acknowledged wjibout a, European Conference. He added that Austria agrees with England in this decision. Although the Porte had accepted the conditions, an armistice had not yet been concluded, nor hostilities suspended. January 29. The Russian headquarters has been transferred to --Ulriauople. Russian troops have arrived at Schortu, and the population have evacuated the town. The Russians are marching against Tchekmedje, Sir Stafford Northcote stated in the House of Commons that, acum-ding to authentic information, it was found that the conditions of peace included the formation of Bulgaria into an autonomous tributary principality, with Christian rule; the independence of Roumania, Servia, and Montenegro ; the representative autonomy of Bosnia and Herzegovina;, and the payment of a war indemnity, and an ulterior agreement protecting Hussion interests in the Dardanelles. Sir Stafford Northcote declared that these conditions destroyed the keystone to thw southeast of Europe, and. would affnet both European and British interests He further said that a separate treaty between Russia and Turkey wap inadmissible, and th-.itt-ix millions sterling | were asked tor as a vote of .'confidence snd to give HJngland prestige at v I European Conference. Fie added that, the orders given fbo British fleft t to enter the Dardanelles had bp^.n countermanded, Russia 'having agreed to refer the question of the Straits to v European Conference. The House of Commons agreed to the adjournment of the debate to Thursday. 30. The Russians are rapidly advancing on Constantinople. The French Mediterranean squadron and "the Italian squadron have been despatched to the Levant. ' Holloway's Ointment and rar,s.— Bad legs. — A.ny unnatural discharge from the skin is at all times disagreeable, but iiihot weather it becomes " iriitating— sometimes offe) sive. B d legs; old wounds, scrofula, and scorbutic eruptions are • cooled, soothed, and cured by Hollo way's Ointment. It at once arrests all diseases of the surface by purifying <md regulating the circulation in their neighbourhood, by giving energy to the nerves of the affected part, and by excelling all ppisonoun and. noxious matters. It ejects, the seeds of all virulent eruptions and -ulceratioris, and thus confers no partial., oivteinporj^. boon but a complete and permanent; cure^Jßy^means i of these remedies all sufferers/may airo* at attaining health, and will invariably' succeed. K . ■