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(Renter' 3 Telegrams- to Press Agericij.) London, April 24 Ministers are hopeful that Russia will yield.- - , . i The strike has ended. . Employers everywhere were firm. , ■ • April 25. The Russians 'announce that officers and men will attend the Greek Churches of Stamboul on Sunday. Tumults are feared. - ■ Bismarck is ill. ; The Erie Railway has been bought by the trustees for six million dollars. The negotiations for the simultaneous withdrawal of 1 the British fleet from the Sea of Marmora, and of the Russian troops from the neighbourhood of Constantinople, still continue. April 26. The health of Prince Bismarck and Gortschakoff is better. Diplomatic negotiations are proceedin p\ The anti-English feeling* af the Russian press, is more moderate. ■ The absence of news discourages the hope for success in the efforts for maintenance, of peace> . . • Russia has raised a difficulty that Bismarck's proposal for the withdrawal, of Russian troops from Stefano, and the British fleet from the Sea of Marmora, favours England. •„. . Russia foregoes the intended entrance of officers and men into Sjtamboul on Sunday" to at,tend;the Greek Churches. Twenty British ironclads for the Baltic squadron are now ready for 'service. . . • - " April 27. .. It is understood that the British Government proposes that the terms of the treaty of Paris shall be considered in its relation to the treaty of San Stefano. April 28. . It is reported that Dv M'Claughen will be nominated Bishop of Litchfield. * April 29. The exchange of views between the European Powers is still proceeding. Constantinople. April 23. The. Bulgarians attacked eight Mussulman villages, and committed great outrages. There has been severe fio-hting .between the insurgents and Russian troops. April 25. The Mussulman rising in Jioumelia and Macedonia is becoming serious. It is owing to the unendurable Husso-Bul-gariun reign. April 26. ; The Roumeltan .insurgents are well officered and occupy impregnable positions. The insurgents are driving the Bulgarians to the /approaches of Philipopolis, and are creating alarm at Adrianople, whence troops havo been despatched against them. April 28. The Roumanian insurgents surprised the Russian camp near Phillippopolis and captured. 1000 prisoners. The Grand .Duke Nicholas has been re-called' from Stefano, on account of ill-health. General Todleben succeeds to the chief command. . St. Petersburg, April 25. National subscriptions are. being raided throughout Russia to form a flotilla of cruisers. . = ■ ■ April 27. With reference to England's objection to the indefiniteness of Prince Bi'smarck'sfpropofition for the basis of the Conference, the Ministerial journals ; here state that the Great Powers never agreed that there should be a direct exchange of views prior' to the meeting: of. the Peace Congress. Behlin;, April 20.7. Prince Bismarck says the basis of European Congress. is an invitation to' the signatory Powers to revise the Treaty of Paris, 1856. while considering the altered situation resulting from the Russo-Turkish war. , ' April 28. The North German Gazette states that the intended despatch of "a British . ironclad squadron to the Baltic is a measure which will affect neutral interests, and complicate the situation. . Rome, April 26. . : The new Pope ; reiterates the protest, of Pius IX., relative to the temporal power of the Papacy. Singapore, April 26. , The British Government regards the invitation as i too, indefinite. ' : ' .;" „ J ; ; ' ' . : B omba y, April 26. ' r ' The ' Indian expedition is now ! em-; barking- for; Malta; „ • - .