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Clutha Leader, Volume V, Issue 230, 6 December 1878, Page 5

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(Press Agency. ) London, .'December 4. A message from the President of the United States promises that an investigation will be held into the electoral return frauds in the Southern State's. He deprecates any change in existing financial legislation. ■ : _ It is generally reported that the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople informed the Grand Vizier that the Russianswould hold Adrianople, Thrace, and other important peints until the departure of "*-he British ironclad squadron. A Canadian new four per cent, loan of three millions is announced. Half the loan is guaranteed by the British Government. There are rumours that Pai-liament will dissolve in January. The Viceroy's telegram with reference to the evacuation of Jellalabad is confirmed. Wo Afghan troops are nearer Khyber than Cabul. St. Petersburg, December 3. The Emperor of Russia, who is visiting Moscow, made a speech there, and said he hoped a definite treaty of peace would be concluded shortly. (Special to the Star.) Sulieman Pasha has been degraded from his rank, and sentenced to imprisonment for his misconduct during the. late war. Renter's Constantinople, December 4. An Imperial manifesto recommends the immediate execution of extensive reforms, negotiations being opened between Turkey and Russia for a definite treaty of I peace.