BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 837, 3 May 1878, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

o — (By Cable.) (From our Dunedin Exchanges.) London, April 21st. The new Turkish Ministry* hold themselves neutral as regards England and Russia. Herr Bandmann has been committed for trial for striking his mistress. There have been rowdy mass meetings in Lancashire to advise the strikers to hold out. April 22nd. The meeting of Congress is doubtful. It is reported at Berlin that Russia declines to submit. Enthusiasm prevails. The action taken respecting tho Indian regiments has been well received. Encounters have taken place between the Roumanians aud the Russians. Beauclerc, the favourite for the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, has been scratched. St. Petersburg!!, April 22nd. It is semi-offieially stated here that negotiations are on foot for fixing the points to which the British ironclads and the Russian troops are to be withdrawn. London, April 23rd. The position of affairs is unimproved. Austria vacillates. The essential differences between England and Russia remain unsettled. The reserves are mustering largely. An attemptbas been made to shoot Prince Tlmro, equerry to the Emperor of Austria. The assassin was arrested. The Daily News Stamboul correspondent reports a plot by the partizans of Midhat Pasha to overthrow the Sultan. The new Ministry is suspected of complicity. The Sultan is preparing to proceed to Brousha, fearing a Russian surprise. Fresh troops continue to arrive at San Stefano (which is a few miles from Constantinople) under the pretext that they are to take part in a grand review. Nih'list commotions continue, and alarm the Russian Government. Constantinople, April 24th. Some Bulgarians attacked eight Mussulman villages. There were groat outrages. Severe lighting took place between the insurgents and Russian troops. London, April 24th. Ministers are hopeful that Russians will yield. The Lancashire strike has ended through the employers everywhere being firm. April 25th. The Russians have announced that the officers and men will attend the Greek churches in Stamboul on Sunday. Tumults are feared. Bisniavk is ill. The Erie Railway has been bought from tho trustees for fi,(!00,000dols. The negotiations for the simultaneous withdrawal of tho British fleet from the Sea of Marmora, and of the Russian troops from the neighbourhood of Constantinople, still continue. Constantinople, April 25th. The Mussulman rising in Roumelia and Macedonia is becoming serious. It is owing to the unendurable Russo-Bulgariau reign. St. Petersburg, April 25th, National subscriptions arc being raised throughout Russia to form a flotilla ef

cruisers. Berlin, April 25th. 1 Prince Bismarck says the basis of European Congress is an invitation to the signatory Powers to revise the Treaty of Paris, 1850, while considering the altered situation resulting from the Russo Turkish war. Singapore, April 20th. The British Government regards the invitation as too indefinite. London, April 2Gth. The absence of nows discourages the hope for success in the efforts for the maintenance of peace. The health of Prince Bismarck and Gortschakoff is better. Diplomatic negotiations are proceeding. The anti-English feeling of the Russian press is more moderate. 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 Stamboul on Sunday to attend the Greek churches. Twenty British ironclads for the Baltic squadron are now ready for service. Bombay, April 2fith. The Indian expedition is now embarking for Malta. Constantinople, April 2Gth. The Roumelian insurgents are well officered, and occupy impregnable positions. The insurgents are driving the Bulgarians to the approaches of Philipnpolis, and arc creating alarm at Adrianople, whence troops have been despatched against them. London, April 27th, It is understood that the British Government proposes that the terms of the Treaty of Paris shall he considered in its relation to the Treaty of San Stefano. St. Petersburg, April 20th. With reference to England’s objection to the indefiniteness of Prince Bismarck's proposition for the basis of the Conference, the Ministerial journals here state that the Great Powers never agreed that there should bo a direct exchange of views prior to the meeting of the Peace Congress. Rome, April 2(?th. The new Rope reiterates the protest of Pius IX relative to the temporal powers of the Papacy. TjONDON, April 27th. As a protest against the threatened Russian privateers, the British Government are prepared to employ a hundred fast armed vessels, which will treat privateers as pirates. The Standard reports that a party of Russian officers and engineers have chartered four American steamers to proceed to Egypt on a surveying expedition. The money market is rather firm. The market for Colonial Government debentures is quiet. The corn market is easier.