ENGLISH NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 847, 12 July 1878, Page 3

ENGLISH NEWS.

A second ittempt was made to assassinate the Emperor of Germany on June 2nd. He was driving in the Avenue Unter Den Linden, when two shots were fired, wounding him in the head, face, hack, and arms. The assassin, Dr Nobhelong, occupied apartments in the Avenue. When the door was broken open he attempted to shoot the landlord, and also to commit 'suicide, hut only succeeded in wounding himself badly ia the head. He is a .Socialist, and Prof ssorof Agriculture, in good circumstances. The assassin barely escaped death at the hands of the mob while being conveyed by the police to the hospital. Thirty shots were extracted from the Emperor’s face, head, both arms, and back. Ho lost much blood. Nobbeling is said to have been selected by lots drawn by the conspirators to shoot the Emperor, but this is denied. A London Standard telegram, dated Berlin, June 12, says a correct report of the only Judicial examination of Nobhelong before he became unconscious, shows that he said that ho himself offered to undertake the work, and discussed bis plan, with several persons, who approved of it The French Government offers to aid in the discovery of Socialists in Paris, with whom Nobbeloug ia said to have corresponded. The Pope sent a pathetic note to the Enuperor. On the sth of June a decree was issued nominating the Crown Prince Frederick William as Regent. The decree is signed by the Emperor, and countersigned by Prince Bismarck.

Evidence is increasing of the existence of a plot to assassinate the Imperial Family. The Socialists admit the amiability and kindheartcdncss of the Emperor, but. think if'he were out of the way, a policy of peace and social development would be forced on the Government, and the scourge of a great standing army be removed.

The dissolution of the Reichstag is accomplished, and the "Liberals are in a state of consternation. It appears a state of siege has been under discussion, but will not be proclaimed at present. A new election will probably be heard of towards the latter part of July. In tho meantime, Bills against Social and Democratic excesses will be drawn. ■ 1

The Emperor’s strength and appetite are increasing. .He has left his bed,and reclines hi an arm chair.

The order issued to mobilise 100,000 Austrian troops is considered significant, that tho actual work in Congress will fall on Count Scbouvaloff, as CorschakofT has become incapable of prolonged mental action. His presence at the meeting Is considered inauspicious by Austrians. For tho Congress, the Porte has prepared a memorandum that ho was huiried into signing the San Stefano Treaty by the negotiations threatening an advance on Constantinople. When a party of Ali Sulieman’s insurrectionists broke into Sultan Mupad's department and proclaimed him Sultan, they found him in a state of complete idiocy. The Agence Eusae says Austria could mobilise 850,00(1 men,, and supply them with 250 days’ rations for 450,000,000 florins. Her 60,000,000 florins credit must mean something itibrd fllian precautions. Russia must take countermeasures. Tho Austrian Government distrust Russia.

The Porte has informed England and Prussia that it has agreed that Thessaly, Epirus, and Crete he annexed to Greece, and all Turkish provinces be made autonomous. The Russians had arranged for the mutual withdrawal from the vicinity of Constantinople with England, but stipulated that the Turks must evacuate Shumla and Varna, and not advance beyond the lines of Chaladenoe.

All Turkish officers have been ordered to be in readiness to resume hostilities.

Five of the conspirators to replace oxSultan Mahomed on the throne, have been executed.

There has been severe fighting in Roumclia. Four thousand Russians were cut off, and all killed.

England promised to recognise the independence of Roumania, and great hopes are built on England’s support. Roumania irrevocably resolved not to cede any territory to Russia.

The Russians have massed 70,000 troops and 121 guns at Scholu, which is a central position as regards Constantinople and Gallipoli.

Russia and England agreed not to withdraw their force till the end of Congress from the Turkish disposition to provoke hostilities.

Some Servians at Tapolio having made a noisy demonstration of going to war without summoning Skupchina, were executed in cold blood. This was intended to terrorise the Servian people, and succeeded. The Porte appears to have yielded the demand for Shumla, but not for the surrender of Varna Not Russia only, but Germany likewise, hinted to the Porte that unless the fortress was surrendered an invitation to Turkey to attend the Congrcsss would bo withheld.

The steamship Triumph sailed from Portsmouth for the Pacific Ocean to replace the flagship Shah.

Admiral Sir Ashley Cooper, of the South Atlantic Squadron, has been summoned homo to take command of the English fleet iu the Baltic.

Peace delegations were refused an audience by Lord Salisbury, on the grounds that they aro inconvenient and unnecessary.

Serious riots occurred at Blackburn, England, among strikers. The troops were called out. The residences of leading masters, such as Colonel Jackson and Aiderman Hornby, were burnt to the ground.

The Russian Government has resolved to abolish jury trials in cases of attempted assassination for political motives, and acts of violence against officials.

The editor of the Levant Herald, an Englishman, was ordered to quit thejeountry because ho published a letter considered by the Turkish Govcrnmeut seditious, but Mr Layard iateifered, and the order was revoked. ,

Malta despatches say that transports have been ordered as a precautionary measure to take in' a coal supply of two weeks, and to be ready to start at six hours’ notice.

Mr Gladstone opposed any protectorate over Turkey. He says such a protection could hardly end otherwise than in a total destruction of Turkish power and its disappearance from the earth.

The widow of Earl Russell declined a proposal for the burial of her husband’s remains m Westminster Abbey. The body will be interred iu the family vault in Buckinghamshire. Russian officers are being drafted from the Cimbia to smaller vessels recently purchased as cruisers. Russian agents are inspecting American shipyards, and purchased ajmillion dollars worth of torpedoes. It is understood that the chief agent of the Russian Government is the Hew York Consul. The agents of the British Government unsuccessfully endeavoured to checkmate him.

The English ironclad Sorus was despatched to watch the movements of the Cimbia and other Russian vessels on the coast. Porter, of Rockwell, infamous as the chief of Brigham Young’s’ ‘‘"destroying angels," died suddenly at Salt Lake.