ARRIVAL OF THE RINGAROOMA AT THE BLUFF WITH THE SUEZ MAIL.
Bluff, July 27. The Ringarooma left Melbourne on the 22nd at 2 p.m., and arrived at the Bluff at 10 p.m., yesterday. She experienced light southerly winds and fine weather on the passage. Passengers for Dunedin : Messrs Main,' Jones, Miss Norton, Mrs and Miss Dunn, Rgv. Mr Cowie. Also 100 tons cargo. The Biugarooma leaves at 4 p.m. to-day for Dunedin. LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS. The rumors of a difference of policy he tweejk Turkey and Egypt are denied. Rvbndr of a European conference have been dispelled. In the House of Commons on June 9 Mr Disraeli said all the powers had agreed to exercise no undue pressure on the new Suit vn, lut allow time for his advisers to mature a new policy. In reply to a note of the Grand Vizier, the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Servia has given an assurance of the peaceful intentions of Servia. It is considered that recent events are a decided check upon Russian policy. On June 15 Lord Derby, in the House of Lords, said that the guarantee of the Treaty of Paris with regard to the integrity of Turkey remained unnotilied, but that the clauses in the Treaty only refer to the aggressor of Turkey from without—not to iaterral quarrels. Telegrams from Constantinople, dated June 20, report a disagreement among the Turkish Ministers oo the subject of the creation of a National Assembly. An indefinite postponement of the constitution is considered probable. Lord Northbrook has been created an Earl. The Duke of Edinburgh, in H.M.S, Saltan, has arrived at Malta.
The report of the Fugitive Slave Commission has been issued. It deprecates active interference on the part of commissioned officers against slavery where legalised or of H.M, ships being made an asylum for shaves. The report favors discretion being given to commanders, and defines general principles for their guidance. The Emperor William has gone to Ems to meet the Czar. There will probably be an interview between the Czar and the Emperor of Austria at Warsaw. The * Ward,’ a Russian organ published in Belgium, contains an article virulently attacking the policy of England. The Ascot Cup was won by Houblon, and the Gold Cup by Apology. The Ciucinnatti Convention elected Governor Hayes, an Ohio Republican, as their candidate for the Presidency. Mr Bristol has resigned the post of Secretary to the United States Treasury. The English Government having refused to surrender Winslow, the American forger, he has been discharged from custody, thereby terminating the Extradition Treaty of 1842. A great fire has occurred at Brook’s wharf, at which a million and a half pounds of tea was burnt. H.M. frigate Doris is in quarantine at Simon’s Bay, in consequence of the outbreak of small-pox of a malignant type on board. Some of the officers and several of the crew died. The celebrated authoress, George Sands (Madame Dudenant) is dead. Latest telegrams from the Continent state that an outbreak of war between Turkey and Servia is imminent. Sir William Hackett, now in Fiji, has received an appointment in Ceylon at a salary of L 2,500 a-year and allowances. There is a rumor that the British India
Company offered to take over all the P. and 0. Steam Co.’s fleet and property, guaranteeing seven per cent, in perpetuity to the shareholders. Lord Lytton is likely to resign the Governor-Generalship of India at the end of the year, the climate not suiting his health. Sir Philip Wodehouse retires from Bombay at the end of the year. Colonel Gordon is making satisfactory progress with bis Egyptian expedition. He expects that in two years regular trade will be opened between Lake Albert and Egypt.
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Evening Star, Issue 4186, 27 July 1876, Page 3
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619ARRIVAL OF THE RINGAROOMA AT THE BLUFF WITH THE SUEZ MAIL. Evening Star, Issue 4186, 27 July 1876, Page 3
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