ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 881, 21 April 1877, Page 3

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

[Per Australia, via Auckland.] The Russian semi-official press loudly complains at the refusal of England to coerce the Porte, and says that if war breaks out it will be the fault of England alone. The Alexandra new ironclad left Portsmouth on Saturday to join the Mediterranean fleet.

The concentration of the Russian troops in Bessarabia continues and eight new army corps have been ordered. The Miridites Christian tribes have risen against the Porte, and there are fresh outbreaks in Bosnia. On March Ist, in reply to Lord Belmoro, Lord Carnarvon stated that kidnapping in the South Seas was being greatly [diminished by the presence of the British Squadron. ' There are serious difficulties between ■ Germany and the annexed provinces of , Alsace and Lorraine. TURKEY. The Basin Bazouks have plundered and burned two villages in Herzegovina, and i murdered a number of the inhabitants. The Mussulman population is now being organised as a National Guard, which is only another name for Bashi Bazouks. The only task assigned these irregular bands is to overcome, if it is needed they should be crushed, and annihilate the Christian population. Montenegrin delegates have received a despatch from the Prince of Montenegro in which he abandoned the claim to Spizga, the right bank of Maratcha river, the fortified island in Lake Skutari, and some other points, and, besides territory already connected by the Porte, he merely asks for the districts of Nicsig and Koutchi and a portion of Kolatcha, and the right of free navigation of Bazana. He docs not agree to code Yassoyewatz to Turkey. In the event of a renewal of war by the Turks the Montenegrin and Herzegovina insurgents intended offering the Prince of Montenegro the chief command. A band of Bashi-Bazouks plundered and burned the village of Chicvo, in Herzegovina, and murdered numbers of inhabitants.

On Monday 400 Bashi Bazonks fell upon the village of Oteheivo, where the returned refugees were rebuilding their dwellings, and burned partly restored houses, and murdered ten of the refugees. They perpetrated nameless horrors upon their victims. Others lied across the frontier at Gaiamosk. There another butchery occurred. A Greek of the orthodox church had celebrated his marriage with a guest of the same faith. The bridal procession was stopped by Turks who cut down and beheaded four of the guests and exposed the heads on a pole. The bride died from outrages inflicted. The Belgrade correspondent of the Times says ; —“ In Bosnia the Turkish redifs are all under arms and drilled. The militia have received Snider rifles and money. Ulemas and Dervishes continue to excite warlike feelings by frantic addresses. Insurgents hands are appearing in hitherto undisturbed districts,”

Letters from Bosnia and Bulgaria assertjthat tlie tax gatherers exact taxes twice, both declaring that the first were unauthorised. Lafet Pasha on March 16th informed the Montenegrin delegates that ho regretted that Turkey was unable to agree to their demand. Dark tales of violence and rapine continue to come from Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania, where public security, cither on the highway or in isolated houses or small hamlets, seems altogether at an end. Not a Zeagsich has been dismissed, no tithe gatherer been stopped in his career of “unlawful exaction.

Midhat Pasha has left Rome for Spain and Switzerland. The Turks are preparing to attack Goralowatz. Piko Passclorich, the insurgent leader, is encamped at Beiga Pass. A body of insurgents are marching towards the Albanian frontier. General Despatvich has organised the Bosnian insurgent forces in ten bodies, the majority of which are armed with Peabody rifles. A levy en masse is proceeding briskly. The Mahometans are learning to drill rapidly. The Porte on 20th inst. informed the Powers that it would under no circumstances yield assent to the Russian protocol if that document required Turkey to demobilise before Russia. The garrison of Constantinople has been changed, and replaced by troops from Syria. News of peace with Servia excited dissatisfaction in Constantinople. Montenegrin troops arc concentrating on the frontier.

A Herzegovinan corps is concentrated at Bogania. General Dcspatvich is marching on Bangs taka. It is reported from Fashy that the Russian army have received the project of demobilisation very coldly. Odessa is completely secured against attack, and garrisoned by 10,000 men. A circular from Moscow urges all Sclavonian committees to raise fresh funds in aid of the Montenegrin war. ITALY. The Pope’s advisers are endeavoring to get Franco and Austria to revive the Roman question. It is hoped to induce Italy so far to recognise the Pope’s Imperial power as to cede Lioni city to the Holy See, where all religious orders expelled from Rome could find an asylum. Amid the feverish excitement and unremitting labor at the Vatican relative to the consistory, the Pope has fallen ill again. On the 12th he fainted, and had to quit riding allocation. These fainting fits have recurred, and the Pope has remained unconscious longer each time. He does not like his illness to be perceived, and makes strong efforts to hide it. The moment he gets back to his own apartments he sinks into his chair and remains motionless, with Iris eyes closed like a corpse. His physician regards the fatiguing receptions of pilgrims with grave apprehensions. The Archbishops of Naples and Perugia and Vicar of Romo are confidently mentioned as candidates for the Papacy. The Italian Budget for 1877 shows a surplus of about 12,000,000 lire. GERMANY.

In the Reichstag a Bill fixing Lcipsic as the scat of the Imperial Court of Germany was adopted. Strikers in Berlin attacked laborers from Posen who had taken their places. A cornpan}- of infantry and mounted police cleared the* streets. Several were wounded. Great illfeeling exists in Court circles concerning the vote fixing Lcipsic as the scat of the Supreme Court of Germany. The Minister of War justified the increase of army expenditure by pointing to the growth of the French army, and the recent movement of troops on the German frontier, also to the growth and improvement of the Russian army. The deficit in the Prussian budget will be more than covered by Prussia’s share of the balance of French aid. The finance committee of the Reichstag reported in favor of refusing the increase of the navy estimates demanded by the Government, declaring that the present military expenditure is so burdensome that further charges are impossible. There were great festivities in celebration of the birthday of the Emperor William. A grand reception was held by the Emperor in the morning. The city was profusely decorated.

A military fight occurred at Mayenne on the birthday of the Emperor. There was a j fight between some Prussian and Russian ) soldiers; several were killed and fifty wounded. AUSTRIA. There was a panic on the Berlin Bourse, but news of the Austrian mobilisation revived the falling hopes of peace. The vote for the fortifications of Trent was disallowed by Parliament. The place has been strengthened by Denmark. The Radical majority a second time threw out the Ministerial Bill of Ways and Means, as passed by the Upper House. Either the Righdad must yield or the country must be governed by Orders in Council, at least for a time. The Government has introduced in the Lower House a provisional budget, and recommends its immediate adoption, so that the session may be brought to a speedy termination, thus avoiding prorogation. HUNGARY, The Lower House has adopted the Finance Minister’s project of authorising a six per cent, gold loan for conversion or a iloating debt of 76,000,000 florins. EGYPT. The Abyssinian envoy has been found drowned near Massowde. It is believed that he was murdered by Egyptians. AMERICA. Six Chinamen employed in carrying timber at Chicago, had built a small hut. Five disguised white men, armed with revolvers, entered the hut, robbed the Chinamen, spilled coal oil through the house, fired it, and left. One of the Chinese escaped wounded, and informed the authorities. A vigilance committee was formed, and the murderers were tracked and arrested. All the men concerned in the massacre appear to have been arrested. Three of them have told the same story. The builders’ mortgages upon the steamships City of San Francisco, City of Sydney, and City of New York have been discharged, amounting to 2,000,000d015. The mortgage bonds were executed by the last Board of Directors. None were sold, and the company is not iu default on any of its obligations, Ihc

ships and property of the company are in good efficient condition. COMMERCIAL. London, March 10. Wool—New Zealand scoured (superior), Is lOd to 2s 2d ; average to good, Is 8d to Is 9id. Greasy (superior), Is Id to Is 2d ; average to good, lid to Is id; inferior, 9d to 104 d. Arrivals of New Zealand wool to date, 5134 bales: catalogued, 865. Securities—New Zealand Consols, 5 per cent, 1041 to 105 k ; do 4) per cent, 97 to 98 ; Bank of New Zealand, 25 to 254 ; Auckland Harbor Board, 104 to 106; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, 2to 24 premium. New Zealand Trust and Loan, 2 to 24 premium. Wool arrivals at present aggregate —From New Zealand, 22,140 bales. Flax-—First quality, £22 to £24. Of 147 bales offered only a few were disposed of. Quotations —Good, clean dressed, £25; fair, £22 to £2l ; common, £l9 to £2l. San Francisco. Wheat lias advanced in consequence of war rumours 2d to 3d per cental in Liverpool. San Francisco quotations are 2 dol 15c. Barley—brewing, 1 dol 55c ; feed, 1 dol 42c. Oats, 1 dol 90c to 2 dol 35c. Dcvoe’s petroleum, 44 cents; alcophine, 35 cents. Columbian salmon —11b cans, 1 dol 50c to 2 dol 55c per dozen. ENGLISH SHIPPING. Arrived—From Lyttelton, March sth, Waitangi. Sailed 27th February, for Lyttelton, Primera. Passed Deal, same day, to sail for Canterbury March 20th, Wanganui. Passenger for Lyttelton per P. and O. steamer Pera —G. Buckley. SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL NEWS.

{From a Correspondent of the Press.) Atjcklaxd, April 20. Coptain Howgeate’s plan for attempting to reach the North Polo by means of a permanent colony, in Robson’s Channel, is likely to receive the attention of Congress. It is understood that the Pacific Mail Company have concluded a contract with the Government of San Salvador to give that State direct monthly communication with San Francisco. The Russian fleet has left Fort Monroe for New York. At Washington yesterday delegates of Germans congratulated Minister Washbourne on his services to their countrymen during the Franco-German war. The London correspondent of the Edinburgh Scotsman reports that Eugene Schuyler, United States Consul-General at Constantinople, has been overhauled by the Washington Government for his public communications about Turkish outrages. Disturbances arc feared in Hayti. Negotiations have been commenced for a Consular Convention between England and the United States. At Stafford Hall a dam burst causing damage to the amount of 850,000 dollars. Two lives were lost. In New York, Alfred Pickard, in a fit of jealousy, bound his wife to a chair in which she was sleeping, and then cruelly disfigured her face by a free application of vitriol. General Martinez Campas, commander of the Spanish forces in Cuba, is advancing towards the eastern part of the Island in order to clear it from roving bands of insurgents. The losses of the enemy have been 705 dead, at least 200 wounded, and 489 prisoners made on field of battle. Besides these, 1381 insurgents and 3234 women from the insurgent camps have surrendered themseves, or being captured by troops on their march. The Spanish loss during this period consists of 194 dead, 472 wounded, 20 bruised, and 6 missing or prisoners. At San Francisco Miss Ncilson is playing Rosalind in “As You Like It” at the Californian Theatre ; Charles Whcatleigh is playing in “ Tour of the World in Eighty Days ” at the Grand Opera House. Mdlle. de Murska lias opened the season at the Grand Opera House. Baldwin’s Academy is temporarily closed. John McCullough, manager of the Susini, could do nothing in San Francisco, and has gone to New York. Madame Camilla Weiss, the celebrated violinist, will visit the colonies. |

The following are the particulars of the execution and confession of Lee, the Mormon perpetrator of the Mountain Meadow massacre. Shortly before eleven o’clock a squad of United States soldiers were stationed in an open Held, and John D. Lee, the condemned criminal, was placed before them. The troops numbered six men, and as a last request he was placed near them. He asked them to aim at his heart. Ho then addressed those present in a short speech, full of bitterness. He seemed to bo collected, and to have no fear. At precisely eleven o’clock the order was given, and Lee fell, expiring without a struggle. He made a short speech, in which he expressed his confidence in the Mormon (religion" and Joseph Smith. He denounced Brigham Young in severe terms. He made direction as to the disposal of his property, dividing it substantially equally between three of his wives and their children. He requested the Marshal to deliver his body to his wife Rachael. He knelt down on his coffin and was requested to sit therejjwhile photographed. Lee called the artist to him, and requested that each of his wives should be forwarded a copy. Speak-, ing of his confession and autobiography, Lee says ; —“ My autobiography, if published, will open the eyes of the world to the monstrous deeds of the leaders of the Mormon people, and will also place in the hands of the attorney for the Government, the particulars of some of the most bloodcurdling crimes that have been committed in Utah, which, if properly followed up will bring many down from their high place iu the church to face offended justice upon the gallows.” Brigham Young has telegraphed to the New York Herald as follows:—“ If Lee made a statement in his confession implicating me, as contained iu your telegram of 21st inst., it is utterly false. My course of life is too well known by thousands of honorable men, for them to believe for one moment such an accusation.”

A South Africa despatch from Cape Town reports violent scenes in the Transvaal Republic over the question of annexation of Yolksraad. It is rumored that the extreme party have throated the life of Shcpston, the British Envoy, who is endeavoring to arrange a union with Britain. The West Indies were visited by an earthquake, which caused great alarm, but no damage. Advices from Bermuda state that the ship Cicuruam, from San Francisco for London, put into Pernambuco, February 19th, with crew of barque Beux-Eulalic. The two vessels had collided, and the latter sunk.