ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1268, 11 April 1878, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

[Br Telegeaph] [from: ode own coeeespondent.] _ London, March I£. Arrangements are being completedfor sensing an expeditionary fiirce te the'East. ! It is under* stood that 60,000 men will be landed in Turkey in a month. Lord Napier is appointed commander in the event of his sendees being required. Papers issued from the Foreign office, giving correspondence between the Russian and British Governments relative to the conditions of peace which Russia would have been disposed to accept in June last, show that they Were very much the same 1 as these how’ 'asked, bijt not yearly so sweeping or exacting. Server Pasha, the Turkish Minister or Foreignaffairs, has resigned in consequence, it is believed, of the remonstrance made by Mr Layafd to the Porte, asking that he (Server Pasha) should be dismissed fur statements made to the correspondent of the “ Daily News,” in which he made insinuations seriously affecting Layard and the Prime Minister, having stated that Turkey was led into her present desperate flight through the representations held out hy hose fwo that England would eventually help the Turks, Bismarck made an important statement in the Reichstag respecting the policy of Germany, declaring that in no way would the Government interfere with the Powers interested in the Eastern Question. j ; ; News from! Epirus is meagre, out couth.me the report of the-fcoihpleteSuppression of-the ipsurcetion in the northern district. Tie pflUre eypedjtiQimry fpvee was killed, captured, or dispersed in flu/mountains. The Turkish irregulars continue their rapine, murder, and devastation. Sixteen villages were burned and pillaged. The inhabitants fled or perished. The Turkish authorities profess to be collecting and protectingthe refugees at Delvino, but many are known to he killed. 1 he consuls iia-vc represented tj.e condition of a.TaJra lq t*gb Governmentsand'haTO appealed for -preventl’ s measure. The British consul'was particularly active. The British man-of-war Rapid has done everything possible for the refugees;' 1( is 'said that typhus is ! increasing rapidly amqnj’ th b R dsaiar t [1:00153 in Rpymania. Al\ tl|e Roqijianiaii r.phyay carriages qro infected, and it is nbsqlute}y necessary for the army in turkey to return by sea, not through Roumania. The “ Post” says the Brigade of Guards has been raised to war strength. There is great activity in the Brigade, which is completing the arrangements necessary for active service. Ail mamifpturuig cos t res report great i-jC* tivity. Thus 300 tons jf Dayqnetutcoi Jiat e beta ord red jn Sheffield; the Woqlwifch -authorities} have purchased 500 miles of telegraph wire for the use of torpedoes, and materials neeessqry to construct temporary railways for conveyance of stores and mounting heavy guns in siege works. The War Office has ordered that no soldiers shall bo transferred to the reserve until further instructions. The Duke of Cambridge will specially inspect the recruits at Aldershot on Friday. The British Government ordered a number of stsam cranes at Leicester for loading vcs t '’.3 with ammunition, the Orika tp he compkteqjn six weeks’. Men are working night and day, t}io Government also ordered 50,060 sand bags at Dundee, to be ready in three weeks. The nomination of Lord Napier of Magdala to the chief commend is producing great excitement at ft Fetcrsburgh. In the House of Commons, the Right Hon, Gathorne Hardy, Secretary for War. in reply t«j 9 question a;ked by Sir Henry Marshy Have. jock, the Liberal member fov fti&totad, said

that the transport carnages, ambulances ami am munition trains for the first army corps had been completed, and for the second corps are in a fair way of getting ready. The English War Office has invited tenders for the supply of 150,000 Martini-Henry rifles. In the Commons, the First Lord of the Admiralty introduced the Navy estimates, and stated that the present force was able to man every ship that could be commissioned. _ He hoped, if peace continued, to ask for a considerable increase of the ordinary estimates. The House then passed all the Estimates, except those for dockyards and stores, the consideration of which were postponed. The British Admiralty have purchased, or are about to purchase, a large Japanese ironclad, > built on the lhames. They have bought; the J Brazilian ironclad independence. '

The Treaty bears the title “ Preliminaries o Peace,” and contains twenty articles._ The opening articles relate toMonteuegro, t'ei via, and Bulgaria. The indemnity is fixed at 1,410,000,000 roubles, but 1,100,000,u00 are ecovered by territorial cessions. Nothing is fixed concerning the terms and the period of payment of the 310,0(0,000. No guarantee is stipulated, nor is there any mention of Egyptian or Bulgarian tributes, or the Turkish fleet The treaty simply states that Russia av d T urkey should agree subsequently about payment. _ Pi rot remains in Bulgaria; Servia includes Siemilizi, Novihatzaar, and Uranga ; Montenegro includes Antivari, Padgoritza, and Nikritzi. All Bulgarian fortresses are to be razed, and Turkish corps withdrawn. A military road is to be established for Ottoman poHs, telegraphs, and the passage of the troops, which however must not make any considerable halt while passing through the country. The Mussulmans may return to Bulgaria. Any property of Mussulmans who have not returned, which they left- of, may be sold after two years for the benefit of the widows and orphans fund. The arrears of taxes in Bosnia and Herzegovina are to be remitted, an:l tie revenue until 1880 be applied as an indemnity for 'sufferers by the insurrection. Austrian and Russian Commissiuners will _ aridtrate on all disputed claims. The navigation of the Straits is declared free'for merchant vessels during pence or war. Six divisions of Russian infantry and two of cavalry will occupy Bulgaria until the formation of a Bulgarian militia, the strength of which shall be fixed later by Russia and Turkey. The Russian army of occupation will preserve its communications both through Roumania and the Black Sea. The expense of the Russian occupation to be borne by Bulgaria. Roumania is authorised to make a demand for an indemnity direct to the Forte, and nuk- a direct treaty. No indemnity is stipulated for Servia or Montenegro. The Russian, Turkish, and Bulgarian commanders will determine the Bui gurian tribute. The reform programme of the Constantinople Conference is to be applied to Bosnia and Herzegovina. An organisation, similar to that granted to Crete in 1863, is stipulated for Thessaly and Epirus. No mention is made of Greece or Crete. Batoum, Ardahan, Kars, and Bayazid are ceded to Russia. Erzeronm and Trebizond are not mentioned, except that the Russians may embark at Trebizond on the return home. A siatic Turkey will be evacuated iu six months. The evacuation of European Turkey is to begin immediately, and be completed within three months. The revisers of the New Testament have carried the revision to the third chapter of the Second Epistle of Timothy. Two more of the Eev. Wagner’s curates, at Brighton, have announced their intention of joining the Roman Church. The organist of the church hr,s already seceded. Dr. Kenealy’s appeal for one million sixpences, to form funds to return a number of “good men and true,” like himself, to the House of Commons, has, so far, only resulted in j£B2 being subscribed. The British public do not evidently relish paying for the services of “good men and true” of the Doctor’s stamp, A large meeting lias been lield at Bombay to protest against the proposed fresh taxation for meeting the famine expenditure, and resolutions were also adopted for the representation of the great Indian cities in the Council of the Governor- G eneral.' By latest accounts from China, it appears that in the famine region tji re were 9,000,000 persons ' literally starving to death. The bark of irets had been used, for food and every greea thing eaten up. 'A relief committee are collecting subscriptions in England. News from the Cape varies considerably. At one time it would appear as if the rebellion was crushed, while at another all the tribes seem iu revolt. During last week the news received was that a great deal of desultory fighting was going on in the Gaika country, resulting in every case in the discomfiture of the Natives, who lost 100,000 cattle, 150 head of sheep. In spite of this, however, the Gaikas continue their depredations, and their cousins the Tamhoodies are also showing signs of disaffection. The Lieut.- 1 Governor of Natal and administrator of the Transvaal, rejected Oetemayo’s proposal to submit the border dispute to arbitration. A oe/tre drought prevails in the colony. Sir Birtle IVefe, Governor, dismissed the Moiteno Cabinet and Mr Spring was engaged forming a Ministry. The rupture is st ited to have arisen by .the Governor ’disputing the legality of Ministerial action towards the Native Chief Gongabella, who was defeated with great loss in an engagement, which occurred on the 2nd. Paris telegrams say that Italian statesmen, passing through here remarked “ Italy cannot extend her protection to the Vatican if it maintains .an attitude of hostility. If the Pope persists in tuis policy the first consequence will be the abrogation of the law of Papal guarantees.” A correspondent fit Rome learus on good authority that the Pope has caused a notification of his accession to Humbert to be addressed “ King of Sardinia.” The Pope, notwithstanding the’yioleut opposition, ordered the Italian Bishcps to legalise their positions. The Pope is considering the expediency of appointing Cardinal Red ichowsky, • Archbishop of Pbseh, to a post in-the Vatican, to pave the Way for the appointment of another Archbishop at poseu in agreement with the German Government.

Reports from tbe Eastern American States say that depression in business has shattered confidence, uncertainty as to credit prevails, the record of failures continues, and some of the oldest concerns have gone into voluntary bankruptcy. 'ihere is in almost every case such a disproportion of ‘ assets to liabilities fas to intensify the want of cqbfidence in mercantile circles, and the consequence is that everything continues to ]be of the hand to mopth order. A telegram from Ottawa, dated 22nd February, states that at that day’s sitting of the Dominion House of Commons, the Minister of Finance brought forward the Canadian budget. In hie speech on the occasion the Minister announced a deficit of 1,160,000 dollars, caused by the falling off in trade returns, as compared with last year ,°to the extent of 50 000,000 dollars. The imports decreased by one-third, and the revenue by 5,000,000 dollars. The “New Tork World” special correspondent thinks the President will send a message to Congress advising payment of the Fisheries award to Canada without protest, but at the same time declaring that the privilege seems incommensurate with it.

[PEE PEESB AGENCY.] , , London, March Is. Sixteen vessels having an aggregate ■ tonnage of 73,000, valued, with cargoes, at 45300,000, were posted at Lloyd’s as missing during the first month of 1878. and are now given up as lost. They had on board 203 men, who are believed to be lost with the ships. The steamer Palmer, of Newcastle, was run down by the steamer Ludworrh on 18th Feb. noir Harwich. The Palmer sank, and several of i'fiOße on boarej were downed. 'The majority Were’ saVeli by the boats of the Ludworth. " A'Bucharest spccihl says the KnssSan troops as:e' constantly nvirchiog southwards. The “ Tiiues” special at Rera says the Russians’ are believed to be strengthening their positions In front of Constantinople on the Bosphorus and near Gallipoli, as if for the purpose of invasion or lengthened occupation. It says the conclusion is extending that the war is not yet over. Russian transports in great numbers are constantly lauding supplies at Bangas on the Black Sea, or taking away the sick and wounded, bat no able-bodied soldiers. Sir. thousand persons wore attacked with measles at Lyons in France. , ] 'I Pope Leo his written to the Emperor William, giving notice of his accession. ' At the request of Mr Bayard the Sultan approved of a charter for the Protestants of Turkey, similar to that possessed by the Greek Armenian Chur.h. Seven thousand men of the Servian army of the Drina have been disbanded. In the House of Commons a motion by Lord Ashley, censuring Mr Layavd, the 0 ifcich Anitascadcr at Constantinople, iu cphncdjioh' with feg affairs at Negpopont, was rejected' by 409 to 102. : : / Steps have been taken to suppress the seditions utterances of the vernacular press of India. The Crown Prince of Austria will shortly visit the United States and Brazil. A special from St. Petersburg announces the arrival there of General Ig.: aiieis p.ud.Raoux r&Mi. ... ~ i, i i y Romo despatch pays it is believed that Cairelo has formed a Cabinet with Signor

Camadelli as Minister of the Interior, and SignorFarini Minister of Foreign Affairs. Jn consequence of the alarming spread of typhus fever at St. Petersburg many families are leaving the city. The number of fresh cases is estimated at between 300 and 400 d -ily. Prince Oursoff will shortly proceed to Rome as semi-official representative of Russia in the Vatican. The Thessalian insurgents claim that they defeated the Turks near Pharsala, killing and wounding 400 ; but accounts are conflicting. Prince Bismarck’s speech on Eastern affairs in the German Parliament has given satisfaction to Germany and Austria. Referring to the Russian conditions, he said that what was proposed with regard to Bulgaria was not of such importance as the Imperil! peace of Euiope. German interests were not affected by the arrangements propo-ed for Montenegro, Roumania, Servia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina With regard to the Dardanelles, more apprehensions had been raised than were justified by actual possibilities. Regulaions respecting ships of war were scarcely so important as those respecting commerce. Germany’s chief interest in the East was that the Danube Straits should he free as heretofore. In conclusion Prince Bismarck said he did not believe in a European war. Germany was in favor of hastening the meeting of Congress, which would perhaps meet iu the first fortnight in March, probably at Baden. The Prince said that Germany had no wish to act as arbiter in the pending confli t. All her ambition was confined to flic modest task of a broker, who settled the bargain between different parties. In a second speech, replying to Herr Windtherst, Prince Bismarck said that the German relations with Austria were excellent. “ The two Emperors,” he said, “have real confidence in each other, and I have much pleasure in regarding myself as a personal friend of Count Andrassy. He is as sure of my telling him the truth as I am of his telling me the truth. I confess that in former years I did not believe a word of what he told me, and regarded his every assertion as so much moonshine; but all is changed now, and any attempt to make ns suspect each other’s designs would be fruitless.” American reports of the wheat crop in the States indicate an unusually large harvest. The acreage sown was larger than was ever known, and the prospects of a largo yield are exceedingly good, The only apprehensions are of too rank a growth. Congress-man Davis and Senator Sargeant, spoke at considerable length in the House and Senate on the Chinese question. Both presented strong arguments against the Chinese, and suggested a heavy capitation tax to restrict further immigr .tion. Davis cited the example of the experience of the Australian colonies, where, he said, a capital on tax proved most feasible. The plan of appropriating the tax to send the indigent Chinese back to their own country would, he said, bring the measure within the provisions of the Burliugham Treaty.