SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1406, 17 August 1878, Page 3

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

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On Monday last an entertainmont wa9 given in the Zoological Gardens by the Berlin editors to the foreign journalists now in that city.

Prosecutions for treasonable language continue in Berlin, and meetings are frequently interrupted by the police. All persona wishing to reside in Berlin must be provided with passports or papers of legitimation. The new Legislative measures to be adopted against Social democracy aro now under the consideration of the Minister of Justice and the Interior. Riots have occurred at Zurich at the instigation of persons taking part in Roman Catholic processions, which were repressed by the military, bnt not until thirteen persons were killed arid a Jewish synagogue and several shops were sacked. Several clergymen were amon» the arretted. &. French journal reports the death of the Emperor of Morocco. Owing to a drought which has lasted an entire year, a torrblo famine is raging in the country. The crops have failed and fl )cks are perishing.

Eecent news of the Kaffir war is favourable. Sandilli's body has been found. Magola, a noted lender, and Sandilli's brother Bomta, have been captured, and Edmund Sandilla htis offered to surrender. Blyth's force, after"six days' continuous fighting, completely defeated theG-riquas at Malgaa on the !?th of June, killing fifty two rebels and cop t'uring 2000 sheep. 800 rebels have been defeated -with great lobs at G-riquaton, which has greatly discouraged the natives. Mr Memamu'a motion in the House of Assembly

condemning the action of the Governor, Sir Bartle Frere, with regard to the command of tho colonial forces, was rejected by 37 votes 022.

Trie negotiations between Germany and the Vatican commenced on the accession of Leo XIII. to the Pontificate have come to a deadlock. In reply to a letter from the Pope, the Crown Prince intimated plainly that the ways of the state could not be altered to suit the views of Ecclesiastics. Since the VVhitfun recess the House of Lords has been chiefly engaged in discussing a bill dealing with a bill relating to Iroland, the Public Health Act Amendment Bill, and a measure for the further amendment of the Poir Law Act. A bill has been passed for legalising the use of steam on tramways. On Monday last a short discussion was raised by Lord Granville on the publication by the " Globe" of a secret document stolen from the Foreign Office. Ho understood that the momorandum of agreement between Count Schouvaloff and Lord Salisbury had been put into tho hands of a copying clerk named Marvin, receiving the pay of lOd per hour, and who was now under remand from Bow street, charged with communicating the document to the " Globe." He strongty censured the practice of calling in such aid where confidence and trust were so important, and declared that nothing of the kind had ever happened during the twenty years he had presided over the Foreign Office. Lord Selborne and Lord Hammond spoke to tho ame effect.

At the instance of tho British plenipotentiaries, Turkish troops will garrison the fortresses of tho Southern Balkans, in order to prevent the encroachment of the Bulgarians into Koumelia. The Russian plenipotentiaries strenuously resisted this latter clause, but finally referred the matter to the Czar for instructions, who yielded the point, which was considered a great triumph, for England. On the other hand, Russia succeeded in obtaining the consent of the Congress to include in the Bulgarian principality the town of Sophia on the west, and the fortress of Varna on the east. The publication of the memorandum of the Anglo-Turkish agreement by the "Globe" caused a great stir. Russia was at first suspected of haying communicated it, but it would appear unjustly so, as on June 27th, Charles Marvin, a copyist and precis writer in tho Foreign Office, was brought up at Bow strost Police Court, charged with a breach of trust and stealing secret documents from the Foreign Office archives. It subsequently transpired that the " Globe" newspaper had paid £42 to Marvin, who was committed for trial, but released on bail. It was rumoured that inquiries made by the Treasury resulted in discoveries implicating individuals more highly placed than Marvin. Several British troopships havo recently gone to Malta, but their ultimate destination is unknown. A rumour is also current —but at present unnuthenticated and unconfirmed —that the Indian troops now at Malta may be transferred to Alexandretta or to Cyprus. The prospect of an agreement, at one time thought possible, between tbe Emperor of Germany and the Pope has now apparently disappeared. The national fete in connection with the Paris Exhibition, held last Sunday, passed off w*th immense eclat. Next morning one incident of the day was the unveiling of Cleesinger's statue of the Republic in the Champ de Mars. Most of the Ministers were present and spoke, and military bands at the close of the ceremonial played the " Marseillaise." Forty thousand francs were distributed among the poor, and Marshal McMabon amnestied about 800 Communist priaoners. On the 20:,h of June over 40,000 troops, comprising the garrison of Paris and its environs, were reviewed by the President at Longchamps. The display, highly favoured by tho weather, was witnessed by a vast concourse of the French people and foreign visitors.

On Sunday last there was a great Liberal demonstration at Brussels to celebrate the successes of the party at the recent elections. All the provinces and principal towns were represented by deputations. In the evening tl'.ero was a magnificent banquet, at which 6000 porsons eat down. The Ministers and the Liberal notabilities were present. The session of the Austrian Beichrath and the Hungarian Diet were closed last week. The Houses were warmly congratulated by the Emperor for their patriotic epirit in settling the terms of a compromise in the financial and commercial questions which have so long occasioned di*eo"d.