ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1416, 29 August 1878, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

GENERAL EUROPEAN SUMMARY. [i'EOH THE COEBESPONDENT Of THE “CflOEß.”] London, July 18. In the House of Commons, Mr Bourko stated that the Government know nothing of the negotiations between Holland and Germany for the cession of Netherlands to the Empire. It was also unaware of any rumour that Tunis and Tripoli are to be ceded to France. The Russian semi-official Press has given explanations, with the object of shewing that Russia has gained a substantial advantage. The French Press generally appear satisfied with the Berlin Treaty, but Monarchial and Ultra-Republican papers maintain that French interests had been sacrificed to English and Russian ambition. A similar view is held by the extreme liberals in Italy, and even the Government organs only justify the acquiescence in Anglo-Turkish convention, and Austrian occupation of Bosnia by alleging the impossibility to sucsessfully oppose them. The Russian expedition in Central Asia was on the plan prepared by Jvauffmann, and was directed against the capital of Bokhara. The Sultan made a gift of property of the value of twenty thousand pounds to Firad Pasha, second in command to Osman Pasha. Rioting occurred over an Orange procession in Glasgow, but so serious injury was done. Indian telegrams favor the prospects of the growing crops. American Jedoral troops attacked the Indiana auve'al times, but achieved no decisive victory The Benin correspondent or the “London Telegraph ” says of the Anglo-Turkish treaty that England occupies Cyprus immediately, and guarantees the int egrit y of Asiatic-Turkey. The defensive treaty does not necessarily come within the scope of the deliberations of Congress. It is an independent contract between the Powers concerned. The validity of it could not be called into question, except at the cost of war. The position of Cyprus will give England absolute control over the Euphrates Valley. A line of railway, having this object in view, is to be constructed. No further Russian encroachments in the direction can be possible, so far as Asia is concerned. England and Turkey will practically form one power. An official statement published in Oonstan*

tinoplo announcing the conclusion of the Anglo-Turkish alliance, says, “England has engaged to pay Turkey £130,000 yearly, whereas the present income of the island of Cyprus is only £120,000.” The papers announce the appointment of postmaster and other officials for the island. Sir Garnet Wolseley has under consideration a scheme of financial corporation for the introduction of railways: arrangements are also being made for a submarine cable to Alexandra, which will open direct communication with England. The island is to be permanently garrisoned with a small number of European troops, the Native militia doing tho rest. The stay of tho Indian troops will bo temporary. Sir Garnet will divide the island into five districts, and decide the land titles by a mixed commission. On the Continent tho alliance is rather adversely criticised, especially in France, where a good deal of irritation seems to prevail on the subject, notwithstanding the formal assurances given by England that she will not take independent action regarding EgypL The English Liberals, and also a considerable section of the Conservatives, view the step with distrust, as a tendency to embarrass England’s foreign relations. In Cyprus, and on the neighboring coast of Syria, however, there is only one, which is feeling of unalloyed pleasure. House property in Beyrout and other Syrian villages has risen greatly in consequence. The Cyprus people have sent a formal vote of thanks to Great Britain for occupation; emigration has set in from Egypt, and a line of steamers is projected in England. It is amusing to read the advertising columns of the “Times ” and see what an influence this little island is having upon society. It seems as if everbody wanted to go to Cyprus, or wanted someone else to go. Sportsmen want to make up a party to go and shoot game, which “swarms” there. Some man who talks Turkish wants the post of interpreter, and another one who understands the Levant trade, wishes to establish a business. A couple of gentlemen are required as directors for a new business to bo established in Cyprus; some one else is about to proceed to Cyprus. He wants a valet to accompany him. The British gold in tho pockets of tourists is rapidly flowing there. Large fortunes have been made out of Turkish and Egyptian bonds. A week or so ago the Turkish stood at £8 10a—in six days, they were up to £l9. It is thought possible hey may reach par. > [PBE PRESS AGE NOT.] The Queen leaves Windsor for Osborne tomorrow. The Prince of Wales proceeded to Paris to-day. He visited the the Agricultural Show at Bristol, and was enthusiastically received. He was present at a grand review at Aidershot. Mr Eoberts, the Liberal, was returned for Faint Borough by 1636 votes. Penant, Conservative, 1511. The second reading of a Bill to create four new Bishoprics, was carried by 118 against 60. Mr Edward Jenkins brought forward a motion for a Eoyal Commission to inquire into the ritualistic practices of the clergy, but after considerable discussion withdrew it, at tho suggestion of the Ohancellpr of the Exchequer. The Prince of Wales was chosen president of the Agricultural Show held in London, next year intended to be international. Forty Bishops preached in London churches last Sunday week, and forty-five last Sunday. The winter gardens at Blackpool were opened by the Lord Mayor in the presence of 60,000 spectators. Sir Coutts Lindsay opened the Grosvenor picture gallery on Sunday afternoon and evening. Lord Granville laid the foundation stone of the additions to the University College, London. The additions are estimated to cost £IO,OOO. Several London vestries have commenced an agitation for an enquiry into the property of the city guilds, with the view to seeing if it cannot be directed towards the relief of the ratepayers. The breach of promise case in Dublin, Fitzgerald v. Gribbins, resulted in the defendant paying plaintiff £2500. Tho Board of Trade returns for the first half of 1878 are unfavorable, showing a continuous decline in exports and also a falling off in the consumption of all the more important articles, contributing to the revenue several thousand. The nail makers struck in South Staffordshire, refusing to accept a reduction of 20 to 30 per cent. The Cape war is concluded. General Thesiger proceeds to Transvaal, the Zuelu King’s attitude being uncertain. The Cape Parliament has granted £15,000 annual subsidy to a telegraph cable from England via Natal, Zanzibar and Aden. The Eurydice frigate has been raised by the united action of several men-of-war, which were partly sunk. Steel hawsers were fastened to the Eurydice and she was then pumped out. The Thunderer was towing, and the strain was so tremendous that the capstan was broken off and sprung into the sea. Ten pilots were drowned off Queenstown during a gale by a vessel foundering. Several Lancashire rioters have been sentenced to fifteen, seven, and five years’ penal servitude. Signor Zorilla, late Spanish Premier, was arrested near Paris and conducted to the French frontier. Sir Capel Fitzgerald, Bart., has been committed to trial for stealing £4OO worth of jewellery from a woman whom he accompanied to Paris. The great Italian ironclad Dandolo was launched at Spezia. Nobelling is recovering from his wounds. He asserts that he had no accomplices. The prosecution against Mahon is dismissed. The evidence showed there was reason to believe the Government intended making a statement to Parliament on the same night us Mahon communicated the treaty to the “ Globe,” and that it would be supplied to papers for tho next morning. A frightful murder is discovered in Wales. A farm laborer, his wife, and three children were killed, it is supposed by two tramps, who then unsuccessfully attempted to fire the cottage. A man and his wife were found murdered in a boghole in county Monaghan. The bodies were tied with ropes and heavy stones fastened to them. The Bradford theatre was burnt to the foundation. Consul-General Fawcett and the other commissioners of the great powers leave Constantinople for an enquiry into the Ehodope mountain disturbances. The Russian authorities have been ordered to follow their recommendations. The Duke of Sutherland, with influential allies, is taking the lead in the movement to construct a railway from Scutari to the Persian Gulf. Official statements published confirm the accounts of the frightful outrages committed by tho Bulgarians even now on the Turks. Consul-General Fawcett reports that in no instance have the Russians punished the offenders. It is understood that tho late war necessitates an additional taxation in Russia of £1,200,000. Tho Anglo-Turkis convention was communi uted to Prince Bismarck a month ago. Ho highly approved of it.. lie stated that it was unnecessary to communicate it to the Conference till tho Treaty was ratified, as it referred to a contingency which might possibly not arise. Property in Cyprus has risen 1000 per cent, in value since 'the English occupation was known. A despatch from Lord Salisbury, accompanying the text of the Berlin Treaty, reviews the concession forced from Russia compared with the Treaty of Sau Stefano, and showed that Congress, having prohibited further territorial indemnity, pecuniary claim must stand over indefinitely until Turkey's other creditors were satisfied. Numerous proposals are started for British enterprise in Asia Minor, The new Turkish frontier in Armenia ii

easily defensible. The ends of the principal passes remain in Turkey. Considerable emigration is probable from Malta to Cyprus. Sir Henry Eliott visited Berlin from Vienna to confer with Earls jßeaconsfield and Salisbury prior to their returning to England. At the last moment the Turks raised difficulties in regard to the Austrian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, requiring specific terms to be mentioned. Count Andrassay replied that he acted under the mandate of the Congress, and declined to state any period of occupation. It is generally believed that it will be permanent. Russia is making great military preparations in Turkestan. Sir Tinhorn Simmons, ‘ Inspector-Gerieral for Fortifications, and Kirby Green have been appointed British Commissioners for organising Boumelia. , . The London "Echo” states that owing to the prostrate condition of the cotton trade that Hornby and Son of Brookhouse, tho largest mill owners in the Blackburn district, have given a fortnight’s notice to their operatives that they will close the mills. The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued to the clergy of the diocese a recommendation that they who during the past few months have prayed for peace should now, through a general thanksgiving, return thanks to God that their prayer is answered. The French, at the request of the United States, invited the foreign Powers to an international monetary Congress. On account of their connection with the Berlin Congress, Prince Wohenlohe and Count Yon Bulow have received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, and Eadowitz Holestin of Busch have received the minor grades of the Order. Their appointments are regarded as indicating good feeling between France and Germany. Bismarck has been notified that tl}9r negotiations can proceed notwithstanding the death of Cardinal Franchi. v “U’l' fITX. Bessarabia is to be formally surrendered to the Russians in August. It is understood that more harmony prevailed in the recent Pan-Anglican Synod than at the one previous. It is slated that one of the last acts in the Synod before the adjournment on Friday was the passage of an important resolution relating to the doctrine, order, and discipline of the English Church, presumably aimed at the extreme school of Ritualists. The Montenegrins are dissatisfied with the decision of the Congress, and 3000 have joined the Herzegovinian insurgents. The Sultan has ratified the Treaty c£ Berlin. The Cretan National Assembly applied fer the mediation of the British consul to obtain an autonomy for Crete. Shumla was surrendered on July 20. Fazli Pasha, only consented to evacuate th e fortresses after consulting Layarfl, the British ambassador. Alluding to the delay of Turkey in ratifying tho treaty of Berlin, a Vienna correspondent mentions a telegram from Constantinople saying that intrigues are discovered aming at the overthrow of Safut Pasha, a return to the San Stefano treaty and to Ruhsian protectorate. A despatch from Frankfort confirms the report that the Papal Nuncio had several interviews with Bismarck at Kessingen. The correspondent states that direct negociation between Germany and the Vatican will soon be opened. Government is apparently bent on effecting a reconciliation, though it is impossible to say whether it is sincere. An important Conference was held at tho Palace of the Bishop of Winchester, in Farnham, England, Twelve American bishops were present. The Bishop of Winchester presided. Father Hyacinth© and Bishop Hertzog, of Switzerland, gave accounts of the reform movement in French and Swiss Churches. Resolutions were passed, pledging the English and American Churches to aid Bishop Hertzog in the work of educating candidates for the Ministry. Official reports from the Bosnian frontier state that the followers of the Turkish agitator, who raised the insurrection against Ottoman authorities at Seraglio, have deposed the civil Governor, and stormed and plundered the armoury after a sanguinary conflict with gendarmes. In the debate on the Government's Eastern policy the Marquis of Hartington denied the existence of British interests in Asia Minor, as that was not the road to India, and demonstrated that the Government utterances up to the close of the war showed they were of the same opinion. He pointed to the Tipartile treaty of 1856 to snow the impossibility of building up posterity by a guarantee. By the present convention the Government had advanced the time of the conflict, supposing there was to be one, by a hundred years. We left a frontier, he said, with which the best military authorities of India were content, and placed ourselves close to the resources of our supposed enemy. He wanted to know whether tiuch a policy, which would compel England to exercise a general protectorate over Turkey, was not rightfully described as “insane.” He considered Earl Beaconsfield’s remarks on Mr Gladstone insulting to the Queen and country, in whom that statesman once had confidence. Tho Government might have assisted the Sultan in the work of reform ; then when some progress had been made, have asked Parliament for tho means to prevent the work from being interfered with, but this would not have interfered with their policy. The Marquis of Hartington said, in conclusion, that it might have been wiser, from a party point of view, to postpone his motion until he could reap advantage from public disappointment, but ha considered it more patriotic to enable the country, while there was yet time, to retreat from the unfortunate course now taken. The “ Home News,” referring to the Australian cricketers, says it becomes more and more plain that the .Australian strength is mainly in bowling and fielding. As to the former, Spofforth's skill is extraordinary. He appears to be one of those players who can supplement a tremendous speed with the astutest and coolest of minds. It is true that he in not always in best “ form,” and when off bin play his bowling gets handsomely knocked about, but then his team can replace him with others little less effective than himself. In fielding, the agility of the Australian is quite wonderful. Their batting alone appears their weak point, and perhaps this may in the long run bring them and their opponents nearer together. The Porte expressed its willingness to rente into a convention with England for the abolition of the slave trade. At the sitting of the Congress the Sultan was ordered to guard the rights of the Turkish bondholders and to regulate the finances. Safret Pasha has demanded the expulsion from Constantinople of the “Times” correspondent. Mr Fawcett, the Consular Judge, advises Mr Layard to refuse. The treaty of Berlin is to be printed on parchment in antique type, each signatory Power to receive a copy, signed by the Plenipotentiaries. Prince Bismarck wanted a supplementary conference in tho autumn, but the British commissioners refused. House property in Beyrout and other Syrian towns hag risen highly, jn consequence of the English occupation of Cyprus. King John has resigned tho Crown of Abyssinia in favor of King Moueliki.. In the House, the motion of Mr Mitchell Henry, from Galway, on the appointment of a Royal Commission on the treatment of prisoners, was rejected. Reinforcements of French troops are to be sent to New Caledonia to repress the revolt. England formally assured France that she will take no independent action about Egypt. AMERICAN SUMMARY. A. Chinese Embassy arrived in San Francisco en route for Washington. The object is to establish Consulates. The export of fresh meat to Europe has dropped off in a remarkable manner. Kearney, the working man’s agitator, has gone to Boston. The “ New York Times ” comments severely on his speeches, and ridicules his pretensions. The Australian cricketers will be paid 2000 dollars for expenses to San Francisco. Public opinion turns towards General Grant for next Presided, Simultaneous strike* are expected about the

middle of August, the nucleus of the movement being in Pennsylvania. Geo. W. Burleigh, the actor, blew his brains out after delivering an infidel lecture. A commercial convention—National and International—is to be held at New Orleans. Yellow fever appeared at Brooklyn Navy Yards, three deaths occurred. Yosemite Valley is attracting numerous tourists. Twenty Australians (passengers per Zealandia) formed a party there. The Hon. E. Chander is gazetted Governor of New Brunswick vice Tilley, resigned. Ella McOoU, an actress, committed suicide in New York on July 19th. Yellow fever has appeared at St. Louis. In a cyclone at Albany, on 21st Juno, 100,000 dollars worth of damage was done. The gasworks were wrecked, and the city left in darkness. Atchison, the aeronaut, was killed, by falling from a balloon at Elmwood, Illinois, on July 21st. . The treasurer of the Boston Betting Company defaulted for over a million dollars. Three miners were killed by excessive heat in a silver mine. In the Eastern cities a number of people are dying of sunstroke. In St. Louis fifty cases occurred in one day. The thermometer is 90 to 100. The great four mile race between Moller McCarthy and Ten Broeck was a fraud. The Pacific Company notified the Union Company of its intention to cancel the contract with it for freight and passengers. The town of San Miguel, Peru, was recently invaded by twenty-five desperadoes for murder and plunder. All were killed by the inhabitants.