REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 589, 16 August 1878, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

TO PRRSS AGENCY. LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS. ConstantiNoircE,;'• Aviglist i§• : • The Porte has ordered the Turkish troops, to evacuate Batoum. • London, August 13. ; The deaths resulting* from the late Indian famine amounted to one million thre hundred thousand souls.. August 14. The Queen reviewed the' fleet at Spithead yesterday, consisting of ten broadsides, eight' turrets, six sloops, two torpedo boats. The weather was boisterous, and the evolutions were consequently 1 abandoned ; only salutes were fired. The Queen sailed between the lines. Many peers and commons were aboard the Eurydice. Two hundred yachts and a great number of excursion steamers were present. One boat was capsized and -a waterman drowned. This was the only/casuality. The Rev. George Gilfillan, of Dundee is'dead. Rioting has occurred at Ottawa. The Catholics, after an Orange procession, insulted the Orangemen. Thelatterretaliated, nsing pistols. The Catholics, headed by priests, attacked an hotel, and demolished it, inflicting serious injuries. Mr Roebuck has been appointed a Privy Councillor. The subscriptions for, the City of Melbourne Loan was covered twofold. The minimum was £lO5. • LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, August 14! Betting dull.' Melitia still first favorite, though not firm. Swivelier and First King 100 to 5 each. It is rumored that it is uncertain if His Lordship will be started for the Hawkeslmry and Sydney Derby. Sydney, August 15. The Australia, with the San Francisco mails, sails to-day with a krere complement of passengers, including Dr. Somerville. More animation in business.

[special to tug WiSLLiirarov po^t.] London, August 9. Great interest is felt i.n the. Continent as to the course Knghnd wil adopt with r-specfc t<» Cy;.. n-.. f t . is ;llinounced that Engluud will not for.ci.fv

the garrison, and that two .battalions' of Indian troops return home imnie liat<>ly. • / It is stated that an attempt has been made to assassinate Bismark f August 11. It is intimated that England has resolved to annex New Guinea. The form of Government is as yet undecided. ~ The Emperors of Russia and Austria have met at Leipsic, ..and the friendly relations between the two countries have been strengthened, [SPECIAL TO GLOBE;] London, August 8. The report that Bismark's tion was attempted is a newspaper canard.