SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 646, 23 October 1878, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

The United Stares is again endeavoring to persuade Canada to bring herself within the fiscal tariff of the States.

News has been received of the death of the heir apparent to the throne.of Cabal. On the 17th an unaubhenticatecl' report states that Tjakooob Khan escaped during the confusion following the death of Abdullah Khan, 'heir'apparent, and fl.-xl in the direction of the Ghuznee tribes, on the north-west frontier, who though manifesting a keen interest in the arrival of the Russian Em-.. ; bassy at Oabul, are friendly and or*:' derly. • 'JVkey has sent a note to the Powers in reference to the recommendations of : the Congress with regard to Greece, which are equivalent to a' rejection of Hellenic demands. The Pdrte declares that Turkey never accepted the principle of the Greek frontier, nor has there been any national' insurrection < in Tbessaly or Epirus since 1829 to . justify it. If Greece did not: attack Turkey during the last war it was only because she failed to obtain the assist- : ': ance she solicited from.'Russia. The only hope of an ultimate understanding _ : now remaining is that the Porte has :■ the power to judge between it and, : Greece. Satisfactory progre.39 is being made in reference to the introduction of reforms in Asia Minor. : Sir Austin Layard had made some demands, to which the Porte objected. The Porte, has declared that the treaty respecting Cyprus did not imply the renunciation by Turkey of her independence. Turkey would listen to the counsels of, England and introduce reforms. The great bulk of the gold stolen from the Bank of Mona, Douglas, has been discovered buried in the gound of the house occupied by Gray, the cashier, , who is under a sentence of ten years' v, penal servitude. Stanley, the African explorer,.is . seeking to recruit his shattered health among the mountains. On the 19th August the statue to the painter Van Eyok was unveiled a,t;, Bruges. The King and Queen were present at the ceremony. After their departure disturbances occurred between the Liberals and the clericals, and several arrests were made. The second balloting for the German Reichstag have resulted in the return altogether of nine Socialists —only three less than on Saturday last. The National Liberals show a disposition to mould the measure to good practical ends. Garibaldi has written a letter condemning the alliance of emperors, aud

"suggesting an anti-diplomatic Congress at Paris under Victor Hugo. Official despatches just issued respecting the famine in China sta'e that 7,000,000 of people are computed to have perished. The execution of the Berlin Treaty is everywhere obstructed by the Turkish Government. The Austro-Tukish tsonvention recognising and regulating the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is still unsigned. . The Porte demands the recognition of the Sultan's •sovereignity, that the surplus revenues l)e sent to Constantinople, and a limited term of occupation be specified. The Vienna Government refuses to endorse these stipulations. - Mr Mundella, MP. for Sheffield, has been received with strong disapproval in the town he represents, in consequence of his opposition to the policy of the Governments