LATE NEWS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 422, 10 May 1877, Page 2

LATE NEWS.

(From our 'Exchanges.) Bombay, May 4th. Khamatchnon Pacha, with several ironclads, engaged the .Russian batteries at Hrahilo, bombarded the town, &nd then withdrew. In the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone moves that the Government continue their exertions on behalf of the Christian subjects of Turkey, and esact changes (in administration ?_), from-the Porte. ; i ; ' Liberal' leaders' disapprove of Mr. Gladstone's motion, and will move the previcus--question.

The Conservatives submit a motion supporting the Government policy. A correspondent of the * Star states that Hobart Pasha, the present Admiral of tbe Turkish fleet, served on board H.M.S., Calliope in Sew Zealand, on whieh he was known as the " wild midshipman." On:one occision he was confined for two days in the guardroom at Wanganui, owing to a scrape. He was in charge of a guuboafc in the attack on the. Maoris, at Porirua. .

The' new' rush on the north -side- of the Tereniakau i 3 attracting a great deal of attention throughout the- district- About 7uo people are on the ground, and the country i 3 pegged off.on-all sides for -a ; considreab]e distance. It is~reported that there are already twenty parties on payable gold. 300 to 400 persons cross and rccross the river daily from Kuinara. StroDg dissatisfaction is expressed at the delay, and expeuse incurred in crossing the river by punt. . A night public meeting was hehLi when it .was unanimously resolved that the County Councils of Grey and Hokitika be petitioned to construct a bridge over the Tereinakau, and in the meantime'to purchase the punt and throw open the ferry free to the public " "

Begulations for the proposed High School Seholarship:hav.ebeen]aidbefore.theEducation Board by Professor S-hand yesterday and adopted. The examinations are to be annual, and the first will take place in December next when twelve scholarships will - be- f offered. English grammer, geography, arithmetic, dictationandpenmanship, mathematics, Latin, and French constitute the subjects for. competition. To pupils unable to reside at their : homes the value of the scholarships will be ;£4O. per year, with free education; and to those residing in the neighbourhood the value ;is fixed at £2O. The scholarships cannot be held longer than three years. The whole of the Bussian army has been placed on a war footing Sir Stafford Northcote, in replying to a question in the Commons, said "that Esigland was unprepared to consent to the exclusion of war vessels from the Suez Canal, but she would take steps to protect the Canal.

' Military preparations are going forward in English arsenals and dockyards. i The 'Times' states that seven cavalry regiments, four brigades of artillery, and fifty battalions of infantry are in reserve for service abroad are' required. - -