LONDON.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 44, 13 March 1878, Page 2

LONDON.

March 7-. The war, indemnity ha,s been fixed at 1,410,000,000. roubles, certain terrjh, tory m A'rmenia'to be taken as represen-v ting 1,000,000,0(30 roubles, the balance to be paid m money. '* • ' '*, It is expected' that tbe European Peace Congress will be held at Berlin, presided qv,er by Prince Bismarck,' instead of a conference at Baden-Baden.: 5 ' ■<••-• •• * l£a,rcb.B. , Lord Djerby , t in. replying, to a gues tibn , confirmed the announceme i nt of ; a European Conferen.ce s^t' Berlin.,' for. folding which Austria opened negotiations' on the basi,s proposed by England/ He I added that the British. ' asked that' the ol^/trea,ty, .btrpeacp.b^e-j-tween Eussia and Turkey, should be ? submitted' to.' the, 'Congress, * ' th^ _ course; of a long debase Dprby. sais tha.t although* the. treaties, oi 18pp: and'li^l h!ad nq^ yii\tuajly. ceased to^ exist', s£dl ; ■ they, must be.hei,d. binding. u^ti^Eurppe : sanctionied a substitute.' !r^e "hpped, the. Conference 1 would, effect a, Eiyrppe^n, not Russian, settlement of the Eastern' Question. ' The latter, would, involve difficulties, the issue, of which was un*. ■certain. '— ." ' '' ' ; ■'. ; Consols, 95f ; bank, and market fate 'of discount, & per.' cent. 'Wheat is still •u.nchajiged.' Tallow, dull. Australian aii'd New Zealand securities unchanged. ' Since the" opening/of- the wool sales 65,1000. bales v have been offered.' The biddings -werg strong.' throughput Inferior qualities J slightly, m, favor of buyers. " v ...........

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