EUROPEAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 202, 18 August 1876, Page 2

EUROPEAN.

[From the < Evening Post,' August 15.] m , ~ x•, , . . LoN ' DO *, August 13. The first debate m the Commons was not the Eastern question. Mr Bruce moved that Government respecting existing treaties, shguid exercise

its influence to secure the welfare and equal treatment of the different religious races in Turkey. ( Mr Gladstone defended the Engffefc policy m the Crimea, and advocated the)£ction of the insurgent provinces. Mr Disraeli denied that the rejection of ! the Berlin note would be the cause of war; it was clue to the aggression of the Servians. Ihe fleet was sent to the Mediterranean for tbe protection of British interests, and not of me I urkish Empire. The civil war between Turkey and her provinces gave no cause for the interference of Government, Great Britain was ready to help to pacify the belligerents. The motion was withdrawn. Lord Granville regretted that the Berliu memorandum had been totally rejected without the substitution of a counter project. He described the policy of England towards lurkey as one of benevolence and neutrality. Lord Derby said that the policy of England depended upon the result of the probable war, and concert of other powers. The health of the new Sultan, Murad, is worse, and he is pronounced quite imbecile. The Servians are stubbornly disputing the advance of the Turks.