SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 77, 3 April 1877, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

1 -. ' London, March 3. • ! • The Vienna correspondent, of the Standard understands that the Porte intends to invite England to consent to the immediate return " of her ambassador to Constantinople,: and thus set the example to other. Powers in this, respect. ' ' iJ .„ r , r : ; .•. : Prussia is endeavorin g to obtain concessions in Constantinople in return for pecuniaryassistance. The whaling steamer Spitzbergen was lost withall hands numbering 21 persona. The Spanish ministry, ia engaged upon a draft. ofa ! Treaty of Commerce with the United States. c .. . The; understanding come- to between Turkey and Servia was that the Turks were to evacuate Servia within twelve days after ,i signing the protocol. Austria will concen- ' -irate. an army corps on the Servian frontier,. which wilUffectually guarantee the neutrality of Servia. „..,.,.. ' At Constantinople, the. Russian Charge • d^Affairs is very. active, Russian influence is paramount at the Palace. The; Forte's note to Servia will treat of four points:— Erection of new fortifications in Servia, hoisting Ottoman flag side by side with .the Servian on existing forts, recognition of equal rights of Jews and Christians, and prevention of armed bands from crossing the frontier. - - - Several agitators have been shot in the •interior of Servia. ■ Prince Peter, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, has, by special commission of the Czar, intimated jto the Etnperor3 of Germany aud Austria the Czar's desire to meet them again. Edheim Pasha, Turkish Grand Vizier, has resigned at the request of the Sultan, in favor of Mahomed Damand, brother-in-law of the Sultan, whose policy aims at abrogation of the constitution. The water-logged wreck of the barque Maria, having on board two survivors of a crew of fourteen, has been found. The men have been without food or water for thirtytwo days, during which time they had subsisted on the dead bodies of their comrades. Eight thousand engineers have been engaged at the l Roumanian railway. The gauge is to be the same as that of the Russian lines. All the Powers have replied to the Russian note that they .would not interfere until the Porte had shd'wn itself incapable of carrying out. the promised reforms. The Pacific mail subsidy will be opposed in the Senate. Twenty Bulgarians have been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for participatin the insurrection, while Cheakel Washa* notorious for the part he took in the atrocities, has been appointed commander of Army Corps on the Danube. The .Russian •■ mobilised ,army numbers 800,000 men. There is great activity in Turkish war preparations, and troops are being despatched to the Danube constantly. Foy's American Theatre, Philadelphia, has been burnt. The British steamer Ethel has been wrecked, causing the loss of' nineteen lives. i Trouble, is' expected between the whites and blacks of Louisiana.