ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 84, 11 April 1877, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

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London (undated): The Shah of Persia has assured the Porte tbat the mission of his troopsi on. the 'frontier is simply to punish the Turcomans. Midhat Pasha is staying at Naples. The' decrease iri Mr Hardy's army Estimates is due to the nominal credit being taken foij '■- -the whole jmypngnt. by- -the -Indian Government for British troops serving in India. : ' Among the motices of motion in the House . of Commons is'- one by Alderta'an M'Arthur. ,'i "pwiposirig-to -call- attention! td the state ol . affairs in CJeylqn,. in- relation to Ecclesiastical , , Endowment's. "'" " J ',».,'•. i - 'Lord- Hamiltonin replying -to -a series: of • questions-, by Sir G. Campbell sg-id-the title -of Kaiser as applied to Her Majesty in India was Arabic and not German. , .Gerald Fitzgerald, he also said, had.s imply.- .chosen; to ■spend his, year's, leave in the Khedive's service in carrying out, .Gcwjcheh's scheme for . reorganization. of the finances of Egypt. \ The reason "assigned" ior tKe British fleet quitting./thePineus is that f the state -of politics does not' requite its' 'presence in the ' East. .. „ The Cheffo convention remains unratified. Lord Derby requested Sir Thomas Wade ,tQ prepare a memorandum giving reasons for every concession' made in the House of Coin-' znons. • - Sir Stafford Nortkcote, in replying to a question by Sir.H. Wplfin, said; the first (reduction in the Suez canal dues had been ' postponed till' the 15th April. The Canal ; Company, he -said, objects to England voting -because the shares held by England do not bear coupons. The Government protested against this objection,-and declares ifcs right to. vote as shareholders. . _ , - Mr Ward Hunt estimates the expense of the Navy for the coming year at 10; f millions. . , Colonel Hardy, in presenting liis Army estimates,'- said that the condition of the , army was excellent, and that he would shortly present a plan for the promotion and retirement of officers.