CABLE NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 139, 14 June 1877, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

EUROPEAN.

I LATEST WAR NEWS. London, June 10. The result of the great French horse race Grand Prix de Paris, was— Steepristophe, 1; Long Lear, 2 5 and Stravina, 3. June 11. Berlin papers consider that dissolving the French. Chamber would imply a triumph of the Ultramontanes, and involve a general conflagration in Europe. The Czar is at Bukharest. The Russian right wing is falling back on Pennek. Turks from the neighborhood of Batoum are operating in the Circassian Provinces. Official despatches state that the Russians in their attempted passage of the Danube at Nicopolis were repulsed. The Turks have been successful in Montenegro. The Russians are massing troops opposite Rustchuck and Nicopol'X The Russian press is indignant at the notion that Russia will be satisfied with peace without solid guarantees. The Turkish Chamber has forced a loan of five millions. Lord Salisbury at the Merchant Taylors' banquet, insisted on the necessity to maintain European peace, but said the Government was ready to defend England's interests if attacked. Earl Derby fully concurred with this statement, adding that the maintenance of peace was of the greatest importance to British interests. Singapore, June 13, 11-15 p.m. Mukhtar Pasha's despatches report the Russians retreating between Kara and Erzroum. Olti has been abandoned and retaken by the Turks. A general rising at Candia is expected. The Russian Government has ordered a military lefy of 25 0,00.0. Insurrectionary agitations at Ejsiru3 and Thessaly are reported.