LATEST EUEOPEAN NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 116, 16 May 1878, Page 2

LATEST EUEOPEAN NEWS.

[KeoTEß's TEUSGEAJIB FER PREBS AgENCT.] London, May 1 1 . The JocL-out in Lancashire is extending, and settlement is at present unlikely. Paris, May 11. The British Ambassador has assured the French Governniant that England will do nothing in the matter of the Suez Canal without accord with the French Government. Berlin, May 11. The Russian Ambassador at London visited Bismarck, and then proceeded to St. Petersburg. Athens, May 11. After desperate fighting in Thessaly and the Piroeus, an armistice has been arranged with the insurgents. Cape Town, (undated ) The Kaffir rising is extending; London, May 13. Lord Harlington, in the House of Commons, will submit a motion condemning the Government for the unconstitutional employment of Indian troops in Europe without the sanction of Parliament. St. Petersburg, May 13. A Russian official Gazette appeals to the people for the formation of a volunteer fleet. The Grand Duke Alexander opened a subscription list for the purpose.

[Special.] London, (undated). Viscount Sandon joins the Cabinet. Bismarck is reported to have urged on Schouvaloff during his late visit the necessity of peace both for Russia itself and for Europe. Admiral X)e Horsey, the commander of the Pacific Station, has arrived at Panama in the Shah to watch the movements of the suspected veaseia. Negotiations between the Vatican and England to establish diplomatic relations hare been suspended from the failure to agree upon a basis. There has been serious rioting in Lancashire, and blood, was shed in an encounter with the police. The military were called out.