MAIL ITEMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 136, 8 June 1878, Page 4

MAIL ITEMS.

The Agence Eusse denies that Bus- | sian troops have begun to withdraw from their positions near Constantinople, and says that however much the Government may desire to recall tbem, they will only retire after the Turks have surrfindered the fortresses, and the English fleet has left the anchorage. Earl Desnrt has divorced the Countess, on the ground of her adultery with ( an acior. European shippers, fearing Russian cruisers, decline English veasels for lone voyages. The American Secretary of State received the thanks of tbe British Colonial Secretary for successful shipment of American salmon to New Z*B--lanl. The report of the sale of the City of Sydney fo Russia is disbelieved by officers of the ship, who say that the rumor was circulated for the purpose of depreciating the stock. Tbe steamer State of CaliforniP, reported to have been sold, is not neatly finished. A London despatch says :—Attempts to create a scare about Russian privateers have been made to effect underwriters, who continue willing io take any quantity of risks oa British hulls at from 7s. to 10a. The f olice have discovered important evidence regarding the murder of Lord Leitrim, implicating tbe prisoners jn custody. The Heralds London special correspondent at St. Petersburg telegraphs that sixty-five officers and masters of the Russian navy started for America j in the event of war with England, to teke command of vessels purchased. The crews are recruited from the United States, (This compels the Washington Government to face the question of intprnational'duty. ; The Esiaffeie Paris rp.ports lfyat numerous detachments of Russian j Bailors are embarking at Havre fpr America. Many vessels have be?n j purchased by Russia. ' An Englishman haa been indicted ; at Berlin for obtaining plans of fortresses. The British Government decline to interfere. ! A despatch from Bombay, of April 26tb, says troops are arriving daily for | embarkation. Fifteen ships and, twelve | Bteamers have been engaged for conveyance of the expedition, and great enthusiasm is manifested throughout India. The native troops are volunteering. • ; [ The Duke of Cam'r ridge, in the Queen's name, thanked the army for the soldierlike spirit displayed by the reserves in the very satisfactory manner in which the responded to they oall of mobilization. There were only twentyfive absentees from the array reserves belonging to the metropolis, sojae of tbem invalids. ','."' Hobart Pasha dined with the Queen. Burton, the celebrated African traveller, has returned to Cairo from the land of tbe Midians. He brings twenty-five tons of specimen, comprising gold, eilver, copper, tin and lead. He found three sulphur centres and three turquoise mines, and extensive deposits of gypsum, saltpetre, and rock salt. He goes to England to arrange for working the mines for the Khedive. Messrs.. Pye, Field, and Co., injer- . chants, London, have failed. Their liabilities are £200,000. ' John Bright spoke, at a large peace meeting at Manchester, on April 301 b- . declared there could be no faith in a Cabinet wh'ch had. no truth. Lord Beaconsfield was a great, dieturber. of nature. His policy was hateful in sights of Heaven, and hostile to the highest interest of Great Britain. "' At the Postal Congress session in Paris on May 3 the United States demanded six francs for letters in transit across the continent, instead of two francs as it is at present. England will support the American view, and it will probably be adopted, notwithstanding tbe opposition of some continental Powers. Carbols and McNymont, builders, London, Putman, Surbiton, and West-gate-on-sea have failed for £1,750,000} assets, 1000 houses, valued at from £6000 to 10,000. t Among other wild rumors in circulation is" a statement by a leading New York paper that Russia has enrolled 5000 Irishmen to invade Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The Le Nord, a Russian orgaD, takes the trouble to to make a formal denial of thia. The recruiting for the British army is advancing steadily, and increased activity is observable in all the dockyards. Several heavy failures bave occurred in Liverpool, and more are expeoted. O'Leary completed his walk of 220 miles in sixty hours, at Dublin. Beecher visits California in July on a lecturing tour. The barque Carrie Wyman has been chartered at New York for Dunedin and Wellington at 355. The barque Morro Castle gets 12,000 dols. from New York to New Zealand and back. The barque Olnstee gets 355. from New York to Auckland and Wellington. Remington and Sons, rifle manufacturers, N.Y., have suspended payment, on account of th inability of foreign Governments to pay claims for arms famished. The British Minister at Washington has & list of every Russian agent, and every representative of the Irish element working in Russian or Fenian interests. A Fenian attack or feint on Canada is said to be intended if Russia and England went W war, Thi SVnian I

commander is near Buffalo olose to the Canadian line. In the event of war it is probable that privateers will be extensively fitted out at San Francisco and other Pacific American porls. A craft, supposed to be intended for a privateer, is fitted out at San Francisco. Rumor places her under ths command of Captain Waddell, of Shenandoah notoriety with Captain Lapidoe, late of the Pacific Mail Service, first officer. The German steamer Cimbria, of Hamburg, chartered by the Russian Government, is lying off Ellsworth, Maine, and hns aboard forty Russian officers and five hundred Russian seamen. The object is supposed te be to man privateers, and they are waiting about in Maine until it is determined where to land them. Several Russian officers were previously at the Pacific Coast, and in India, China, &o.