NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5300, 21 March 1878, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

AFP AIRS IN' EUROPE THREATENING. PEACE CONFERENCE LIKELY TO ; fall through.' PROBABLE ALLIANCE' BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AUSTRIA. ‘•, WARLIKE PREPARATIONS IN ENGLAND CONTINUE. . , GRE.VT EXCITEMENT. ; ■ (REUTER'S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.) London, March 14. Consols, 95§. The rates of discount are unchanged.. Tallow . flat. Adelaide wheat, 595. to 61s. Flour, 41s. to 435. Colonial securities are unchanged.. Since the opening of the wool sales one hundred: and fifteen thousand two hundred bales have been.offered. The market is firm. London, March 15. Sir Stafford Northcote, in replying to a question in the House of Commons, aid the negotiations for an European-Congress continue. The British'‘Government required, before agreeing to enter the Conference, that all peace conditions be submitted to its consideration, and added that thedecisionof the majority would not necessarily be considered binding. England would maintain her own views. March 16. Doubts exist as to: whether Congress will meet at all. Warlike preparations in England continue. March 17. The European situation is menacing. The British ironclad squadron at Gallipoli has been reinforced. , Vienna, March 18. : It is reported that serious negotiations are proceeding between the Austrian' Minister of Foreign Affairs and the British Ambassador at this city respecting an alliance between Austria and England. St. Pethrsbdrgh, March 15. It is semi-otticially stated here that Russia refuses to accept the demands of England regarding the treaty of peace which Turkey submitted for the consideration of the Congress. March 18. Ratification of treaty of peace exchanged between Russia and Turkey. Athens, March 15. The official journal announces that Russia refuses to accede to ihe proposal to admit Greece in the European Congress. ' L Constantinople, March 17. . The Russians have occupied a plateau near Fong, and commanding the Black Sea entrance to the Bosphorus. The Russian troops near Bulair have been reinforced. March IS. The Russians hav ■ arrived at Bojnkdere, on the shores of the Bosphorus. Great excitement is manifested iu consequence. i SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE ARGUS. London, March 16, ■Sir Stafford Northcote says that England will not enter Congress till the full terms of the treaty are known. The London Press strongly condemns the revolutionary excess of the Berry Ministry. The Governor's attitude is not approved, and the prompt intervention of the Colonial Office is invoked. A victualling shed in course of erection at Woolwich collapsed, burying 170 workmen, and inflicting numerous dangerous injuries, hut no deaths. The San Francisco mail has been delivered. The Cape 4J per cent, loan of a million has been subscribed three-fold at an average of ninety-nine and a-half. The bank minimum is unchanged, and the reserve better. Consols are weak and irregular at about 95J. Wool is more languid in tone. Combing continues firm, and middle lower sorts weak. 5000 . bales have been withdrawn—-mostly Cape. Wheat is drooping, owing to expected large arrivals. , ' r : London (undated). A disastrous fire occurred at Dunville’s distillery, Belfast. The loss is estimated at £BO,OOO. ; • Thera is great distress at Shuinla, where a large number of fugitives are reported. Russia has assented to the admission of Greece to the Congress. ‘ The Victorian crisis has been mentioned iu the Lords and Commons. The papers iu connection with it are promised for Tuesday. Lord Cadogan and Sir M. Hicks Beach replied to questions on the subject.' Lord Carnarvon: said he hoped the Governor conformed to the law in the svidest sense regarding Imperial not less than local obligations. ’ ' AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (REUTER'S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGEXCY.J Sydney, Wednesday. The Rev. Mr. Clarke, the Government geologist, is progressing favorably. [ ' Part of the cargo of the Chimborazo has been brought to Sydney by the Woniora. It has been suggested to; build extra bulkheads, so as to get the steamer into Port Jackson. , The: City of Sydney was admitted to pratique on Saturday. ■,, The Colonist leaves to-morrow with the New Guinea expedition. Melbourne, Wednesday. Sailed—Albion.