NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 533, 30 April 1878, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

(REUTER'S SPECIAL TP PRESS AGENCYJ ; L London, 27th April. It is understood that the British Government proposes that the terms of the Treaty of Paris shall be considered in' relation ,to the Treaty of Stefano. St. Petersburg, 27th April. With reference to England’s objection' to the'alleged indefiniteness of Prince Bismarck's proposition for a basis of negotiations in the Congress, the Russian Ministerial journals here state that the Great Powers had never agreed that there should be a direct exchange of views prior to the meeting of the peace Congress. - Rome, 26th April. The hew Pope reiterates the protest of Pius IX. relative .to the temporal power of the Papacy. ;: SPECIAL TELEGRAM. , ENGLAND WILL TREAT PRIVATEERS AS PIRATES. London, April 27. ■ As a protection against threatened Russian privateers, the British Government is prepared to; employ one hundred fast armed vessels, which will treat privateers as pirates. .The Standard reports that a party of Russian officers and engineers, has chartered four Armenian steamers to proceed to Egypt on a surveying expedition. The money market is rather firm. The market for colonial Government debentures is quiet. The corn market is easier. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, Monday. , Two New Zealand shorthorn bulls have taken first and second prize at the exhibition. Third not entered.