CABLEGRAMS.
LATEST WAR AND HOME NEWS. (IIEL'TEu'.S XELEGKA3IS, PEU PKEI-S.S AGENCY'.) London, February 20. The treaty of peace is still unsigned. The persistent demand for the surrender of the fleet and the occupation of Sramboul causes delay.
The Prime Minister, in replying to Parliament, declared that he was unable to give information, as Paissia was keeping the full terms of peace secret.
A ti'hnuhird telegram declares that eight additional batteries of artillery have arrived, and that Gourka is approaching with 30,000 men. Secret negociation excites suspicion and alarm throughout Europe. The severity of Russian terms is everywhere condemned as provocative, and likely to include the involving of England and Austria. Tiie Prince of Koumania will abdicate rather than cede Bessarabia.
Eighty thousand soldiers passed .Jassy for the Transylvania frontier, and the ordinary railway traffic is suspended. The Globe states that, in the event of an expeditionary force, Lord Napier of Magdala will command, with General Sir Garnett Wolsely as his chief of staff.
Arrived—Merope and Schiehallion. February 28.
Lord Napier of Magdala will be appointed Commander-in-Chief, with Sir Garnet Wolsley as chief of the staff, in the event of war.
The House of Commons has passed the Colonial Marriages Bill by 182 against 161. The Government opposed the Bill. DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. [IIEUTEII'.S TELEGKAMS, I'ER PKBSS AGENCY.] Sydney, February 28. The report of the inspector of insane asylums shows a large increase iu lunacy the last live years. correspondent of the Evening News, reports New Caledonia in a very state. ■ The Melbourne Government received a .communication from the Imperial authorities, who decline to interfere. The Legislature must "fight its own battles, and leave to the .Governor the discretion to enforce the resolutions of the Asembly with reference to payment of moneys" voted bj- that body .^ Sailed—Zealandia. •
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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 571, 1 March 1878, Page 2
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