CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 621, 30 April 1878, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. (reuter's special, per press AGENCY.) Rome, April 27, The new" Pope reiterates the protest of Pius the Ninth, relative to the temporal power of the Papacy. London, April 27. As a protection against threatened Russian privateers, the British Government are prepared to employ a hundred fast armed vessels, and will treat privateers as pirates. The Standard reports that a party of Russian officers and engineers have chartered four Armenian steamers to proceed to Egypt on a surveying expedition, Tlie money market is rather firm. The market for Colonial Government debentures is quiet. Corn market easier. VERY LATEST NEWS. (reuter's telegrams, per press agency.) London, April 28 ; It is reported that M'Lagon will be nominated as Bisliop of Lichfield. Berlin, April 28. ] The North German Gazette states that the intended despatch of the British ironclad squadron to the Baltic is a measure which will affect the neutral interests and complicate the situation. London, April 29. An exchange of views between the European Powers is proceeding. Constantinople, April 28. The Roumelian insurgents surprised the Russian camp near Pliiilipopolis, and captured 1.000 prisoners. The Grand Duke Nicholas has been recalled from Steftano, on account of illhealth. General Todelben succeeds to the chief command. DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (REUTER'S SPECIAL —PER PRESS AGENCY.) Sydney, April 29. Two of the New Zealand Shorthorn bulls have taken first prizes at the exhibition ; the third was not entered.