CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 731, 13 August 1878, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

<?■ LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. [special to pkess agency.] Loxdox, August 10. Sir Julius Yogel has vindicated the Municipal Loan for Dunedin against depreciatory remarks in the Times. Tiie Queen lwiews the navy at Spithead, or. the Kith. Tiie Daily News r. ports serious sickness among the troops at Cyprus, but no deaths. The armed population at Batotim are preparing to resist Russian occupation. Twenty "thousand Turkish volunteers have gone to the frontier. A t .rnado visited Wallingford, Connectie". Thjrry persons were killed, and many houses demolished. Mnial law has been proclaimed in Bosnia. Sir Stafford Northeote stated that the estimates for the Kaffir war were within L 400.000.

Lepaid's paper-making establishment, Convei.t Garden, has been burned down. Loss. L.30,000. Parliament is now expected to he prorogued on the 15th. The corvette Cormorant, bound for the Australian station, sprung a leak in the Channel, and returns to Chatham. August 12. Mr. Forster's refusal to pledge himself to accept the decision of the Liberal Committee of Bradford at next election is causing much comment as affecting the attempted caucus system in England. It is believed that the Bosnia insurgents, to the number of 100.000 are righting men. The English, French, and Assyrian railway schemes have been submitted to the Porte, including one through the Euphrates "galley. The Chimborazo has ai-rived at Plymouth, 3!) days from Adelaide, it is anticipated with Suez mails. The Canadian papers exhibit enthusiasm at the appointment of the Marquis of Lome, and the presence among thera of the Princess Louise, and say that this policy has sealed the union of the Colonies and the British Empire,

[KEUTEE'S TELEGBA3IS PER PHESS AGENCY.] VIENNA, August 10. The resistance to the Austrian advance in Bosnia and Herzegovina is increasing. There is continuous fighting. August 11. On the 6th instant the Austrians obtained a victory over fcLe Bosnian insurgents and captured a battalion of Turkish troops of the Reserve. A sanguinary engagement ensued the> next day at Lynbingi. * ■•i'£..-. • Const August 11. The Russians have occupied Varna. Greece is making efforts to obtain Crete as a concession in the interests of peace. The Porte refuse to grant such a demand. London, August 12. . Safet Pasha has been created a Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India. Much* sickness continues in Cyprus.