EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 56, 26 October 1878, Page 2

EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

(From the latest Colonial Papers,) London - , September 12. The Crock military on furlough have been recalled. The ISiitlsli Cabinet is disturbed about the German and Greek notes. An Austrian advance upon Salomon is expected. Turkey is evading the performance of the Berlin proposals. Russia has advised Servia not to disarm; and continues to subsidise her. A disastrous lire has occurred at Blackburn, Lancashire. The damage is estimated at half a million slot - - ling. A conspiracy of a serious nature lias been discovered at Seville. The object of the conspiracy was in faumrof a Republic.

Hngbnd will pruliably decline ihepiy posal to join the signatory Powers ii. compelling the Porte to adhere to the Treaty stimulations. Captain Wilson is appointed Commodore of the Australian Squadron. September 14. The Clovcnior Ims sanctioned the ap- , poinlmenl of Mr. Itivt-i's Wilson as Finance j Minister of Egypt. The fund in aid of the sufferers by ; tin* Princess Alice disaster amounts to XI 4,000. It is now known that COO persons perished through the Princess Aliee disaster. September I •'». The report-d refusal of Kurland to accept i i-rmanv s pr-.p. sit ions for common action on tin- part oi signatory powers to compel tin* Porte to carry out the Treatv stipulations is confirmed. The Russians have evacuated Krzeroum. Mount Vesuvius is showing volcanic activity, and is emitting a heavy stream of lava. The evacuation of Erzcrouni by the Russians is proceeding. The Arehbishop, fearing a massacre of the Christian population, invoked the of Mr. Layard, the British Consul. Destructive storms have occurred in Camnla. Toronto was ilooded. The Lord Mayor has opened a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the recent colliery explosion in Monmouthshire. Mount Vesuvius is still in active eruption. The Pope is indisposed. September 17. The Dailv News states that the envoys ofjtwo of the great Powers have|intimaled to the Port-* that a second Congress will probably be propped on the ground of the unsatisfactory fulfilment. by Turkey, of the 1»♦ t!in obligations. The Poster Lloyd slates t bat the Sultan has definitely refused the concession of territory demanded by (irecce. War between Turkov and' (ireeee is almost inevitable. 1 lie Rhieen <»t (irecce proceeds to Livonia to consult with the ( zar "f Rusrda. The Kigiit Honorable Lord ('aims Lord High Ciiaiicelloi- ha> been created an Karl. Tlie match between the Australian . cricketing eleven and eighteen of Sunderland concluded to-day. The former lost by seventy---tie runs. Spoffurth, Horan, and Bailey were absent. Elliot won tin* championship "f the Thames, beating lliggiu* and Boyd. ( >.vstantiN< -i’l.K, September 14. Seditious manife>tations have shown themselves in the Stamboul quarter, au-l many arrests have been made. Sepit mber ! <>. Tbo Austrians have resumed an offensive attitude towards the insurgents in . Bosnia, save where they are strongly entrenched. St. I’KTKUsnrHc.September In. In consequence of recent political murders in the capital, the St. Peters--1 burg police have been reinforced; and the Cossacks are acting as military patrols throughout the city.