EUROPEAN.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2567, 29 March 1877, Page 2

EUROPEAN.

I - ' , London, March 8. The army estimates which hare* been submittedn.fare £14,500,000 sterling, against £15,281,600, for 1876-77; and the navy estimates £10,7,50,000, against £11,288,872 for the previous^year; together £25,^50,000. . President Bayes has nominated Mr Echurse as Secretary for the Interior. ,' March 10. \ The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamers] tne Cape of Good -Hope, are -advertised-.-pto : The 'L^itania, in June ; 'Hhe' Chimboraso, in August; and, the Cusecd* in September. March 17. The Australian-mail via Brindisi was delivered in London on the 12th.

The political 'fcrms Hn- Victoria ia regarded hopefully by tbfir-^ondon,Press. The Times remarks that Sir James .M'CuUoch. and his colleagues nrnst definitely adopts either a.free trade or ajirotecfibhisfc" policy T I^' they" 'adopt the former, they wilta.pEobably: be regarded with confidence by^a majority of those, in .the^ electoral. yo,te ; ,but if they'should be now defeated, they may fed: assured that .they-*re ,marching to a triumph which ia^ not far distant. The | Economist things that air'the leading I politicians of,,the; colony v should .ohoose ' sides on the great question of the day, and | bring the'present uncertainty-to an end. , . , tfi „, asCarch.26. The Eussian Pre^S accuses England of leaving Russia no other, choice bflt dishonour or war. .. * The Softas ar& agitating^ for the recall ofMidhat Pasha. - :, - ' " ' r March', 27. . The? departure of the Prihce of' Wales for'ihe J Mediterranean has beea deferred' through, illness. < j- . . "" ' (' Montenegro has broken off negoqiations with' Turkey.' /;, J „, . '. '. ' 'The health of * the- Pope is causing anxiety. ... > ».■ ' t >