RUSSO-TURKISH WAR.
London, Tuesday.
The Pope left two wills. The first res three and a-half million francs uanually to his successor for the expenses of the Papacy. The second leaves his nephews legatees for three hundred thousand francs, and the poor of Borne for the remainder. Wednesday.
The Appeal Court upset the conviction against Mr Charles Bradlaugh and Mrs Annie Besant re the " Fruits of Philosophy." The British Government have purchased two Turkish ironclads which were deturned as contraband in the Thames.
Thursday. Active military and naval preparations are t>e rng made." The Minister for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question, said lie hoped to an-
nounce on Thursday that the British ironclad squadron had arrived at Constantinople. Several Austrian ironclads are starting for the Levant.
The Channel squandron is ordered to rendezvous at Gibraltar, as the port of call.
The Assam arrived at Galle on the 12th. February 13.
The Turkish Government notifies their protest against the entry of the British squadron into the Dardanelles. The opening of the Colonial wool sales have been postponed to the 26th February.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2810, 15 February 1878, Page 2
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181RUSSO-TURKISH WAR. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2810, 15 February 1878, Page 2
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