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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3040, 12 November 1878, Page 2

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London, November 8.

At the Guildhall banquet Earl Beacomfield (Disraeli) said the evasion of the Berlin Treaty was unfeasible, for it might embarrass the precautions taken in our policy to prevent the fatal supremacy of any individual power. He disbelieved there was any intention on the part of Eussia to evade the Berlin Treaty, but England was determined to force its letter and spirit. He refused to believe in the decadence theory, England being capable of creating and not losing Empire. London, November 7. Samuel Phelps, tragedian, died at the age of 72. The Board of Trade returns for October show that the exports amount to twenty millions, and the imports for October to twenty-six millions and a quarter. The exports show a decrease of one million, and the imports three millions and a quarter. November 8. Yesterday's telegrams state that the, Treaty of the June Congress contained a proviso that in the event of Eussia claiming on the ground of humanity, and to preserve order, to remain in Turkey beyond the date the Congress specified, England and Austria were to undertake the police duties and compel Eussia to evacuate. This has been intimated to Eussia. Four thousand Bulgarian militia massacred the populations and burnt several villages near Demotica. The Times' telegrams itate that several thousand former Eussian officers and soldiers have been permitted to volunteer for Afghanistan. November 9. The money market is easier. The bank minimum is unchanged. The discount rates are considerably below the bank minimum. The bank reserves are slightly better than last week. The stock markets have recovered a firmer tone. A ustralian securities are resuming their usual activity. Consols ye ninety-five and aquarter. Wheat is firmer. The failure is announced of Eobert Forrester, coal master, of Glasgow—liabilities heavy ; and of Kinghtson, of London, chemical trader, for one hundred thousand pounds. Count SchouvalofF has left Livadia for London. The Czar is in precarious health, and is not permitted to attend to the solution of the political difficulty. It is probable there will be a revision of the Berlin treaty.