SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3656, 14 September 1880, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

(Per City of Sydney at Auckland.)

London, July 30. The Afghan Disaster.

Public Opinion Respecting It.

A great shock has been caused by the. news of the defeat of General Burrows' Brigade. It was communicated by the Marquis of Harrington" to the House of Commons on July 28 th. Government immediately took the most energetic measures to dispatch The Oronto left on the 30th Jnly, and the Euphrates, Malabar, and Himalaya about Aug. 12. They each take a battalion and a half. The troops from England are the Ist Battalion of the 23rd Foot and 77th Regiment of Foot; Ist Battalion of Eifle Brigade from Gibraltar, and the 2nd Battalion of 24th from Malta; also, 61st and 98th Regiments. The reinforcements umount to 5478.

The English journals and all parties write in recommending most' vigorous action in order to reestablish the British prestige. The Liberals regard the present difiV culty as a natural heritage of the position taken up by the Beaconsfield Government in Afghanistan, while the Conservatives retort that the disaster proceeds from the weak policy inaugurated by the present Government. *

Foreign papers comment at considerable length on the disaster, and the news created immense sensation in Paris. Many French papers blame the policy of the Liberal Government. The Nationale observes that Mr Gladstone advanced somewhat rashly in several cases, and this is"" the only case in which he has receded; he is now bound to take the offensive again. The Fays says that the Premier has proved himself absolutely wroug in all his provisions and calculations, while the JDebats points out that the English Cabinet must now feel convinced that something far different from purely Naval assistance will have to be given to the Ameer of their choice.

The'""National Zeitung of Berlin, attributes the repetition of such disasters to the vacillating policy of the British Government, and the faulty strategy of the British military commander. ins Ea3w@ia QuestionThe reply of the Porte to the Collective Note of the Great Powers on the Greek question is that Turkey objects to the cession of Saulametzeroo and Lariska for strategical reasons, and on the ground of nationality.

The Golos and other Bussum Government organs are commenting on the attitude of the leading French papers regarding the proposed coercive measures towards Turkey, and reproduce most significant paragraphs from'-.-French'; articles to, show that the French Cabinet and nation are net willing to join in any real action-against the Turkish Empire.

The North German Gazette approves of the attitude of France, and says France is not the only power which deprecates a

rash solution of the Eastern Question, and that no reason exists why affairs should not soon take a decided (urn.

Vesuvius is in active eruption. An earthquake occurred.at bmyrna and neighbourhood, causing the loss of several lives and throwing down many houses.