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THE RUSSO-AFFGHAN QUESTION. BRITISH PREPARATIONS. THE AMIR SUSPECTED. THE RUSSIAN FLEET. [BY TELEGRAPH— COPYRIGHT.] [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] [Received 27th, 2 30 p m ]

Calcutta, April 2G. No further news is to hand with regard to the neyotiitiom bot\uvii England and Rus->i i. His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, who liad .started for England, has bo^n rocilU-d to Simla, where a inilitwy council is being held under the presidency of the Earl of DtiUerin, the Viceroy. Details of the con To? once li'ive not transpired, but it ii believed it haa been decided to collect the British forces at Qtietta.

Los'iiox, April 24. The detachment of Engineers which w.is to have been despatched to Herat will not now proceed there, as the Amir has not yet given a guarantee oi support. It is reported that a Russian squadron of twenty sail passed Gothland Island in the Baltic, hound south.

April 2.">. Five Russian cruisers are reported as having passed Aden. The Coptic, recently selected for a cruiser for New Zealand, will, after being equipped, be stationed at Auckland. The number of cruisers engaged by England has been increased by twenty. The Russian Press are clamouring for the possession of Herat.

London, April 24. H.M.S. Invincible has been ordered to Singapore. The Australian Contingent, now serving in the Soudan, h;ive offered to go to India should occasion arise for their services.