GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 189, 10 November 1876, Page 9

GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

Ex Sultan Murad is dead

An enthusiastic n.eeting of Grecians resolved that the position of the wreck provinces in Turkey is intolerable, and it was resolved to •t-enithen their army. , rr- Bu , ss j a P ro Poses the occupation of Bulgaria. The London Times declares that in insisting on this the Emperor has mistaken the mind of Europe. In overtures made by Russia to Austria the Porte grounds its resistance to the proposals of the Great Powers on is inability to control the mob, and a massacre of Christians is threatened.

At a meeting at St. James's Hall, Mr. Gladstone condemned the Cabinet for pursuing a policy opposed to the wishes of Parliament and people, and expressed his conviction that mhking Bosnia Herzefe°tlie na the an dtffi?u?t|! ria mde P endent of *» Ott <— Empire would England proposed a conference between the Great Powers re the Eastern difficulties, but the matter fell through. It i 8i 8 understood that Russia s demands were such as could not have been met by the conference. Russia offered Roumania absolute independence for permission to march her troops through their territory, to which Koumania consented. War preparations in Russia are very active Herna claims some successes in minor engagements with the Turks fc*r V™. »****> m reply to a deputation, expressed his strong belief m the permanency of peace. He favored local autonomy w A D:r:e?i d 2d 2o at oo^ ickeriiig and Abbot ' s cottou mms ' B&civ^^^S^^ 9 " o^^'^ SUSpended Cape advices state that the position in the Transvaal Republic is alarming. Owing to the defeat of the Dutch troops, the nattves became unmanageable. The Kaffres have driven back the Boers! and latest telegrams confirm the report that there is an absolute panic in that out-lying district. The Kaffres triumphed all aW W^%T d^ lle v. a '? iendlytr i be of K^es behaved with recklesf bravery, the Dutch citizens and troops displayed the white feather! Rn?Sf? rg ? T1 S ° d^ted ™th the cowardice of the Boers that he implored them to shoot him there and then, that he might not survive the ignominy of defeat. According to the last intelligence, Dutch people fear JKaffir invasion, and tfe is a P an c throughout the Transvaal. Gulf King is leading 4^,000 men to attack the Transvaal, and has threatened a wholesale massSre to Se "J'a J° r^ e-Fr?Sent>e -F r?Sent> GT f il n ° S"** Of a nati * c outbreak a? the Cape, but it is manifest that Transvaal boers will reauire JS?fc?csSr ' lOrn US - ~°* tOWn has been 170 were Lord Derby has despatched to Sir Henry Elliott British Derby s programme for the autonomy of the Provinces- but the Turkish Government is so exasperated by the Russia? inflS into ! Servia, that the Sultan would have been deposed had helSclpted Russia chose to interrupt the programmef assuming the vi?tuai dismemberment of Turkey, which also prevented its a?cepLnS In the battle of 28th September, one Servian battalia £' O nt ntto battle 900 strong next da> only 40 answered totCoUcaTl At the Philadelphia Exhibition the following New Zealand awards were made up to 3rd October. Other exhibits remained to be cammed Canterbury (five awards for wool)-W. H Peter Sari Bealey, John Hall, J. C. Mason, T. M. Bickman *L Zl \ J cereals, Chriatchurch-W. D. Wood, 1 Wilk^'E H BanlVp

* iß^ ael^ in hiß B P e f cll ,? jefor e the Buckinghamshire farmers, deWed the Government policy, and attributed Servian declaration of war to the action of Servian sooirties.

Meetings protesting against Turkish atrocities and Government action continuo throughout England. Further news pf Chinese persecutions is to hind from Syechin. Placards hostile to Christians and Europeans, were posted in various places m the market about nine o'clock on the morning of the 20th Four or five thouzand armed men drew round to prevent the Chris! £yJSTn ii £ F "& -T hey TlUfactUredT lUfactUred a wooden cross and tied on it all the Christians they could catch, and then cut them to piece.. The number of persons killed was eight. The houses of the the 22nd they murdered four more Christians. x, . . , . . London, October 28. Russia, in a demonstrative manner, is demanding the autonomy of the insurgent provinces of Turkey. The Commissioners, protected by armed forces, are watching the execution of promised reforms. The 'Times' advises the Porte to yield to their demands, in the hope that if reform continues war may be averted A plot to murder the Grand Vizier was discovered The situation is at present very uncertain. The meeting of Parliament is further prorogued to Dec 13 A Republican conspiracy was discovered in Spain.