ENGLAND BUYS THE TURKISH FLEET.

Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2420, 22 December 1877, Page 2

ENGLAND BUYS THE TURKISH FLEET.

LONDON, December 19. The British Cabinet met to-day. It is understood that England has arranged for the purchase of the Turkish fleet. BRITISH ARMY TO BE INCREASED. [REUTERS SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.] LONDON, December 20. The opening of the British Parliament on the 17th January is confirmed. The " Standard " states that the Ministry will propose an increase of the army. Other Conservative journals state that German support to Russia is the real danger to British interests. From the " Sydney Morning Herald." THE GREAT TURF SWINDLES. London, NoA Tember 20. The detectives, Meiklejohn, Druscovitch, and Palmer, and the solicitor Froggart, have been found guilty of complicity in the great turf frauds, and have been sentenced each to tAvo years' imprisonment. Inspector Clarke Avas acquitted. The news of the discovery of a plot to assas_iiate the Emperor of Germany proves to be false. The A\diole thing A\ rasa hoax. There Avere a series of assaults last Aveek on the Russian line from Pyrgos, to preA^ent the detachment of troops to. assist in the siege of Plevna, and to assist Mehemet Ali's succouring the army. There has been a severe fighting on the LoAver Lorn. Pyrgos Avas stormed by the Turks. After an obstinate resistance, the stores burnt,and the magazines exploded, the Turks retired. The place has since remained quiet. SHIPPING DISASTERS. London, November 26. ReneAved gales have occurred, and numerous shipAvrecks have taken place. The American steamer Huron has been lost at North Carolina with 100 lives. MR, GLADSTONE. London, November 14. Mr. Gladstone has been elected Lord Rector of GlasgoAv. COLONIAL INSTITUTE. London, November 21. At the first meeting of the Colonial Institute, held yesterday, a paper on the Indian Famine Avas read. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. London, November 21. Prince Gortschakoff has laid before the Czar formal proposals to introduce a constitutional regime in Russia on an aristocratic pattern, AA'ilh a Diet elected by all classes.