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EUROPEAN.

London, April 2G. A panic has boen caused partially by unfounded rumor of change in the Ivussian policy in the East, and differences have arisen between Count Andrassy and JN"orikoff. The panic has since subsided. The Queen's title of Empress of India is approved of in Russia. The Queen is visiting Gotha, accompanied by Earl Carnarvon and Lord Derby. During her return journey to London her Majesty had a lengthy interview with the Duke Do Gazes, in Paris. The mail steamer Surat sailed from Southampton on the Glh April, and was towed into Lisbon with a damaged shaft,

The Australia left London on the ]2th : April, and will tranship her mails and passengers and cargo On the 18fch of April the Emperor ot Germany visited Queen Victoria at Cobu^g. 20,000 colliers in Yorkshire and Derbyshire have struck owing to a reduction ot wages. Lord Lyrtelton committed suicide during a fit of melancholy. A race for the championship of the Thame has been arranged between Sadler and Trickett. The London and Colonial wool sales were resumed. The opening sales exhibited a languid tone, and prices ruled a penny lower. i The wheat market is dull. The ' Norde Deutsche ' declares that the agreement between the three Great Powers remains unbroken, and Austria, Germany, and Russia will only take further action in the Eastern question after other guaranteeing Powers make some movement. The 'Journal of St. Petersburg' reproduces a Vienna semi-official article declaring that the entente cordiulc between Austria and Russia continues, and appeals to the public to discredit the alarmist reports circulated during the recent panic. A revolt occurred in .Northern Bosnia, and horrible cruelties were practised by the insurgents towards the natives, who refused to join the ranks of the rebels. The Governor of Bosnia announced the defeat of 1400 insurgents. The Turks officially admit defeat at Miksisseh after six days' fighting, the supplies for troops having been intercepted. The Porte has called the attention of the Great Powers to the attitude of Servia in reorganising. The army in Spain is insidting on religious liberty being suspended, and is parleying with the Vatican. An Arab rising has taken place in Algeria, and further changes are made in the French protectorate. Discount, two per cent. A rrived — Somersetshire. Don Carlos has bought an estate in Styria, on which he intends to reside. The American Congress instituted an inquiry into the charges brought agaiust Schencke and Belknap, in reference to the Emma Mine. The ' Times 'publishes alarming accounts of sickness and an approaching native plague at Hillah at Bagdad. The French Chambers almost unanimously agreed to the abolition of the State of Sie^e. It is stated that the Czar of Russia, weary of the trouble of governing his vast Empire, will retire (practically under a Regency) from the conduct of public affairs, but nominally he retains his position.

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Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 805, 23 May 1876, Page 6

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EUROPEAN. Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 805, 23 May 1876, Page 6

EUROPEAN. Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 805, 23 May 1876, Page 6