EUROPEAN.

Bruce Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 793, 18 August 1876, Page 6

EUROPEAN.

London, Aug. 5. Wool competition is increasing, and the market is firm. Nearly all descrip- ■ tions have advanced -Jd to Id per pound. The principal advantage has been io crossbred medium and inferior greasy wool. The wheat market has receded. Tlie quantity of crop here is good. Aug. 13. The first debate in the House of Commons was on the Easfern question. Dr Bruce moved that the G-overnment. respecting existing treaties, should exercise its influence to secure the welfare and equal treatment of the different religious races in Turkey. Mr Gladstone defended the English policy in the Crimea, and advocated the onatomisation of the insurgent provinces. Mr Disraeli denied that rejection of the Berlin note would be the cause of war. The fleet was sent to the Mediterranean for the protection of British interests, not of the Turkish Empire. The civil war between Turkey and her provinces gave no cause for the interference of Government. Great Britain was ready to help to pacify the belligerents. The motion was withdrawn. Lord Granville regretted that the Berlin memorandum had been totally rpjected without the substitution of a ▼ counter project. He described the policy of Euglaud towards Turkey as one of benevolence and neutrality. Earl Derby said that the policy of England depended upon the result of probable war, and the concert of other Powers. The health of the new Sultan Murad is worse, and he is pronounced quite imbecile. The Servians are stubbornly disputing the advance of the Turks.