CABLE MESSAGES.

Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 892, 27 March 1877, Page 5

CABLE MESSAGES.

[rBESS AGENCY.] EUROPEAN. London, March 12. Sir H. Eliott has received instructions to return to Stamboul. General Ignatieff is a guest of Earl Salisbury at Oxford. • The Queen has received General Ignatieff at Windsor Castlo. March 20. Russia proposes still further amendment in the protocol, and England is considering her answer. In speeches on Turkish affairs in Parliament it was admitted that the Empire was gradually declining owing to internal disorganisation, but the Porte promises more vigorous administration. It is asserted that Russia's promise to demobilise the army is absolute if England signs the protocol. Vengeful fighting has been renewed in Bosnia. Warlike preperations are being made'in Asiatic Turkey. March 22. It is generally reported that Russia refuses to enter into any positive engagement, but promises to demobilise her army when the protocol has been signed, when Turkey has been disarmed, and when the peace of Montenegro has been secured. The English Cabinet, before its consideration of the amendment proposed by Russia, requires a distinct pledge that Russia will demobilise in the event of the protocol being signed. ' The Porte refuses the conditions submitted j | by Montenegro. ( The Oxford crew'are the farorites for the j forthcoming University boat race. March 24. The Oxford and Cambridge University boat race resulted in a dead heat. Austerlitz won tho Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase. The stock market ia agitated, owing to political suspense during the week. Consols 9G,j. Australian securities firm. Bank discount two per cent. Monsy market stronger. Wheat inactive.