EUROPEAN.

Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 897, 13 April 1877, Page 7

EUROPEAN.

Constantinople, February 26. The Shah of Persia has assured the Porte that the mission of his troops on the frontier is simply tn punish the Turcomans. Midhat Pasha is staying at Naples. , The decrease in Mr Hardy's army estimates is due to nominal credit being taken for the whole payment by the Indian Government for tbe British troops serving in India. Lohdojt, March 1. Among the notices of motion in the House of Commons is one by Alderman M*Arthur, proposing to call attention to the state of affairs in Ceylon in relation to ecclesiastical endowments. March 3. Lord Hamilton, in replying to a series of questions from Sir G. Campbell, Baid the title of Kaiser, as applied to Her Majesty in India, was Arabic, and not German. Mr Gerald Fitzgerald also, he said had simply chosen to spend his year's leave in the Khedive's service in carrying out Goschen's scheme for the re-organisation of the finances of Egypt. The reason assigned for the British fleet quitting the Pir»x>s is that the state of politics does not require its presence in the Bast. March 5. The Chefoo Convention remains unratified. Lord Derby requested Sir Thomas Wade to prepare a memo, giving the reason for every concession made. In the House of Commons, Sir Stafford Uorthcote, in replying to a question by Sir H. Wolffe, said the first reduction in the Suez Canal dues had been postponed till the 15th ilpril. The Canal Company, ha said, objects to England voting, because the jhsres held by the English Government do not bear coupons. The Government protested against this objection, and declares its right to vote as shareholders. Mr Ward Hunt estimates the expenses of the navy for. the coming year at ten and three-quarter millions. Mr Hardy, in presenting his army estimates, said that the condition of the army was excellent. He would shortly present a plan for the promotion and retirement of officers.