CABLE MESSAGES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5011, 12 March 1877, Page 3

CABLE MESSAGES.

[Fb-ow tub Pbkbb Aqhnot.] LATEST EUROPEAN.

i THE EASTERN QUESTION. E London, March 7. | j V(< p (l rie objects to the demands of MonI ifxctTO for the cession of territory and seaP vort- | is still expectant. Pending the i ar.iv?r t 0 her circular, she bos issued a I uk«c, ordering the organisation of nine army t corpsI jhe Porte maintains the same confident I .jjijjcc it assumed when the Conference was | jiijjrp, and is prepared to accept war in preI [ertr.rc to proknged sutpente. I On the other hand, Russia objects to the | iafl {filion of a year 1 * grace. I Knffia withdraws from the treaty of 1856, usier* the other powers co operate to obtain I \hf acceptance by the Porte of tho original s rrccrimrr.c of the Conference. ? Oa the Turkish budget, tho estimate of I (ipenditure for the present year on the army t I ii down at £14,500.000, and on tho nary, I a t £10,750,000. I IRK AMERICAN EXECUTIVE. I President Hayes has nominated W. MaxI well Ewart, Secretary of State j and Sherman, I S«r«tary to the Treasury.

I AUSTRALIA. I Stdsbt, March 10. I Arrived —Sasby, s.s. Sailed—Wakatipu, s.s I S=d Ci!T of New York, yesterday.