NEWS BY SUEZ MAIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 369, 29 June 1877, Page 3

NEWS BY SUEZ MAIL.

(Per Rintrarooma, at She Bluff.) FULLER WAR SEWS. London", May 11. American engineers have reached St. Petersburg, to enter the Russian service. Russian subjects in Turkey :,ave been placed under German protection, and the Turkish subjects in Russia under English protection. In consequence of Consul Layard's remonstrances, Chefket Pasha, a leader in Bulgarian atrocities, has been removed from his military command, and sent to Bagdad. The non-punishment of the leaders of the outrage causes a strong feeling in England against the Turks. A Polish legion is being formed in Turkey. A Russian commissary has been summarily shot at Odessa for tampering with

provisions. A large number of 10 horse-power 1 are being built at Davenport for lan troops on shallow beaches, to be fini by the end of May. Two hundred thousand felt helmet: replace the shakos worn by the Bri Infantry, have been ordered through Royal Clothing Factory. At a review of the Highland R:fie tia at Fort George, on the 2nd, upon o._ Ross asking who would volunteer iui " tive service, the whole regiment strong —stepped forward as one man. Lieut.-Col. Baker, of the 18th Iv Irish, who served in New Zealand, been appointed an aide-de-camp to 1 Majesty. Recruiting has been brisker than e since the news of war breaking out in East. The news was received with gi satisfaction at Aldershot, it being ho] that it would lead to active service. A Birmingham manufacturer has ceived an order from the English Gove meat for 25,000 tents ; and 500 of Whi head's torpedoes have been bought at LSOQ each. Preparations are still being carried on in India for warlike eventualities, and i tonnage for the transfer of 15,0C0 English troops to stations in the Persian Gulf is required. The works at the Royal arsenals and dockyards are being carried forward with despatch. It was stated at Woolwich on the sth that within a fortninght there would be re?"or issue at immediate notice a [c .'■!>-niece equipment for an army corps of .'.•on. iOliaimel Squadron is being refitted m. ! j."-eatly enlarged. ers have been given for the immeI completion on the Clyde of all vessels v-vini: .--ori.structed. INTELLIGENCE VIA INDIA. Constantinople, May 14. The Turkish Chamber of Deputies voted in address thanking England for her reply io the Russian circular, and justifying the jroclaniation of war. Paris, May 16. Negotiations for the renewal of the Treaty of Commerce between England ad France are virtually suspended, the 'reach Ministry feeling unable to press he Chamber of Deputies for an extension ffree trade unless England reduces her nprest duty on cheap wines. After a violent speech by Gambetta, ie Chamber of Deputies adopted by 355 fiinst 154 votes, the resolution brought ward by him that the Chamber could nly place confidence in a Cabinet possesfreedom of action and governing on epablican principles. Constantinople, May IG. The Sheik Al Islam has proclaimed holy ir against Russia. May 22. A strong Turkish force was advancing r 'tn Van towards Bayazid, but withdrew ion the Russians reinforcing at the latter ice. Pahis, May 24. The French Ministry, at the request of 6 Spanish Government, have ordered e expulsion of Don Carlos from France. Constantinople. May 24. A demonstration of Softas only numted 2000. A deputation of five of them re admitted to the Turkish Chamber of puties, and demanded certain Minisid modifications.

V court-martial has been ordered on B Governor of Ardahan fortress, with ■ttence to the retreat of the Turkish ■jo from the place. ■lie Russian troop 3 in Roumania are ■ving towards the west, and 85,000 men ■ concentrated on the upper and middle ■ London, May 27. Persian IVlinister at Constantinople ■ presented a note to the Porte, conthe most pacific assurances from ■w latest advices from the seat of war V ftat the headquarters of the Russian corps of the Caucasus have been ■sterred to Alexandropol, and that the has reached Van. I Roiis, May 24. of Pilgrims of all nations are ■ n a into Rome, and come offering and money. Levees are being the Vatican by the Pope. His in receiving some German pil- ■> made a speech, in which he com■&e Emperor of Germany to Attila. I Paris, May 29. V Dnc de Broglie issued a circular ■sting the legal authorities to repress ■?l attacks, and curb the license of ■ f ess. Wholesale changes are being j| <■■■': French Prefactorial adminis- ! '■ NEWS. " ■ - emen t was occasioned at the h o ni Moltke in Parliament on the L . i in which, he drew attention to

j the masses of French troops between j Paris and the frontier. The War Budge* ! raised the discussion, and it is now bej lieved that the speech was a Parliamen- ■ tary manoeuvre to secure the passing of the vote, which was effected. Many English and German Liberal papers call attention to the cruelty and persecution practised by Russia on the Poles and members of the United Greek Church. The English Consular correspondence on the subject lias been laid before Parliament. A complete amnesty has been granted to all Carlists without exception. H. H. J. Hood, late assistant secretary to the Colney Hatch Gas Company, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude for embezzlement. After the defalcations were discovered, he sailed for New Zealand with a young woman in the May Queen, but was arrested on arrival by a detective, and brought back to England. He had left a wife and five children at T-7!-, sen- !, for alue :1 of SCO, ight ieen ■, in ■een zie, uld at Leld on ons ises ere to ule lu 67. Thirteen English members were in the minority. The members of the late Government voted with the majority. The Glasgow News has been the victim of a great hoax upon the public. It contained a full and circumstantial account of the capture of a sea serpent 110 feet in length by 11 feet in girth, at Üban, in Scotland, after being surrounded by boats and fired at by local volunteers. A telegram from Mr. W. Robertson, manager of the Westminster aquarium, offering to purchase the animal for exhibition, elicited a reply that the statement was a shaiueful hoax. C ' .ul! Herl-e;-: Sandford, R.A., has been Kiiighrv 1 for his -services at the Philadelphia Exhibition. The Duchess uf Edinburgh is visiting the Qiii.en. anu will shortly proceed to Russia for a lengthened stay. During an illumination the Metz Cathedral caught fire, and was seriously injured. The Emperor, the Crown Prince, and Yon Moltke made superhuman efforts to extinguish the flames. Tiie translation of the Bible into the Russian language has been completed for that Government, the British Bible Society's version being strictly prohibited. The Italian Senate rejected a Bill dealing with clerical abuses, thereby giving great satisfaction to the Ultramontane party. The Statistical Bureau of Washington states that the present grain supply is short, and the Californian Crop for 1877 will also be short. The commander of the Darien Expedition has expressed an opinion that the canal will soon be made through Columbia ! if the public do not withhold their faith, j and the enterprise is persevered in with energy. ! The s.s. Leo, from Savannah, for Nassau, has been burnt at sea, and 15 of the crew were rescued from a raft, whilst eight others and three passengers are supposed to have been lost. The Chinese Government have purchased the Shanghai and Wokung Railway, and propose establishing railways in other parts of the empire, particularly in Formosa, where there are valuable deposits of coal and petroleum.

A verdict has been given against the Brighton Aquarian Company for L2OO for keeping open on Sundays. The Court of Exchequer granted a rule for a new trial.