NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 405, 15 August 1877, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

ENGLAND AND THii WAR,

The British Cabinet has officially ii formed the Vienna Cabinet that the llei has been sent to Besika Bay for the pr< tection of British interests and of tli Christians in Turkey. Sir Stafford Nortl cote made a similar statement in tli House of Commons. He also denic that Mr. Layard had informed the Sulta it might be necessary for English troo] to occupy Constantinople. At an interview Lord Odo Russell it formed Bismarck that England woul undi;r no condition sufh:r the Russia o-cupation of Constantinople. Print Bismarck replied that he considered tl, occupation of Constantinople the best wa to obtain the purposes for which the wa was commenced.

The Admiralty lias strengthened tl Mediterranean squadron by the additid tif the Shannon and Temeraire. Tt latter is the most formidable sea-goin ironclad in the service, carrying four 2; ton guns. The Admiralty also intend t despatch either the Thunderer or Dreai nought, should the hydraulic gear ft loading guns prove satisfactory. The Daily Neves stab s that the Britis: fleet in Besika Bay, with the addition ordered by the Admiralty, will present ai aggregate of 24 vessels, 150 guns, alii 7000 o" 8000 men.

A despatch from Plymouth says tl) new gun vessel Condor will be lit,ted wit a torpedo apparatus, and sent to tli Danube with the sisti r vessel Flamingo under the orders of the British Am bassadors at Constantinople and Vienna, for the protection of British interests.

ENGLISH NEWS. Charles Bradlaugh and Mrs. Besan: have been condemned to six months' iuv j prisonment, to pay a line of L2OO each, J and to enter into an engagement for their j good behaviour for two years. Pending arguing a technical point in the indict- | ment, they were released on the under | standing not to continue publishing. , j Four of the West-known detectives in 1 ] Scotland Yard—Druscovitch, Meiklojolm,!| Froggart, and Plimmer—have but, | charged with conspiracy to defeat tin ) ends of justice in a recent confidence case, | in which betting men swindled tht ,| Countess of Goueourt out of LI 0,000 * Froggart was admitted to bail, and ic j manded. ! | The Rotunda Theatre, Liverpool, haJ.J been burned. j] In the House of Commons, the Foreiunyj Secretary said no petition for a Britislite protectorate had been received froiiip Samoa, and there was no wish to under® take it. Eg AMERICAN NEWS. I

The war with the Idaho Indians is atillj raging, and there are more massacres. On the 10th July an Indian chief named Joseph surprised a party of 31 Chinamen passing down the ri v er Clearwater in boa s, and slaughtered all but one. General Howard encountered the Indian* on the 12th July, drivi;^-Jthem from » s'rong position, killing many, and pursuing them in the direction of* 1 the Carnal prairie. Another bkirinish occurred on the following day. Howard is.accused of messing (?) the campaign.

I j ■ 111. . A aerious Orange riot occurred at Montreal on the 12th July, in which one man ■was killed and three wounded. During a procession the mob attacked the room with stones, and the Orangemen replied with pistols. Several purs jns were wonnded. The conduct of the Mayor and police 13 much condemned. The rioting continued several days, and the military were called out. The funeral »f the murdered man occasioned great excitement. The cortege passed between police and soldiers. The wildest rumours are circulated in the city. Fearful tornadoes occurred in Cliio on July 2. At Waverley, Indiana, a whole family was buried beneath the ruins of a house, and damage was done to the amount of 60,000 dollars. Many were killed in other towns. There was a terrible whirlwind at Milwaukee. All but three houses in the town were demolished, and six persons killed. The storm tore up large trees as if they were weeds, and whirled them in the air.