LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 729, 18 July 1878, Page 2

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

(iieutei;'s telegrams, per press agency) Loxnos, July IG. The Government made a statement I that the Berlin treaty would be signed on ! .July IS. i The Conservatives are preparing an ! ovation for Earl Beaconsfield, with ft i banquet, at fchd Mansion House. | The fthodnpe insurrectionary movement has collapsed. July 17. The leiders of the Liberal party in br.tb Houses of Parliament intend to challenge the polipj- of the Government. Lords Beaconsfield and Saligbijry liaye arrived in London. A very Growded and onthusiastic meeting was held at Syden* ham to welcome ihem. Berlin (Undated). The Convention gives England the right to interfere in Turkish affairs far beyond that conferred in the Treaties of 1856 and IS7I.

(SPECIAL TO THE PRESS AGENCY.) ' London, July 15. New South Wales at the Paris Exhibition obtained a special prize for wool, in addition to the medal. In the Commons, Mr. Sullivan raised the question whether Sir Bryan O'Loghlan's acceptance of office in the Victorian Government does not vacate his seat in the Commons, to which he was elected by an Irish constituency. The AttorneyGeneral replied that the decision on the question rests with the House. The subject is to be renewed on Wednesday. July 16. The reception of the Premier and the Marquis of Salisbury at Dover and London was most enthusiastic. The Foreign Office writer, charged with stealing a copy of the agreement between Salisbury and Schuuvaloff, has been discharged. A despatch from Lord Salisbury to the British representative at Constantinople states that the Berlin Treaty is Turkey's last chance.