LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 12 October 1880, Page 2

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

(KEUTK(I : S TELEGRAM. PER PR£SS ASSOCIATION) London, October 11. A rumor is current here to-day to the effect that the Sultan of Tui-key has decided to meet the demands of | the Powers, and has resolved at last to surrender J)ulcigno -unconditionally to Montenegro, Further news has been received from Teheran regarding the rising in Kurdistan. The rebels are now, in addition to pillaging the towns, massacreing the inhabitants, and Hischmet Khan is collecting $ large force of Persian troops, to proceed against them. The Cabinet Council which had been summoned for to-day was postponed, owing to the iiews received at the Foreign Office phfip tj}§ Sultan was inclined to yield to the demands of the Powers in regard to Dulcigno. It is now known that the proposal which has been made by the British Government to the Continental Powers for tli,e coprcipn of - the Porte is that the combined squadcqi). erjter the Gulf of Smyrna, and there place an embargo Oft TupWl pomtnerce. Austria and Germany hesitate to accept this proposal. "Athens, October 11. Owing to the possibility of hostilities between Greece and Turkey over the settlement pf the frontier question, numbers of volunteers ape arriving here from Other countries and offering themselves for service with the Greek griny, (SPEOIAI TO THE PAPERS.) London, October 6. The public meeting which is to be held in opposition to the Foroign policy of the Gladstone Government, is proving a miserable failure. : France adheres to' European coercion regarding the Eastern Question. It is stated that tjie Cpar has been married to, or has contracted a morganatic alliance with tjie Princess Dalgoroumi. The race between Laycoclc and Blackman took place over the usual course, frpm Putney tQ Mortlake. Laycock was- the favoritp in the betting before the start. Blackman got away witjl a -lead, but, , after thp contestants

had been foxing for three minutes Laycock dre"*" up level with Blackmail and spurted finely;, The Australian, •however, forged ahead by virtue of Bis' superior starting, and distanced .his opponent, who was dead beat in twelve minutes, Laycock finishing ;the - remainder of the coufse alone. ■> Time—--26 mins'. \ , The Australian Eleven left England yesterday for Australia. In spite of the early hour of which their departure took place,, hundreds were i present at th e railway' Station to wisli the 1 team good-bye. • . ~ A fire occurred in the prefecture of Seine, by which a wing of the Tuilleries was destroyed. The amount of damage was L 40,000. The Times and Standard warmly complimented the A ustralian Cricketers. The Times says that constant exchanges of visits does more to knit Australia and Britain together than years of beneficial legislation. Referring to the question of payment, the Times says there is no just cause of complaint if the cricketers who are nonprofessionals, receive substantial compensation for these international trips, and thinks many will consider that a more generous feeling might have been displayed towards the team in th,9 earlier part of their visit, although at the conclusion of their trip thorough good will is being shewn them. +