LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3564, 13 October 1880, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

n , \B L X :.l ti S SAG ES. EoTfcO D EAN Trt L ID G fl A M S. [lIEUTEft.] RUMOURED SURREND ER OF DULCTGNO. London 1 , October 11. A rntnour is current here to-day to the effect that the Sultan of Turkey has decide-l to meet the demands of the Powers, and has resolved afc last to surrender Dulcigrio .unconditionally to Montenegro. NEWS FROII TEHERAN. Farther news has been received from Teheran regard. iri£f the rising 1 in Kurdistan. The rebels are now, in addition to pillaging the towns, massacring the inhabitants, and Hischmet Khan is colleotiutr a large force of Persian troops to proceed agaiust them, TURKISH QUESTION. London, October 11. A Cabinet Council, which was sum mo tied for to-day, has been postponed, owing to news being received at the Foreign Office that the Sultan is inuimou'w jiioiii tv tno demands or cne Powers in regard to Dulcigno. PROPOSAL OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT. It is now known that the proposal which has bt?en made by tho British Government to the Continental Powers for the coercion of the Porte is that the combined squadron should enter the Gn'f of Smyrna, and there place au embargo on Turkish commerce. Austria and Germany hesitate to accept this proposal. DULCIGNO CEDED TO MONTENEGRO. The report which was made that the Sultau had offered to cede Dulcigno to Monte.iegro, has now been confirmed. AMERICANS TO THE FORE/ • Several American oarsmen are oraiag to England for tho purpose of rowing against Haulan, the Canadian ■ aud haycock, the Australian. CONSOLS. Three per cent, consols, 98^. BREADSTUFF. Adelaide flour, 355. GJ.; N"ew Zealand wheat, ex ship, 4Gs. LEATHER. Best Australian leather, llg-d.; a fair demand for most descriptions. THR PRESS ON THE TURKISH QUESTION. Londom, October 12. The Times in a leading article to-day urges the granting of a respite to the Poi'te in view of its agreeing to cede Dulcigno to Montenegro. VOLUNTEERS FOR GREEK ARMY. Athens, October 11. Owing to the possibility of hostilities between Greece and Turkey over the settlement of the frontier question, numbers of volunteers are arrivitur here from other countries, aud offering themselves for service with the Gre-'k army. DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. New York, October 11. A serious railway accident is reported as having occurred at Pittsburgh (Pen. sylvaniii), to an excursion train, by which twenty persons have been killed.