MAIL NEWS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XI, Issue 3126, 26 September 1878, Page 3

MAIL NEWS.

THE AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION.

According to a Yienna telegram, an Imperial Order has been issued sanctioning the temporary employment beyond Austrian territory of tho 79th and 80th Eifle batteries of the Dalmatian Landwher. Another telegram confirms the report that the First Infantry Division has received orders to join tho Army of Occupation. Tho occupation_ of Mostar is fully confirmed, and it is stated that the Commander of the divisions received deputations from tho Mohommedan, Catholic,, and Greek inhabitants. The troops made the formal entry at noon. No further intelligence has been received from the Commander of the 13th Army Corps. An earlier telegram from Belgrade says telegraphic communication with Bosnia and Herzegovina has almost entirely ceased. The 34th Infantry Division is also under orders to join the Army of Occupation. ALLEGED AGREEMENT BETWEEN BISMARK AND THE POPE. Prince Bismarck has agreed to the following points of arrangement with Mgr Masella, tho Pontifical Nunoio, as a modus Vivendi between Germany and the Vatican:—An amnesty to be conceded to all bishops and ecclesiastics compromised by the Ecclesiastical Laws; the return of all bishops to their sees; vacancies to be filled according to past usages. THE OCCUPATION OP BOSNIA AND THE HERZEGOVINA. ■' Vienna, Wednesday night. — The streets of Vienna are placarded with ap> peals to the public to send contributions for the wounded to the Patriotic Association hero. Gloomy disappointment prevails, owing to the fact that people supposed tho occupation would have beon effected peacefully. It is not known that in Herzegovina the Turkish peasants are drilled by Montenegrin officers, and that 3,000 Montenegrins have joined the motley ranks of tho insurgents, Yet Prince Nicholas, when asked by the Hcrzegovinian chiefs to march against tho Austrians, gave only an ovasivo auswer.

From Prizrcnd it is announced that 3,000 Albanians are marching towards Bosnia. Hadji Lojos has ordered all the women and childron to remove from Sarajevo, and lias thrown his opponent Fazii Pacha, a rich nobleman, into prison. Thore are various indications that it is intended to raise a Holy War for Islam, and thereforo terror prevails among the Boman Catholics at Sorajovo, who aro numerous. Armed Servians in small

parties arrivo there without interference from the Turkish regulars on tho frontier. IHE BLACK SEA. IHo bl,obo\% informed that the Russian Government has decided to despatch three ' of tho cruisers now fitting out at Oronstadfc to the Black Sea, to be attached to the Black bca Fleet. It is announced at ', the saiuo time by tho Golos that pontoon bridges are being thrown ovor tho river Dmostor for tho use of tho troops returning from Turkey.

THE AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION.

According to a Vienna tologram, tho Austrian Government intends drooling, in viow of the insurrectionary movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and which the Porto is suspected to be fomenting, a further mobilization, in order to have in reserve an additional army corps in readiness for active service. Groat auuoyance is felt at tho Maglai affair, the Austrian losses in which are considered to bo duo to manifest carolossnoss. BOIJMANIA. Buon.utEST, Augusts. A terrible explosion of dynamite took placoyesterday at Pratesti, near Giurgevo. A number of Russian soldiers were loading a railway waggon with boxes of dynamito taken from a neighbouring magazine, whon one of the boxes fell to the earth and exploded, setting o(F at the same time tho remaining boxes in tho waggon. The eilects of tho explosion were terrific. Fifty soldiers were killed and 35 wounded, sorao of them dangerously. Six railway waggons wore blown to atoms and tho station was shattered. TURKEY.

Constantinople,, August S, The Ottoiuau authorities request an absolute contradiction of the constantly forwarded reports of the supcrccssiou of Genoral Baker. The idea was never entertained,

The reported dismissal of English officers from the Turkish service is equally unfounded.

The Helicon sailed yesterday for Cyprus to bring back Samih Pasha, tho Turkish Commissioner. After tho 15th the Tomerairo will temporarily replace the Swiftsure in the Gulf of Saros, and tho Devastation tho Eupert at Gallipoli, in order to allow those ships to come to Constantinople for the purpose of giving a few days' leave to the men. Storeships are expected' to sail in a few days for Malta. '% The Porte's Memorandum on thduGreek question, in reply to M. Delyaniii's'statonient to the Congress, is now ready) • It is said, however, that diplomatic representations have induced the Porto to refrain from forwarding tho document to the Powers, and that a new _ono moro conciliatory in tone is being prepared. Several transports havo been dispatched to Varna for the purpose of withdrawing the troops stationed there. A portion of the garrison has already arrived. ■

CYPRUS. . ■ ... Larnaca, August 6. This being tho birthday of the Duke of Edinburgh a 3oyal salute was fired by tho whole Fleet, which was dressed with flags. At 6 o'clock fcbis evening, too, a review of 3,000 troops, half Indian, half British, was The general health is good. ETFPT.

Paris, August 8. . The numerous friends of Nubar Pasha in Paris are delighted with the way iu which Lord Beaconsfield spoke of that statesman in his speech at the Mansion* house;' Thoso who desire to see an end to what might be called the Egyptian comedy expect a great deal from his influence in arriving at tho aim so long pursued. Certain it is that things have come to a point in Egypt which renders it necessary that tho Khedive shall malco, his decision. Every one is of opinion that Europe has shown extraordinary forbearance with respect to Egypt, and that she cannot continue to do so without jeopardizing her gravest interests. The Suez Canal has invested Egypt with' a cosmopolitan character it did not possess formerly; all Europe is involved more or less in its good administration andprosperity; and it is not for a moment to be supposed that Europe is inclined to sacrifice itself to the Khedive's personal schemes. People. wish to know whenco his immense private estates were derived, and it is clear that they cannot any longor bo withheld from the legitimate claims of Egypt herself,' for it is at tho expense of tho poor fellah that these estates havo been acquired and are now maintained. Perhaps the Khedive has summoned Nubar Pasha in the hopo of finding in him an auxiliary in eluding the" conclusions of tho Commission of Inquiry. ,

CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION. The largest doputation over seen in Downing - street was received at the Foreign Office on Tuesday afternoon by the Prime Minister and tho Foreign Secretary, tho purpose of tho interview being the presentation to their lordships of congratulatory addressos from Conservative associations throughout the kingdom. About 900 gentlomen were present, headed by the Marquis of Abergavenny, and including 20 or 30 members of Parliament, Over 300 addresses were presented from various associations, that from tho York Association being presented by Mr J. L. Foster, president. The Premier, in ' replying, said he felt since his return to England that he had been over-rewarded. He could not doubt that .the result of their policy would lead to the welfare, not only of England, but of all Europe. There was a prevalent fallacy that opinion, when organised, lost much of its genuineness and force. On the contrary, opinion then appeared as tho result of thought and experience. In the conduct of public affairs there was nothing more' precious than discipline, and it was not incompatible with tho deepest convie-': lions. If those who had preceded them in Conservative Governments had steadily kept their eyes on these important principles they would never have lost their hold over the government of England. Lord Salisbury also expressed his acknowledgments to the deputation, aud took occasion to urge continued and increased efforts for the organisation of tho party. The following is a copy of the address from tho city of York:—To the Might Hon, the Earl of Beaconsfield, E.G., aud to the Most Noble the Marpuis of Salisbury, E.G.-" The Execulivo Committee of_ the York Conservative Association avail themselves of the opportunity to offer to your Lordships their hearty congratulations on_ your return to England after rendering to your Sovereign and your country most important services at the Congress of Berlin. It is with great admiration they have witnessed tho patriotic 'nnd devoted efforts made by your Lord-, ships for solving the difficulties of tlia Eastern Question, and the success which has attended your labours, You have secured tho blessing of peace, aud at tlio sumo time obtained an amelioration of tlio condition of large populations in the East, aud sustained the interests aud strengthened the position of tho Britisli empire,"