SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 1342, 8 January 1879, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

[By Tblbgbafh.] Bluff, Jan. 7. The Tanj^re arr'ved at Albany on Dec. 28th, I having left. Galleon Dec. 13th. Her only pasi B«nger for NVw Zetland is Mr L.F. Beal-.y. I'he j news by the mail steamer ha 9 principally been anticipated via California. The Rusei.n Government has pent a circular despatch, to its representatives abroad decluring that the stri-t execution of the Berlin trei'y is the basis of the Imperial policy. Vienna papers sttito that the insurrection m Macedonia daily assumes more serious proportions and is spreading m the direction of Epirus and fhesally, but the Russian authorities deny all complicity A strong Turkish force has been despatched to suppress the rising. France, Italy, and Russia have been exercising pressure upon the Porte to induce the Turks to coma to an arrangement with Greece. The Sultan's Ministers hare agreed to the principle of the rectification of fron-ti-rs, but are objecting to the definition recommended at IJerlin. They are willing to give an equivalent m the direction of Volo. Satisfactory progress has been made m the task of the re-orgnniealion of Eastern Roumelia. The Turkish Government and the Commission have Hgrerd upon the organic regulations for the new Government. 'Jhe Rui-siun nuthorities Imve transferred the treaBiire chest und or hives to lMescbmidt, the Director-General of Finances. Active rei>ist.unce proceeds mainly from the Bulgarian population, who resent the attempt to divide the race by the Balkan line. Should (heir petition t> the Commission fuil, they threaten to resort to armed resistance. The Mahometan Beys of Boßnia ana Herzegovina have petitioned the Austiiin Emperor to annex those provinces, promising to be faithful subjects. The Ottoman Commission appointed to consider the best means to restore Turkish credit, propose a loan of £2,300,000, at 4 per cent., guaranteed by England on the surplus revenues of Cyprus, Syria, and the Egyptian tribute. Cape advices state that fighting has recommenced m the. Transvaal. An overwbelmi g force of Kaffirs compelled a British detachment 500 t-trong to fall back. Subsequently, m making a night attack on the English, they were repulsed with he vy loss. Militnrv prepuralion* are being actively carried on by the Colonial Government. The Paris Exhibition closed on the 10th November. The total number of admissions whs over 16,000,000, averaging about 82,000 per day. The gross receipts since the Ist of May amounted to 12,653,743 francs, exceeding by nearly 3,000 000 francs those of 1867. A Nihilist conspiracy has been discovered m Ivessic, m Siberia, and 20 conspirut »rs arrested. They intended to massacre the inhabitants nnd turn the Government Buildings into an arsenal. The coiscription m Russia has commenced. 218,000 men are required to recruit the army and navy. The appointment of a Papal Nuncio to England, ii abandoned. Iv the Antonel.i will suit, the Court of Appeal has decided m favor of the brothers Anlonelli. The Countess LambertOQ is requir.d to give up the name of her real mother. Lord Salisbury has received from the Chinese legation m London, a letter expressing m handsome terms the thanks of the Government and people of China, for the assistance rendered by Englishmen m all parts of the wo i ld during the recent distress ' Caused by famine. On Novi mber 15th Sir Arthur Gordon received the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen, and m acknowledging the honor, painted out the distinction between Crown colonies aad thosu m which the Governor ha» to deal with constitutional Legislative Assemblies. In the evening he delivered a lecture on Fiji, under the auspices of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society. The contest between Lord Roseberry and Mr Cro 4 s lor the Bector»hip of the Aberdeen University was very close, Lord Roseberry having 302 votes and Mr Cross 293. An influential association, under the presidency of the Duke of Sutherland, his been formed to promote the construction of a rail- • way to open up Ada Minor and form a direct line to India. The Government declines a guarantee, or to give direct aid to the undertaking. The Porte is favorably disposed towards the project. Thpre is great distress m the manufacturing distr'cts. The presence of Hussion cruisers m Chinese waters continues to give cause for a more watchful vigilance. Advices received on the 28th of November report the arrival of Russian monitors at Smartch, Arngon, Edmorog, and Peroon, m the Gulf of Bakodi, m the extreme north of Japan. It was considered advisable to send on the Lily, Magpie, aßd Frolic by different routes, to intercept the Admiral on his cruise, and advise him of tiie Muscovite advent. The locked-out agricultural laborers of Kent and Sussex assembled t"> the number of between five and six thousand at Exeter Hall, with a view of enlisting the sympathies of the working classes- Resolutions condemnatory of the farmers and of the existing land laws, and expressing a determination to support the men m their endeavor to support the Union, were passed. Offers of help from Indian Princes still continue. The health of the British troops m Afghanistan is good. The -Turkomans are willing (o co-operate with the British against either Russia or Afghanistan. The exposition of St. Francis Xavier has taken place at Goa. There was immense enthusiasm and an elaborate ceremony. The number of Catholics who attended was incalculable. Bombay, Dec. 9. Five hundred prisoners were captured at - AH MusjH, and were sent to Peshawar. ; Of these the rank and file were released and ' sent home with sufficient to sustain them en route. Some of the Khyber Afreedes have be?n giving trouble to the line of commnni- 1 cation by firing on convoys and pickets m the rear of the advancing force, but they have ' been dispersed. ' The Quettah column has advanced m ' Heishin, where the natives show a friendly 1 disposition. l The Kurrum column advanced on the ■ Peiwar-Eahtul on the 3rd met., and found ' the road extremely difficult. The enemy's position wa-t reached at daybreak, and thry c were completely surprised. The 72nd High- ' landers and sth Goorkabs speedily drove them I from their position. The Afghan artillery t

was capitally served, but though they had received reinforcements, their defeat was complete.