LONDON.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2133, 4 November 1875, Page 2

LONDON.

October 10

Official despatches confirm previous advices announcing a peaceful settlement of the difficulty with China. ,

£25,0C0 worth of gold has been withdrawn from the Bank for America.

Hop-pickers hare finished. It is believed that one fifth of the crop has failed in growth this year—cannot supply home market; English hops have accordingly advanced to 10s.

An enthusiastif meeting has been held in Glasgow to protest against Vaticanism. A letter from Mr Gladstone was read expressing sympathy with the object.

A special telegram from Vienna says the Porte has instructed Servia Pacha to demand an unconditional submission of the insurgents.

Another telegram asserts the insurrection in Bosnia is totally quelled.

Tlie Turkish army has received orders to confine itself to the. defensive.

Lord Derby delivered a speech in Liverpool on the 7th, at which he said that notwithstanding the recent assurances of a pacific settlement of the Chinese difficulty, it was still pending and liable to break out afresh at any time.

Martial law is proclaimed at Monteviedo.

The Rev. Alexander Ponrose Forbes, Bishop of Brechin, Scotland, is dead.

The Stock Exchange ia animated. There is considerable excitement in the foreign markets. .......

There is a severe outbreak of cholera at Mysore province, India.

Recent rains have swollen the rivers and streams, thus causing disastrous inundations in Leicestershire and Warwickshire; The destruction of property is heavy and many lives have been lost | railroads are badly damaged, and traffic generally is suspended.

All Her Majestys ships in Japanese ports have been ordered to China.

Fifteen hundred troops left Cadiz for Cuba on the 10th. . . .; .

Referring to the Turkish insurrection, the Pall Mall Gazette publishes a Berlin telegram as follows:—•" It is now proposed that executions in provinces shall be intrusted to the Governor-General, he enjoying the confidence of Christians."

The Worcester Despatch says the Consuls consider that unless Turkey determines upon reformation in every department of the administration of Herzegovina the Province will be completely lost to her.

Germany will demand this year 6,000,000 marks for military estimates.