NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 2686, 6 November 1876, Page 2

NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

- ♦■ ' [Fbom thb Pbbss Aohnoy.] (Por b.s. City of New York via Auoklend.) DEATH OF ANOTHER EX-SULTAN. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR IN RUSSIA. DEFEAT OF THH TURKS BY THE MONBTENEGRINS. Undated. SUMMARY. Ex-Sultan Murad is dead. Tho Turkish Extraordinary Counoil was willing to mako an armistioo for six months, meanwhilo oarrying out reforms. Mukhtar Pasha advanoed into Montenegro, oapturing entronohments without opposition. Fifteen thousand Spanish troops have been doßpatohod to Cuba, antioipating a renewal of hostilities. The Servian Gonoral has called out all men botwoon 18 ond 50. Roumania has mustored its army in readiness. A body of 25,000 Montenegrins attaoked Mukhtar Pasha, and drove him to the frontier, killing 800 Turks. Thoy burned Tibinze and out off Mukhtnr Pasha from roinforoements. At a meeting in Sfc. James' Hall, Mr Gladstone oondomned tho Oabinot for pursuing a polioy opposed to tho wishes of Parliament and tho peoplo, and expressed his oonviotion that making Bostra, Herzegovina, and Bulgaria independent of tho Ottoman Empire would sottle tho difficulty. Tho revolutionists in Mexioo havo been driven from their strongholds, Gonoral Guorra was taken prisonor. England proposed a oonferonoo of the Great Powers re Eastern difficulties, but the proposition foil through. It is understood that the Russian demands wero Buoh as oould not have beon mot by a conference Russia offered Roumania absoluto independence for permiaaion to maroh troops through her territory, and Roumania oonaontod. War preparations in Russia aro very aotivoTho Servians olaim Bomo bucoobsob in minor ongagoments with tho Turks. In oonsequonoo of damage to tho British trade by the American protootivo tariff, representations havo boon mado by Sheffield to Earl Carnarvon that Britain should plaoo a heavy import duty on Amcrioan goods. Tho Oabinot, after oonaidoratton, declined. The Imperial odiofc by China expresses regret for Mr Margary's murder, and admits tho right of foreigners to travel through tho oountry. Envoys woro eont to England with a lottor of apology. An enthusiastic meeting of Grooians rosolved that the position of tho Greek Provinocs in Turkey is intolerable, and proposed to strengthen tho army. Russia proposoa tho oooupation of Bulgaria, Tho London Times doolaros that in insisting on this the Emperor had mistaken tho mind of Europe. Ovorturos have boon mado by Russia to Austria. Tho Porte grounds its resistanoo to tho proposals of the great powers on it a inability to oontrol the mob, and threatens a maßaaoro of the Christians. Terrible sufferings havo beon experienced in

some of the riohest parte of Cuba, and 40,000 rations have been distributed twice a week. A general insurrection in all Asia is threatened. Torrible ravages have been made by yellow fever in tbe Southern States of America. Lord Derby in reply to a deputation, expressed a strong belief in the permanenoy of peace. He favoured the local autonomy.