TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 186, 20 October 1876, Page 9

TELEGRAMS.

(From our Daily Contemporaries.) , Singapore, Oct. 13. The Czar o£ .Russia has written a letter to the Emperor Joseph , oE Austria. It is reported he proposes the Russian occupation of , Bulgaria, Austria to occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina. The fleets of Russia and Austria are watching the Bosphorus. The Russian Ambassador in Paris has stated that the Czar is in favor of peace, and that Russia will only intervene with the consent of the great Powers after a conference shall have been held. General Ignatieff has returned to his post in Turkey. The Porte lias refused to grant the autonomy of the provinces, but 'promises to grant reforms while they remain portion of the Turkish Empire The Porte also proposes to create a national Congress, composed of 110 members, Mussulmans and Christians, partly elective, for the purpose of executing reforms suggested. A circular, officially issued by Russia, invites the other powers to join her in imposing on Turkey an assent to a further armistice between the latter power and the belligerent provinces. (Per Arawata, at the Bluff.) The Czar's birthday was feted at Belgrade yesterday (Sept. 11). At a banquet in the evening Prince Milan expressed his entire devotion to Russia. The ship Windsor was abandoned on the 30th August in a sinking state. The crew have been landed at Plymouth. Sir Stafford Northcote, in addressing a meeting at Edinburgh, denied that the Eastern policy of the Government had been hampered by the unworthy jealousy of Russia or by fear of the Mahoiiedan subjects of InHia. He went on to say that the Empire of India depended oil good government, and that the Porte had sent a commission to Bulgaria armed with judicial power to enquire into the recent atrocities. Meibotjrne, October 12. The long wUhed-for rain has fallen in ports of New South Wales and South Australia. It was time, when £50 had to be paid for a drink of water for travelling cattle between the Lachlan and the Darling. We now hear of several hours' steady rain, with plenty of water and grass.