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The Eastern Situation.

[By Submarine Cable.]

London, April 16.

SirStafTordNorthcote stated in Parlia ment that he was sanguine of a pacific settlement of the Eastern question.

.April 17. Troops have been ordered from India to Malta.

England will co-operate with America in suppressing Chinese emigration. Thirty thousand Manchester opera tives have struck. . The extension of the strike throughout Lancashire is im minent.

The Eighth Regiment of the Indian army and two batteries have been ordered to Malta. The Roumanian Government have been informed that 120,000 Russian troops will occupy the Principality.

The Government have refused to re new the military convention. The Militia has been called out, and the army is retiring towards the Hun-

garian frontier. Prince Charles will proceed in that direction, the Russians acting as masters

in the country.

Prince Bismarck suggests the with drawal of the British fleet from the Sea of Marmora, and the Russians from Stamboul.

Eighty thousand Lancashire opera tives struck work to-day.

April 18.

There are strong hopes of a Congress. Russia accepts Bismarck’s mediation, and awaits England’s agreement before withdrawing from Stamboul.

April 19.

The situation is unchanged. The Government is buying horses in America.

Russia is calling out three divisions of the reserves, and massing troops in Roumania, which action is regarded as a menace to Austria.

Bombay, Sunday. Prospects of a German mediation are hopeful. It is expected that the Ambas sadors at Berlin will draft a proposal for a Congress which will be acceptable to England and Russia.

The Queen’s proclamation prohibits the exportation of torpedoes. .The press approves of the British expeditionary force to Malta. The Paris Dcbats doubts the sincerity of Germany’s mediation. The Russian army withdraws from Constantinople, and the British fleet from the Sea of Marmora.

AUSTRALIAN.

[Per Press Agency.]

Melbourne, Saturday. The Telegraph Conference is post poned to the 9th May. The Underwriters’ Association reports the arrival at London, on the 16th April, of the ship Halcione, from Lyt telton.

The Noumean Government are pay ing in Bank notes their dishonored cheques. The Bank of Australasia has opened a branch at Noumea.

Two English capitalists have gone to New Guinea sugar planting. Albany, Friday. The Tanjore left at 3.30 to-day for Melbourne.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, Saturday. The Governor visited the Industrial School to-day. Spurious sovereigns are being circu lated here. Nelson, Saturday. In the rifle match against Wellington cadets, ten Nelson cadets scored 291, the highest scorer making 37, and the lowest 21. The Easter encampment of all the district volunteers is proving a most successful affair. The review will be held on Monday.

Blenheim. Saturday.

The Premier arrived to-day. Mr. Henderson, the defeated candidate at the late election, and a committee, pre sented an address. Sir G. Grey replied, expressing thanks, and promising the extension of the railway into Blenheim at once. He hoped soon to see the district tied on to Christchurch by rail way, and in his time he believed they would also be connected with the West Coast.

Sir G. Grey spent the afternoon in interviewing Maoris and inspecting buildings. He then drove through the town. At eight o’clock he addressed a crowded meeting in Ewart’s Hall.

Wellington, Monday.

It is understood that one of the first measures to be introduced" next ses sion will be a Brewers and Publicans Bill. The intention of the measure is to prevent brewers becoming proprietors of hotels. Four-fifths of the hotels in Wellington are owned by brewers. Dunedin, Monday.

During the last month there has been an average goods traffic. To and from Dunedin station five thousand tons of goods have been transmitted weekly.

THE AUTUMN MEETING AT CHRISTCHURCH.

Racecourse, 1.17 p.m. The Autumn Meeting commenced to-day, in beautiful weather, and with a large attendance. St. Lkger ; 150 sovs. Mr. Webb’s Jangler ... (S. Fuller) 1 Mr. Mallock’s Foul Play (Higgot) 2 Won by a length. Time, 3 mins. 27 secs. Trump Card and Standard Bearer were both scratched.

2.10 p.m. Champagne Stakes of 150 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 15 sovs. Mr. Redwood’s Natator (Matthews) 1 Mr. Poynter’s York ... (Ray) 2 Mr. Mallock’s Nemo ... (Ford) 3

Atlantic, Merlin, and Waitaugi also ran. It was a splendid race, and was won by a length. Nemo ran off the course in the straight, or she might have been the winner. Time, 1 min.

Calculations are being made of the “ captures ” of the Russians during the war, and they are said to consist of 27 Pashas and 145,000 officers and men, more than 42,000 horses, 1268 guns, 20,000 tents ; rifles of various systems, 1 So.ooo ; small arms, vatagans and pistolets belonging to the irregular cavalry, 200,000 ; silver-mounted poig nards and sabres, used by the Circas sians, 13,000 ; besides stores of gun powder and a stock of ready made car tridges exceeding half a million rounds. An extraordinary occurrence is re ported from Lancashire. At Waddington, a village in an ironstone district, the worrying of rats appears to be a favorite pastime with some of the workmen. Recently one of these fellows, dissatisfied with the way in which the dogs per formed their task, offered to kill a rat with his teeth, his hands being tied behind his back. He was severely bitten about the face, but accomplished his feat, and would have repeated it at a publichouse, the wager being for a gallon of beer, but the landlord inter fered and prohibited the spectacle—on the ground that it might get him into trouble.

THE EVENING ECHO, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1878.



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