The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-02-26 00:00:00

THI WAR.

Important declarations as to the present situation In
the East were made on Tueeday in the German. Austrian,
and fluturarian Parliamenta. The first of these wee made
by Prince Bisinenrk, who pointed out that the prowedines
In the Engliab Parliament bad exhausted all that was to
be said shout the present condition of affairs, end added
that he thought the puce of Europe would not be
endangered by the limits of Bulgaria being different In
the peace preliminaries to what they were regarded at the
Constantinople Conference, though the eignatory Powers
most he consulted if it was resolved that Um war
Indemnity should he • territorial one. Prince Auersperi
told the Austrian Reiclssrath that he would consider null
and void any stipulation between Russia end Turks,
which was detrimental to the Interests of the Monarchy,
or contrary to the Treaty of Paris. Herr Times made a
similar do titration at Pesth, and added that there was
now no question of the amelioration of the lot of the
Christians in Turkey the question was one of a total
transformation and change of influence and power In the
lest
• Constantinople correspondent mention, • report that
the Russians be resolved not to allow the Mahommetan
refugees from Bulgaria to return to their homes.
A telegram from A thesis states that there has been an
engagement at llfacrinitsa, near Vol.. between 1.500
Ineurgents. strongly entrenched. and 11,000 Turks. The
baser are represented as having been repeatedly repulsed.
losing MO killed, while the insurgent. lost only 50
According to the Vienna wall-official
Curespeednu. Server Puha. a few days ago, told the
Greek banker, Evil% that Turkey having 1-i.t her
European possessions, all she could hope to retain In this
Put of tlse world wee a footing at Constantinople under
Russian patronage. But she wee still strong enough to
aspire to the renovation of her Asiatic Caliphate, and is
pursuit of this new policy would have to constitute herself
the enemy of England and the antagonist of to. &Ivrea
of India.

Till BILITISN_FLEZT:

POPLI TO!. 19.

The British squadron left Melanie Bay yeetioday on
account of the anchorsee being bad. and Proceeded to
Tools., near the entrance of the Gulf of Timid. It has
Bow approached, therefore, to within 15 miles of Constan-
tinople.
ST. PITENSIVIIO. Feb. 19, evening.
The Armee Runs states that the meeting of the PoWell
wilt per.t. v cmply take the form of • Conferenos
The /rem* Rime declares the statements published by
a London morning paver, to the effect that the final
treaty of peac might he expected to be missed between the
Porte sod Reada to-morrow. to be inexact, and welts
that, on the contrary. the Turks have become more
recalcitrant
PARIS. Tuesday evening.
The feeling here is not by any nose. so hopeful this
evening.
The declarations made in Parliament last night by
Lord Derby and Sir Stafford Nortlecoto have not a little
contributed to damp the enthusiasm of those who
regarded peace as secured merely on the strength of •
Russian telagram._.....

C0U3,113. 161111,
Dr. Armand Lad* Dr. Neville, Dr. itirknotrick, all of
the Red Croy Society. have arrived at Per.. after having
been prisoners In the Russian lines since the beginning of
the year. All bore traces of plat herdship. They state
Colonel Baker is lying seriously ill in the village of Street
of dysentery. They stated there eras very little liklihood
that Colonel Baker's life would be saved. One of the
doctors, faded, understood the Russians to announce
their intention to take no rare of him. n, that in all pro.
liability this gallant gentleman has gone over to the
majority.