The Bee-Hive. — 1876-10-07 (London, England)

LATEST NEWS FROM THE WAR.  News from the seat of war continues uninteresting. At Belgrade the Servian troops now stand fire well, and being now better able to rely upon them, General Tchernaieff will continue the offensive in order to make the most of the short military season now remaining.  A special telegram from General Tchernaieff, the commander of the Servian army, gives strong corroborative evidence to the charge made against the Turkish troops of torturing and mutilating their wounded opponents. The Servians troops last Saturday recaptured an intrenchment from the enemy, and in it found the bodies of some of their comrades who had been first impaled and then roasted alive. The corpses of Turkish soldiers proved that the place had been occupied by regular troops. This statement is vouched for by several officers, eye-witnesses of the horrible scene. The proposition made to Austria by Russia has been submitted to the Powers generally. It includes the occupation of Bosnia and Bulgaria by the Austrain and Russian powers respectively, and a hostile demonstration of the united fleets upon Constantinople. Austria awaits the reply of England and the other Powers to the Russian proposition. But the plans proposed by Russia are thought by experienced politicians in the Austrain capital to be too exclusively in the interests of Russia to meet with anything like European approval. A Grand Council was held at Constantinople on Tuesday, when it was decided to give an informal note to the Great Powers, to be followed at a later date by a formal answer. Among the Turkish population there is a strong war spirit, and a commencement of hostilities with Russia would be by no means unwelcome. Official intelligence has been received of the destruction by incendiaries of the farm occupied by the family of Mr. Abbott, the late German Consul at Salonica. Several persons are reported to have been murdered, and demands hove been made by the Consuls for the protection of foreign interests. According to information from Therapia, the Sultan's refusal to accede to the proposition of the Powers is not to be considered final; he is stated to have told Sir Henry Elliot privately that he is willing to grant all reforms that have been asked of him, if he is not forced to an immediate yielding in the face of his military successes.  Unofficial despatches received at Belgrade from Widdin state that a body of 8,000 Turkish troops are advancing upon Negotin, which place has been occupied by 6,000 Servains, with two batteries of artillery.  Largo numbers of volunteers are reported to be joining the Servians from Germany. Fifty Bavarian and Prussian soldiers have already arrived at Belgrade, it is stated.  Dn. KENEALIi. A meeting of Dr. Kenealy's Magna Chartists was held on Tuesday night at the Doughty Hall, Bedford-row. Dr. Kenealy, amid such tremendous booting, cheering, and groaning as rendered him inaudible except to those immediately around him, spoke for an hour and a half denouncing the secretary of the association, Mr. Bailey, as a traitor to him, and to the cause. The surging mob, becoming at last impatient, shouted down the Doctor with cries of "Time," and Mr. Bailey mounting a form to reply, Dr. Kenealy and his family, guarded by his supporters, retired from the hall amid a scene of indiseribable uproar. Mr. Bailey then harangued the audience, replying to Dr. Konealy's charges, and accusing him of starting and maintaining the Magna Charta Association solely in his own and his family's personal interest. He stated that Mr. Ahmed Kenealy nd Captain Morrison, the treasurer, had forcibly resisted his entrance into the hall that night, the latter gentleman actually striking him a blow in the face. He also announced his determination to publish all the correspondence of the association. Ultimately the meeting unanimously adopted a vote of no confidence in Dr. Kenealy.  " TRH VERY BEST " is Taylor's Patent Sewing Machine with the new Improvements, which render it superior to all others for Dressmaking and Family use. It is simple to learn, easy to work, quiet in action, not liable to get out of order. Can be had on easy terms of purchase at a moderate price. Intending purchasers, if unable to obtain Taylor's Patent Sewing Machines from local Dealers, are respectfully requested to send for a prospectus to 97, Cheapside, London, KO.; Great Driffield, Yorkshire ; or the branch establishments 22, Silver-street, Hull, and 32, Kirkgate, Wakefield.