The Warrington Examiner. — 1876-10-07 (Warrington, Cheshire, England)

OUR FLEET AT BESIKA BAY.  According to an Admiralty statement issued on Tuesday, the vessels at resent at Besika Bay are the following :—The Haim (fl ig of Vice-Admiral Drummond), the Triumph (flag of Bear-Admiral Rice), the Swiftsure, the Monarch, the Sultan, the Hotspur, the Rupert, the Research, the Wye, and the Wizard.  Tuesday's papers speak of the uncertain character of the war news. It was stated that the Servian Government published an official bulletin on Monday, reproducing the statements already telegraphed as to the successes of Tchernaieff, with the addition that in the fighting of Saturday some heights on the Turkish side of the Morava River were captured and held. The Turks, en the other hand, in official bulletins issued from Constantinopie, claim that the Servians repeatedly made fruitless attacks on the Turkish positions.  Wednesday's papers declare that the reply of the Turkish Ministers to the peace proposals of the Great Powers amouuts to a virtual rejection of them. The Porte does not explicitly refuse to grant administrative autonomy for the northern provinces; but it professes its intention to introduce " reforms" applicable to the whole Empire, an which will be so extensive as to render autonomy unnecessary. The "Council Extraordinary" at which this momentous resolution was arrived at also decreed that the new "National Council" should consist of 12) members. The decisions of the "Ministers and other high dignitaries" have been laid before the Sultan, after w ich they will be communicated to the Powers. A few days ago the Times correspondent at Belgrade asseTted that the only chance of avoiding a general vita lay in the prompt acceptance by Turkey of the peace proposal, and since that opinion was expressed use famcus autograph letter of the Czar to the Austrian Emperor has been written.  The Servian Government reasserts officially and in the most emphatic manner its determination to continue the war, even' to the death." Servis, we are told, "will may yield to a foreign military intervention, and not entertain peace conditions unless they are first submitted to her. ' A memorandum by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe con. talus the terms which the ex-Ambassador conceives most likely to hasten the conclusion of peace in Turkey end ite permanent continuanee. To Bulgaria is tvi 90160. n owitimi  inhabitants. To Bulgarian non-Mussulmans should be secured the privilege of admial-teriug their own affairs; no irregular troops should be admitted. Servia should be allowed to enjoy the same state as before the war, but subjected to some sli,Tht punishment for its unwarran tat 1, invasion of Turkish terrritory. The separation in Bosnia and Herzegovina of tae Christians and Mussulinans locally, for the purpl96B of administration and justice, would be desirable. Political equality to all classes; gradual abolition of slavery; religious freedom; financial reform; a mixed police in sub.titution for the present system ; the ruinoug practice or fanning the revenue to cease, and the equal re-partition of taxes. In more recent aco3unts it is stated that Turkey's refusal of the revised terms of peace has given great dissatisfaction to the Powers. Further pressure will be brought to bear upon the Porte, in the hope of getting the Eastern Question settled, at least for tte present. Alarming reports continue to reach us as to the probable action of Russia. One telegram even states that she has completed arrangements for invading Turkey. Of this, however, there is no creditable evidence whatever.  Colonel Loyd-Lindsay arrived in London on Tues. day afternoon from from the seat of war, after having organised hospitals of tne National Society both in Servia and Turkey for the wounded soldiers of both. armies. Four surgeons left London on Tuesday evening for the society's hospital at Belgrade, replacing others whose duties at home have compelled their return.  The speech of the Premier at Aylesbury does not seem to have impressed very favourably the American people. The New York Heralds in a severe and sarcastic leading article, says that Lord Beac, nfield's corn. plaint that he is not supported by the country reminds it of a man who murdered his father and mother, and when placed on trial, pleaded for mercy on the ground that he was an orphan.