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Show European Notes. I Co bou rg, 18. The Duke of Edinburgh Edin-burgh bas started for Marseilles, where he will embark on tbe Black Prince and Bail for Canada, to wel come tbe Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise on their arrival there. 8t. Petersburg, 18. All reports ol tho emperor's withdrawal from bUIh atlairs are semi-officially denied. The course of publia ailairs will not be changed one iota. In official circles the view prevails that there baa been too much reforming lately, and that there had better be a pause iu the path of inharmonious changes. Berlin, IS. The native armies forming in Bulgaria and East Roumelia, are under Russian officers, equipped with Russian arms, commanded com-manded in the Russian tongue and number about 50,000 men, and forcible enlistments continue. Arms are distributed by the Russians among Christian villagers in East Roumelia while the Turks provide rifles and ammunition lor Pomaks in the Rbodope hills. Tbe negotiations concerning the reforms in Asia Minor at last promise Borne result. Mixed Christian and Mueselman police are to be com manded by English officers. An Eoglisb asBisLant judge will be added to each court of appeal. Tho governor and head tax-gatherer will be appointed and dismissed subject to Engliih approval. These and some other equally important clauses have been approved in principle by tbe porte. |