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Show FOREIGN. j EL HOPE. lib VOLT ISO AGAINST THE CAL'CL'S SYSTEM. London. 12. Corre'pondeuca is ipublidhfd between W, E Foroier and a memborof the executive eoruruiaee ol'the Bradford liberals. Forster is invited to Btand as one of the liberal candidates for parliament, subject to tho rules of the liberal aesociauou, with particular reference to the rule which provides that candidates must auree to be guided by the decisions ol the association. Forster refuses tbe terms and intimates his intention to s and independently. Fomler was elected by a conaprvitiive vote in 1874, the. hbcrcl pa'ty heing dividtd. The borough is probably liberal, and the oljct of the executive committee was i to res torn harmony and pirty duci-!pliue. duci-!pliue. This in the second revolt of prominent liberals against the caucus sytiPit), John Locke, a member r.f parliament lor Southworlh, having previously cakn the ground occupied by Forster. occupation items. Vienna, 12. -The commander of the eeventh Austrian army division in Bosnia reports tbe town of Travuik as occupied by troops on Sunday and Ihe communicalion with Banjalaka is completely restored. In the engage ments at Varcarvakof and Jaieze. seven officers and lb'J men were wounded. I Vienna, 12. An official dispatch says the insurgents are evacuating the defile ot Vrauduk, aud letreati g to Serajevo. It this news is correct, there will be no obstacle to a junction of ihe torces of General Pnilipovich with those of the Grand Duke ol Wurteraberg, who ia at Travuik. The decisive conflict will probably be at rierajevo, which the Austrian hope to en'er on the 18th iust. Fit AN CO AMEHICAN TilElTY. Paris, 12 Tbe draft of Hip Franco American commercial tre-ty provides-that provides-that ad valorem duties shall be con verted as far as possible iuto specific duties and that the American duty cn Bilk shall be reduced to 50 per cent for the first year, 40 per cent, tbe second year and thence forward to 30 per cent., tbe United States to reduce utber duties exceeding 40 per cent, to o0 per cent. RUSSIANS EVACUATING. i Constantinople, IU liussiana will ! evacuate Adriauople within six weeks. They will evacuate Erzeroum aud Bayasid upon the withdrawal ol tho British fleet. The czar has telegraphed tele-graphed the sultan requesting him ti urder the ev.icujtiuu of Batoum The porte has decided to comply wuh tee advice. WILL IIOItT THE KSeiLldll FLAG . The inhabitants of Balanm have agaiu notified Minister Layaid that iiiey consider themselves under British protection and wili hoist tbe Briiir-h fl ig upon the attempt of the RotsiuEia to occupy the city I1UeIAX tL'ITLY CONTRACroiCS, HANK" turr. Bucharest, 12. Contractors for supplying tood to ihe Russian army have become bankrupt in cuuse q-ieuco of the refusal ol the Russian government to pay for the supplies until the charges of fraud are investi jilted. It is ailegrd that 0,000,000 roubles have been misappropriated is-Hi" is-Hi" Bucharest district alone. |