There is as yet no critical change in the character
of the news from Turkey and her insurgent provinces. But it is clear that the insurrection, so far from having been suppressed, is more active than it was a few weeks ago, and that a very strained relation now exists between the Porte and Servia. The large con- centration of Turkish troops on the borders of Servia has of course caused great alarm there,—the Parliament has been re- moved from Kragujevatz to Belgrade, on the same principle on which you remove a powder-mill from the neighbourhood of a con- flagration,—and the Servian G' overnment haa informed the European Powers that owing to repeated incursions on its territory bytheTurks, —a list of which incursions is enumerated,—it has been forced to take military measures for the protection of its frontier. There is also a very hot dispute going on between Turkey and Servia as to the occupation by Turkey of an island in the Drina, which is asserted to be neutral ground. There are now about 60,000 Turkish troops assembled along the frontier between Turkey and Servia, certainly enough to cause alarm even to a pacific State, much more to a country as eager as Servia to find an excuse for actual hostilities. Of course, Austria is doing all in her power to prevent an outbreak ; and Russia apparently is adopting the same policy, as not being ready at present to assist at the great liquidation. But the result looks very doubtful.
