The news from' the East of Europe reads very ominous.
The Cretan rebellion, which the Pall Mall Gazette killed some months ago is far from over ; the Porte has complained to the Government of Athens of its complicity with rebels, and the Servians are said to be determined to enforce their demands on the Sultan by war. They can, it is alleged, bring 50,000 men into the field, and demand that the fortress of Belgrade should be evacuated, and the Hospodarship declared hereditary. The Sultan is disinclined to yield, and though he has not above 180,000 soldiers disposable, he can make a most effective appeal to the Mussulman population. The point now is whether the Christians of Turkey have the nerve to rise without distinct promises of assistance from some first-class power. If they have not, they must wait till the Exhibition is over.
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