ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEAN MAIL.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 78, 8 October 1877, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEAN MAIL.

; Auckland, October & ! The Zealatdia arrived to day. One hundred and eighty thousand j troops have beea pressed forward to reinforce the Russian nrtny m Europe, and the head quarters hare been removed from Ternova to avoid being cut off, although ostensibly to conduct operationsat Plevna. Prirce Hassam with the- Egyptian con- ., tfngent has been dispatched to cut off'the- . Russians in Bbbrudscha. Eight steamers to embark troops on the North from Dansberg, and nn expedi* i tion has been sent from Silesbria against Toliernovda. Tlie Russians in Dhbrudscn* are reported to have fallen back on Jsmail 1 awaiting reinforcemeats. Fawcett has been sent by Layard to report on the condition' of fagutives south of tin? Blakans, and to- distribute relief. He says no- idea can be formed of the exlentof misery and atrocities perpretrnted on both sides. Over 20,000 fugitive \ women and* children require relief, as also 17,000' Jews, and frOOO' Turks, Sulieman Pasha is blamed' at Constan* tinople foranneeessarily wasting valuable czroops in renewing attacks on- Shipka Pass, and has been ordfered to obey more closely instructions. The fighting at Shipk-a Pass was the heaviest in the war. Sulieman Pasha wrecked a whole army dkshing battalions against the Bussian- works. For three Hays 3,000 Russians held the Pass. The Turkish army were without food, watpr, and sleep, before reinforced, and fighting night and day for a fortnight, SuHcmam Pasha abandoning'theattempt on the 3rd September. The Roumanian- troops are reported to be in a bar! condition, iil-paid, ill-fed, and scourged with typhus fever. Mehemet Ali's victory at Kareslan was of a decisive character. The Kussians were strongly entrenched in a village, the Turks and Egypftiana ootnmenced theattack suffering heavily from batteries of three guns ; the engagement hecame gpneral and extended 12 miles. By four o'clock Karissan was in fl-imes, and the Russians gave way. The Turks then redoubled their efforts dashed through the Mazing viliagc like i pack of hounds. Tlio Russians were driven into full retreat. Telegrams relating to Mehemet Ali's operations say that seuious fighting'occured to the rrsht of Rasgrad. The Turkish army, under Mehked Pa*ha vras engaged all day, losses heavy on both sides. The battle now lies between Biela and Ablova. Correspondent's dpscribe General TimaffiefF's gailanr. attack which drove the Turks across the Loin, an'l say there was nn armistice for the bunal of the dead. The Russians and Turks fraternised heartily during the armistice; shook hands exchanged 'bread, and bartered trinkets for tobacco. After the termination of the armistice the Russian* evacuated AbJov-i. finding it useless to nt'eimt to holdout any longer with nine battalions ngnin«t .sinty. Aftfr the Turks ropnter-d Mo'Ut Sagra. the Moslem population emerging from hiding places fell on the Bulgarian population perpetrating an awi'ul mass-iore. The greater part of the town was burned. The American Missionaries escaped witfV difficulty. A special despatch from Armenia re^ ports the defeat of the Turkish attack on the Russian position at Karakndara. After fighting throughout the day Mt-likoff commanding 2.000 Montenegrins surrounded an Hezegovinian village. A fresh band arrived during the night, and the others mistaking them for Turks attacked* them, fighting all night. In the morning the mistake was discovered, but 700 had been killed. A tremenduons fire occurred in New York and rendered three hundred and fifty families homeless with great loss of life. Oat of a hundred and fifty workmen only a few escaped. The destruction of property amounted to a million dollars. Brighnm Young's death was followed by a quorum of apostles taking charge of the church. John Taylor, first apostle is virtually head. Brigham's property is probably worth two hundred million dollars, which he left equally between his wives and children; the mothers taking the income until the child is of age. A serious earthquake occurred at Coaquimbo,. Chili, on August the 17th. The telegraph cable was broken. Eosario mine, Mexico, twenty-four deaths. The Indian war is still draggine out. The savages attacked the settlers at Fort Gillis killing sixteen. Government orders are to pursue to death. The Raving's Bank, Boston, has stopped deposits* £11)00,000. Bdm-iuy, 28tlV September. Austria continues neutral. Mehemet AH is retiring- on Caratom, owing to fehe massing of Russians on the Lorn. Bad' weather, supplies difficult, roads impassable. Sulieman Pasha bo - operates with Mehemet: in pursuance of orders fromSeraskerat. September 29. There are signs of an- early and' severe winter ;• there is two inches of snow at Shinka Pass. It is believed'the campaign in Bulgaria is virtually ended. The Russians remain entrenched for the winter. The Cable- Company have kindly forwarded for the New Zealand Press, the following message from the Victorian Agent-General : — London. September 27, Nothing new from the scat of war. The relief of Plevna is confirmed] Indian famine fund has reached £270,000: Stbnet, October 6. A Sydney Herald special of 27th says :— Fourteen thousand Turks- wound* ded at Pievna.Chcfket Pasha is forming- a- fortified camp at Gurkhaine with the- view of keeping, open 'the road from Plevna to Sophia, and is organising another relief force for Plevna. The mobilisation of the Servian army continues, and two millions of francs for that purpose have be<?u received from • Russia..