LONDON.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 96, 19 September 1877, Page 2

LONDON.

September 13, 8,25 a.m. The race for the, St. Leger resulted — Silvio, Ist: Golightly, 2nd'; Manoeuvre, 3rd. The Australian and New Zealand mails have been delivered. The following are the names of the colonists who were returning to New Zealand m the Avalanche :— For Wellington : Mrs, and Miss Cooper, Cecil Walyer, J. C. Cooper. 'Neil Pearce, eldest son of .Edward Pearce, For Wanganui :. Henry Wilkins and . family, Miss M. Watt, Miss Taylor, Mrs. Shields, Mrs. Wychodie, J. M. Richards, Miss F^oote. ' i ;„ Sept. 13, 3.45 p.m. On Tuesday -night the Avalanche, bound for Wellington, when off Portland, was .struck* amidships by -"the 'American ship Forest, and both sunk m three minutes. Sixty-three passengers, chiefly returning colonists, were all drowned. Of thirty-four seamen, 3" were saved, including the third officer. Of the crew,of twenty-one on board the Forest nine were saved^ The bodies are being washed ashore. Amongst the lost arc whole families, including eight Wilkinses, six Lees, and four Chamberlains. September 14. L Agent Generals Telegram.] „ After four, days cannonade Levitzen redoubt, before Plevna, was taken by the Russians with heavy slaughter, fire thousand Russians being wounded and a number killed not yet estimated. Plevna is still held by the Turks", and jSulieman Pasha is advancing on Gabrova. ' '„ ■ , ".V The Czarewitch army is driven back on Biela by Mehemet AH. - ' The independence of Roumania is pro-' j claimed by Prince Charles, whose forces, commanded by him, behaved with great gallantry before Plevna. Nicksich is taken by the Montenegrins with .-a,' battery of guns and warmaterial. ■> On the Czar's birthday, the Austrian emperor drank the health of his dear friend, the Czar. The Turks killed almost all their prisoners. People m a valley near Plevna, were threshing their corn m the open air whilst the shells were 'flying over their heads.