LATE EUROPEAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 26, 22 May 1876, Page 2

LATE EUROPEAN NEWS.

e [i'EK PEF.3S AOKXCVj Sy dkey. Saturday. Tlic steamer Eovcn brings the following ireins of English news : London, April 2G. A panic was caused partially by an unfounded rumor of a change in the .Russian policy in the East, ami reported diife-rc-iicos as having arisen between Count Andrassy and Morikoif. Panic since .subsided. The Queen's title of Km press of India is disapproved of in Russia. The Queen is visiting Ootha. accompanied by Earl Carnarvon. The mail steamer Surat, which sailed from Southampton on the Oth April, was I cowed into .Lisbon with a damaged shaft. The Australia left London on the 12th April, and will tranship her mails, passengers, and cargo oil' the 18 th April. The Emperor of Germany visited Queen Victoria at Coburg. 20,000 colliers in Yorkshire and Derbyshire have struck owrng to » reduction in wages. Lord Lyttelton committed suicide during a fit of melancholy. A race for the championship of the Thames has been arranged between Sadler and. Tuckett. The London Colonial word sales were resumed. The opening .sales exhibited a languid tone. i-Yices rule a penny lower. Wheat market dull. A revolt occurred in Northern Bosnia. Horrible cruelties were practised by the insurgents against the natives who refased to join the ranks of the -rebels. The Governor of Bosnia has announced the defeat of 400 insurgents. Tiie Turks officially admit a defeat at Ivliksisch, after six days' fighting, the supplies for the troops having been intercepted. , . | Discount, two per cent. TTgr——

A IST ACCOUNT OF THE REV. Ml?. YOLKNER'S MURDER AT OPOTIKI. (From the " Bay of Plenty Times.") 3 A correspondent at Opotiki lias sent the following account, lately narrated to hhn| by Ti Wai Piliana, of the murder of the! Rev. Mr. Yolkiur, which foul deed was I perpetrated by the natives at Opotiki 011N the 2nd March, 1865:—"Early in the* year 1565, Kereopa and about thirty followers canie to Opitiki full of the new* religion (Hauliauism), and raised a strong )j feeling against the Government and Go-3 vernment supporters, and created great excitement among the Maori residents of Opotiki. About, the same time Mr. and! Sirs. Yolkner went to Auckland, anil! while there Mr. Yolkner was warned by myself and another not to return to Opotiki for the present as it was dangerous ; however, he heeded not the warning, but came back. Shortly after his arrival, Kereopa incited the Maoris to imprison ail the Europeans in the place, which they did—Mr. Yolkner, Mr. Grace, and six oil seven others. After a few days' imprison-J merit, Yolkner was brought up to the) church, and near to that place tliey'liangods hi m on a willow tree ; afterwards they heheaded him, and left his body to b-i eaten by the dogs, 1 but the head they pi-eservecl, and afterwards took it with them with some others to Poverty Bay. No Europeans witnessed tlie murder; all were imprisoned at tlie time. Many of the friendly natives fied to the lmsh, but returned after a few days. When 1 returned. Mr. Grace and the other Europeans were at liberty and walking about. I then took Mr. Grace to my house; lie was very sad, and frequently wept. I tried to cheer him and tell him lie would not be hurt, but he remained in continual fear. He was again imprisoned (this time by Wi Hura) and tied with a rope and robbed of his v«tlch and other valuables,' and then pr.t into a house where lie re--mained for a few days. When he was again liberated he came to my house and remained for a few days. After a short time a man-o'-war (the Eclipse, I think) was seen outside the bar. I went on b< >ardand! shortly afterwards returned, when 1 said in Mr. Grace, 'Now is your time to escape| get on board the man-of-war.' But he was afraid of the. Maoris stopping him. Il said to him, 'AH the Maoris are now assembling at the large house to hold council together ; I will join them, and detain them talking while you make good your escape. There is a boat for you, and when you see the Maoris all in tlie; house, then start.' I went to the when he anal some other Europeans go| into the boat, and started ; but tlie boa! got aground, y/iien she was seen by the' Maoris, who immediately manned a canoe and gave chase, but they got the I'oat off in time, pulled very hard, and at last got 011 board the man of Avar."