ENGLISH NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 453, 11 October 1877, Page 2

ENGLISH NEWS.

(Per Chimborazo, at Melbourne.) Wellington, October 10.

The three police inspectors, Druskovitch, Palmer, and Meiklejohn, and Solicitor Froggart were again brought up at Bow-street, charged with conspir icy to defeat the ends of justice in connection with turf frauds. The convict Carr was further examined, and in his evidence stated that, directly or indirectly, he had given money to members of the police force. He also mentioned several inferior members of the police and prison warders, to whom bribes had been given. The Queen and several members of the Royal family paid a visit of inspection to the Thunderer en August 11. Sulieman Pasha telegraphs that 10,000 Mussulmans, besides women and children, escaped the massacre by the Bulgarians and Russians at Kezarebek, the remainder of the men-being killed, and the women carried away prisoners by the Russians to the Balkans, in August last.

It seems that the Russians had only 150,000 men on the Danube, and the army "f invasion in Armenia did not exceed 50,000. The difficulties of transport and commissariat have been found very great, while the army sull'ered horribly from sickness.

Advices from Panama, of August 2nd, state that the Pacific Steam Navigation Co.'s steamer Erou was lost on July 15, 70 miles north of Valparaiso. Jt is estimated that 160 persons were on board, 43 of whom had reached tiie shore up to July 18th ; 20 others took refuge on a rock, and the British war ship Amethyst went to their assistance, but the bad weather prevented their rescue from being accomplished. The survivors on the rock, after experiencing horrible suiiering from exposure and want of food, threw themselves into the sea to end their misery. Only three of them were saved, and it is believed that altogether upwards of 100 perished.