Telegrams.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 234, 26 October 1877, Page 12

Telegrams.

ti n•; , c . , . , Bombay (no date), 1.36. Tjc T>a aybemx Special with the Czarevitch's army says one week s rain converted the camp into a lake of mud. The road is impassable, except between Beila and Rustchuk. The troops are unprepared for winter, having lost their great coats and tents on their retreat from the Lorn. M „ , , . , Bombay, October 12. MacMahon denies that the Republic is imperilled by clerical influences, and charges the electors to return the candidates nominated by the Government. He says that duty forbids him to desert ins post. t x-. , , Bombay (no date). Inverary Castle has been destroyed by fire. m, A t n , . London, October 19. The Agent-General telegraphs as follows :— The Russians have gained a great victory in Asia. The column of General Dazaraff outflanked the Turks, and General Heimma attacked them and captured Mount Olya, cutting Mukhtar Pasha's army in two. Mukhtar retreated towards Kars, but was pursued aud routeft losins an enormous number in killed and 1,000 prisoners, including seven

Pashas. Of the other portion of the Turkish army three entire divi* sions were surrounded and surrendered, with 32 guns and immense quantities of war material. The Russian losses were not large. London, October 14. • All newspaper correspondents have been ordered to leave the Russian position at Plevna. Chefket Pasha entered Plevna with further reinforcements. General Gourka with the Imperial Guards has been sent to the Turkish rear. It is reported 15,000 Roumanians have died of disease during the last twenty days. i Fighting has been renewed in Armenia. The Turks, while concentrating at Aladzadah, were hotly attacked by the Russians. After a five hours' battle darkness stopped the fighting. __ _ . October 15. me Russians are bombarding Sulina, and the population has tied. Chefket Pasha defeated a number of foragers. A Russian official despatch states that Mukhtar Pasha attacked the Russian position at Yabgnie, and was repulsed after severe fighting. » t, • *. • , October 16. A Russian official says Gourka had a complete victory orer Mukhtar at Aladazadagh. He took many prisoners and guns. A Turkish official despatch states that the Russians captured the heights of Arlock, compelling the defenders to retreat upon Kara. They attacked Mukhtar, and carried Arolias, cutting the Turkish army in two, and when retreating the Turks were defeated with enormous loss. The other part of Mukhtar's army was surrounded, and surrendered, with a loss of seven pashas, 32 guns, and an immense quantity of material. Mukhtar fled from Kars. October 17. Mukhtar, for the most part, confirms the report. The bridge at Nicopolis has been carried away by a rising in the Danube. The positions at Plevna and atthe Schipka pass are unchanged. London, October 14. MacMahon has issued another manifesto, urging the electors to vote for the Ministerial candidates. There is great excitement. A Berlin Press writer telegraphs to the London Daily News that a clerical victory in France will be answered by a formal alliance between Germany and Italy. The Marquis of Salisbury stated at Bradford that the result of the war had been to dispel illusions with regard to Russia as an aggressive Power. He saw no prospect of peace. The Indian famine has passed through its worst stage. _ October 17. The French elections have been completed. The returns, exclusive of the Colonies, show 314 Republican and 201 Conservatives. The Government gain is 43. Sydney Morning Herald's Special Cablegram. London, October 18. General Todleben proposes to starve the army at Plevna, which is reported to be thoroughly emaciated. Turkish prisoners declare the condition of the garrison as deplorable. Many officers are willing to surrender, but Osman Pasha resists. The Russians are gradually closing on the western outlets. It is reported at Bucharest that the Turks have withdrawn their artillery from Gravitza redoubt, under suspicion that the place is undermined. Egyptian troops have been sent to Varna. A portion of Zimmerman's army is moving towards Upper Danube. Sulieman Pasha's positions have been bombarded from Russian floating batteries. A Turkish gunboat exploded. Cannonading Fort Nicholas, Schipka Pass, has been resumed. The Russians in Hankoi defile have been reinforced by two additional corps of the Seventeenth. The alleged invasion of Roumania originated in the reports of peasants, who mistook the militia for the Hungarian raiders. A Russian decree places military rank within the reach of every soldier who distinguishes himself by valour. October 16. Two thousand one hundred 'and fifty tons military stores for Turkey have left America. Rumours of mediation between the belligerents by European Powers have been revived. Austria and England are credited with having taken the initiative. Confirmation of the rumours is found in the Sultan's pacific assurances to Northcote, and of Salisbury's speeches, and Von Beust's visit to Lord Derby. The Press considers inferences fallacious. A Berlin paper says peace proposals submitted to the German Government by Layard were rejected. ,_. , London, October 17. Violent gales have swept the United Kingdom, and inflicted enormous damage and loss of life. . October 18, The Senatorial Left give the results of the French elections as out of 533 deputies, 335 are Republican, and 198 Government nominees. The latter consist of Bonapartists, 40 ; Legitimists, C 8 ; Conservatives, 90. Many of the official candidates are expected to be unseated by the election committees, probably raising the Republican ma]ority to 140. r The Prefects have been summoned to Paris to receive instructions respecting the second balloting. There is no indication that Ministers intend to resign. Wellington, October 23rd. A fire,|\vith sad loss of life, occurred here this morning at about 4 o clock. The fire broke out in a house close to the Princess Hotel and occupied by Mrs Johnson (whose husband died a short time ago) ami her five children— three boys and two girls. It must have originated either in the room they slept in or close to it, for when the fire was discovered only the upper part of the house -was in flames, The

alarm was given by Mr Reader Wood, M.H.R. who lodged on the opposite side of the road. Mr Cattel, who owned four of the houses burned, tried to force his way into the room where Mrs Johnson and the children were, but was driven back half suffocated by smoke, flame, and gas. The firemen were there quickly, and also a large crowd anxious to render assistance : but for over half an hour not a drop of water was to be had, it having been turned off the night beforj^^Had there been any water the fire could have been confined to ona jK^Sje. After the fire was got under the bodies of Mrs Johnson and horSi c children were found in a space of about eight feet square. It is supposed that they were suffocated. There are five houses and a new stable destroyed, besides a good deal of damage done to the Princess Hotel, most of the furniture of which was removed. The insurances are as follows: — National Co.. £100 on three houses; South British, £200 on Mr Yate's house and furniture ; the furniture of Mr Cartel's private house was insured for £400 in the New Zealand Office, and a good deal of it was saved ; the Princess Hotel and furniture were insured for £1500 in the New Zealand Office. Between damage to Mr Cartel's furniture and the hotel, the New Zealand Office estimates its loss at £500. The most intense feeling of dissatisfaction prevails at the water having been turned off.