Telegrams.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 244, 4 January 1878, Page 12

Telegrams.

, „' ■ [By Cable.] London, December 21th. 'f m ~i The, Czarcwitch's army crossed tlic Lorn, cutting off communication ,-v£ith,Rustcliuk and Varna. The CCzarr r hag readied St. Peterburg. - The combined' Russian-Roumanian army is approaching Widdin. Snow impedes operations everywhere. 'Snow, blocks up the Varna and Roumanian Railway. The cold in Armenia is' the greatest felt for 50 years. The troops are suffering terribly.'' ll men and T.O horses were frozen to death close "to ' Bucharest: ~ — " The Porte declared Prince Milan deposed. The Russians subsidise Seryia with^a .million rouijlcs monthly. The Queen opens Parliament in^erso)i] \ \j> y December 25th. The Emperor of Russia, in replying to an address, said much remained to be done, but hoped Russia's mission .wouldi'be- duly accomplished. ' • • , "eh I', ;"<■ - ■ ■' .•> ■•tDecembem2Gtih. . The Turks are preparing to evacuate Soffia.' ..<- ie - < n ■ The Turkish prisoners taken at Plevna are dying of cold. It is impossible to aid them. ■ * ■: <■ .•>'- ■ ' ; • Depretis has formed an Italian Ministry*. He is -President and Foreign Minister, and Crispi is Home Minister. - < • The Servians have captured Akpalanka. The bombardment of Nisch has commenced. 70,000 Turks are leaving the Quadrilaterial for.Adrianople, The ice is drifting down the Danube. Soverali Russian bridges are broken. - ■ i ■ -• : •' < The Queen goes to Osborne on Friday. . r <<■ • - ~ • Sulieman Pasha has garrisoned the Quadrilateral,' concentrating the rest of his troops at Adrianople. ' - n ■ '•'.>.)' >■■" " It is believed the Porte has resolved, to continue i the war' to the last extremity. > ' -' > < -•>' " ' ; • The Emperor of Russia has received an enthusiastic reception at St. Petersburg. ' ■ i ■>• ' i /■ The Russians are investing Erzeroum: --••„. . >-w? , December 27th. The Servians have captured Akpalanka; -Ltesconivatz, 1 and Kurchumeje, after severe fighting. They afterwards crossed' th& river Marava, and commenced bombarding Nisch./ <*, ••< .. • The fall of Erzeroum is imminent. i ■ „ . ' > m • 'J < ■ < London,' 'Dficembtei :^27th. 1 The Servian troops arc reported to 'have effected a i jahiction with the Russian army, and are now advancing towfttds- S6phia'.>.'vThis news, however, comes from St. Petersburg* and acquires fconfirmation. The early opening of the British Parliament encourages the Porte to resist, and increased confidence is felt at-Constaritinoplei ' The Armenians at Stamboul have refused military -servdpc::' ; r The Servians' attack on Semnitza has been repulsed.? i- . '

(SPECIAL TO THE "AIIGUS."-)"' .•--•■'""' > i LoNDbN, Deeeniber2Sth.' Austria has forbidden Servian operations mi' Bosnia,artd'Hcrzcgovinia. f ' •' ■(•-•' '■> —■-' ti_^ ■ The British fleet has quitted Besika Bay" for theiGulf^of .Volo'. A Eussian frigate has captured a Turkish > -transport with 875 soldiery. . ■'- - <<- -li > ' . Many Russian cavalry Jiavebeen compelled to recrossthe Danube, owing to the scarcity of forage in Bulgaria. i >• . The • body of Osnian Pasha has arrived at- Bucharest .hi.\itoute for Moscow, Avhcre it will be interred.. .-!,(> <m. v ♦•-„ ."i7.'i . • - , , , • ■ LoNDOif , December <29.th. '' • - -The Sultan 'has solicited the mediation- 'of the 1 ißritishyGovernnient with the Emperor of Russia, and England has consented. ' Austria, in reply to a Turkish note, 'intimates that sheiwillonly permit Russia to conclude peace on the basis. of "the Treaty of TjParis, and will not sanction the djismem^exinen^p.f, .Turkey, nor allow the Black Sea to become a Russian lake.