YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 961, 25 July 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS

[BY SUBiIABINE CABLE. PEB PBESS AGENCY.] The Russians Beseiging Widdin. They Capture Kesnek and March on Phillipopolis. Severe Defeat at Kars and Plevna. Panic in Adrianople and Stamboul. British Troops to he Sent East. London, July 22. The troop-ships Crocodile, Malabar, and Euphrates have received orders Lo be ready to proceed to sea on Wednesday. The Kussiaus are besieging Widdin. They have taken Kesnek, and are now marching on Phillipopolis. They were repulsed with heavy losses at Plevna. A despatch from Muhktar Pasha, at Kars, states that on the iihh the Kussiaus were attacked on the right wing, were defeated with heavy loss, and were compelled to fall back. it is believed t hat Midhat Pasha, who is now in London, will be recalled. The “ Herald’s ” special correspondent states that there was a panic at Adrianople and Stamboul when it was known that the Kussiaus crossed the Balkans without opposition. The Bulgarians are everywhere welcoming the Kussiaus as deliverers. It is rumored that the English Grovernment intend despatching British troops to Gfallipoli AMERICA. Formidable Railway Strike. People Fired Upon by the Military Ten Killed and Thirty Wounded. London, J uly 22. There hits been a formidable strike among railway workmen in America.

The military were called into action, and fired among the people, killing ton and wounding thirty. INTERPROYINCIAL. Auckland, July 21. A cable telegram from London notifies that a patent has been granted by the Grand Lodge of Freemasons to Brother G. S. Graham, as District Grand Master E.C., for the Auckland provincial district. The wreck of the schooner Mera, of Oamaru, which went ashore at Hokianga, has been sold. The hull fetched £SO, the gear £54 10s, and the cargo £96. Wholesale Accidental Poisoning' Case Three Natives Bead. Taupo, July 24. A dreadful event occurred last night at Ohinemutu. Over twenty natives were poisoned through eating out of a pot in which there was verdigris. Three died, four are recovered, and a number are still ill. They attribute their illness to witchcraft. Drs Walker and Campbell left during the night to the scene of accident. Several sharp shocks of earthquake were felt here last night. The first, at 4 p.m., was particularly severe and prolonged. The direction of the earthwave was north-east. There has been a heavy fall of snow on the mountains, reaching for the first time this season to Tauhara, Reeeton, July 24. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Church of England took place to-day, and was performed by William McLean, W.M., and the brethren of the Pacific Lodge of Freemasons, and the Bishop of Nelson, assisted by Rev. H. Rutherford. There was a large attendance of residents in the district. The Bishop delivered an eloquent address, and the whole affair passed off satisfactorily.