LONDON.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 62, 23 May 1877, Page 2

LONDON.

May 16. 1 The. Russian despatches say their W losses m- the -engagement near the Ba- I. toum were trifling y whiter Chose of the' f! Turks were enormous. , ( a A division, of the Russian army has* - crossed the Danube and entered the 1 Dobrudscha. An engagement is now' proceeding; * ' , . . . May 18. , The head-quarters of the Russian* army has ,been transferred ro' Ploysti. The account of the repulse of the Rus- .- sian troops at Batoura is substantially confirmed.- • Russian despatches state that - ironclads bombarded Lukhum Kaleh,in Asia. - , .' A desperate battle was fought on land,- j many being -killed" and wounded. i The French Ministry have resigned. I ■• ' May 19.; * The resignation of the French Mm- ' istry was- owing to a complaint by McMahon, that Jules Simon left undefended the Conservative Press laws,which the Ghamber had repealed. Right

t/entre Ministry hasbeen formed under the presidency of the Due de BrogHe ; ODiic /de> YCazesi Mifiister;rfpr foreign' -Affairs, and Beblient, Minister, of War, remain. , A message.frpm l^cMahbn to . % tb.e'-'Ciia4nbfer- t atates ? 'a^ fw;p failed to uphold ConseiTatiye principlesi iand as he cahnbtrassbciate with Radicals, he resolved to maintain status quo until 1880. Excitement m Paris has calmed "down- ;