WELLINGTON.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 8, 14 November 1877, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

•■ '•■;■ ■'"■.- i ; ; .':: • Tu|!&a^. -' A letter lias been r received from Aus- ; trii^iah^^cripkete.TS;'by;•.■the: il iSec^etaFy■'.of: ttie i Wellington^rAssbciatioh;. notifying that they accept terms, and may be expected here by end Jannary; . ; The Arawata, at Bluff, brings the following news per Cuzo, 40 days out from* London:— r - „• , ; Fourlarge London fir^nis been invited tp tender for a supply of ,: corrpgated iron for' huts to accommoilate.; 100,(X)0 Russian soldiers m Tvinter quarters; Iron' to fbe delivered; dt: Antwerp andsent thence direct to Bucharest; Delivery to commence in* ten days, and the wnole order- to be completed m a fortnighirafterwards. r ■ ' : ..': interest m trial of the Stauntpns 'apd Alicfe Hhbde-for Penge murder lawas intense. Approaches to Old Bailey beset and,- Court itself so closely packed as to f endei? atmosp^ere-abspiutely poisonpus. The Bench. . Itself y was packed with fashionable, . igorgeously-dressed ladies.. v Railway, bridge,(largest m the world) . spanning estuary of Tay two mUeswide, was opened on September 25th. v Jury lon bodies; of imen'/drpwned by Avalanche collision; came to vejfdicj; ".Found. Dro;wne"dj" and^ added' rider" that they were much pained to see way m which deceased Were-Wrie'd; 1 "and : that had least intimation been given they themselveV would have folio we'd remains to grave/ ;' ■' v "^ ;^ ; . A letter -from Philipblis \> says that there and at -i Adrianbple every"daydozens^bf Bulgarians are hangea'evefi m public streets,- and on thia -very, shop doors . The victims are mostly peasants with some priests' ajid ',. schobl|iuisl;ers. Torture is frequently inflicted, and similar scenes are being enacted ffl^ali the surrounding villages. .:" ' iX ; > ? , X Additional European news > .pcr r Guzo : A meeting of the clerg^f v and laity of Bristol and Clif ton has beenjield, Bishop Anderson presiding, i^bpposition to the -practices 6i auncular^confessipri, a memorial i» : tlie Quee^Fwas adopted, and is tp^be ,, circulated for signature throughbu|: the city. The" .memorial prays rHer. Majesty' to be; graciously pleased to take such means as may be effectual to put down, the practice of auricular confession within the sphere of the Church of England. Rev. Fred. Willett, Vicar of All Saints, West Bromwick, appeared at/ Birmingham JPolice Court to answer aftlUatibn summons taken/ out against him by Maria White, 13 years,, of . age! Defendant was said to be a member of the Society of the "Holy Cross," and it was alleged Ke had corrupted and seduced complainant through the confessional. A Commission of Enquiry, presided over by &shopjpf Litchfield, : has been held, and has declared allegations of com-

plainant to be unfounded. The present proceedings-, are understood to be to some extent promoted by the parishonersof defendant. The case was partlyheard at the -Police Court and adjourned. A telegram from Constantinople, dated September 21st, says there has been much talk for some days of the probability of mediation between Russia and Turkey. Although the rumour was without foundation, the Porte has been disturbed by it because he dreads a demand being made for an armistice, which he is firmly resolved to reject. But such an event might cause diplomatic difficulties. It is for this reason, that the Ottoman ministers take every opportunity of. indirectly giving the ambassadors to understand how little chance of success a demand of this sort would have. H.M.S. Sappho back from Nelson. Deputation of City Council will wait upon Grey to-morrow with regard to introducing a Contagious Diseases Act: : Frederick GxLlan, recently tried for rape on a little girl at Hutt, received a flogging of 25 lashes to-day. He howled desperately.