CABLEGRAMS AND LATEST TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 22, 2 January 1878, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS AND LATEST TELEGRAPHIC.

[BEtfTEß's TELEGRAMS TO EBESB AOENCY.I ate .."■. ' * ' J

NEWS TO JANUARY L

CHANNEL FLEET ORDERED TO BE READY FOR SEA BY 16th:

* ,*. LONDON. >7 A-y ' ' y,- January 1. Mukhat Pasha is recalled to Stamboul. Attack by torpedo vessels on Turkish fleet at Batoum failed. Last Russian bridge over Danube is broken. Communication between Bulgaria* and Roumania is suspended m. consequence. The Turkish commaiider7d^HMo| 'Nissa^made^proposals to suwe_R_srT^7^ ;, The Channel Fleet and ships under repair are put m commission, and ordered . to be ready for sea by 16th inst. 'A ; Cbl.nt Andrassey, according to Goveirn- : ment organ at Pesth, states Austria is '. forced temporarily to join the Triple i Alliance, but will support England the moment she decides upon a resolute ipolicy. December 30. A leader m the " Observer " says the refusal of Russia to conclude peace "must leave England to intervene m war. I Discussion is proceeding on Continent amongst all the press m reference to England obtaining suzerainty m Egypt. '.'. German, papers are favorable. Public Opinion m Austria endorsed England's policy. . . . ... Hungarian minister, ; Tizza, is visiting : Berlin. Czar ordered employment of 48,000 men for 1878. 7 Armament of. Russian fleet is being '-'■ - TJrgent message, sent by .ministers to their supporters to rettim for the opening of Parliament. - 7 ■ AA 24. The Czaxewitch's army has "crossed - the |Lom; cutting off with ? Rustchuck and Varna. > The Czar has reached St. Petersburg. , 'The combined Russian-Roumanian - army is approaehing^Nisch. "' - The; fhow%ipedesy operations every- : where* Snow blocks the Varna and Roumania railway. The cold Jn Air- " • v __teriiais the greatest felt for fifty years. The troops suffer terribly. 11,930 horses have been, frozen to death close to Bucharest. Gourka is within a day's ride from ' Sophia. The Porte has declared Prince Milan deposed^ Russia subsidises Servia with a million roubles monthly.

i The Queen opens Parliament m it;** December 26. ji The TuAs are preparing to evacuate #^Sophia. " ■ ™ ■ ■ r* The Turkish prisoners at Plevna F. are dying of cold. Deceinber:2s. I The Emperor of Russia, m replying \ to an address, said much remained to be done, bat he hoped Russia's mission would be duly accomplished; v r December 26. ' The Servians captured Akpalanka. Bombardment of Nisch has commenced. ■'„. ■ Seventy thousand Turks are leaving the Quadrilateral for Adrianople. The ice is drifting on the Danube. Several Russian; bridges have been broken. The Queen goes to Osborne on Friday. _ Sulieman has garrisoned the Quadrilateral," and concentrates the , rest of the troops at Adrianople.: It is believed the Porte has-resolved to continue the war to the last; extremity. The Emperor of Russia received an ' enthusiastic reception at St. Petersburg, Theifflfcgian. are investing Erze--y^^jßt/fm' December 27. pf^c^RSeTvians have captured Akpal- ■ Lesconivatz, and Kurchumeje ■^Kner severe fighting. They afterwards crossed the River Morava, and then commenced bombarding Nisch. The fall of Erzeroum is imminent. December 27. The Armenians at Stamboul have refused military service. The Servian attack on Tergovitza was repulsed. December2B Austria has forbidden the Servian operations m Bosnia and Herzegovina. The British fleet has quitted Bessika | Bay for the-Gulf of Volo.: A Russian frigate captured a Turkish transport with 875 soldiers. Many Russian cavalry- been compelled to re-cross the Danube, owing to the scarcity of forage m Bulgaria: The body of Osman Pasha has arrived at'Bncharest, en route for Moscow^ ' where it will be interred. - Sir J; Fergusson contests Greenock.