LONDON.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 230, 23 January 1878, Page 2

LONDON.

: Monday. Russians arrived before Adrianople. The garrison evacuated the city, re- ! tiring towards Constantinople. The Sultan has called out all men capable of bearing arms into military service to defend lives of subjects. General rising in Thessaly. British troops successful against Galekas after severe fighting. The House of Commons negatived the amendment on address in reply to Queen's speech. Tuesday. Zealandia Frere reports Kaffre situai tion dangerous. Written for troops, and marines sent to the frontier. Isabella protests against intriguing against Alphonsp. p The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are at "Malta. 1 6,000 working men held a meeting in Trafalgar Square, which ended in a i free fight; the Turkish sympathisers carrying three flags, victorious. The Russian Press declares the , British occupation of Constantinople < precipitate. England has sounded Russia concerni ing terms of peace. The reply is less reserved than was anticipated. : $- : I The German naval estimates have been increased. '■ ! ■• •;«< . Spain has renounced commercial ' treaties. I Many of the wounded died in the I snpw at Plevna. ! An epidemiceausedOsman's abandonment of Pievna. There has been an insurrection in Crete. Turkish families were protected in the fprtresa. The Gpvernpr seat troops and suppressed insurrection. ! Russia reported negotiations with Denmark for Prince Walderaar or John I Glunkbourz to be future ruler of Bulgaria. The , Russian losses on December ' IE were7B,OoO. v : The Russian War Minister notified his refusal to accept a second war loan of 15,000,000 marks. ' 8,000 Hungarians have mutinied against Russia. r The correspondent of the " Daily News " tells a horrible story of horrors. Plevna is a complete oharnel-house. famished dogs are feeding 6n ■'■ the corpses of the dead. Birds are picking at skulls, with beaks be'snieared with" blood, screaming with delight. The horrors are indescribable, and unparalleled in modern warfare. In one house there 1 were 37 dead and 53 wounded* Turks just able, to crawl/ with their wounds irt a putrid state % are continually crawling about, clutching odd morsels of food found in the hands of the dead, and devouring it with avidity. Thou- ■ sands of helpless wretches are awaiting death; with listless fatalism. l;8i)0 prisoners are huddled together on the banks of the river, and the probably equal thpse pf the great plague. The living and the dead are ■ t piled prpmiscuously. ; The heaps are oarted away like wppd > but there are pnly three carts available, and the cpnfusipn is indescribable/ ; ! " ; : , Osman's bravery is blackened by his treatment pf the- Russian wbttnded that ; fell into Ms hands. He made a gallant ■ defene'eV'but blinded victprs^nd Europe > to fact tha»-- all prispners wei*e butchered. ;Wells and Goywall have failed for an immense amount. Great sensation*