TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 773, 31 May 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

'EUROPEAN CAbOaUAUS

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€rERMA.NY'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS, FKANOE.

CONSTANTINOPLE IN A , . STATE OF SIEGE. ■RUSSIAN TROOPS MOVING TOWARDS SSRVIA.

85,000 RUSSIANS IN ROUMANIA. OPERATIONS DELAYED BY THE RAINS.

THE SULTAN'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY. -

MAHOMET'S SMALL CLOTHES TO THE ERONTI

EGYPTIAN TROOPS ON THE DANUBE. London, May 26 (Saturday). -Prince Bismarck, after short leave, has • returned to Berlin, iand had a .conference with the Emperor. German ' Official Journal' has assumed a. friend 1 y tone- towards ■the new -French Ministry. Diplomatic -relations between Germany and -Italy are *very vintimate.

The. making demonstrations at Constantinople, and demanding modifications.

army.

, Constantinople has bee%placed in a state of sieo-e. The Russian troops in Boumania are now moving westwards towards Servia. 85,000 troops are now concentrated in the upper and middle .portions.of Roumania.

The. Danube will probably be impassable. till the middle of, ; June, owing to the recent heavy rains; . ; , Ooionfel Valentine Bakers on the! staff of the Turkish CominandeiHnChief on the Danube. - ; w\ •;Turkey called upon Roumania to' ,acb with the Porte. The'question was referred .by Prince theßiuttianianOhamber of Deputies, who replied that the Roumanian Government, having unsuccessfully endeavoured to induce the Porte and other Great Powers to recognise the neutrality of 11 iu mania, a 'conyen tion had been qntered into .with. Russia. > •'■■■• "''.'••'*

Tho Sultan has issufed an. address to the Turkish army, spying that he will defend the integrity "and independence of the empire to the utter! moat. If necessary,.' he will himself take the Sacred Banner awLlead his

The. Khedive of Egypt, comply ing with the request of.the Porte, promised to send an Egyptian contingent, under the command of Prince Hussein Pasha, his third son, to assist Turkey. But he states lie'cannot aid with the revenue, which he has pledged to the-foreign bondholders. ."" -.;:..

Large numbers of Egyptian"troops are already on sl\e Danube. / : THE SAN FRANCISCO MAILS. London, May 26. The San Francisco mails -were delivered on-Monday.

THE SuLS RECOVERING.:

, London, May, .26.

The mbney market is calm. position of the "Bank is stronger. Stocksarerecovering, Consols-having reached 95. '■ Colouial debentures "ate high. THE WOOL.AND GRAIN MARKETS. '.

London, 3tay 16\' 100,000 bales of wool were offered at the late sales. 7000 bales were withdrawn, .as the recent advance was partially lost, owing to weaker competition -amongst, the French, buyers. The greatest decline is.in scoured . -and -halfrbred parcels. Lambswool .commands . extreme rates. Wheat is dull and declining ; New Zealand, 645.t0-68s. JTloury M 0 to £43. . ' ■; ADVANO3 OF THE RUSSIANS IN ASIA.

BOMBARDMENT OF KARS

London, May -27. The Russian troop 3 are making a vapid march upon-Erzer.mra. The vanguard is at Olti; the left wing is advancing on Diarbekir ; the centre or main body is bombarding the outworks of-Kara.

SI'JSOIAC TISLEG-RAMS.

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Auckland, last night. DISCOMFITURE OF THE DEVBhYPORT BROTHERS.

Yesterday evening, the Brothers Devenport -protested against the " tying " of W-J Hurst aud Mr Hesketh, and left the theatre in a rage. The kuot.'-was- a .double slipnoose over each hand,-and then tied over -with •an ordinary fast knot Professor Fay and Davies have abandoned the b; others, aud travel separately. The Go-Ahead, steamer, -at .Poverty Bay, is-abandoned as a total wruck.

The Good Templars are petitioning the Assembly ag-aiust Sunday trading: la reply to'a 'deputation'fronV the Eden Council, re subsidies, Mr. Whitaker said that the Government were anxious to haud them over- as soon as possible. It is reported that a police ~constable is likely to be stationed at Te Awamutu, in -deference fcb the wishes of the inhabitants. .

Coromandel, last night.

-Thorley's son, at the Tiki, was splitting a tree with, powder, when the plug was driven into his abdomen. I'atal consequences are feared. TAi/Po,"last night*

Mr Neville Walker arrived here from Cambridge, after losing himself oh the Tokoroa Plains for two days, during a fearful thunderstorm.

Messrs Eirth.and party have been examining the streams in the vicinity of Taupo, with a view of stocking them with California white fish.

Grahamstown, last night.

Atvthe Native Lands Court', .just opened, the natives express dissatisfaction at the absence -of Mr Mackay to pay them money, and. will not have the land put through"till the money is paid. The Court will be adjourned to Ohineinuri. Sales : Moanataiari, £l2,£H 10s, £l3 -15s ;< Albernia, 57s 6d, 555.; JCuranui, 305,; Pinko, 10, M.; Wel-come,-5s 6d.; Young New Zealand., 6s sd,j Colonial Bank, 42s <sd. Moanataiari inbreakiugdown reef in drive from winze disclosed firstrate specimens, 3 cwfc of good specimens obtained.

Weilington, Tuesday. THE CABINFP.

•It is stated, on good authority, that the report circulated about dissagree*

meat amongst Ministers is absolutely incorrect: During the late frequent meetings of the Cabinet, all members being present, Ministers have , the measuresjjjp f beiajbmittecl to ment. jiheir Biils"x an4-/ifinanGial < ark iny, a "forward stated; expected; the financial statement be ma[de very early in the session, wjjichlwill probably 'DEFENCE OF THF/COLONY. Tte§ 'Government has for some .time,.,., communication .with Sir W Jervois and -Colonel Stratchley, with a view .to ©bteia r their professional opinion -on the defence of''thff.iSrßw^Zealaiid , 'haTbb^i^'''''^Th^ / latest advic9« render it:almost probable, that these officers will visit New Zealand after reporting, for«the "Victorian Government. -INQUEST ON THE; GIRL * ' : \\'StGlNTyjiE. '. " , VERDICT|(|F j ter .reid. Duxedin, Tuesday The inquest on the girl Mclntyre was brought .to a -close afternoon. JPhe-nedical evidence all tended to show that the deceased met her death by starvation and. neglect. The evidence given to-day by butchers," bakers, an 4 people . calling at Mrs Reid's house showed that the girltfn'cold weather for some . weeks ; past w ; as;.insufficiently yclud and looked miserable. 'Her hands and face were.black from cold, and she Was very th in. One witness found her on a cold niff h't gathering stones cm'the road;'' tie said-: I asked her . if she was looking for anything. She -said np, she was gathering stones. L asked ier .who for,-.a,rid she said -for Mrs Reid, who had instructed Sl her,to do so. ! Sheßaid she was Mrs • Reid's servant. I' said it-was an r.un- » feeling thing for Mrs Reid to send • 3 her to-collect stones, on such an unseasonable night, SJbe had no hat on, and nothing -round her neck. Her arms and shoulders were bare, .arid I told her to get in, and not t . collect stonesi or she would perish. It aroused a little sympathy in me. r She went oil! picking the stones, but • eaici nothing. At last'l.said, " Ton . had better in, my girl, you will '. get perished; let Mrs Reid come out and pick them up herself if she * wants them." I tried»to intimidate ; her, telling -her .that there -was a '-. policeman at the bottom at the ;'';' streets*nd that -he -would take her up if he saw her removing metal fuoni the street, and advised her to go in. She said she would pick up one or two more stones, and -would then go in, and I left her. • She ap- -. peared to be slovonlv dressed, but.l could not. tell -how she looked as g' regarded her health. Sho was very -thiu. It -was -a most t. perishing night. Another witness ; said that Mrs R.A& taught a Sundayi- school class at.St.-Matthew's; that deceased'went-to "Sunday-school six ; weeks ago, and on this occasion he [■ asked Mrs Reid to take her into her . class, and remarked to her he :. thought the.girl -was not well-treated. Mrs Rejd said the girl was in service 'up her;<way,' but did not S say she was in set-vice with herself. At school on the- same occasion, a g girl pointed -out deceased as Mrs s Reid's servant, saying she was made to work without boots or shoes. After an address by Mr Stout for Mrs Reid, the Coroner summed up, c l pointing out of the deplorable condition -©JVthe deceased, < and evidence.of ill-treatment, and , 'drawing attention to the remarkable '.. .unanimity of the .medical evidenee. t If , the. .Jury considered that j death * resulted from starvation aud ill-treatmeut, they must next'., decide by whom this treatment was pursue J, whether, in other iwords, the :girLvoluntarily subjected herself -to-starvation, and the effects which followed from it, or whether her .'■ mistress. (Mrs Reid) was culpable in the matter. If they decided the -latter, and he thought the, evidence would, justify them-in doing so, they . . .must next say ~-and on this point t depended the important part of their -verdict—to what extent Mvs.-Reid -was blameable; whether triflingly, or to the extent of being guilty of 3 manslaughter err even murder. l After the. jury had been locked - up half-an-hour, the Coroner was . apprised that they had agreed • upon a verdict. . . The foreman stated that the vjury had . carefully considered why the girl had oot returned to her mother'* house, aud found—lst. That the deceased did not come by her death by natural causes. 2nd.- Her death was caused, by the treatment rel ceived at the hands of Mrs Reid. ; 3rd. .That Mrs Reid has been g*iilty of -culpable negligence to the extent •of manslaughter. . Mrs Reid has been arrested, '• btft will probably be bailed this evening. The sale of leases of two runs of . Crown lands in the Waipara district y took place to-day. There wa» a very [ large attendance. The annual rent realised amounts to £7.7:2; previously it was only £220. The free-thought movement, led [. by Mr Bright, is exciting great attention Just now.

Dunkdin, last night. Concerning th« denial of differences between Ministers, it is known, beyond doubt in Dunedin that trouble exists. Mrs Eeid, uharged with manslaughter of her servant, has been committed for fc and .admitted to bail. ■:' _