THE WAR.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 868, 11 December 1877, Page 2

THE WAR.

Th' Su>z mail per Arawata arrived at the Bluff. London, Oct. 6. Prince Tpkn declared the Citr"Daiun ended by the occnpa"*dn of B'iiuljmw', thereby f»ffe<;tin£f a deliveranee of Hpper Herzeeorina The G'rman ironclad Squadron r«^urne'l from the Mediterranean, and will winter at Wilhdaßharpn. The Q-ipe-i's presented £250 to the Red Cross Society for the relief of the sick and wounded of both armies. At this year'n raoins: Lord Fal. month. netted £34,433 (exclnsiro of the A sco*^ erold vaae) on stakes up ♦o 16th October, which is bv far the larfreat amonnt won in one season. Slavery is «hbli<h in Madigas. million slaves being; get free! Sir Allen Yonnsr U harfnp; the P indor a re-fi ted with a view to another s l a:t for the arctic regions next BprinC The correspondent of the ' Stnn-1-arl.' »t Nicop?Hs atate-* tliat 'iunn<? 20 d'iysenHn,' 9 h OcoHe- 15000 of allied T»o <a hid bee i lost i«i Bulgaria. T/hf\imnngem»»nfc is bo bad fciiat the army between- J uit i-a. ani. Lnm was left three dtv\s w ! hou*-. mippl'Vs and tlie mpn wer h»ilf RfiHrvttd a Sunnirre. and Te rnim '

in liquid mud tour feet deep and hundreds of men who die undm Cfinvins are cirried out of hospital tents and thrown into mud not 50 yards from wh *'e they died. Many hundred Mahoniedan families have been expatriated by Russians to the north of Russia where they are siifFui'ing teriblepri vationur;-v '^T^ '■ ' ■■>■ .- / ". ;v lal^jbandlbf Cossacks /burnt . th« village of^Azvaiy^ south-west of. Lj%ja,<^i ; the^DTth 3.»pjb., a*rrieli|fp^the Hnh>bi aufei/ tiel^tb the tails of their fibrses. They were met fly a body of Turkish troops, who released the prisoners, and ■■ k ille: I evei'yone^of the Cossacks. It is positively stated that at Al tzra,. Jiitside Ktrs, ttiQ Human otiiotfrv fbunb!* the 'deal bodies' of v> A'rio*! women among those slain in the dg-htyand cut them^lelioerateiyi'n o am ill pieces, in -irder that by conoaaling thtiir sex the array generally should not jfcuow bow Ueaperate w.isthe* feeling of eutbusiasm agaiustcne invaders. '; 00 givat is the deficiency of officers ia the Kussian army that papils ao .dilitary coll ge,B over, 16 years of age have'; been sent to, join . regi- ; teut^ ; The want of nvjdtoal men is also saown b> the fact that at FretUii dhero Were 10,000 sick, and only Vwb electors .ini two attendants. The 'Madras Ni-WjI 1 states that rain has fallen in the iNorth-Wea and that prospeoCs were good everywhere. Prices are falling. .The distre*? is rising in one or two district!, bat statioaary in six.