SUEZ MAIL.

Waikato Times, Issue 860, 20 December 1877, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL.

The «»»► Wakatipu, which- J& rived from the Soiiih on Monday, * \ was; the. bearer of the Auckland portion.6f the Suez mail. London dates are to the 2(itb October. Subj ined are published particulars of the GENERAL SUMMA'IY. . Altogether the allies hav« 110 000 * men before Plevna, and 640 cannonGeneral Gourko is scorning " the■ count-y to the westward with« 10,000 cavalry. Several convoys have entered* P evn'a from Sophia—the r'oad; between the two places being kept open by Chefket Pasha, has ; also ereoted several redoubts commanding the route. $ There are contr idiotory accounts as to the condition of 'Plevna. The ussinns all i?e that the Turks are ■in,.a- most disastrous state, and that .)sman's forces; nve short, of> provisions, ammunition, and cothing. The correspondents of the 'Standard* and 'Daily Telegraph,' who visit Plevna, assert that the,garrison is amply supplied. Hvosein Pasha, with 30 battalions of BashiBazouks, has been ordered to ad- * vance to P evna. Raouf Pasha resuind the com. niand at Shipka ou Ist October, There is much rain and snow in the Balkans, impeding Occasionally there is a cannonade and heavy firing. On the 24th one Russian battery was silenced and an ammunition store blown up. There has been but little fighting during the monh. On the Monte* negro frontier the Turks are about to assume the offensive with a large force, of which Mehemet Ali is reputed to have the command. Russian papers complain of the""'\ incapacity of the Grand Dak© Ni- j cholas, .but General Todleben or General Kotzebue's appointment to i he chief command would be objected to as foreigners. If the Grand Duke Nicholas resigns, Prince Meretiusky will be the probable successor.

Germany gives many indications of her desire to favour JRussia; in the extradition of Russians escaped over the frontier to avoid military Service, by selling to the Riissians,4fc a low prico the remainderof'the / rifles . captured in the 'T^n^-Y Prussian war, atid by > r * win T Poland by Parting la/ e y'2« « troops to the SilJ> and Posen frontier, of |*even.

togMl e intr>auoiibn of fcne (S** 1 * 6 liague- **~ -~~ -The ;people are beginning -tare-, yard tha war'v&ry Wsatkftfctorilyr; Id' there Ss lhere has been .an., outbreak in i T. ral large' towns 1 in !Rffttjfrt7&'j Kiev and.. Saraloftte—and h in {t the ? , latter there waa a collision <brtwe£n n the people and- the' trobpß; 150 ■ werei ■ kiile^^^Wb^tt^d^^^riotHe^'to ! a 1 holding a,rbi^hipoajtipnrisj • imnl'catedi" ■■"■■■' •■-•' ■'; ,! - 1 - - : ' •** yVr..*«u The Ci re' 'bits' &re cbntra<iict« ! d that English offiqers^iiibU^KngV^ l^l ! ,'. Baker, bave beon sent uack to Lpn-, Btant(n«iple.vc ? It'originated ijn four officers returning -through Hothaving propvrYtfedeftfrals: . iih . . ' IL Tfe?wlr f rrfsUWih 1 bering 9 000 are-~emj.loyed in the construction of. public ?works'*ahd railways. The Russian harvest'is bad as regards jftfeflfc?;'";;';' A I