TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

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

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

„ THE WARI;' ■ ■■ • ■ FALL OF PLEVNA CABtEGUA • Xondqn, 1 leceiii Iter 12. Plevna' ‘ surrendered ' dtlei-i My&’e reduced to starvation, and,. C/.-uuau Paslfa" being severely . xvouiWle I at last attempted to break through the Russian lines.fTTißy' .the. hill of Plevna, BulgariA kL the North Balkans ■ Russi .ns. Hfedember 10.

Thirty VnOusand ; prison >rs and fourteen thousand sick and wounded were ' Cipkired at; Plevna, besidesr*targe number of guns ond^therSiir^Wv^lOsman. Pasb>». ,is. allowed a guard of honour beitoye. his tent and the use of the JEm'ptirbr'si'tiarrltge/; -Trie borviatis r have commenced hosfciiUes ugainsfc tiie. Turks. > December 10. . The Russian loss to the 17th is 74,858. men. Aueordiug to an unofficial Turkish, report, Plevna was amply provisioned for siege. ! . Several Russian attaeks were re r-puised. . -~ The French Republican leader.-* disavow negotiations with Dufaur. A serious crisis is threatening, .. December 14.

Dufaur has undertaken to form hj new liberal ministry. Tue; oi'isis ended constitutionally. The capture of Plevna has secured the hambogas, aud Sivna passes from attack.. .• \i The Turks, .under Sulieniam Pasha, captared Tiriiova Papui and Kestowa. ""'•■' '„-■■■'■ -.•',

Garabetta has demanded that the President of the Fiduch Republic shall renounoe the right to dissolve the Legislature. The Pope is dangerously ill; .fend not expected to recover. 2. The cosnmanler of the" 1 Turkish trooj)s atßzji'oum declares ability to defend the town. Raoutf Pasha is organising' a oamp 6150,000 Ctoopsat Adrauople. December 3. Roumanians occupied line of Palatika aud Lorn. ,';.'.', The Turks are retreatiog towards "'yViddih. ; . ''.',•'■' ''-■■■■-''' Turkish troops are making a desperate resistance on tlie. Sophia oad.

Meneh b , Prusseaus, bat the Turkish lelt wing retreated to Karneety, soutL of Huttiga, where they were defeated with ,'t'eab loss; and com.ieiieu to fall >ack The Russians ocC.'ipied the B Ikan defiles at, Gae a and S'atez .VLameht pressed forward, and the i;v.ussiaus vveiv obliged U) ' . Suleiman' Pasha ca^-tfrljdßleuta, baking war. material. The. Rug&au loss is estimated, at iOQp-kilied. .--"Sir Stafford Eforthpo'e, at a Conservative demonstration, iHsurauosot coniinuod u«ureality on the part of England, wherwouid ine* - ; '■.-,.,. ;, ; . According to Rijssjari. official adtheTurks? abandoned t/hojsobem, near B itoum. ; . The Italian Ambassador stau4uople «enb a protest tc>|%j;be Porte agiiust the stoppage of hUm vessels to the B )sphorus. Tue P..rte offered ».nple sjtjstactiop, _J ©Member 4. Perfect communication is opened ■ tetween E r and Ttebizonde. The iiussian troopd are wintering on the phtj is of Pessjm. r The. ltuss;an advance guard is at Jevelokea.

London, Dec. 8. A Turkish force attacked the Russian General Razotza, who was compelled to fall back. The Russians captured Bditza, turning the Turkish right wing. The Russian Press proposes the following peace condition*, independently of Q.-uerlitz, the cess.on of Batoum and Kars, and the free passage of the Dardanelles. t * THE CAMPAIGNS IN EUROPE AND ASIA. iHE RUSSIAN REVERSE IN THE SHIPKa PASS. • A CvVALRY REGIMENT LOST. CAPTURE UP R HOVA BY T B JJOUMANI \NS. TURKISH M Nl r OR SUNK AT K LIFaT. The following telegram has been received by the AustraTan Government from tl o Agent-General: London ( late not given). Kars was taken after five days* and five nights’ continuous bombardment. v Plevna is entirely invested, and is expecte d hourly to fall. Etzerourn is invested by the Russians, and has been called on to surrender, but Mukhtar Pasha received orders to defend it to the last. The Russians suffered a reverse in the Sliipka Pass, nearly the whole of one cavalry regimem. The Roumanians have capture I Rahova .with a quantity of nitiou and provi-ions, and,4 by a heavy cannonade, sunk a Turkish monitor at Kalifat.

Tbo Mon euegrin* have been generally victorious. They are uow bomb.irdingr Lisnoria. '•• •j.-h .u.n.i.uvs of u^ediation,

ijp ku l j 1) s a iilgr K ai|k uui n a P V LWM :; FAlLw.' / V . ~ ) ' y.-> ' The (redasin i&Press th&l retention of Kars. Ii if officially announced that, the T R ! uS§i|trs^ iJlev V a 4 lias fkion. i ■- .'i I «JRV; ■ ■ j 1 (; T V 7yy ,« rr ,j|URDSR AT S \M JA. 'll .SOLUTION ’OF A P [BLIC iM-EE 01 MU. , • ■ . > ! . , ‘ t'.jj \ ■ [IiY.ELEGrRIG rELSGai^tt.] ;| (Press AguMcy,) '• f Sydney, Ekcsmber 12.

Fiji hbiys of Bdc'ember Ist giv«s an account of ,h j u \y one ■'Corcoran, an American .boatman, hacl been lyuclei a.t, stabbing a man immjid Pox. vtfc ini hotel bar, w%in 'leanirig 1 over ; J>he/ cou 1 iteV," without' any alterca■*tioi|, 'dorcora'ii; stubbed Pox in the groin. The>vouud wis fatal. 'Copc6r{i'n being an American citizen", wafi-put aboard tne sjhoorier Uda Mi(ry, for conveyance to America 1 toii However, at a -public; meeting it was decided the rnurdeter sii&uld.-be executed forthwith. The same evening two_6biit loads of me.i went on board? the schooner, secured Cprcorau, brought him ashore, aud iiiformed him he was to be hung"to aitree-for twelve hoard. .The resisent f »r. After a few prayers, the unfortunate man was run up with a double bl jcc and tackle- td a-ebcoauiit tree. This was repeated .fcvyice, aii 1 the culprit hung 'twelve hours, death beiug almost instantaneous.-

'A ANT FOR THE 60U'uLiiiSrG ShaMFIGN SJIIF., ‘ [pjß , Efi6T- , :‘:y^A-K;ATIP[J J! , i /Ax' • WELLINGTON.J . - Sydney, December 12. Young Had on, of i'oi’om o', ch dmpi.m of the Dominion of Canada, hp* put in a claim for the honour now held by Edward Trinket. The American is considered.Varied oarsman, won Che'CeDtenuia. contest, anlHfeehteu ihe champion of New Brunswick. Tnckei.will accept the otialjeijge, but it is expected that HfitToli wi 1 row Courtney, the •United States before ■ l A". JOwJ.V coming out to row, incaepti -i' r .ri. fi 'dL dGHAMd. i J ' r . Auckland, last night. ‘ Crowds assiiuoied to witness Sir 6. Gref’s landing. It was a .Wy successful aifuii, iriamphal archly, oatUs, e«.o. ihe an 4dHreSa at tuebegimaug of cue chiedy to Su- G. Giay’s services" in seem mg' .the of the BMil^Fiiud; 1 • '• The man San ’ Mdi^tfay."’ TiiE BAH Yi|/A.xN D i’iiE IjGEiUE. ' It is jprobab'lo that from an.l after the Ist: of January the following cuangejs wii) bo m/de in the FoUce and 4-i?iu?jd i flonsu »ipary iqrc,eis. i’ne latter ; are f , to eej£ ; .purely military body wit£ C>ifiuel JLijOU command, with- yiif m the ' dismgy, , ‘ u '" Felice of beta isi»* > i AllO * yy ..Aus iwill revert to

uiieir purely civil tuncoious, under Commissioner Su.eannau for the iSorth, and Commission VVeUdon lor lno Middle Is ! aad,- Uolonei Will probably retire, (?R MA. SPBOIA.L CQRUESPONDISNT.) WetiW«UTON, Tuesday. TRJB; OANTifittß JiiiT KCLNS. The: Council did not altur the Canterbury ran Clauses pf ihe Land Bill. They. passed cuein as introduced, giving au : extension of tenure troni 188J to 1890. ia cijo Uouucil au extension o,t cenuro tor live years beyond the present was granted to the South.and run. uuiders, under appendix K, subject to certaiu eondi ions as to noiice and increased Yeutal. UHR'SroHuucH, last night. The cricketing team arrauged by by itfenson to play aV, Auckland left yesterday. The team is much weaker buan at first expected, as several of the best, bate;men were un.ibie at the last jnomeni to get a\v.i.. . It is strong iu bowling and u lding, but weak at baiting. ...;.-•■