NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 727, 18 October 1876, Page 2

NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

* (Per Arawata, via Bluff.) TURKISH ATROCITIES. Mail advices contain full particulars of the dreadful atrocities in Bulgaria, and the scenes of lust, rapine, and murder. At the village of Batak there were some awful outrages, and at other villages where there was a show of resistance, 3000 inhabitants were massacred, mostly women and children. The churches and buildings were levelled to the ground ; mothers were ravished in the presence of their daughters, and daughters in the presence of their mothers, sisters, and brothers. The outrages at Cawn pore are said to be far surpassed in Bulgaria. COLONIAL M USE DM, The site for the Colonial Museum has finally been fixed for the Thames Embankment. The buildings will cost £250,000, and the contribution will be according to the amount of space required. India will have two-fifths. The offices of the AgentGenerals of the colonies will be within the building. MISCELLANEOUS. The four Conservative journals started in 1873 §by Captain H amber and DuMaurier, and Evans, have been discontinued. Owing to a threatened attempt to release from Chatham prison some Fenian convicts, and Bid well, the Bant- forger, a strong body of military are on duty night and day. One warder was offered £IOOO to allow Bidwell to tecape. LATE TELEGRAMS. London, Sept 12. The Czar’s birthday was f&ted at Belgrade yesterday. At a banquet in the evening, Prince Milan expressed his entire devotion to Russia. The ship Windsor was abandoned on the 30th August in a sinking state, The crew have been landed at Plymouth. Sept 18. Sir Stafford Northcote in addressing a meeting at Edinburgh denied that the Eastern policy of the Government had been hampered by the unworthy jealousy of Russia or fear of the Mahommedan subjects of India. He went on to say that the Empire of India depended upon good government, and that the Porte had sent a commission to Bulgaria armed with judicial power to enquire into recent atrocities. Newspaper correspondents generally consider the peace conditions imposed by Turkey on Servia inadmissable. INTERPKO VINCI AL. Auckland, October 17. Sailed—Robina Dunlop, for London, with a general cargo. The insurances on the Pretty Jane, which struck on a bar at Gisborne yesterday, are— South British, £2500 ; New Zealand, the name ; both are partially re insured ; and the balance of risk is sustained by the owners. A telegram from Captain Roberts states that the vessel is leaking badly in the main compartment, and it is impossible to estimate the damage. An attempt will be made to get her off on to-night’s tide. At the Harbor Board meeting to-day it was stated that the Board was not consulted re the Beach Road Bill. A correspondent of the Star points out that a felt roof with a zinc covering,Tike the Parliament Buildings, is liable to take fire in a hot sun, similar to a recent case in America. Bluff, October IS. Arrived —Arawata, at 11.30 p.m. on the 17th. She left Melbourne on the 12th ; experienced a strong south-easter, with heavy head sea. She brings 47 saloon and 28 steerage passengers ; 425 tons cargo for all ports ; and 166 rams. She sails at 4 p.m. for Dunedin. Passengers for Lyttelton — Messrs Carter, Benaet, Wilson, Litchfield, Moore, Walsh, Brabazon, Mesdames Nurse, Quinn, McDonald ; 10 in steerage; and 95 tons cargo. {From ouv own Correspondent). Dunedin, October 18. Hokitika sends a team to the hre brigade’s demonstration on Boxing Bay, the Dunedin brigade supplying the apparatus,