LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 880, 28 February 1879, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

BUiriSJT AX!> FOKKION T . (From Kx»*h.iiiL - es.) LoKDi»x t February loMi. Th p latest Cap • nows sure t!i;u, \h • force niulcr Uolone 1 Pars *u i- sufely at i:» Z iin'a i.l. Tliueart; now no Ftliru.n y 17. A Home llulo candidate was tittle I liv a laiX" m 1 j >nry J.u- Co k, m tilj roo.u of iho litreise i meiu'MT. Lori 1 pier of Mrivdala has l>etn Mini* nioneii Home from Gibralto’*, aim mn \ed in L moon to-day. February 18' hj. The (V rm.vi Tariff I'miiini-siim i,as r> I snlvwl to admit raw won! dmy free. I The Wool suite onentl with ato 'll dp. J man I ami prices fi. m. Sir Cliarlta I lilke nm pi'.vn no 1 ice i■ 1 t’,t. House of I 'oiumoii of a resolution condeiouin 3 ' the Zulu « ar. February 10 hj. The IV Mlr ut or the r'oiiutil of s alvi.-ei ihat oilU'Ui. i s have mi to in Fey|it in on-epio to f a ti*in,> t 1 j--11 i'll lime it, mi i a thr a tuina iltm.m r , 4 . , lieu w.is made liy ois jauded uffioeis.

A British column was attacke l by 4000 1 Zulus. Tr.e troops gained a complete victory. and with but tritiuig loss. The li rst of the ordered reinforcements have left England. I St Hktkusbukgii, February 15th. The Czar hj is issued a manifesto ratifying definitely the Uusso-'l'u'kish treaty of peace which was signed at Constantinople on the 8 hj. \ The with Irawal of Russian troops from Turkish territory hj s ■•oiumeaced. I 1! '.MBay, February 121st. 11 The heal quarters ui. General Kooerts has 1 been transferred to Thull. 'I he Commander ' in-Chief Iras gone to Jellatabad. London, February 19. I Mr Berry has sen t tlu Associated Banks ! with ivgird to the Vic oriao loan, about avbieh tneie appears 1 1 be some difference 1 of opinion. lie thinks it should be treated 1 at par, while opinion on the Stock Exchange * inclines lu 95. February IS’h. A serious riot has occurred at Cairo. 'J'he 1 mob insulted the Khe live and threw mis- 1 - sites at tb-Minis'e.s 1 ibi Alexander Malet is appointed Ambas- J sa lor at Couslautiiinp'e 1 Aea cliy reigns in Thessaly, and the mill t.vy and p >IiCo hj ive civ tiicted. . For the Pyno idiainpiou Cup Elliott de- ’ fenced Higgi is easily. * Tite C ) oti d wo d sales opine 1 to night. The total arrivals to date are upwards of 1 2)9,0 '0 bales. The attendance of Home and foreign buyers is .large Pries raiu.e ; a unit tb ■ same a) at last series. Ft low fi ’eces prices hj ive Sumewh it declined. Cape " wools preponde ate. 1 Kouininia apologised to Russia for the ' Gula.z affair February 20th. 1 All the Zulu attacks have been repulsed, 1 butch situation is still serious The British ' L iwever aie confident that they will he able ’ to oinntain tlo-i■■ posiiions un.il reiufor ed. G u-ral Kaulfoian received the Affjian Em a<sy loyally, lint refused ;b give them ’ any support from ilu-sia. February 'Cth. The forces under Ceneial Lord Che msfnri have retired on Ma.iizburg, the eipi a of Natal. The Ceuer.d is in Colisu.taliou W.tll tile Ibivenior and ' 'ahiiiet. A vigorous proa eu'ion of the war is ordere I, and it is propose l to send Indian troops to the li out i Burlin'. Feb uiry IS hj. T!ie Reichstag raised to a low the Go vernuienc to arrest ocialiat depu ies London, Felvuirv 22nd. The Vicfmian Em hussy aie in inert t lie S-cietary for the Coolies (Sir Michael Hicks Be eh) on We lues lay i.eit. The llank res i ve is s ri.ii.er. There is no new feature ill the stock m ii keh thiremmcut debentures are quiet. Vieto nan seen ities low er. Tb; wool sales are showing svinpfnrns of we ik i-83, and prices now are riding 10 per Cent, lower than at las' Fehrunry 8 ies. The com uiarkct is uucliange i. Too winner of the Waterloo Cap was Miller’s Mustiilo t, Carntthers’a Co nm -lee Tiei to ru mer uo. The Wa eio . Pit se was won by D.-ar Erin, ami the Waterloo Plate by Musical Box. February ’.9th. The despatch of Lori 'Napier to Naial is reguded wi hj general lavoiir, an las being a sign th it it is in.eii led to entirely crush the Z i u-. News from .St, Petersburg loads to the bs’ief that a war hetw.e Russia and China i- aim cst un iv u labie It is ru noiired that t ■ .ops mo being hastily withdiawn from T nkey in or U rio meet lb-* I'hinese. Fobru.ny i.lrd. A Greek Archbishop was mu dered in j the st'cets of Adnanoplu by Bulgarian refn ;ees. Mr Isaac Butt, M.P., the Home Ru’er, | is dying. Ululated. j Th Queen sympathised with the sufferers at the Cape, an I apptaude I the valour of th • Briti ■ hj ti oops Shore Ali is reported dying of gangrene from a i oM w mn I. Sr I’ktu bvroh. February 23rd. The Russian Governor General oflhe Province of Kh.irker Ins been shot oy an a-SiS-in an I is severe y wmiu I • 1. Burlin', Fein nary 23rd. The death of Fi Id-Murslial Von Boon is announced to-day L 'ND in. February 23rd. Co’onel Stanley, Secretary of Stile fori War, has lei n nuibonscd to express to General Lord Cliebi sfo <l, Comni inder inG lief at, Natd, the sy uipaihy and coutideuee of the Queen. Fehrunry 24. To- death of the Duka of Newcastle is announced to-day. Vienna. F. brnary 22nd. Tin renort of ihi Couniii’tee of the Lower Hmse of the Austro-Hungarian ■ I in ire approves of the p oposal to apportion min must Austrian firms iho Govern. iiie it griot of lO'.OIH) fl nii.s f .r Anstiiun representation at the Sydney Exhibit-on, BoMß.vv. Fehrua y 2.'ir I. A large m n etiog of Moll.ah- has 'ren held at Carnd, an I declared that >h re Ali had sou hr. Iliisdau hclfi, and tha‘, thTefore, a religions demonstration in his favour had been nn awful.