HOME AND FOREIGN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1061, 18 August 1882, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Tue Marquis de Bays has been arrested in Franco for frauds in connection with the ill-fated New Ireland expedition. The riot at Bey rout was suppressed. A few persona were wounded. The town is now quiet. An Italian man-of-war has gone toCaprera in consequence of a report that an expedition is contemplated to carry Garibaldi’s will into effect by cremating his body. The condition of affairs in Ireland is decidly improving. There is still some excitement in America over the arrest of suspects (Americans) in Ireland. General Ignatieff has been arrested. Cetowayo, lately king of the Zulu tribes, and who recently arrived from the Cape, visited Osborne, and was granted an audience by the Queen. It is rumoured that he has been reinstated in his former position, from which he was deposed by the British authorities at the close of last Zulu War. The report, however, requires confirmation. The exhibition of various products of Irish industry was formally opened at Dublin and was largely attended. The Right Hon. Edmund Dwyer Gray has carried an amendment in the Irish Arrears Bill providing for a valuation according to the best 10 years during the period. In regard to the closure proposals, the House of Commons decided that a simple majority will suffice. A constable has been murdered at Parsontown, Ireland. Numerous labourers’ meeting have been held throughout the country in favour of a conference at Manchester. Two hundred English branches of the Land League have been established. The English harvest is the best within the present decade, and the weather is favourable. The Prince of Wales medical adviser have ordered him to take a trip to Germany. The Italian Antarctic expedition has been wrecked at Cape Horn. The crew were rescued by an English ship. The Hon. Ivo Bligh’s cricketing team leave England on their Australian tour on September 14. A French naval demonstration is expected at Madagascar as a protest against the Queen forbidding the sale of land to foreigners, which is attributed to English intrigues. There is an enormous crowd of visitors in Dublin. Troubles are feared, and the troops are confined in barracks. The British Resident has been instructed to refuse to recognise the Boers’ annexation of native territory. IKTERPRuVINCIAL. Partmulars which are to hand regarding the robbery from the Colonial Bank at Reedy Creek show that the thieves entered the bank and abstracted the keys of the safe from the pocket of the manage, l .. t The manager was ill and asleep, and was not disturbed by the robbers.