LATE CABLE NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2181, 21 February 1881, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

[Br Thlbsrapk.] [Per s.s. Wakatipu, at Wellington.} LONDON, February 10. The remains of the late Thos. Carlyle hsve> been interred at his native village, loclofeohan, in Dumfriesshire. February IL The Queen and the Prince of Wales intend permitting their pictures, now on view at the> Melbourne- Exhibition, to be exhibited in Adelaide during the proposed South Australian ExhibitionFebruary 13. Further diplomatic revelations have been made iu connection with Bussian designs in Central Asia in 1576. The correspondence shows that Buasia was prepared to divide Central Asia with England on certain conditions. The Basutos have been effectually subdued and are now appealing for an armistice'

[Per s.s. Hero, at Hokitika.} LONDON, February 8. The Irish National Land League suspect that the Government will apprehend Mr Parnell and advise him to escape to America. Intelligence has been received from the Transvaal that the Boors are in sufficient force to threaten a serious invasion of NataL The secret correspondence of the Bussian Government with the Ameer of which was seised by the British on their entry into Cabul, has been printed. It shows Bussian intrigue in a very bad light. Germany continues to resist the desire of Greece to invade the province® of Thessaly

and Epirus with a view of acquiring by force ■ those districts which the Berlin Conference recommended Turkey to cede her. The Oxford University have conferred the degree of D.O.L. Honoris Causa upon General Roberts, in recognition of his brilliant achievement in Afghanistan. The Australian Agricultural Company has adopted a report, in which they hove agreed to ask the Imperial Parliament to sanction tho extension of their powers to enable them to enlarge their sphere of pastoral operations. Sir George Pomeroy Colley, who, since hie last engagement with the Bpers, has been entrenched at Laingsnik awaiting reinforcements, has again attacked the Boers at Ingogo River, and defeated them. The Biitish loss in number was 150, including many officers. The Boers lost heavily. Two ships and a quantity of grain, sugar, and tea have been burned at the Victoria Hooks, London.