REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1393, 19 March 1881, Page 2

REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. London, March 16. A box, containing forty pounds of gunpowder, with a burning fuse attached, was found last night, on the ledge of the wall of the Mansion House. March 17. The House of Commons to-day, voted a grant of £5,000,000, which is to be made to the Indian Government as England’s share of the cost of the last Afghan war. St. Petersburg, March 16. It has been discovered that the palace which is occupied by the Emperor, Alexander 111. when Czarewitch, is undermined, and sappers are now searching with the object of ascertaining whether any explosives are concealed in the passages. March 17. From a semi-official source, it has been ascertained that it is generally understood in Russian Court circles, that the Czar, Alexander 111., will follow the late Emperor’s policy of reform, and his efforts in the direction of maintaining the peace of Russia, Capetown, March 17. Intelligence has been received from Natal, that negotiations between the Boers and Sir Evelyn Wood, have had a satisfactory result. The Boer leaders have now given a general consent to the conditions of peace laid down by the British, but have, however, reserved a few points for further consideration. LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, March 18. Major W. C. Smith, Victorian Minister of Education, will shortly proceed to New Zealand on a trip for his health. A Board appointed to inquire into the management of the Police Force, particularly with regard to the Kelly outbreak, has now commenced its sittings.