LATEST INTELLIGENGE

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 346, 8 April 1884, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENGE

■— : * r-r Reuter's Telegrams— Gqeyright. (Received Ayril 7, 12.25 p.m.) London, April 5. The body of his late Koyal Highness the Duke of Albany was entombed to-day in the mausoleum at Frogmore, Windsor. Her Majesty the Queen and yarious, members -of the' Jloyal family attended the cpremony, which was of a most solemn. ' and impqsing character. Among the wreaths placed. on the Prince's coffin was one forwarded by the Agents-General on behalf of the colonies. Further parleyings which have been proceeding between the representatives of England and Spain with a view to the conclusion of a fresh commercial treaty have fruitless, and negotiations have nQv ceased. Telegrams are to hand announcing £hat ,the steamship Daniel Steinmann, l? 90 tons, from Antwerp, has' become a total Wreck" oh the coast of Nova Scotia, and 120 persons have been drowned. Charles Eeade. the well-knqwn novelist and dramatist, is' e'lili xeporied to be in a dying state. Cairo, April 5. Intelligence has been received from Kassara, a town in the Soudan near the frontier of AVysinnia, ihit the Egyptian garrison there is in a critical positiou*, and j the Governor of the town- has appealed to the British for aid.

Melboukne, April 7. The persons wounded by the recent railway accideut arc all progressing favorably towards recovery. The members of the Board of Enquiry have inspected the scene of the disaster. (Eeceived April 7, 1.55 p.m,) Sydney, April 7. Heavy rain has fallen pretty generally throughout the colony, and empty drains have been replenished. The downpour in Sydney has been exceptionally heavy, a fall of ten inches having been recorded since the 4th. Part of the city was flooded, and some damage resulted. The threatened short supply of water to the city and suburbs has now been averted. Bishop Barry preached at the Anglican Cathedral yesterday. The fermon was most eloquent, and made special reference., to the late Prince Leopold. At the Hawksbury Racing Club's Autumn meeting on Saturday, the principal Handicap was won by Empress, with Phyllis second and Sardonyx third. Twelve horses started. Empress was the favorite and won easily. The Maiden Plate was won by ' Banjo. (Eecsived April 7, 2.25 p.m.) MHLBOXJENE, April 7. The Wairarapa -Adelaide enquiry ia proceeding. Altogether there are seventeen witnesses from the Adelaide and eighteen from the TVairarapa to be examined. . ; Obituary — Judge Macfarland. ' s