LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 190, 11 August 1879, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

[Rbutm's Tbubghumb pbr Phbss Aoknot.] London, August 7. A despatch from Sir Garnet Wolseley •tates that he believes the prospects of peace are good, but as Cetewayo remains at Urge the British troops must reoccupy UlnndL * J Sir Garnet Wolaeley told the Zulu chiefs who had surrendered no longer to regard Cetewayo as King, and that in future the country will be governed, and the people protected, by the British Government. Sir Garnet Wolseley and Colonel Clark are about to proceed to TJlundi, and General Newdegate will advance simultaneously to the new kraal occupied by Cetewayo. At a banquet at the Mansion House, Earl Beaconafield reiterated Lord Cranbrook's views on land tenure, and alluding to the distress in the agricultural districts, he upheld tile English system against a purely peasant proprietary. The House of Commons has passed through Committee the Irish University Bill rejectIng all amendments. August 8. Three Per Cent Consols, 97 J; best Australian beef tallow, 345. Total stock of tallow in London at date, 10,000 casks.

j ,- August 9. lne Rev. Newman Hall has obtained a divorce after a protected trial. The House of Commons by a large majority have sanctioned the new contract with the P. and <J. Company, for the conveyance o? the Suez mails. New Zealaud Five per cent loan 10G. The Board of Trade returns of imports for the past month amounted to .f. 5,575,000, showing a decrease of £575,000. The returns of the exports for the last month 3how a slight improvement. A large fire has occurred at Serageos (?), when 10,000 buildings were burnt, and the people rendered homeless. Viexxa, Aug. 7. The Emperor of Germany is visiting the En-peror in Castle Gastein in Tyrol. Madrid, August S. The King of Spain when returning from the funeral of his sister Infanta Marie del Pilar was thrown from his carriage through its upsetting and dislocated his shoulder. It ' has since beeu reset.