CABLEGRAMS.
LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. (RECTER'S TELEGRAMS PEE: PRESS ASSOCIATION) Loxdox, June 20. In the House of Commons last night, in complianee with a request from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mill's motion respecting the Victorian constitutional difficulty, was postponed. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, acting in co-opera-tion with Mills, introduced a motion condemning any intervention of the Imperial Legislature, unless requested by both Houses in Victoria.
(special to press association.) London, June 20. The following news from Cape Town is up to Ist June : The Prince Imperial of France is dead. He was out with a reconnoitring party on Ist June, when they were surprised, and before they were able to withdraw, the Prince Imperial was assegaied. The British troops crossed Buffalo River, and have reached Capulletio. They will continue their advance 011 the second. (SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE ARE.) London. Juno 20. The Empress Eugenie was i'mg insensible after receiving the news of the death of her son. When restored to consciousness her grief was extreme, and she refuses all food. Letters of condolence have been addressed to her from all the European Courts, and the most profound sympathy is expressed in England. Lord Loftus reached New York on the 19th, and left again for San Francisco on I the 30th. He leaves there on July 7th.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 991, 23 June 1879, Page 2
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