Summary per Suez Mail.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3219, 13 June 1879, Page 2

Summary per Suez Mail.

■' ! • Melboubne, This day. The news from Bombay to the 23rd May states that in consequence of the Daooit disturbances the police have been supplemented by a military force eon* silting" of eight hundred infantry,''and 200 cavalry; who were, scouring the country. A party of the military and police'encotlntered a number of Daooitg on May the 17th, who, were completely routed and several were killed. It is believed'that the Dacoits do not exceed more than a few hundred. , j The Afghanistan Treaty of Peace. The latest intelligence, telegraphed to Galle from Bombay, dated May 26, gives the following articles of thp treaty of peace with Afghanistan. • , Ist. Peace and friendship between the two nations is declared. , 2nd. The Ameer grants an' amnesty to all who, held intercourse, with the British during the war. 3rd. The relation of the Ameer with other Powers to be conducted under the advice of the British Government. | 4th. A British officer to reside at Cabul. , , . . . sth. The Indian Government to have power to depute agents. 6th. The Ameer to guarantee the safety of the British Agents in Afghanistan. 7th. Telegraphic communication to be established between Cabul and Calcutta. ' Bth. The restoration to the 'Ameer of the territories occupied by the British Expeditionary Force, except certain possessions, which are to be treated as districts and assigned to India.

9th. The surplus revenue derived from these districts will be paid to the Ameer. 10th. The British Government to have the complete control over the native -.tribes in the Khyber and Meaneo passes. 11th. An annual subsidy of six lacs of rupees to be paid to the Ameer contingent upon his observance of the trf laty. . 12th. A mixed 'commission to be appointed to settle the question- of the boundaries.' f,, „,.-;' ' Adelaide, This day. • The motion of a vote'of want of confidence was lost by. a majority of twentyfour in favor of the Government.