NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3312, 2 August 1879, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

(from the, home news.) Heads of Intelligpnce. It was announcetHn both Houses of Parliament on May 26 that a Treaty of of sfl^l^dfifoot Cavagnari on behalf of the Indian Viferoy and Yakob Shan, Ameer of Cabal. On'th^afttedayitWasinßoine^lha Sir Garnet Wolseley had been appointed Gorernor of Nttal and th* traniTaal, and Commander-in-Chief in those colonies and the idjk^h't districts',- butthat ttier* *ai «§t I The sixtieth birthday,ofVQa»en Yiabtrrvkj, w&s celebrated on May 24 throughout the Icountry^ithjauphjentJMisiasm. . s The' Queen has. conferred the dignity of •knighthood upon Mr Henry Bessemer, t|# eminent metallurgist. 1 Details are to hand of an engagellfeW (between* .^Peruvian, ironclad and Chilian wooden war ships, wlich WBifißr in the sinking! of all thr©«Jve*Mi. x [ From .the official isortWip«id&iceArelating to the Zulu war,.published at the end Gorerrior of Nata?, and Lord€Jh^fnWftrd, the CommandeMn-^lhielii i»d rendered heeessary some' adtiea on the pvtfdfrtitift" Home Government.- 'j' I The reign of terror is increasiflfiitf^ Eussia, and arrests df numerous peJrwflV^ 1 of distiridtion'take place daily, SfeVferal^ K-inilis^s'a't'KieC' Vi7 t IThetrial^i^^er SoJorj^gMi Petersburg for, the attempted^ assassination of the Emperor of HaHiiTtcwk'lUbe June 6, and he was hatiled June 9. I ofßttlgtriaW»cfiwi-'lWT^'f from Paris,' June 4, oOrii'ttgitft(j''th* Qiieen'at Balmoral... 7/Otr*fr?-'i aaSBSSI*)C ; 1 The evacuation of-Bulgaria and Eastern Bouitieliaby the^Eassfinnteoopi ii being Martially carried out. r \ The" German-Smperor*liirli»d"rfißr*' \ iW^ring hip knee, bu| f it is hope^d thft no serrourconsequences^will ensue'/ iJ \J\ I The celebration of the golden weddinf •*• of the Emperor and Empress of Germany iii Berlin was attentS&Fby^representatirea of all the European Courts, and the public * [The International Telegraphic and Literary Oongresje^.hafa ijflan^ holding their meetingr(in!Xibndon%TO%gnoat the Justice MelWfiai riretwed from the office of judge in the Queen's Bench* vacant judgeship. banks. (The Derby,wa* r won r pn. MAf. i j2BJb«c Mr Leopoia-'Ebthschild**? Gli^kWy^btjating twenty-two other horses. The Oaks was won oa-May;3U.bjF Jjonlr Filmouth's Wheel of P6rtuW. AK^OaK jThe Ascot Cup and the Queen's Vase have both been won ov«MrnGnUaaV^ I&nomy. •A'.W>tr«?M«D jThe Grand Prix at Paris was won by Nnbienne. pvht^tt fr fni Obititaby of the Mo^af.^H. f Bet el!, 0 late Attor.-Gen. for N«w Zealand; Sir C. Hknfilton; lidy'filUlVarOl G?aSiCeait6r aud journalist; F. T. Streeten, Recorder sf| Worcester; Sir^C,,Wbitbcfad^^tt* kP.; W. Froude, F.tt^/rSr^DVSS^ Bart.; the Hon. P. A. Smith, 'Chief Justice, Gold -.Coast* oDAWMei^V L^dy Kashleigh; Lady 1 H] Davies; Lady T. F. Grove; the Hon. Mb T. K. Story; Bir E, J. Gambier.late Chief Justice, Madras; the Hon. C. May, Chief Magistrate, Hong Kong; the Hon. G.jjp. mmm i ߣ>m\\mM,m'B£h& D.Jj. for Leicestershire; Lady Burrard; Latly Elizabeth Finch^piDowager Lady Eljbank; Lady W. Mitehell; Lady B. T%n a e jrßji.ran J." W,.if> Spthscjtild,; *h*l J Rifeht Hon. Sir T: A. Larcom, Bart. m )lahama, gives particulars k of the reported ua?al battle ofl'lqh|oeb*i^e reif the Chilian and Peruvian vessels. The Peruvian lUfff* shiP" Hu«so"« summoned" tKe su, r lr^de ?lJ^u,t I.wa*1 .wa* answef e&bj, *h*M*> Jl Jistoeralda, which sank immediately iXJ with 150 men on board, forty of whom we^e saved. Captain Thomas, of the ""* foUoweOV-brWtf 1 UifMGEtW\ |uin P id"ori; boArd^,. th-«-'«aa ß ear,f%^leii - ? Mtenant of '•&£*&&$&-irilwijt fifteH 1110 -Vb P c fi Rhfc* Meanwhile the Peruvian — rAtter the crew and part of her armameals^w, bad; been removed, the vessel was burned -' returned to Pisafua, where Penman reinforcements were landed.