EUROPEAN CABLEGRAMS. [PER S.S. ROTOMAHANA, AT RUSSEL.] London, March 29. [PER S.S. ARAWATA, AT THE BLUFF] LONDON March' 21.

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EUROPEAN CABLEGRAMS. [PER S.S. ROTOMAHANA, AT RUSSEL.] London, March 29.

[PER S.S. ARAWATA, AT THE BLUFF] LONDON March' 21.

The casualties and losses of killed at Potohefstroomt have been severe on both sides. The scantiness of provisions and ammunition oompelled the British to eurrender the garrison. The latest despatches from the Gold Coast state that the Ashanteeß are quiet and there are no signs of King Koffeo resorting hostilities against the British. London, March 28. Intelligence has been received that farther skirmishes have occured between the Basutos and colonial troops generally. The fighting has been of an indecisive character, without serious loss on either side. During one of the skirmishes Major Lawrence was killed at Lerlibe. The Basutos are now entrenched in strong forte at Boleka. A battle is considered imminent. The, will of the late William Moore Bell, of Victoria, has been proved under £100,000. He leaves £250 to each of the eleven Melbourne charities. Intelligence from the West Coast of Africa state that bloody human sacrifices have taken place at Abomey, the capital ot Dahomey, one of the most important native kingdoms in Guinea. Hundreds of natives have been slaughtered by^order of the King, in accordance with the inhuman and barbarous customs existing there. The land agitation in Ireland is watched with much interest in the United States, At Brooklyn, New York, a League is formed among the Irish residents, having for its object the support of the anti-rent movement in Ire land. It has been joined by large numbers. His Holiness the Pope received a threatening letter from a lady. The affair caused some exoitement in Italy, but little importance is attached to it. The prisoners incarcerated in Ireland tor breaches of the Coercion Act, prefer ordinary gaol life to that which is provided by the regulation for persons imprisoned for offences committed under that Act. The Grand Duke Vladimir, the younger brother of the Emperor of Russia, will act as Regent until the new Czar's coronation. The remains of the late Czar of Russia, Alexander 11., have been interred with great ceremony. The funeral obsequies were of a most impressive character. The young Czar, prior to the final depositing of the remains in their last resting-place, I imprinted a kiss upon the face of his dead father. He was greatly movod, and , the scene was a most affecting one. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh were among . the principal mour- ' ners. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, conferred upsn the Czar of Russia the Order of the Garter. ' The Act to prohibit the oarrying of arms in Ireland is being enforced.

London, The emigration from Germany to the United States is immense, and continues in spite of all the' efforts of Bismarck to check the exodus. Thousands of German immigrants arrive weekly in New, York. The matter is exciting the serious attention of the German Government, but the stringent provisions -intended, tO'.stop the wholesale emigration from tho country arS without avail. - , „ ■ \ • Several of the leading Nihilists and the Socialist conspirators'have been arrested in Paris, who are suspected of complicity in the murder of tha Czar, and have been apprehended at the instigation of the Russian Government. They are detained in custody by the French police, pending the production of satisfactory evidence of, their guilt. Four landlords in the Gountycof • 'Wesfcmeath- haye received, threatening jletfers, warning' them that they would be killed unless r they acceded to the demands of their-tenants-for a reduction of reritf. * Very, severe-weather'has: again been'experienced in England , and Heavy snowstorms have fallen 1 in Suffolk, which have impeded the railway traffic,; and in SdotlaM alsti much inconvenience has beefcQCOti&oaed'ifoin thagiime cause.'; Jl,-:' a-ISoifDOßr,a -ISoifDOBr, Marph 23. / The, Arduous mature of,his pffi^ial .and ■ Parliameiitaty * iltities/ has:!a|feijtea §fhs 'hea|tH;6f't&e 1 P^etnie'r; YHftMßdioWAd-1 vise'ra Have' reajtnnTEen&cd/inotKer l§a; triß."" Arra'nfeemont have been mi.M tliai dvting ■ the ,^Mtei;, jepf sa] jMjiy Gtlad6toHS''lfiW3l nUko^afßwrf'se'a yoyilge. '*h " ' !