SPECIAL GABLE NEWS TO THE "POST." FROM OUR SPECIAL LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 512, 17 May 1879, Page 2

SPECIAL GABLE NEWS TO THE "POST." FROM OUR SPECIAL LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

THE WOOL MARKET. LATEBT FROM THE CAPE. THE ZULUS QUIET. POSTPONEMENT OF THE BRITISH ADVANCE. NAVAL BATTLE BETWEEN PERU AND CHILI. PIRACY IN THE* CHINA SEAS. LONDON. 14th May. 0015 bales of wool were offered at to-day's sale. Prices are well sustained. 10th May. 8393 bales were catalogued at to-day's wppl sales. Prices still continue firm without material alteration. 16th May. Advices have been received from Natal, via telegraph from Madeira, to the 29th ult. The determined manner in which Lord Chelmsford marched to the relief of Ekowe and successiully raised the seige, and the brilliant victory of Colonel Wood at Kumbula, appear to have had a great moral effect upon the Zulus, who are now reported to be very quiet. Tbe British advance which was arranged to commence about 7th May, has been further postponed, pending the arrival of reinforcements and the completion of the necessary arrangements to make an effective and crushing attack. The war being waged conjointly by the Republics of Peru and Bolivia against Chili, is being hotly carried on. The first pitched naval battle between Chili and Peru has just taken place, and After a determined contest the Chilians were victorious. Some further piratical outrages are reported from tbe China Sea. Steps' are being taken by the officer in command of the China squadron to capture the offending vessels. m [reoter's telegrams.] St. Petersburg, 15th May. Numerous destructive fires have occurred in Eastern Russia, believed to be the work of incendiaries. It is officially announced by the Russian Government that the evacuation of the Turkish Provinces will terminate by the 25th July. London, 16th May. The wool sales to-day opened with an advance of £d to Id on crossbreds. Cape news to the 29th April states that no military movement has yet taken place. At a late meeting of the Boars, on their separating-, they entrusted the Governor nnd High Commissioner with a memorial to the Queen, favoring a declaration of their independence, to which Sir Bartle Frere refused his support.