HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 5042, 2 May 1879, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[Reuter's Telegrams.] LONDON, April 30. Sir Garnet Wolseley will return to England in May, and will serve on the Military Commission. Prince Louis of Battenburg has been, elected to the throne of Bulgaria. The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes was won by Charibert, Cadogan second, and Rayon d'Or third. A debate in the House of Lords took place relative to Free Trade and Protection. The Premier made a statement concerning it, declaring reciprocity or a reversion of Free Trade principles impossible. At a meeting of tbe Liberal party at Chelsea, Sir Charles Dilke being chairman, Mr Berry, in reply to an address, said that he expected ultimately to see Australia independent. Australia was now more like a republic than a part of the monarchy of England. CAPETOWN, April 8. The garrison of Ekowe.has arrived at the Tugela, and Lord Chelmsford and staff are going to Durban, in Natal. It is reported that the Zulus have occupied Ekowe. Cetewayo retires beyond the Black river, in the centre of Zululand. The rumor of the Boers detaining' Sir Bartle Frere i 3 entirely unconfirmed. [Special to the Timaro Herald.] LONDON, April 29. Three Chilian frigateß bombarded the town of Iquique, in South Peru, causing great destruction of property. The war between the three States has now commenced in earnest. The Prince of Wales has formally notified his intention of visiting the various Australian Colonies and New Zealand next year.