NEWS BY CABLE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5444, 26 July 1879, Page 3

NEWS BY CABLE.

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../■' "V.:. , JEiGfNPQN, vTuly. i2. . j. The Orestes arrived frctm Natal with 1 |b,e:b'ody.bf .the Prince Imperial, and an iinfjesirig , fun^rajl , took .placp at Chiselhurst.- His Koyal HiglmGss Mie Prince of Wales, and the Dukes of iSdihtiurgfy Cannaugnt, and Cambridge, were the pall-bearers. Her Majesty and the Princess > Beatrioe were with the Empress Eugenie during the ceremony. •*■:.,- „ July 14. In oonseqiientfe o'f the obstruction of some of the Irish nlenilfefs; tries Speaker appointed an official to take special minutes of the debates. Mr C. B. Namel, M.P. for Meath, violently impugned the proceeding, and proposed a resolution faondenming the action of the Speaker. Ku .ttnprecedeiited tumultuous scene ensued. Tha motion was negatived by 421 to 19, and then Sir Stafford 2tfo'r£hcot6 moved and Lord Hartington seconded, a vote of confidence in the Speaker, which was passed without a division.

A report from "a select committee was laid on the table of the House of Commons, recom mending tho extension of the wine duties of Is per gallon to Stronger wines than it has hitherto applied to< LONDON, July If. At a banquet held at the Crystal Palace, the Secretary of State for India, eulogised the conduct of the Affghan war, and declared that Takoob Khan was honestly fulfilling his treaty obligations. The friendship of Afghanistan, he argued, would secure India against aggression. It was his firm belief that Russia was fulfilling the obligations of the treaty of Berlin. July 18. News from Cape Town to July Ist states than an envoy from Ceteawayo had arrived at head-quarters, bringing fresh peace ; proposals, with a quantity of ivory tusks, evidencing submission, and asking that;; the ; advance of the British army might be postponed. He. received a reply that a postponement would be con-, ditional on the acceptance by the British of the proposals for peace. Sir Garnet Wolseley has gone to Fort Dunford. . The discussion on the Army Discipline Bill 'was resumed last night by Lord Hartington in the Houge of Commons, and the motion condemning the retention of flogging in the army was negatived by 289 to lß3. ' •. . July 19. New Zealand five per cent loan 103J, A despatch from Sir Garnet Wolseley has been published which reports that advices are to hand from Lord Chelnisford's advance force to June 30. Lord Chelmsford was within ten miles of TJlundi, and had offered a suspension of hostilities if. the cattle and guns taken during the war -were restored. Seven hundred Zulus had surrendered. . . .. ■ ■ July 21. In the House of Commons, last night, the Hon. Robert Bourke, Under-Secre-tary for Foreign Affairs, replying to Mr •Moarthur, said that negotiations were progressing with Germany and other foreign Governments relative to Sanioan affairs, pending which it would not be desirable to produce papers connected therewith. . . • uy":-": . ■"■ . ■".,•• July 23. - .The. estimated quantity of wheat afloat (torday for Great Britain is 1,503,000 quarters. - - An official despatch of July 6 states that the Zulus were defeated with enormous loss. TJlundi was captured and destroyed. Further details state that Cetewayo not having complied with the demands of Lord Chelmsford, he advanced on the 4th July. While marching, 20,000 Zulus attacked 5000 British troops, who formed a hollow square, and were attacked on all sides for two hours. Desperate fighting took place, before the Zulus commenced to retreat. The 17th Lancers charged and completely routed the Zulus, 1000 of * whom were killed. The British loss was 10 killed and 53 wounded. The latter then advanced on Ulundi, which was burnt with the military kraals. The British troops returned to camp on the 4th July. July 24. Another despatch from Sir Garnet Wolseley of July 8 announces that he believes the war is over, and he is awaiting instructions to send home tho troops. He was expecting to moot Cotowayo on the 18th July to discuss the conditions of peace. PARIH, J u iv 12. The Education Bill has jjasved." July 21. ■. The (Buoiuipartists have recognisi'd Prince Jerome as buin£ n-~>sv at ih?°head of their party. Gonoirlßoivrbsi'vi adheres to the Republic. The Chambers havo voted that tho return of the Legislature to Paris shall take place in November, with an amendment conferring on the President {of the Chambers the right of making a requisi-