ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XX, Issue 58, 10 March 1886, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

("Keuter's Agency.] London, March 8. '. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has signified his acceptance of the invitation i to preside at the farewell dinner to be given i to Mr Murray Smith, and Earl Granville, Sec- "■ rotary for the Colonies, has also intimated < ins intention of being present. T>M, n i he , Houße , o£ Com mons last night the I Bill dealing with the Crofter question wan read a second time. s _. „ a Constantinople, March 8. f The Conference of Ambassadors, at which c the various Powers will be represented to t consider the Boumelian question, will hold s its first sitting on Saturday nest. j

Eangoon, March 8. j '. Intelligence has been received by General 1 Prendergast, at Mandalay, that a force of some < nine thousand rebels had surrounded the ' t British position at the Yemethan, the f 1 garrison at which place numbers three . 1 hundred men. General Prendergast on receipt of the news called up reinforcements, which are now advancing to the relief of the beleagured British troops. Eio Janeiro, March 8. The Doric left last night for London, her cargo of frozen meat being in excellent condition.