ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.
SYDNEY.
March 20. The Suez mail steamer has arrived at Kiny George s Sound. The following is a summary of the principal items of news : — London, Frb. 14. — A terrible gloom was cast over the country by the Zulu disaster. Great consternation prevails at the heavy loss sustained by the British foi'ces. There prevails generally a stern determination to redeem the honour of the British arms, and inflict a signal and lasting lesson upon the Zulus. Troops have been ordered for the Cape, from Mauritius. The Premier in the Lords to-night said that the progress of carrying out the treaty of Berlin was highly gratifying. He defended the Turkish Sultan against the attacks made upon him. Lord Beaconstield also defended Mr. Layard. • * Referring to the Afghan war the Premier declared that henceforth the frontier of British India would be invulnerable. Sir Stafford Northcote, in the Commons, alluded to the difficulty consequent upon the disappearance of the Ameer of Afghanistan, and maintained India would be able to bear the actual expenditure.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 656, 21 March 1879, Page 2
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