LATEST CABLE NEWS.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
LONDON.
March 24 Beef tallow ia Is. lower ; mutton tallow Gil. lower. After a long debate in the Commons, on Zulu aff lira, a vote of want of confidence in tlie Government was defeated by 155 against 61. In the Lords, the Premier made a statement concerning the British policy in South Africa. He said that the confederation and not annexation was desirable. Sir Barfcle Frere was the right man in the right place, and was not to be blamed because he assumed supreme powers in making a declaration of war. The Queen has startod for Italy. Mantlaljiy is quiet. The * King of Burmah is willing to make concessions. Negotiations continue with Yakoub Khun. An unsuccessful attempt was made to assassinate the Chief of tiie Gund'annes at St. Petersburg. The assassin escaped.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 662, 28 March 1879, Page 2
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