Telegrams.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 335, 19 September 1879, Page 14

Telegrams.

(Retjter's Special.) London, September 13th. _ Later news from the Cape states that Sir Garnet Wolseley, in an I interview with the principal chiefs, declared that Zululand was in a hopeless condition under an independent chief, and that the noncapture of Cetewayo was the only obstacle to the conclusion of peace.

A meeting of Home Rulers has been held at Dublin, when a resolution was adopted to found a convention of 300 delegates who should constitute an unofficial Irish Parliament.

At wool sales to-day 6,600 bales were catalogued. Paces were firm, and there was an active demand.

Shanghai, August 15th. A most destructive fire has taken place, extending through 11 streets. 991 houses were completely destroyed. The bulk of them were uninsured.

Cholera is raging at Tonquin Maco, Loo Choo. In one district 10,000 persons have died.

Bombay, September 13th. The mutineers at Cabul acted, and are still acting, without a leader. They are endeavouring to incite the tribes to attack General Roberts' flank at Shutergarten, which was reoccupied on the receipt of the news of the massacre. No hostile movement has as yet taken place.

A letter from the Ameer to the Viceroy, written subsequent to the massacre, declares his sincere friendship. There being conflicting accounts as to his sincerity and attitude, the Indian Government were somewhat distrustful of the sincerity of his protestations, and General Roberts received instructions to ask him to prove his friendship in a practical manner. The frontier is perfectly quiet, and there is no hostile sign. Perfect tranquility prevails at Candahar.