Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-16
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Si csoops.
LONDON, February 18th. The
strike of engineers is extending to
Leeds, Plymouth, Dover and other
points.
The Fifty.seventh Regiment at
Ceylon is ordered to the Cape of
Good Hope as soon as transporta-
tion can be obtained. 1t is hoped
that the regiment will reach the
Cape within afortnight. a. A por-
tion of the force at Candahar has
been ordered to retire to Pisheere.
The zniu War.
LONDON, Feb. 18th "A dispatch
dated Maritzburg, January 25th,
says of the Zulu war that, shortly
after the commencement of hostil-
tiles, Lord Chelmsford and Colonel
Pearson successfully engaged the
enemy near the place where Lord
Chelmsford had been fighting. He
left six companies OF the oath Regi-
ment under Pulleine, whom Dwin-
ford was to join With the natives.
Fifteen thousand Zulus attacked
the united forces Oh the 22d. The
fire from the British caused i'm
merse havoc among them, but they
rushed forward with indomitable
pluck; and, when they had come TO
close quarters, the great numerical
superiority of the Zulus secured
them complete victory. Six COM
panies of the 2ith were totally de.
stroyed, and Dwinford's natives
were utterly routed. The victori-
Gus Zulus attacked the small force
in the vicinity of Rorke's Drift, the
same day, but were repelled. In
this attack hundred men succeed
ed in keeping off four thousand Zu-
lus. They fought from five in the
evening until daylight, when the
main column arrived. The British
lost thirteen men, five of whom
were massacred in the hospital.
Tho German Parliament.
BERLIN, Feb. 10th. the lower
house of the Diet yesterday the
Minister of Finance made a decla.
ton, on authority Of the King,
of the same tenor as that made by
him at the sitting of the Prussian
budget to the committee of the
2ith ult., namely, that until new
source of revenue from indirect
taxation was created in Germany,
and until it was ascertained what
portion of the surplus can be trans
ferred to individual States, it
would be useless to discuss the
question of income and class taxes.
Any reform of the present system
of taxation would be impossible,
etc. q The proposals of the Budget
of taxes were then adopted.
The Liverpool Strikers.
LIVERPOOL, February 15th.-The
strikers delegation this morning
proposed arbitration to the ship
owners, meantime resuming work
on the old terms. This the owners
rejected, but agreed to arbitration,
provided the men resume at the
proposed reduction. The matter
now awaits the decision OF the
strikers.
--latest from the Znius.
MADEIRA, February 15th.-The
steamer Dnnrobin Castle, which
brought the news of the disaster to
British troops in South Africa to
st. Vincent, called here this MORN
ing on her way to Plymouth. 1t
is ascertained from her officers that
later advices received at Cape Town
(reported subsequently to the dis
aster to Col. Glynn's camp) are to
the effect that the forces under
Dartnell and Lonsdale had an en-
gagement with the enemy at
Rorke's drift. Col. Pearson's col
umn is safely established at Ekaye.
There were no hostile Zulus in
Natal.
AppOinfed Cnteror Archives.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. l5.-Baron
Stuart, Russian representative at
Bucharest, has been appointed
Chief of Archives of the Foreign
Ministry. No successor at Bucha.
rest will be appointed at present.