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coair. LivBlip0nr rtrfsday.—A fair trade was done in Wheat VHBJ ^ie rates of Friday last, but holders met UMj(iemand freely. Flour in fair request n+ l + Stes. Beans and peas unaltered. Indian eLiCl>' at 29s 9d to 3 's Per for old. Weather'611 an<^ s^ower3r' ^ut leas mild lS^DOX^Tf>UOWiUS rPP°rt is taken from the JfarV7 tpress of Monday afternoon:—- English. hsvr^ne4> 1rs Scotch 100 qrs.; foreign, 5308 qrs f, e^> ilting and grinding descriptions a eW ,»t former currencies. Malt, 1/507 V .Scotcll> 140 llrs- Exports, «86 qrs j > demand, at about previous *alues. Main >301 cirs" Thc "uluilT was scarcely so br■ kut n<? quotable change was. observable > c}thcr round or flat corn. English oat-; oio >' foroien>-l~,120qrs. Exports, 22 qrs. A s't f°r "11 varieties, at last Monday's J6 r, BirmiNGHA«eS'rfrsda^A limited supply of who-it but lit;Ic doing in either or fniv; Prices about the same as last Weei. Maize sol/0^' at *ornier ratcs-
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{ATTLE. LIVERP00I TllCrC Wati a sma11 supply of cattle and' Ti i'or the time of the year, the numbers be n»"ie,^L'slf" aud sheep in the corresponcliu<?'i -year there were 2261 beasts and ^rle ^ock ou °ffer was °f a middling desc^'1, Tra(le g°od> and prices were in favour of ^ers' There was no foreign stock on offer p Is ^rom the country were not dimerous, Vations were as follows: — Beat beasts s-v/i P!'r lb 5 se :ond ditto, 6c| o London Mon i'1 re was a S°°d steady business in the «>1a7lQai^e^' 2d to 4d per stone advance Ti,\ ,1 Prices wei-e: Beef, 4s 6d to *•.«» muttoT tfe>7s ld > f <*» to •» od; port- o id- IJONDON TH,, ^°A ^Pliere were 780 beasts in to-day'e mart • 140 foreign- Market quiet. Gd to 6s 2d- There were *?00 sheep fiom^^0 "'s '^d' calves> from 5s 6d to 6s8d 9(i i' from 3s 8d to 43 8d Per 8 ft* 60 Eneli'sh cows' 110111 £ 24 to £ 3° per bead.
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-TTER. CORK, WUNV* -Ordinary: Firsts, 132s; seconds, 122s i 96s fourths, 67s; fifths, sixths iiolrnfc cured Superfine, 148s; ,llir'Js. 10lB- N™b" market,
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lTOES. Moderate sun-nr potatoes were on sale at London on Momlo 3 1 the prices were:— Kent regents, 170., to lsfn rton; ?''ssex Agents, 150s to 3™?: Victorias, 180* SPi1 hdne^ 120ri to 140s; ^riy rose, 90s to115^ U°'S t0 125s"
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B2aMEAT- UKDON, JION-IJAY J*1 3,uPPlies 011 and •p~,e ^oderatelv a it previous rates. 2s 4dto^ d ,tii>utton, 3s 0d to 4s 8d; 08 to 5s 8d- 2d 8d to 3s 6d; small ^43Qdtol;ialfSie-
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\?L' LOKDOK, WBNXFsi)4^nl7 5391 bales were offered this evon; Tnsino 2031 New Zea gad, 668 Port Phjf' Ci CaPe. 320 Sydney, 41 ^rman lambs, 24 and 1 skin with wool *tI+\T?Rl>OOL' Eridav-J PrinciPal transactions « this week's market been in alPa(;a, which, oa account of its low fe °f Prices- continues the attontJ^ consumers, the sales 930 balesfrom
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T CO/' l^oxnoN, of 1101130 WSat ^arket to^dav^'> readiiy taken off at 17?- ^otati°ns. OdIHftlepoo1, Hettons, iTs, Haswell, East ,P ^00h Garadoc,, 17s Od- Tee^, 16s 3d: "^lepool', Vanes, Lyons, 17s Gd- K^}'lam' 16'^ 15«bside, Hartlepool, i7s; < £ ;><*Hey, 16s. Ships at Biarket, 39; sold, 29; aW 5* pro^?Ns- ,VK,IU'001', Friday.—-Bv! Choice in steady blifc other «°rts c0uie neglected. BacoJ Lft^ v e demar»d, at a ecllnc m price. Lard has receded 6d to 9?er c^- «'eese is rather quieter, at previon J ■' Beef iu stead v demand at full prilPes 10^thoUt akeration.
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DISTRICT /KETS. carxahvqx rU!tDA Y. X'he followino- jo f ,la7's prices :—Beef Mto M Vi,, Is veal 8d to pork, 8d to 9d h? t0 9d" Cheese, 7d to 9d per lb. F1. ,j ^wf+u' 8d to 21d per lb Pot ditto, Ud v1', b"!teri s Cd to 2s (■ 1 e„-h ditto alive, 14d °to ?-{ieaC)ks, 2«'6d to £ geese 6s to 7s l?d; £ f°r fid. Pota- toas, 6s to 7spev ,ps' »0d to 47s Od Per qr; 28s6d11, 39 n)Vhef'ls to 22s Od ^!s'«tSiC:'k dehbioh, wbF"- A he quotations i*- +r> a < J were as fol lows:—Wheat. ] ^Odto Tfi- S" .hobbcfc' bar* Jfy. lis Od to 14s o-' T 0d- Fivsh ^^fctei, l6d to 17(1 per lb diti^ 1M t0 16d* BANGOR, Fiu'; Prices: Whoit AR a i .a'd Pe;r quarter; *», »»t- meal, 36s Od to 37,Vi potat°es, 3s 6d 4s 0 per cwt. ivl f fx I 18d per lb. Beef, 9d to lid per lb • Sr' t0 lld Vea1' ^dto 8d; bacon, 7d toV)^ w!nT'me'eur''dham's- Aid to 12d. DCht COXWAY, SAT, Wheat, 15s On to 16a n,i a^bet barley. 10s Od to 12s 6d per hobbet • oaw M 3d Per hobbet; beans, 15 s 0d tn iT P.1' hobbet; oatmeal, 36s Od to 39s Od per 210 OSWESTRY, WI;D,vi'U' Th," following were the q uot«f,: Is «d toT"8 10 Per bushel; barley (m i?er1 f 68 9d oats, 3s 6d to 4s Gd; H Td Per ih,; eggs, 7 to 8 for a shilling vi to 4s f\u per couple ducks, 5s 0d to \s lo^to^o' geejse, 4s Odto 9s Od each turkey, a s ^fach potatoes, 00 lbs to 12 lbs JuIlmg- LLANERCIIYMEDD, 14 A1 + a x barley, 29s tn <) at! 44s Od to 4->s 0 per quarts,i o-L M S Itj. 'tot 0d per cwt.. h 91 f? nnf' Pot ditto, Qs 0d to 0slbut f' f21d \° »0d Per mutton, 9d tolOd; veal%L;fvSdtol0dPOTfms, Hd to I2d per lb. '°dto0d; home-cured TLHYL, THU itsnAV. Very few fliers the i^eat 15s fee to i4sl 10s j bailc f, & to X3s beans. to 168; 100; to 133; beans, eats, 8s to lis. T WREXHAM, THUKSTJA. follnws The prices at this Market were e red do, ^hite wheat, l:isto 10s 3d per mcai 5S 6d per 10s 0d per bushel of i.) lbs. Potato^ pot do 120 lbs. Fresh butter, lSd to I9d peuift0n 9d to 13 d- Beef, 9d to l»d per lb -)S odl n(d ^°lld; veal, 7d to 8d. Fowls, 4s 6d couple.
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==- on The Manchester Corporation have, the T svVe foot to supply their town with water fr district in Cumberland.
LATEST WAR NEWS.
LATEST WAR NEWS. c An armistice was concluded on Wednesday, and Raouf Pasha has gone to the front to complete details. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 9. The Council of Ministers have come to an agree- ment to-day upon the conditions of an armistice between Turkey and Russia, and have submitted them to the ratification of the Sultan. In opening direct negotiations with Russia for the conclusion of a purely military armistice, the Porte is stated to be acting upon the advice given by Lord Derby. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 9. The Sultan haying ratified the armistice con- ditions submitted to him by the Ministers, Raouf Pasha, the Minister of War, has ordered the Turkish Commanders in the field to conclude an armistice with the Russian commanders. Before agreeing to this course Server Pasha telegraphed to Musurus Pasha, instructing him to request Lord Derby to arrange with Russia the conditions of an armistice. His lordship replied to Musurus Pasha that Russia would not entertain any such proposal from the British Government, and coun- selled direct negotiations between the belligerents. It is stated that negotiations will continue between Russia and England on the question of mediation. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 9. In addressing the Chamber of Deputies at yes- terday's sitting, which was he]d with closed doors, Server Pasha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, said that the Government had made every effort to interest Europe in the Turkish cause, but, un- fortunately, its endeavours remained fruitless. Turkey was isolated, and had no hope of European Alliances. An armistice leading to peace was being negotiated, and when concluded would be submitted to the approval of the Chamber. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 9. The Agenee Rusne of to-day publishes an article pointing out the probability that the Porte will now have received from all the Powers without ex- ception the advice to treat direct with Russia, and not to expect material aid from any quarter. BERLIN, Jan. 9, Evening. 'he semi-official Provincial Correspondence, in an article upon the negotiations for an armistice, says the steps for the conclusion of a temporary armis- tice can only be successful provided that at the same time they afford guarantees for a speedy and acceptable conclusion of peace. The recent con- fidential interchange of views is more' and more interpreted as of favourable augury for an early and pacific turn in events. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE INTO ROUMELIA. SOLDIERS FROZEN TO DEATH. RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, Bogot, Jan. 5. Further details have been received of the fighting near Tashkesen on December 31. On the evening of the 30th all three echelons of the Orkanhie column,, viz., the detachments under Generals Rauch, Kurloff, and Philosolipoff, were concen- trated. At daybreak on the 31st General Rauch, with the Preobraschenz regiment, advanced against the Turkish entrenchments on the right of Tash- kesen, while General Kurloff, with the second brigade of the third infantry division of the guard, marched towards Dolnatscheivo, turning the left flank of the Turks. With his back turned towards Dolny Komarzi, General Pilosophoff, with the 1st brigade of the 3rd infantry division of the guard and the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the rifles of the guard, was stationed as a reserve on the Sophia road. A column, under Lieut-General Weliaminoff, was drawn up near Gorni Bugaroff, not far from Sophia, where there were about 20 tabors of Turks in position. The battle commenced at 9 a.m. A detachment, consisting of three batta- lions, under Colonel Washmund, was ordered to protect the left flank and to keep up connection with Count Schouvaloff. The latter on his part moved the bodyguard of the Moscow and Pawkow regiments and a battalion of the Ismailow regi- ment forward and to the right in order to join hands with Colonel Washmund. Simultaneously with the commencement of the fighting by General Rauch, a rifle fire was opened by Count Schouvaloff and the Prince of Oldenburg's troops who remained m /ront °t the Turkish position at Arab Kenah and Schandornik. This demonstration was of such a vigorous character that the Turkish reserves were kept throughout the day from a movement towards Tashkesen. In the meantime, General Rauch, maintaining only a can«nade m front, sent the Preobraschenz troops and rifles over the mountain in the rear of Tashkesen. A front attack would have been useless, as the Turkish position was strongly fortified, every house in the place being suitable for defence. The artillery and. rifle engagement lasted from nine a.m. until two p.m., when a loud shout of "Hurrah" was heard in the rear of the Turkish position. The shout proceeded from thePreobraschentz troops and riflemen, who pressed forward into Tashkesen from behind, the Turks being already in the act of retreating. At the same time the column under General Kurloff completed the turning movement and took up a position on the road behind Tashke- sen, cutting off from the commanding heights the direct communication of the Turks with Arab Konak. For this reason the Turks did not retreat along the road, but dispersed along the mountain paths, abandoninrr their horses, ammunition cases, and wounded. Their artillery had apparently in°Ved earlier, as after a very well directed shot from the first battery of the 1st artillery brigade, which was followed by a loud explosion in the Turkish position, the Turks entirely stopped their artillery fire. General KurlofFs column punmed the Turks, but was unable to march Oil account of the dense fog. The other troops passed the night in the conquered positions. After their defeat at Tashkesen the Turks ap- parently began to evacuate Arab Konak and benandornik, taking their departure during the night and leaving behind them a reargard. On the evening of the 31st some volunteers of the SemenofE and Moscow regiments, who crept for- ward to the entrenchments to se whether they w-irc occupied, were received with a vigorous rifle discharge, and wre obliged to return. The with- drawal of the Turks from Arab Kenah and vSchandornik was only made manifest on the 1st. The Turkish vanguard, consisting of 34 tabors] being threatened on all sides by Russian troops] iled in disorder, and were almost all captured. RUSSIA* HEADQUARTERS, BOGOT, January 7. .The Turkish troop?, after evacuating Slatitzs, withdrew to Komitzs. The Russian troops who were sent in pursuit killed 60 of them, and took 49 prisoners. On the eve ning of the 4th instant, aud during the night between the 5th and 6th, the Russians reconnoitred the precipices of the Trojan Pass, and ascertained that it was strongly fortified, and occupied by an artillery force of regulars. The losses sustained by the Russians in this operation were ten men killed and two officer? and 18 men wounded. The reconnaissance was effected with a temperature of 22 degrees of cold, and two officers, 12 Cossacks, and 41 riflemen were frozen to death. A small Russian detachment, which was despatched to the right along the mountain paths, almost perished in the snow, but returned. safely- after a very difficult march. On the 6th instant, Colonel Krassoway, after an engagement with the Turks, captured Achmedli, which was defended by six tabors of infantry, the enemy falling back in the direction of Dewitschia and Moglia. On the same day the Petrosawdsk regiment occupied, cl without fighting, Kissa, on the Twerditz road. Another Russian regiment, advancing from Slateritza into the plain of Stewrekon, had a skirmish with 6:)0 inhabitants. The Russian loss during the whole day was about 100 men killed and wounded. A despatch from the Czarewitch announces that only unimpoitant shirmishes occurred on the 6th instant near Menisur. Pashakioi is occupied by Turkish infantry. The Russians sustained no loss in these affairs. General Gourko reports that the Turks left in Sophia upwardsof 1500 wounded, andthat measures have already been taken to ensure their being properly attended to. RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, BAGOT, JAN. 8. During the night of the 6th instant, General Kazeff despatched a force of four battalions of 'infantry and 300 Cossacks, with the object of turn- ing the Turkish position which block the road from Trojan's Wall. After the entrenchments in the rear of the Turks near Kormak had been occupied, the remainder of General Kazeff's troops advanced to the attack, and to-day the Turkish redoubts called the Nest was captured. The flag of the Ingerwat land regiment was thus hoisted on one of the highest peaks of the Balkans. The Turks took to flight, and were pursued by the Cossacks. The Russian vanguard was thereupon sent forward in the direction of Teke, south of the Balkans. The loss sustained by the Russians in these operations was unimportant. On the 7th inst. Colonel Krasowsky, command- ing the Jakutsk and Wiatkas regiments, drove twelve tabors of Turkish infantry from the fortified position near Devitchga Mogila (Maiden's Grave), forcing them back as far as Starja Rika. The Turks left upwards of 270 killed on the field. The Turkish soldiers who were killed at the cap- ture of Achmedli by the Russians were buried in eight' common graves. Colonel Krasowsky found a large quantity of booty in Achmedli. The Russ- ian loss in the two days was two officers and 187 men wounded, 18 men killed, and seven missing. The third battalion of the Wiatkas regiment and the first half squadron of the order dragoons espe- cially distinguished themselves in the affair.
EFFECTS OF THE RUSSIAN WAR…
EFFECTS OF THE RUSSIAN WAR ON INDIA. It is obvious that the war and its consequences, actual and potential, are being felt in India much more distinctly than is quite comfortable. Of course every exertion is made by the Russian party to conceal what is going on there, and to suppress all consideration of India as connected with these troubles at all. How is it (asks the Pall Mall) that the news of an Arms Bill for India has been so studiously neglected-so carefully passed over in silence ? It is a week ago now since we heard of this Bill; not a word has been said in contradiction of the announcement; and, except in our own columns, no notice has been taken of it whatever. And yet it is a matter of grave significance; and nobody is more aware of its gravity than Lord Salisbury himself, who is so ready to laugh away apprehensions to his own knowledge perfectly well founded. The story is that at the last meeting of the Legislative Council of India an Arms Bill was introduced. Its object is to extend to all districts, without exception, a provision for making the possession of arms illegal without a licence, and to make the sale of arms to persons not holding such licence a criminal offence. In support of the Bill it was stated that the import trade in cheap arms and ammunition had grown up "to an unwholesome extent;" that "cheap arms were bought and sold to an extent quite incompatible with the maintenance of peace and good govern- ment." Amongst other details it was stated that "in four years 100,000,000 percussion caps had been imported into Calcutta, of which no more than 14,000,000 were legally re-exported. An application had lately been made by a single firm for permission to import seven lacs of caps and 14,000 lbs. of powder monthly—an amount which could not possibly represent any legitimate de- mand." Further, "the Military Member of Council called the attention of the Government to the fact that an admirable percussion cap manu- factory existed in a city near one of our military stations, which turned out caps almost equal to those supplied to our own troops the name of this city is not given. Now this, we repeat, is serious news and if the public were aware of all the reasons, particular as well as general, which hav.e led to this introduction of an Arms Bill for India, they would say very loudly what seemed to us the right thing to say when Lord Salisbury jeered at "Indian nightmares." And something else has since been reported, which in like manner the Russian press in England agrees to remain silent about; and yet it is a very noteworthy cir- cumstance even taken by itself, and apart from the India Arms Bill witti which it is not unconnected. According to a letter in the Bmnbay Gazette, the Nizam, through that great friend of England who is supposed to have "saved the Empire at the time of the Mutiny, has ji.st committed an almost outrageous act of defiance against the Govern- ment. Sir Salar Jung lumscli has become rudely -e and openly insubordinate. It appears that the. Indian Government declared a certain Nursimha Davarozloo rightful heir of Anagoondy. A portion of the Anagoondy estates are situated in the Nizam's territory, adjoining Sir Salar Jung's private jahageer at Copaldroog. The Government 0 of India, through the Resident, had asked the Nizam's Government to adinit Nursimha's claim. This month Sir Salar Jung positively refuses to confirm the .Government of India's nomination, and has forcibly seized Nursimha s seals, ke rs, and official papers, and has ordered his immediate departure from the Nizam's territory. The Nizam's Government has nominated aLdistant relation of the family of the Maharajah, and has ordered the collection of the revenue from the Anagoondy estate by the Nizam's efficers." This may seem a trifling trouble, and the trifling trouble may be arranged. But in the present position of affairs it may mean a good deal; and in any case much is necessary to explain how it comes to pass that Sir Salar Jung, who knows England, English statesmen, and the English power at least as well as any Indian in the Empire, should feel himself safe in committing so open and violent an act of defiance. Of course, the story may not be true. As to that we only know that it is three weeks old, that it has not been contradicted, and that there are serious reasons for accepting it as probable. More need not be said at present, further than this Whoever declares that Russian successes and intrigues that dissentioll in English politics; that the sympathy of English statesmen, philosophers, and historians with races under the rule of foreign conquerors that English helpless- ness or apathy—that these untoward phenomena have no effect in India, speaks either in ignorance or with intention to mislead.
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HYDROPHOBIA.—Mr Johnson, coroner, held an inquest at the Stockport infirmary on Monday, touching the death of William Hulme, aged five years, who died from the effects of the bite of a dog on the ninth November. The child was going to school with a number of other children, when a small Spaniel dog ran at him, knocked him: lowil, and bit him on the lower lip, and a girl named Albiston on the hand. The wound of the boy was cauterised by a chemist; it healed, and he went to school as usual. On Saturday night last: when about to be washed, he vomited, and seemed ex- ceedingly terrified at sight of the water in the vessel. During the night he sprang up in bed wildly. He, however, went to school on Sunday morning. Great efforts, both by persuasion and the offer of toys and other things, were made to mduce him to partake of water and eatables. He appeared anxious to do so, but was frightened. Despite medical treatment the characteristic symp- °ms of the disease increased in frequency and severity, and he died exhausted on the following morning. A verdict of death from hydrophobia was returned, and the jury recommended the dog to be destroyed.. Joseph Shegley, who stabbed his wife and at- tempted to cut his throat at Hyde a short time since died on Wednesday in Stockport workhouse. jiesKies the wound in his throat, he was in the last stage of consumption. h. lIrtl-I. M. STANLEY is expected at Marseilles or of Af UrT-i from Africa. The Geographical Society J, are making preparations to entertain e distinguished traveller at a grand banquet, to ° his honour. Mr Stanley will afterwards go to 1 aris, where he will a:ive a recital of his travels to an assemblage of French geographers.
! DEATH OF THE KING OF ITALY.
DEATH OF THE KING OF ITALY. Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, died in Rome at half-past two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. The first news of his Majesty's illness was conveyed in a telegram despatched from the Quirinal on Sunday night. This message stated that the King had been prevented by indisposition from going to Turin, and that in consequence a Ministerial audience had to be postponed. It added that his Majesty's illness was not of a serious nature. The extent of his indisposition was probably a little under-stated from the first, in order to avoid an alarm which there was still reason to hope the re- sult would not justify. The facts appear to be that on Saturday the King was attacked with a violent fever, which produced almost immediately pleurisy in the right lung. During the night the illustrious patient slept for hours, and on Sunday morning there appeared a slight improvement in the symptoms. Towards two o'clock in the day, however, the fever again commenced. On Sunday evening bleeding was resorted to, and afforded a temporary relief, which enabled his Majesty to pass a comparatively quiet night. During Monday it was reported that the fever continued to increase, and that a further extension of pleurisy had taken place. Monday night was passed less satisfactorily, and a bulletin, issued at six o'clock on Tuesday evening, announced that the fever had become more marked during the day, while the pleuratic pain, on the other hand, had almost ceased. By this time the illness of the King, at first thought to be a mere passing indisposition, had created a feeling of anxious solicitude throughout the Courts of Europe; and duriug Tuesday the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Emperors of Germany, Austria, and Russia, the Sultan of Tur- key, the Kings of Spain, Denmark, Portugal, and Belgium, Marshal MacMahon, the ex-Empress Eugenie, and other illustrious personages, tele- graphed to Prince Humbert, his Majesty's eldest son and successor, desiring to be informed of the sufferer's condition. Nor was this solicitude con- fined to the Courts. Throughout Italy the pro- foundest concern was manifested by the municipal authorities and the public, who expressed their anxiety by anxious and repeated inquiries at the Quirinal. At 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning the follow- ing grave information was made public by means of an official bulletin:—"The King's condition changed for the worse during the night. The difficulty of respiration and the irregularity of the pulse have increased, and symptoms of a miliary eruption are now observed. Despatches continue to arrive from all quarters requesting news of his Majesty's health." It may be explained that the miliary eruption here spoken of is so called because of its resemblance to millet seeds. A bulletin issued latter in the morning announced that his Majesty was in an exceedingly serious state, and that the miliary eruption was very profuse. In the afternoon, a Renter's telegram informs us, the Sacraments were administered to his Majesty who received the first with perfect calm- ness. The King then asked for Prince Humbert and Princess Margarita, and, on their coming to his bedside, conversed with him for several moments. Afterwards, the miliary eruption in- creased, and it was hoped that an improvement of his Majesty's condition was possible. The Royal pat ient caused all who had been in habitual inter course with him to be summoned, and addressed a few words to everyone present. A moment or two afterwards he breathed his last. The sudden news of the king's death spread with lightening rapidity over the whole of Europe, and everywhere it occasioned theImost painful emotion. All Italy is plunged into the deepest mourning. PROCLAMATION OF THE NEW KING. After the decease of King Victor Emmanuel, Prince Humbert was proclaimed King of Italy. He confirmed the present Ministers in their posts. Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, son of Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, and of Queen Theresa, daughter of Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany, was born March 14, 1820, and received at his baptism the names Marie-Albert-Eugene-Ferdi- llawi Thomas- Victor Emanuel. He was care- fully educated in science and military tactics, and married April 12, 1842, the Archduchess Adelaide of Austria, who died January 20, 1855. He took an active part, as Duke of Savoy, tnth( events of 1848, accompanying his father to the field, and behaving with great braveryjat +he battles of Goito and Novara. On the ev, iiing after the latter (March 24, 1849), Charlfv Albert signed his abdi- cation in the Belliir Palace. Little was then known of his son ana successor, who assumed the title Victor Emanuel II., except that he was a dashing hunter, somewhat haughty, and a reputed opponent of Liberalism. He succeeded in obtain- ing from Austria terms less humiliating than those imposed on his father, but the treaty of peace was not signed till August, 1849. On mounting the throne of Sardinia he endeavoured to re-organisepthe finances, the army, and the system of puplic instruction, concluded with England several treaties of commerce, established railways, and promoted free trade. He indignantly refused the offer made by Austria for the cession of Parma provided lie would abolish the constitution. Genoa having revolted and expelled his garrison, he sent an army against it, recovered his former rights, and his efforts for the prosperity of liis kingdom were generally successful. He had, how- ever, one great struggle throughout his reign with the court, and clergy of Rome. Guided by Count Cavour, he confiscated much church property and took away many clerical privileges. He concluded in January, 1855, a convention with France and England, to take part in the war against Russia, and despatched to the Crimea an army of 17,00i) men, under General De la Marmora, which distin- guished itself by a victory on the banks of Tcher- liaya. Sardinia took part in the conference of Paris, where her ambassador laid before the repre- sentavies an able paper on the state of Italy. In 1855 the king lost his mother, wife, and brother, and was brought'to the verge of the grave by fever. After his recovery he visited France and England, where he was received with great enthusiasm, and was created a Knight of the Garter and Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. In the early part of 1859, the king, whose relations with Austria had been for a long time the reverse of friendly, e announced in the chamber that a storm was im- pending, and Count Cavour 'detailed the 11 grievances of Sardinia against Austria in a diplomatic circular. Lord Derby's Government used its best endeavours to avert a war which seemed imminent, but without effect. Austria summoned. Sardinia to disarm, but in vain; and the Austrian army crossed the Ticino. The Emperor of the French despatched a powerful anny to Italy, and, lnn uig assumed the command, joined the Sardinian forces, and defeated the Austrians at Montebello, May 20; at Palestro, May ;W and 31; at Magents, June 4; and at Sol- serino, June 24, the emperor and the king being present in person. The Austrians were expelled fro in Lombardo, the priitces from Naples, Tuscany, pllfJna, and Modena; and the treaty of Villa li(,,t concluded July 11, confirmed by the treaty of Ytirieli, November 10, terminated the war and established Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy. The parliament, assembled at Turin, March 17, 1861, form uly established the title, which was re- e0<ri)ised by England March 30, and by France June 24. A treaty for the transfer of the seat of. government from Turin to Florence, and the evacuation of Home by the French in two years, was signed September 15, 1864. The court was trant erre 1 to Florence in 1865, and the French annf was withdrawn from Rome in 1867. In 1866, the K-iiig of Italy, making common cause with Prtlsl;tl-iii- a treaty signed May 12, declared war .1rr¡1.i¡¡:-it Austria. The Italian army was defeated hy the Austrians at Custossa, June 24, and the Italian sustained a reverse off Lissa, July 20 but, in consequence of the success of the Prussians peace was signed at Vienna, October 3, by which Venice and -lie territory of Venetia were ceded to Italy, ii)"z Victor Emanuel made his public entry into Vellce November 7. At the com- mencement of th • ye ir lSb6 his Holiness the Pooe obtained leave from the French Government to raise in France a corps of foreign troops, called the Autibes Legion, destined for the defence of the holy see after the withdrawal of the French soldiers. The impatience of Garibaldi and his followers, however, precipitated the crises, and led to the prolongation of the French occupation beyond the period stipulated in the convention of September. The red skirts advanced into the pontifical territory and defeated the pontifical troops at Monte Rotondo October 26, but a few days later (November 4) they were in turn com- pletely vanquished at Mentana by the united Pon- tifical and French armies. The French troops re- mained at Rome until the war took place between France and Germany, when the:Eraperor Napoleon felt himself compelled to withdraw them. Accord- ingly the last detatchment left the Pontifical ter- ritory August 8, 1870, and on the 20th of the fol- lowing month, notwithstanding the agreement made by King Victor Emmanuel not to invade the Pope's dominions, the Italian troops, under General Cadorna, entered Rome after a short re- sistance from the Pontifical troops, who ceased firing at the request of the holy father himself. King Victor Emmanuel's family consists of the Princess Clothilde Marie Therese Louise, born March 2, 1843, and married January 30, 1859, to Prince Napoleon Prince Humbert Renier Charles Emmanuel Jean Marie Ferdinand Eugene, heir apparent, and Prince of Piedmont, born March 14, 1814; Prince Amadeus Ferdinand Marie, duke of A'sta, born May 30, 1845 the Princess Maria Pia, born October 16, 1847, and married October 6, 1862, to Louis I., King of Portugal.—"Men of the Time."
THE CLAIMANT.
THE CLAIMANT. Mr Guildford Onslow has received the following letter:—"27th Dec.—Dear Onslow,—Thanks for your two last letters. I regret I shall not be able to receive a letter from you again until the 18th of March, because of a letter from my cousin Bid- dulph, which has been lying here since the llth of November last, and which was handed to me on the 18th inst., which I took in believing it was from you. I need hardly say how anxious I am to hear if Orton is on his passage. My cousin seems to be ambiguous about it being him, but I have no doubt. I am veay anxious to see you. I fear all does not go well with my wife and children, as my cousin does not make any allusion to them in his letter. Do pray tell me if anything has happened. The sore point with my cousin Biddulph seems to be your sanctioning the application for a summons against my cousin. 0 I beg to say to all that) ou f.re carrying out my instructions in so doing, and the blame, if any, should fall upon me. My cousin sa) s if he could see any good to accrue to my cause by taking justifiable and honest action he would do so.' Has Justice, then, gone for a tour on the Continent, or left the island altogether? I know that my friends and supporters have gone to the extreme limit in a legitimate way. God forbid they should take any other, is my nightly prayei. They will soon have it in their power to retahate for the contempt that has been shown them, and I feel sure they will not then forget me. Please thank my fnend Mr East for this kind letter. I intended answering it, but I find I have no space. shall expect you to bring me a message from my wife and each of my dear children, that I may that nothing has happened to them. Please write and give them my kind love. I have no care for myself; it is for them I am anxious about. So long as they are cared for, no matter about me. God in his great goodness has given me strength and fortitude to bear my sufferings as a man ought to do With kind remembrance and thanks to all friends, and gratitude to yourself for all you have done. I am insured of ingratitude about Harding. Perhaps my cousin Biddulph knows where my shoe pinches better than myself. I will suppose it. to be the case. He also makes some allusions to the uneducated classes being with you. If he means the honest working men, I feel proud to have them with me and my cause. I know that their appeal for justice for me has hitherto been treated with contempt. But the day is not far distant -when their true value will become apparent and their honesty appreciated by the aristocracy. With kind regards to all with whom you may come in contact, and my lady friends in your neighbour- hood particularly. Don't forget, dear Onslow, a message from each of mv children, rtLiAX (ioii L keep anything from me about them.—Believe m, your old friend, Roger Thos. Castro.—To Guildford Onslow, Esq., Ropley."
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iEARFUL COLLISION IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. TEN- LIVES LOST. On Tuesday evening last, a deplorable calamity occurred in the Bristol Channel, about 20 miles from Milford. The steamship Xema, belonging to the Bristol Steam Navigation Company, and trading between Bristol and Cork, on arriving in the Avon on Wednesday morning, reported the v details of the fatal collision. The Xema was on her voyage from Cork to Bristol. The night was very dark but clear, and lights could be easily seen from a good distance. The man on the lookout on board the steamer saw the green lights of a sailing ship a short distance ahead. Thinking the vessel would keep on her course the helm of the steamer was at once put to starboard, but unfortunately at the same moment the course of the vessel was al- tered also. Her helm was ported, and the conse- quence was that the steamer and ship ran at each other at full tilt. The collision was terrible. The ship struck the Xema in the waist on the starboatd side, and with such force that she punched a large hole in her, sprung several of her plates, swept away all her boats but one, and jerked a number of cattle which were on deck overboard. The ûf("r.- -.L ..L' ^vv-llulu W a at tiie time in charge of the second officer (Mr Webber), the first officer having turned in just before, and the captain being below. The shock brought all hands immediately to their posts, and also some of the passengers, of whom there were a good few on board, but the presence and advice of Captain Staveley reassured confusion. The captain stopped the steamer, and ordered the one remaining lifeboat to be got ready, but it was found that the colliding vessel had sunk imme- diately. There was not a vestige of her about, no lights had been burnt, and no person could be seen. After a time,, however, cries were heard from some one in the water, and Captain Staveley ordered the boat to be lowered. This proved to be a hazardous proceeding. The wind was blowing, and the waves were running high, and the boat no 0 sooner touched the water than it was carried under the steamer, crushed, and swamped. Three of the crew of the boat were thrown into the sea and were rescued only after great trouble. The others got on deck by the lowering apparatus. Nothing could therefore be done to help those shout-in" for help, but after a time of the crew of the vessel drifted towards the steamer, and Was ™ board. It then trailed that the ship in collision was the Itahan Wig J^ro, about 30) tons, which started from Cardiff the same morning with' a cargo of coal, for Constantinople and the crew consisted of Captam iH,rtunat.0 Ferro and ten sailors. Llns man, Formosa Vito, was the only one rescued- Captain St^eley remained at the spot near 3 three hours,but could see nothing more of the missijjg men. Vito was at the helm at the time, anu he says he saw the steamer for 15 minUxcs; before they collided, but denies that he altcieci the course of the vessel. He says he g(- hoir of a piece of the wreck, and floated about-,or two though that is probably an ex_agger»cicn- Ifto Xelia then proceeded on her voyage.
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A recent Transatlantic advert^ment contains the following startlmg ii-ifory-atiOli: lf the gentleman who keeps the sh"e store with a red head will return the urnbroll,t of a young lady with whalebone ribs and an ivory handle to the slate- roofed grocer's store, he will hear of something to Ins advantage, as the same is the gift of a deceased moth er now no more withihe name engraved upon it."
MR. DE MORGAN'S PRISON EXPERIENCES.
MR. DE MORGAN'S PRISON EXPERIENCES. Mr De Morgan thus describes his experiences a4 Ilolloway Gaol, where he is confined for rontc^pt of court, in a letter the National "In gaol our lives are one dreary, monotonous existence. One day's history is but the repetirio-i of another. We rise about seven, get <. -;r b,;t" made and room put tidy. The newspapers arrive about a quarter to eight. Breakfast a- about a quarter past eight. The letters arrive whilst we are having breakfast. Visitors-on1' two each day are admitted from ten to twelve.. r- to four. "V ery pleasant it is to see the n. <. rr • i;. ipp faces ot outside friends. The wartL 13, .'cho>,t exception, are courteous gentlemen, an .i their conduct rob the prison of half its iloi-r of them were previously at the old de' t r" rlfoy. at Whitecross-street, and have told IF ont prisoner who was detained for twenty-six „v his crime was contempt of court.' T! >• -l r i a nice worthy man. I am under his !J;¡c> :u h< present time for rheumatism, for the cell arc 1" There ought to be a sitting room as well keep- ing cell. Colonel Baker had the two bi then he was a criminal. From fou • '1 w spend our time letter-writing, readi- casionally playing a game of dominoes 11 Sunday morning 1 attended church, ar1 le nr.: °?,e flange remarks from the chapl.ihi. li 1 iinn nioUHtirou« that he should get £ 8 pev week. ■, aud everything found, and v; t he so poor a scnoiar. He seems to have three chiot ideas well suited to the darkest days of orthodoxy, but out of place ill a Church which has numbered a Kingsley, and still boasts of a Dean Stanlcv. Our chaplain s first idea seemed to be that the' end 01 the world is approaching, and, as he expressed it on Sunday morning, the wicked are all going to die right off, quick, instantly, and will remain (where he did not say) for perhaps ten thousand million years, and then they will be roused up and receive the awful curse—Depart, depart, depart. The river Euphrates is to be filled up by v. e Eastern war, and then Jesus will come to reign a:, a temporal king (no wonder'lie loves monarchy) f or a thousand years. The second idea is, that-the Catholics are all to go to hell at once and third, the most novel idea, but one which my pen is not facile enough to do credit to, but I will giv it ir. his own words-" God's mercy is just like India- rubber-God standing at one c1.(l and man at the other-it has been stretching now for 2000 years, and God is soon going to say, snap-and thru back you fall into liell." If it were not for parson would have nothing to talk about. I am afraid he has mixed so much with the illiterate and low clases that his mind has descended to their level. No one can ever obtain any good from his ministrations, and it would be a real kindness if some good friend would transfer him to a mission post in Central Africa. Our hymns are the old- fashioned Ranter hymns, and are the only enjoy- able part of the service. Yesterday, friend-- were thinking of Christmas, for the Selton Comiuonere sent us a good-sized goose. Poor thing, as I gaze- on its dead body, I cannot help thinking of the- scores of times it has quacked out its hatred r.s fox and other despoilers of the beautiful common have passed by, and how it, with all its companion-, has expressed its delights in joyous quacks when our commons meeting have been held. Another cood. friend sent a splendid Christmas puddinc. whilst; the alderman, thinking of their own good as Christmastide, sends to each prisoner one pound of good beef, one pound of bread, and one pound of potatoes. We in the first-class, and there ar. n-ec of us-one the victim of vindictiveness, and tIY" the victims of perjury—have the beef and pudding for our dinner, reserving the goose for another day. The beef was well cooked—for our matron, one of the kindest of ladies is an excellent cook."
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A most horrible death from hydrophobia occurred at Dover on Monday last. The unfort-unaLe vic- tim was a domestic servant, aged thirty-six, named Jane Filmer, residing with a family on the Marine-parade, and was bitten by a strange dog as far back as the 25th March last, whilst on licr way to church. She mistook it for her m ister's. She called and stroked it with the object ot re- lievirg it of a bramble which had clung to its oack, when it turned and bit her between the thr b and forefinger. After her ret urn from chuieh the wound was cauterised, but the symptoms of hydro- phobia manifested themselves on Sunday, and, notwithstanding that everything was done winch the highest medical skill could suggest, she died after the most horrible sufferings at half-past ten o'clock on Monday night. A verdict of Aeci dental death was returned.
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Fond Mother: "Do you not think, my d> i, our Octavius has a great talent for saving which nobody else ever says" Unfeeling Fat e;•: Yes, and also for saying things which nob>>. y ought to say. "I say Jones, liow is it that your wife d>v MS so magnificently, and you always appear ah.jost at elbows r' You see, Thompson, my Avife a'.way^ dresses according to Le lolzet, and I dress according to my ledger. 1 hat a traveller you have become! cxci timed a Bostanian on meeting an aquaintance at Con- stantinople. To tell you the truth," was the frank Teply, "I am obliged to run about the World to keep ahead of my character; for thc moment it overtakes me I am ruined." A quaint writer says: I have seen worn n so delicate that they were afraid to ride, for fear of the horse running away; afraid to sail, for 3e i. the boat might be upset; iifiaid to walk, for fear 1 mhdit fall'; but I never saw one afraid 'o be married, yvhich is far more riskful than a..e others put together." Brougham, spea"ivig of the salary attach cd io the rumoured a?P°intmeat of a new judge hip, said it was all moonshine. Lyndhurst, in hi< -oy and waggish n"fly, remarked "It may be sc but I have a stj°ng notion that, moonshire though it be, you like to see the first quarter of it." • FlQ^r-pot,"—Under this head we find notice of ma*'a^ between a Mr Flower and Miss i 'ott. It i,» singular—judging by the number of clippings w]..eh have been sent to this office-to ciisc er ■Mat they are lota of people who regard so nat a conjunction as perfectly extraordinary. First-class Reasoning.—A daily paper, speaking of a late lamentable railway accident, says that "the first-class carriages placed in the centre of the train were literally empty, and it is understood no passenger by them was injured." Tlii- evidently not intended to be read as it is writt- literally. Did anybody ever hear a gushing young lad d what she thought about anything extraordin tr- < Well, that's nothing to what they write. W-- have analysed a short story written by oneofthen;, and find that "splendid "occurs 04 time*; "beautiful." 77 "delightful," 61; "nice," 611; i delicious," 205 aud "lovely," 63. 0 CJU: se she was writing about courtship. I
INDIAN FAMINES AND T P, TjO.
INDIAN FAMINES AND T P, TjO. A society has been formed, under the -.<■ of, the Indian Irrigation Society for the Preve ix of Indian Famines, with the object of advoca ':2" the appointment of a Royal Commission of Inqi; into the results of existing irrigation works i: adia, ::nd as to the works necessary to be und rrakan^ with the view of preventing the rccuri vo .oafeC famines in thatcoiiiitry. An executive co urnittc has been formed in London, and it is pro s. d t hold a public meeting in I.ondon, as early may h coi! v i-n it ait after the re-assembling of Parlia- ment, to bring prominently and forcibly bt fore the public and the legislature the wants of India as far as irrigation and cheap carriage are com-emed, the condition of the country and of existing works, the causes of recent famines, and the necessity of an authoritative inquiry into the whole siil)i C.t