Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-02-27
THE OLD WORLD.

A London dispatch of the 18th says that
DIR. Beke, the English traveller, reports that he
has discovered the true Mount Sinai. 1t sltu-
ated one days journey northwest OF the vii
Iage of Ahata, in Arabia, at an altitude OF 5000
feet above the level of the sea. DIR. Beke says
that he found the remains of animals that had
been sacrificed. He also discovered Sinaitic
inscriptions, which he copied.
Miss Brewood, an American lady, has per-
formed the periIous feat of attaining the sum-
nit of Jungfrau Mountain, in Switzerland
Mr.. Gladstone on the afternoon of the 18th
formally rendered to the Queen his resignation
and that of his colleagues. The London
Times of the 18th says the final result OF the
election may be exactly stated as follows:
Conservatives returned, 351; Liberals and
Home-rulers, 302. Of these 466 were elected
after contest The total number of votes
polled in the United Kingdom and Ireland was
2,5OO,OOO
Disraeli arrived at Windsor Castle on the
18th, and was rendered and formally accepted
the Premiership of Great Britain.
A dispatch was received from Madrid on the
10Th announcing the capitulation of Bilboa to
the Carlists.
A London telegram Of the goth gives the
following official announcement of the new
British Cabinet: First Lord of the Treasury,
Dsraeli; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
Stafford Northcote; First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, George Ward Hunt; Secretary of
State for the Home Department, Rich
ard Assheton Cross; Secretary of State
for the Foreign Department, Earl
Derby; Secretary of State for the
Colonial Department, Earl Carnarvon;
Secretary of State for War, Claiborne
Hardy Secretary of State for India, Marquis
Salisbury; Lord High Chancellor, Lord Cairns;
Lord of the Privy Seal, Earl Malmsbury;
Lord President of the Council, Duke of Rich
mond; Lord John Manners, Postmaster Gen.
eral.
Late news from Nagasaki, Japan, indicates
the existence in that country of an insurrec-
tion caused by the failure of the Government to
inaugurate war against Corea. At last ac-
counts the insurgents were so near Nagasaki
that the foreign residents were preparing to
leave.
Dispatches from Madrid of the 22d say
that severe fighting had been going on in Bis
cay for several days. Portugalite had been
dDduuOHcu, anu JIG SuIIlSOu VI NudIOSc,
numbering 200, were taken prisoners by the
Carlists Gen. Dorregarray with 1850 insur-
gents held the heights above Somorrosto. The
Republicans had taken the first height with
heavy loss.
According to kilograms received in London
on the 21st the capital of the Ashautees had
surrendered and King Coffee and his family
been taken prisoners.
The Asiatic cholera was raging terribly in
Buenos Ayres at the time the last steamer
sailed. The average number of deaths pei
day was forty.
AS an evidence of the extent of the famine
in India, the dispatches of the 23d say tina
10000 persons were famishing for want o.
food, and that half a million would have per
ished had they not been relieved by the Gov
ernment.
At a meeting of the Royal Biographies
Society, held on the 22d, Sir Bartle Frere an
nounced that he had come to the conclusion
after conference with DIR. Kirk, that the re
port of the death of DR.. Livingstone was true
The Queen, at the instance of Mr.. Gladstone
had granted pension of 81 900 per annum t.
the children of DR.. Livingstone. IN .-