Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-26
FOREIGN.

According to London dispatch of the lith
Taylors pantechncon and extensive furniture
establishment in London, covering an acre of
ground, was burned on the night of the 18th.
The total loss, including the contents of the
burned structure, consisting of pictures mir
rors, 800 carriages, and a vast amount OF other
goods OF various kinds is estimated at $l5,-
OO0, 900. Five houses and several large stables
adjacent were partially destroyed. There
were a number of accidents and two tiremcn
were killed. The fire attracted an immense
and unruly crowd, and it became necessary by
force to preserve order. The building was
insured for 81, 100000.
Alta dinner given to his royal visitors by the
Gear of Russia on the 18th, he indicated what
was thought to be the formation OF an alliance
when hc said in a speech that 1.-THE Emperor
of Germany, the Queen of England, the En-
pcror Of Austria and myself VIII preserve the
peace of the world"
According to Madrid dispatch of the 10th,
the Spanish Government had officially notified
all foreign powers that il had blockaded all
the northern ports Of Spain.
According to a late arrival from Honolulu,
Lunalio, King of the Sandwich Islands, died
on the Sd inst, The Legislature had been
called together to consider State affairs and to
name "A successor.
A London telegram of the nth says that DR..
BcLe, the English traveller, reports that he has
discovered the true Mount Sinai. 1t is stu
ated one days journey northwest Of the vii
lage of Ahata, in Arabia, Mt an altitude of
5000 feet above the level of the sea. Dr.
Beke saws that he found the remains of ami
mails that had been sacrificed He also dis
covered Sinaitic inscriptions which he copied
An American lady, Miss Brewood, has per
formed the perious feat of attaining the
summit of Jungfrau Mountain, in Swit2er-
land.
ON the afternoon of the 18th Mr.. Gladstone
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, 35l; Liberals and
Homc,rulers, 302. or these tGG were elected
after contest. The total number of votes
pollcd in the United Kingdom and Ireland was
100000.
According to u telegram from the Govern
meut of India, received in London ON the 10Th,
ample supplies of grain to meet amy demands
of the distressed districts were then in the
hands of the Government.
Disracl arrived at Windsor Castle on the
18th, and was rendered and formally accepted
the Premiership OF Great Britain,
The celebrated English missionary to South
Africa, Rev. Robert Monat, is in doubt as to
the correctness Of the report Of Dr. Living.
stones death, He thinks it hardly credible
that Livingstone could have reached the place
where he is said 10 have died, The British
Foreign Ohicc entertains the same doubt
According to . dispatch from Madrid on the
18th Btlboa had capiWlatcd TO the Carlists
The United States steamer Dispatch left
Key West for Havana ON the 18th in conse-
qucncc of reports that Consul General
Hall had been obliged to fly from a
Spanish mob and take refuge ON board
of British iron.clud Nothing had
been heard from Havana or the vessel
up to midnight OF the lo,h Itwas reported
that in am engagement with the insurgents on
the list inst the Spaniards were utterly routed,
losing in killed, wounded and prisoners over
COO men