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LONDON March 3O.-There was an immense crowd
of people at Windsor to-day to witness the review of
the troops Of the Ashantee expedition.
The review took place in presence Of the Queen,
the Princess of Wales. the Duchess Of Edinburgh. the
Prince Of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince
Arthur.
The men bore evidences of the campaign, being
bronzed and worn in appearance, but there condition
was generally good, and the march past was unusually
spirited.
In the presence Of the entire force the Queen as
sisted by the Princess of Wales and the Duchess
of Edinburgh made Sir Garnet Wolseley a Knight
Commander of the Order of the Bath and conferred
on Lord Clifford the Victoria Cross.
The ceremony was most impressive, and the troops
repeatedly cheered for the Queen, the members of
the royal family and General Wolseley.
In the House of Lords the Duke of Richmond, and
in the House of Commons Mr.. DiSraeli moved a vote
of thanks to General Wolseley and the officers aud
men of the expedition, supporting the motion with
laudatory speeches.
The vote was unanimously adopted, with cheers.
The weather was fine during the review.
March 81, 6 A. M.-The Messageries Maritimes
steamship Nil was lost on her last voyage from Hong
Kong to Yokohama, and all her passengers were
drowned.
Among them were the Japanese Commissioners to
the Vienna Exhibition.
LONDON, March 81, $50 A.. M.-The Daiiy IeIe-
graphs Australian correspondent says =" Henri
ROChefort ana ms companions escaped from new
Caledonia in a small open boat. They had been
three days at sea when they were picked up by a
British sailing vessel and brought to an Australian
port.
Rochefort has telegraphed to Paris for funds.
He intends to visit the United States and lecture
in New York and other American cities before he re-
turns to Europe, when he will probably take up his
residence in Brussels.
March 3O.-Heavy gales have prevailed on the
British coast since yesterday morning.
The morning papers attribute the depression in
business here to the extensive strike ofthe coal and iron
miners in IS taffordshire and in other parts of England.
LONDON, March 81, 5 a. m.-There have been
heavy losses on both sides in the battles before Bilbao.
Santander is crowded with the wounded from the
republican ranks.
The Carlists b~esieging force has partly suspended
the bombardment of Bilbao in order to turn their guns
against Serrano's army.
FRANCE.
PARIS, March 3O.-The report of Henri Rochefort
and Paschal-Grousset had escaped from the penal
colony of New Caledonia is confirmed.
A despatch from Melbourne of to-days date says
that they, with Jourde and Buili9re and two other
convicts, have arrived at Newcastle, New South
Wales.
PARIS, March 3O.-General Chanzy has been au-
thorized to declare Algeria in a state of siege, in order
to restrain the violent abuse of the radical journals in
the colony.
BAYoNNE, March 3O.-The Carlist Junta here has
received dispatches from Durango claiming that the
r~oyalists maintain all their positions near Bilbao and
they have cut the telegraph wires behind Marshal Ser
ramos army.
The news from Bilbao through Carlists channels is
that fighting was resumed on Saturday morning and
lasted all day.
The republicans attacked, but made no impression
on the Carlist lines, meeting with a repulse at every
point.
Their loss is estimated at 1000 killed and wounded,
while that of the Callists did not exceed 900.
MADRID, March 30.-An official despatch dated
Somorrostro, Friday night, states that the final attack
on Atlantic has again been suspended.
The cannonading at Atlantic continued Saturday
and Sunday.
The condition of General Iona is improving.
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