The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-02-25

Death OF DR.. David Livingstone.

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The telegraph informs Us of the death of DR.. Liv-
ingstOns, the celebrated traveller and author in Af-
"a. We are informed that be vas born at BIantyrs
Works, near Glasgow, in 1915. He was descended
from family which had for many generations been
established in Ulva, Of the Hsbrdes group Of isl
suds, where his grandfather cultivated a small farm
The family moved to BIAntyrs Works in course Of
tine and David. With his father and brothers, found
work in the cotton mills In his nineteenth year he
promoted to the position Of eottoa-spinner. In
the meantime be had stsded much, and soon attend
ed leeturss On medicine and divinity. He had made
szTsngsusnts sail for China As missionary, but
var bstEeea'Great Britain and China broke M bis
plan. In 1s40 he embarked for Cape Town, and
thence proceeded into the interior Of Africa FROM
that tine to the present he has been engaged in ex
ploring expeditions in that country, Ehsre be has
made many valuable discoveries. In 1857 be pub
shed, in EngiAnd, his " MissiOnary Travels and Re-
searches in South Africa" which have bean extern
EiEsly rad in the scientific world. Accounts Of his
late sTpsTsues have beea fully ventilated in the preus
Of ths day, and through the correspondence Of the
New YORK HeraLFT correspondent, Stanley. His
less Ike thas Of AgassiI, will be deeply felt through
oat al civilized natioas.-lSae Uaioa.
AAA1 1eetdn8 IN England
LosDos, January 2sth.-The mss nesting At
Black Heath to-day vas not 80 large a. expected On
EeeOunt Of heAFy fog and drilling rain Glad
stone, hoEeTsr, was present, and delivered an ad-
dreIs to shout 900 people. He admitted that Par
Lament had been dissolved beeauss the GoTsrnueut
felt their power sbbing. he sharply attacked Dis
ras for teskinE divert the attention Of the people
froa dolestie to foreign politics. The real issas be-
fore the co1ntry vas the hns1es measures nov pro-
posed By the GOTcnnsat. He said they we're emf
neatly practicable. They wanted release and reform
in loeal taxation, and to abolish the income tax in
tsading 70 relieve the Consumer By means Of the e.
isting sarplzs and adjaHusnt Of taxatioa and
economy IN the sdlinis,rstion Of the rsTenues This
fabset vas dHslt upon By TIE speaker at great length
AID the necessity for economy, which he said the
conservatives never Pras-sd beanie it vas unfssor
able to conservatives reaction. In eoneusisu. Glad
stone proposed az the vatehuOrd for the party . Lib
srsl Union-" II the Liberals we're not uuitsd tb.v
Uoald suffer disgraesfal defeat. II diIssnsioss o.
sarrsd, he Eoah rsfass to etinus 70 lead the party.
he spoke Al hour AID At the eouelasion r.osiysd
Tots Ct esnfdsnes.
he DIssoIufIon 90 Parliament.
LoSDsS, January zTth--sPseal.siou continues IA
regard to the reasons which ssaEsd Gorsrumeus 70
dsss5e 1Poa tie dlsslztion of ParIiausat eous d.
saFs II vas brought SbOai By the disssnGon Of tie
cabinst-othsrB that Glsdstons has beeu srmzop.d
b~fsrs The cozrt Of Qassas Beach for rs-esetou A.
tsE sessPting oEes in March last The usuoss Inter
est i 1aussssd the ss.tons aud much astiyi-
y is dilPlaysd IN PrsParatioa- Ike ne=rpapsrr are
Ea II their appeals 70 the electors Of tie s5uutrv
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p ths Ar1t tEo weeks n February, and thoss in the
borougbs the tizsbetUssu the Soth inst AID the 7h
FrsI1s. AlloEisg for delays IN the receipt Of urs
q sissiisa Il drtaat parts of seotz1d aad Irsasd,
Is bsiisTsd he gsasrA election Win be eompIs.sd
b. the iefh Of February. Both parties are eousdsut
sf fsses's. s1d bstsagiI n fsyor ofEbs Lbsras