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which would increase the Roumauian forces to
100000.
As it is anticipated in Russia that the dom.s-
tic loan must soon become a forced loan the
tone of the St. Petersburg B)urss is again
falling trade is iu a perfect state of collapse
bankruptcies are numerous, aud deposits are
rapidly being withdrawn from the banks.
The details ofthe dreadful cyclone iii Bengal
only add to the awful character of the disaster.
The Times Of yesterday printed a Iong telegram
from Calcutta, Of which the following IS a
summary Three large islands, namely,
Haitian, Sundsap and Dlkhin Shahablypore,
and numerous small islands included in the
Backergungo, Nookho,ly and Ghittagong dis
triets, were entirely Submerged by the storm
wave of October 81, as was a's0 the m2ill.nd
Cor five or six miles inland. These is,aads are
all situated ia or near the estuary of tbs River
Megna. The Iarg e8t-DIkhiu Shaheblypore
was 500 square miles in extent. 1t had 4 popu-
la'i0a af about 100000. Uartilh and Sun
deep, together, had about 100000 population.
Up to eleven O'Clock on the night Of The 3lst
there were no signs Of danger, bat before
midnight a wave swspt over the country to a
depth, in many places, Of twenty feet, surprI-
sing the people IN their beds. D5use groves
of cocoanut and palm trees around thu villages
enabled many to save themselves by climbing
among the branches, and some took refuge on
the roofs Of their houses, but the water burst
the houses assunder and swept them out to sea.
Some were carried thus across the channel ten
miles, to the Chittagong district, but & vast
majority were never heard OF again. The country
is perfectly fat and almost every one perish I'd
who failed to reach the trees. Thore is scarce
ly household in the islands AMI on the adjl,
cent coast but lost many members. The cattle
are all drowned. The boats arc swept away
and means of communication with other districts
is destroyed. There is mach distress among
the survivors, which the govsrnm,nt is re.
lioving. Tie Government Gazette says
wherever the Stormgave passed It is believed
nota third Of tina population utviyel. Tho
islands nave barely one-f)urth Of their former
inhabitants, the stencil from the putrofyin3 bodies
is insuff5rablo aud a general outbreak Of
cholera is hourly expected. The Times cor
respondent says this fear is happily not yet
disease has appeared. Now5 from the famine
threatened districts Of Madras is somewhat
better. Rim has como in time to d. some
good, In B)mbry the prospects are still
gloomy. Actual famine in two or three
districts seems probable and great distress in
four or FIVE more.
The Italian Parliament opoloi yesterday.
The King in his speech from the throne,
referring to the threatening events transpiring
at the present time, expressed conf lence Ia
the success of the couusels Of moderation
which his government had given effoctual
support, Regarding the relations botwoon
Church aud State tue King said the extensive
liberties granted the Church ought not to
impair public liberties. The government would,
therefore, propose bills for rendering efficient
the reservation in the laws respecting the
Papal See.
The remains of Aubor, tie composer,
were exhumed from the Mon.martro
Cemetery yesterday and re-interrod 10 the
Cemetery of P6ce.lA,Chaise. The exact dates
of the birth and d.ath of Aubcr have been at
length aecertained. The baptismll record
on the register at Oaen gives the date OF birth
goth January, 1882, and the name which is
inscribed on the monument for Pc Q a-Chaise
Daniel FRANCOIS. Esperit Auber. H. died
on the 18th of Nay, 1871 mot on the 18th of
June, 1870, as it has been given, aud his
remains were con cealed, in the days of the
Commune, in the cryptof the Trinity church,
until the 18th Of July, 1871, when they were in
tered temporarily in the C3met,ry Montmartre.
Signor Otispi, tn government candidate has
been elected President Of the Italian Chamber
of Deputies.
The Spanish Minister Of war his ~prosente d
in the Congress a bill rendering military
service obligatory, and providing that the
standing army shall never DO less than
100000 men. The period Of service is fixed
as eight years -four ia the standing army