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ment of 240 men and valuable munitions
estimated to be worth 81, 600, 900, has been
captured by the Peruvian men-ot-war Huasoar
and Union.
Bordeaux, France, has had a IRE which
burned down fifteen buildings and caused an
estimated loss OF S400, 900. ..,.
Lieutenant Carey, the English officer who
was with the French Prince Imperial when he
was killed, and in whose case the findings OF
the court martial in South Africa have been
uuashed, has been released from arrest.
Late advices from South Africa state that a
successful Zulu raid is reported from Utrecht.
Sir Garnet Wolseley telegraphs as follows:
Five thousand savages are ready to attack
King Cetywayo, and this number will be in
creased to ten thousand before entering Zulu
land. The British, operating with these, or
another composite force coming from the d.
rection OF Luneburg, should either capture
Cetywayo or drive him toward Colonel Clarke's
column, which is moving from the southwark.
There nave been further submissions ofZulus."
A letter from the west of Ireland represents
that almost q famine prevails among the ten
ant farmers in that section.
The work on NJ. Bartholdi's colossal statue
of Liberty, for New York harbor, is rapidly
Approaching COuiIlcLloA ~ La
At a great shooting contest in Versailles,
France, the first three prizes were won by
Milton Farrow, an American marksman.
MI. Scott, the well-known English authority
on agricultural matters declares that the yield
of grain this year will be one-third less than
the average, amounting to a loss OF $l25 ,00O,-
900 to the cultivatora, and that over l6,0OO,-
900 quarters of wheat will be required from
l.z,J Ttxo IL. mr. IN fto nnfot RI nrNn Jptll
cause a loss to cultivators OF ST., ZOO, 900, and
the deficiency in beans, peas and rye a loss OF
SIS, 900, 900.
Thomas Tandey, a large landed proprietor
of Athboy. county Of Meath, Ireland, was shot
dead recently, as he was entering his Owl
door.
Dispatches from Paris state that an inter-
view which the Figaro claimed to have had
with Prince Jerome Napoleon, Imperialist
leader, is compiled from his conversations
with friends. 1t contains a statement that he
is personally opposed to anything approaching
IL sudden seizure OF the government by force,
and TINT he firmly believes in an eventual res
~toration OF tho empire by Il reaction OF public
opinion caused by the violence OF the radicals;
Tut that he would not prepare or hasten it's
restoration by any plot against the lawful gov
eminent.
Five Nihilists have been ha:,ged at Odessa,
Russia. These nuke twelve executions thut
have taken place tor political offences in Rus
sin in about Il year.
Sir Rowland Hill, originator of the cheap
postage system, is dead in his eighty-ftth year.
Sir Rowland was the son OF n schoolmaster ut
Birmingham, England, where he was bonn in
1895. His project Tor a uniform penny postage
system became u law on the 18th OF August,
1889, and he Was given a temporary office to
enable him to carry out the law. In 1874 Il
subscription for n testimonial TO him reached
the amount Of S65, 900. He was knighted in
1869, and given q parliamentary grant OF
500, 900, the first Albert gold medal OF the
Society OF Arts, and the degree of ID. 9. L
from Oxford.
Eighty English farmers who are dissatisfied
with the agricultural prospects in England
have sailed from Liverpool for Texas.