Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-14

the town, Leinab, in spite of the
counter efforts made by two othel
pretenders, Ibrahaim, eldest living
son of the Ameer, and Ahmed Ali,
grandson of Shere Ali. These lat.
ter proceeded to the fortress OF
Tashlapoul where, however, they
were despoilel of every thing by
the commandant, who had been
gained over to Hamid's party.
Hamid had provided for all event.
ualities. Ibrahaim and Ah.
med were compelled to fly to
the mountains and We're pursued
all night by Governor Leinab. The
Ameer died on the following morn
ing. Then the garrison of Bahlk,
which had not been bought over,
hearing of the events which had
occurred, hastened at once to aid
the fugitives with couple of cam
non and bombarded Tashtapoul.
Despairing of success, the party of
Hamid sought and exhibited to the
people another pretender, Abdoul.
lah Dian, heir of the Ameers
favorite sister, who died recently at
Cabul. Shere Ali had, after the
death of his youngest son, intended
him for his heir, but in the trouble
had replaced him by Yakoob Khan.
The soldiers, however, refused to
accept AbdOullah. Then the party
of Yakoob Khan, with whom there
had been no question of profiting
by all these divisions, placed Ach-
med Isa, a son of Yakoob Khan, on
an elephant and proclaimed him
Governor Of the provinces. They
proclaimed Yakoob Khan as the
Ameer of Afghanistan. They
triumphed. Reprisals were i'm
mediately menced against
the party Of Hamid and all
his officers were massacred. With
the consent of the victors, on the
following day (Feb. 22) the house
of Governor Leinab was given up
to be looted. The women of his
harem were abandoned to the sol.
diers and general pillage followed
all over the town. Even after the
salute had been fired, which
welcomed the proclamation of va
koob Khan as Ameer, notwith.
standing the threats of the new
Governor to arrest the authors of
outrages, they continued to rob and
plunder, unchecked by their Of
ficers. This state of anarchy lasted
five days and order was not restored
till the 2Gth. To sum up, the En-.
glish party is crushed by the patri.
otic party.
The Eoyni HeddImg.
LONDON, March 13.-The mar
rlage procession from Windsor Cas-.
tie to st. Georges Chapel was di.
vided into three parts. On the ar.
rival of the guest at the west en-
trance of the Chapel, they were re.
ceived by Lord Stewart and the
Vice Chamberlain and conducted
to seats upon a dais. Her Mpjes-
ty'5 trumpeters at the west en-
trance announced her arrival by
flourish. The Queens procession
comprised three carriages, the last
of which was o landau drawn by
four ponies. Seated within
were Her Majesty. Princess Bea-
trice and Prince Albert Victor
Of Wales. The other carriages
were occupied by members of the
royal suite. The marriage ceremo-
ny was performed by the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, assisted by
the Bishops of London, Winches-
ter, Oxford, and others. Within
the church at the time, with the
officiating clergy, were the bride
and bridegroom and their respect
i've supporters-Crown Prince
and Prince Frederick Charles
for the bride, the Prince
of Wales and the Duke of
for the British BRIDE
groom; also the Queen, Princess
Beatrice, Prince Albert Victor of
Wales, the Princess of Wales and
Prince George and Princess. The
were on the west
ern portion of the dais, with
the Vice Chamberlain and the
Lord Chamberlain on either
side. Other Royal personages were
seated on each side of the altar.
The body of the chapel was occu-
pied by about $50 Ambassadors and
Foreign Ministers with their fami.
lies, Cabinet Ministers, members
of the nobility and distinguished
soldiers and sailors. The marriage
took place about one o'clock
The bride was given away by her
father. At the conclusion of the
service the choir sang the Hallelu.
jah chorus, and Mendelssohn's
wedding march pealed forth as the
bride and bridegroom left the
chapel. While the party was in
the long walk salute of guns was
fired announcing the termination
of the ceremony. The Royal fami-
ly and guests left the chapel in re-
versed order to that in which they