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FOREIGN.

Serious riots occurred at Pesth, Hungary,
in consequence Of the fatal shooting Of Herr
yerhoray, editor Of the EHeR0r and Radical
member of Parliament, by Baron Maithenyi.
1t is claimed that the nobility sought to de-
stroy Verhoray, and put forward the Baron,
who is the best pistol shot in the Empire
for the purpose. The mob attacked the
clubhouse most frequented by the aris-
tocracy, and were not dispersed until the
military had been called out
Jules Favre, the eminent French statesman
and Republican member Of the Senate for the
DEPARTMENT of the Rhone, and also member
of the French Academy, died on the 10Th,
aged II. he.-i- ..f-alad z .af
The City Of Toxic, Japan, has been de-
vastated by another confiagratiou, the third
within seven years. The fire broke out on
the 26th of Decemberand swept the city like
whirlwind. Miles of ground were laid
waste, $4,000 homes destroyed and $4,000
persons made destitute. The loss of life is
reckoned at 100, although the precise num-
Der can not be ascertained. b A considerable
part of the foreign district was destroyed,
Including Several missionary establishments,
one Church, sand one foreign newspaper
office-the Toxic Times. The Legation
of the United States was in danger, but es-
capped unframed. Extraordinary meas
ures of relief were instituted by the Gov
ernment authorities and private individuals,
and no efforts are spared to dheviate the
suffering, but all these are necessarily insuf-
ficient. ...,. -...- -+
Another terrible mine explosion has Oc-
CURED in the Lycett COlliery, at Newcastle
under-Lyme, England. The disaster oc-
Cured on the morning of the 21st, in what
is known as Fair Lady Pit. There were
some 20 persons working in the pit at the
time Of the explosion, every. one Of whom
was taken out dead or in a dying condition.
1t is only few months ago, that a similar
explosion occurred in the same pit by which
six lives were lost and many were badly in
jured. 49,.
Gen. Grant and party, including Gen.
sShefidanand Wife! srrived at Havana onthe
22d, They were met upon their ar
rival by Ideputation of civil
and military officers, who rendered
them the Inequalities of, the city. Gen.
Grant intends to spend about month in
Cuba and adjacent islands, when he will re-
turn to the United States via Mexico.
Severe earthquake shocks occurred in the
island of Cuba on the night of the ODD and
morning Of the 23d, causing great excitement
and terror among the inhabitants, as they
were the first ever experienced on the island.
There was no damage done at Havana, al
though it is reported thatbuldings were in
jured at San Cristobal, Several shocks have
occurred recently in South and Central Amer
lea. a..
fDeLesseps'has formally broken ground for
his Jnter-oceauic Canal, underIthe authority
of the Republic of Colombia, and with fhe
blessing of the Church in the PERSON Of the
Bishop Of Panama. .-.tgIs IF3gaf
Henry NJ. Stanley, the AmericaneXpl orer !
has established the first Belgian trading sta
ton in Congo, near Yallala, which place is
claimed by both England and Portugal. i''
The distress in Ireland has been a@grt4
waited by spell of cold weather. ContribHl
tons for relief are coming in literally from
various sources and are being iHdiciousIy
distributed, but. the destitutiop is so great
and widespread that much suffering is ineY-
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