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had revolted against King John, Of Abys-
sinia, and that his power was seriously threat
ened.
Rev. CHARLES n. STURGEON, the.
great London preacher, IN sermon on the
18th, said England's rulers were making
bloody wars and Expressing nations; that
they encouraged and consoled themselves
with the reflection that Eve are great peo-
pie, and, by lingo, do what we like, it Will Ill
come right In the end;" but they should re-
member that pride went before a fall
JUST before the Russian royal fam
lily entered the dining-hal in the Winter
Palace at St. Petersburg On the 18th mine
was exploded under the room, blowing an.
enormous hole in the floor, and entirely
wrecking that portion of the building. Five
soldiers were killed and thirty-dve wounded,
but none OF the royal family were hurt.
In the British House of Commons on
the evening Of the 18th motion to equalize
the suffrage franchise in Ireland with that in
England and Scotland called forth an acri-
monious debate, but it was rejected by de-
cided vote.
A LISBON telegram OF the 18th sa\
that Mr.. Moran, the United States Minister
to Portugal, had become almost helpless
paralytic, and would be compelled to abandon
his post.
TIE French people have organized
an Irish Relief Commission, of which the
President is Cardinal Ginbert.
A DISPATCH from Lahore, India, Of
the 18th says Turcoman force, believed to
be accompanied by Abdul Rahman Khan, had
reached Akwehre, in Afghan Turkestan.
There was great excitement at Cabul over
this report. .-,
REPORTS from the interior of Ireland
on the 18th showed that, while there was
much suffering, there was no starvation. The
Mansion House fund was being distributed
without delay or stint. Land meetings SEEM
ed to have been abandoned.
THE mine which exploded in the
basement of the Winter Palace at st. Peters
burg on the 18th was filed with dynamite and
gun-cotton, and the train was carried to .
cellar where quantity Of fuel was stored.
Several workmen employed In the palace have
disappeared since the explosion.
The Mansion House Fund for the re-
lief of the suffering in Ireland had aggre-
gated about $34|, 1000 up to the 18th.
REPORTS from India on the 10Th
were to the effect that the Turcomans were
preparing to give the Russian legions warm
reception. A grand council of war had been
held at Merv, at which it was decided to raise
an army of 60, 00o men, and messengers were
sent to Persia and other nations asking for
assistance.
The Chancellor of tic Exchequer
stated, in the British House of Commons on
the 10Th, that there was no intention on the
part of the British Government of resuming
the negotiations regarding the silver ques-
ton started by the United States and dis
cussed at the Paris Conference.
On the 10Th four bailiffs, accompa-
MED by strong Constabulary force, made
an attempt to seize some cattle belonging to
delinquent tenant in County Waterford,
Ireland. A crowd Of five hundred persons
quickly gathered, overpowered the law off,
GERS and drove them from the vicinity.
MARTIAL LAW was proclaimed in
Constantinople on the 10th, preparatory to
the Inauguration of long-promised admins
trative reforms.
Mrs. TWEED, the widow of the late
"Boss." died in Paris few days ago.
A RUSSIAN subject named Hermann
was arrested in Paris on the 10th upon the
charge of being connected with the Moscow
explosion. Russia has made a formal demand
for his extradition.
ENGLAND, Germany, France and Bel
GUM have jointly and formally recognized the
independence of Roumania.
The President on the goth nominated
Rowland E. Trowbridge, of Michigan, to be
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
The Postmaster-General issued an
order on the 10th directing that on and after
March LIST the mail service on ''star routes''
should be reduced to one trip per week, and
that the service placed on new routes since
and including July 1, 1879, be also discon-
tinued, if necessary to guard against any de-
Aciency being created to prevent the main
tenance of the ''star service" for the present
fiscal year.
A BILL was passed in the United
States Senate on the 2Oth providing for the
delivery of dutiable articles in the mails:
and for indemnity for lost registered articles.
A motion, by Mr.. Morrill,, to take up and
pass the House bill admitting free of duty
certain contributions from abroad in aid of
colored refugees in Kansas was objected to
by Messrs. Pendleton and Voorhees,, because
of irregularity, but after some discussion,
Mr.. Pendleton withdrew his objections;
Mr.. Voorhees, still Directing, the Senate
adjourned to the 23d. The House passed the
Senate joint resolution authorizing the secre-
tary of the Navy to designate vessel OF the
United States to carry, free Of charge, contri'
buttons for the relief of the suffering poor OF
Ireland. After further consideration Of the
proposed new rules in Committee Of the
Whole the House also adjourned to the 23d.
REV. EDWARD CowLE1, late Mana.
ger and Superintendent of the Shepherds
Fold in New York, who was convicted Of cru.
ely treating and starving the children under
his care, was sentenced on the Goth to i'm.
prisonment in the State Prison for one year
and to pay fine of $3.50. At the expiration
of his term of imprisonment, II his fine If
not paid, he is to be confined in the New
York Jail ore day for e ach dollar.
A F1vE-sToRY iron-front building on
Broadway, New York, was destroyed by fire
on the night of the Goth, involving loss 0,
about 81, 100000 Two firemen lost their lives
by the collapse of the roof on which they
were standing, the unfortunate men falling
into the very heart of the blazing building.
A PASSENGER train on the Bellaire &
Southeastern Railroad ran off the track while
crossing trestle near Bellaire, Ohio, on the
night of the Goth, and fell thirty-fve feet into
the chasm below. Twenty passengers were
seriously injured, and thirteen dangerously
Among those fatally injured was Hon. Lo.
renzo Danford, of St. Clairsv;l e. O., an ex
member of Congress.
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New YORK, February 81, 1850.