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New Zealand Mail, Issue 932, 10 January 1890, Page 25

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(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Berlin, January 1. The Palace of Lacken is on fire. The Princess Clementine, mother of Princess Ferdinand of Bulgaria, had a narrow escape. The collection of pictures and antiquities has been destroyed. Berlin, January 2. The Palace at Lacken was gutted. The plate and the Gobelins tapestry were saved. The Princess Clementine’s governess was suffocated. The origin is suspected to be incendiarism. Rome, January 2. King Humbert, replying to a deputation from the Lower Chamber, said peace was now assured, owing to the rapprochement between Germany and Russia, but until recently be would not have guaranteed immunity from war for a fortnight. Rome, g At a consistory of ", Holiness the P- . hi« cution ' * ope delivered an allooontrasting the Church in tolerant countries with the bitter and increasing persecution to which they were subjected by the Italian Government. His Holiness said the claims put forth for the restoration of the temporal power were not due to human motives but were necessary for the maintenance of the Catholic faith.

Brussels, January 2. It is the palace of Laeken, three miles from this city, which has been burned. The damage is estimated at ten million francs (L 400,000). [The Palace of Lacken is the suburban residence of the Royal Family of Belgium, and is Bituated at the extremity of the Alldd Verte, a doable avenue along the Scheldt Canal, a distance of about three miles from the city of Brussels ] St Petersburg, January 3. Thirty-two officers have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to , ftHish ftUtbCiacy.

General Ignatieff is in a critical condition. Nicholas Paulovioh Ilgnatieff is a famous Russian general and diplomatist, born in 1832. He was at one time military attache at the Court of St. James. He is a senator, a president of the Academy, and a member of the Council of the Empire.] Lisbon, January 3. King Carlos, in his speech at the opening of the Cortes, said that Portugal bad the greatest claims on Africa of any nation. Madrid, January 4. Senor Segasta, the Premier, has resigned, and the Ministry is being reconstructed. Madrid, January 6. Senor Sagasta is experiencing some difficulty in forming a Cabinet out of the various "groups composing the Liberal party owing to the demands of the Protectionists. ' Constantinople, January 4. The Porte has issued a proclamation prohibiting trade in black slaves. Warsaw, January 3. A Nihilist chief named Dierra has been arrested in this city. In his possession were found pamphlets and letters involving some of the officers of the army. ' SPECIAL. Rome, January 2. A bomb was thrown at a deputation of the Chamber which waited on King Humbert, but fortunately the missile did not explode. Lisbon, January 4. The Empress of Brazil was buried at Oporto, but her remains are to be removed to Lisbon. St. Petersburg. January 5. Russia ignores the protection proclaimed over Abyssinia by Italy. It is reasserted that Nihilists nearly poisoned the Czar. Munich, January 4. Dr Dollinger, who is suffering from influenza, is in a precarious state, Madrid, January 6. Alpbonso, the infant King of Spain, has been indisposed, but is now recovering. Berlin, January 6. The Emperor of Germany, in a speech to the garrison of Berlin, reminded them that while striving for peace it was essential that every man in the army should be ready to hasten to the frontier.