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Otago Witness, Issue 1418, 25 January 1879, Page 6

LATEST NEWS.

DENMARK. Copenhagen, December 22ad. The Duke of Cumberland and Princess Thyra were married with great pomp at the chapel of Christianaberg Castle, on Saturday evening. London, December 22nd. A correspondent at Copenhagen, describing the wedding of Princess Thyra, says the crowds were particularly enthusiastic in their manifestations of loyalty and joy, Avhich they intended as a demonstration against the recent sinister rumours that a letter had been received threatening the King of Denmark with assassination, Berlin, December 22nd. The funeral services of Bayard Taylor, the. lato American Minister to Germany, were conducted with great pomp. Halifax, December 22ud. A heavy south-east gale this morning caused damage to the shipping in the harbour. Montreal, December 22nd. The heaviest snowstorm for years occurred last night. Near the railway three feet of snow coveis the ground. All the trains due are several hours late. Qqebeo, December 22nd. About three feet of snow fell last night, some streets being almost impassable. ITALY. Rome, December 21st. Depretes, the new Italian Premier, made a Ministerial speech, and submitted it to the Chambers as a provisional programme. His speech was received absolutely with freezing silence. The opinion-organ of the Right foreshadows the early downfall of the Ministry of Germany. GERMANY". Berlin, December 25th. The Emperor is wonderfully well. He daily listens to long reports on public affairs, and gives audiencep. Bismarck is working hard at finance matters. A committee of three Prussian members and representatives of other States has been appointed to elaborate a scheme of tax reform, which, when ripe, will be laid before the Reichstag for approval. It is officially denied that the Emperor, on resuming the Government, received letters of congratulation from tho Pope. FRANCE. Versailles, December 21st. The Senate reinserted in the Budget the grant of 200,000 francs for augmenting the stipends of the clergy, struck out by the Chamber of Deputies previous to adjournment. This made the reassembling of the Chamber necessary, and it to-day rejected the grant. The Senate then concurred, and the Chamber adjourned till the 16th of January. London, December 14th. Dean Stanley left London to attend the Prince of Wale 3, the Princess Christian, and Prince Leopold last evening, and to spend the anniversary of tho Prince Consort's death at Windsor, and is remaining, though the memorial Eervice was not held. The Princess of Wales and Princess Beatrice were also at Windsor with the Queen. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. The Turkomans are fighting Russian General Lomatine, who is slowly pushing to Heraboli. In December he was reported within ten inarches of Herat. It has since boen learned that ho halts for reinforcement. Sir F. Wade, the British Ambassador to China, left London for Pekin on November 26th, with instructions to consult the Viceroy of India en route regarding the attitude he should assume with, relation to the Russian, China, and Kashgar question. The Russians manifest a disposition to conquer Kasbgar, while the Chinese General, having defeated the Mahommedan dynasty and broken the Kashgarian army, declares to permanently occupy that country. Foreign merchants are expelled from Kashgar. The question has an importaut bearing on the Central Asian difficulty, and may involve India with Russia at another point besides Afghanistan. A Bulgarian Assembly, composed of bishops, functionaries, and notables, is convened for December 27th to prepare organised laws. The province will elect a prince in April. The balance of the four per cent. Canadian loan of L 3,000,000 is alloted in London at a minimum price, 96J. J. B. Buckstone, actor and dramatist, is in great distress in his old age. The Whitehall Review has opened a subscription for the relief of his necessities. Florence Marryatt, the English novelist, known in home society as Mrs Ross Church, has not obtained a decree of divorce from her husband, Colonel Thomas Church. Fifteen thousand cotton operatives are on strike at Oldham. The great Trenton Colliery Company close their mines till trade improves. During a fog on November 26th, the ferryboat on the Mersey ran into a vessel at anchor. A panic ensued, and several persons leaped overboard and were drowned. The Kaffir war is exciting interest. Vigorous measures are taken for the suppression of the rebellion. The Transvaal mail steamer (Cape Line) is hired to transport reinforcements, and will sail early in December. O'Connor, a Fenian prisoner at Spike Island, has been released, on condition of living outside the Queen's dominions, and has sailed for Ainerici. The South Staffordshire works closing, wages are reduced. Kentish hop-growers declare the general depression in caused by the free-trade tariff admitting foreign products into competition, vith Bi'ithsb, and recommends the imposition oi' Ligh duties. Cirirulun 1 ulios displeased with t/nonlrr J of the Vice-iej,'al reception by Prim-ess Louisa. It is xequesled that they predent themselves in

low-bodied dresses, or come armed with doctor's certificates. The ladies declare that the climate is too rigorous for their bare shoulders ; moreover, that they have been unaccustomed to such co3tume, and that they will absent themselves from the Vice-regal court if the order ia persisted in. Obituary: William Henry Palmer, better known as Robert Heller, magician, New York; George Lewes, editor- of the Eortnightly, husband of Miss Austin (George Eliot) ; Chief Justice Monaghan, Irish Common Pleaa ; Whyte Melville, novelist, who broke his' neck while hunting; Orson Hyde, apostle of the Mormon Church, a great friend of Joseph Smith, sen. ; Abyanbara, President of the Republic of Venezuela— Chief Justice of Guillene under the Constitution, succeeded as Acting-President ; Carl Ferdinand Gutzkow, German dramatic poet ; Duchess De Monetenie, aged 89, one of the richest persons in France ; Hemy Wells, founder of the well-knwn bankiug house of Wells, Fargo, and Co. ; Bayard Taylor, United States Minister at Berlin.