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19
Month
January
Year
1882
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Public Domain
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A Madrid newspaper advises the Spanish Government not to yield any of the rights in Borneo to England. The incQine of the Havana custoin house for the inonth of Novembsr shows a decrease of $295,484, as compared with the corresponding rnonth last year. The largest steel Bailiug ship afloat, registering 2,220 tons, has just been launched for the managers of the White Star Line. It is named tho Garfield, and will be einployed in the Anstralian and California trade. The British Board of Trade returns for the month of December show an iucrease iu the value of importa of L18,408, and au increase in the value of exporte of L1,807,258, as compared with the corresponding inonth last year. The goveminent of the Province oL Quebec iu reported to be considering a propoBal to take under its auspices a lottery scheme with two semi-annual drawicgs oi $500,000 each, aod to gei 10 per cent, oí the grosB proceeds Heavy business for a government, that. A recent procession of radicáis in Paris were proceedingto the ceinetery to commemorate the anniveraary of JBlanqui'u death, and were eo disorderly that the pólice dispersed thein. A great eruption of tbe Mayon Volcano, Philippine Islands, broke out November 22. The snip Clementina was lost near Masbat, ono of the slands, but the crew were saved. In the Germán reichstag au earuest debate aróse over a motion to abrogóte the law which forbids the exercise of ecclesiasticol functions without governtuent authority. At a'banquet given in honm' of veteran soldiers, the mayor declared that the peeple of Rome would rather see the city laid iu ashes than ltaly again snbmitted to papal doinination. The enlphur mines at ScUtnolcilz, Hungary, are on 6re and cannot be extinguished. The ,1osb will amouatto mauy inillions of florins. The Czar of Russia has isaued a ukase which will lessen the deht for lands granted to the serfs when they were manumitted. Members of the Dublin corporaüon who favor Parnellistn will petition the Lord Lieutenant to alJow the freedom of the city to be preeented to Farnell and Dillon in the jail. The goverument, tkrough its exeoutive and legislativo departtnents, thanks the khedive of Egypt for the gift of the obelisk. It is stated that the commercial trsaty be tween France and England will be certainly signed within three weeks, that only the duties on woolens and oottons remain to be decided. The president and secretar; and two memben of a committee of the ladiee' land league Dublin, have been committed to Limerick prison in default for holding an illegal meBting the lst of January. A Parisian sagar-broker is reported to have fiiíled ior f2,000,000. The safforers are Frenen sugar-reflners. Gorniany has demanded of Holland the remoal of reetrictions on Germán navigation of tho Khlne, with more protection to öerman fiaberien, (iavibaldi is Bnffering fiem a bronchlal attack. it is proponed to reduce the term of military serlce in ï'rance to the minimum of türee yeais. Túe bul to revise ice Frenen constitution wiü be examined by a committee of 88, three iiom eaoh Bureau oí ihe cnamber cf opntlos. Bieren úrms in Vienna declareá themselves insol?ont Moaday. The municipplity of Niee, Franoe, has ngreed tO ioan LiC3,000 to rebuild tbe opera house and mak? other improveinents. Oa Brartiauith presenting himself in the house of commons to taks t'ae pariiameniary oath, Sir 8ta3c::d Northoote will move that he be not allowed to do so. A. ocaiEoldinfi broko during a buil (ight at üaiiteüzas, Cuba, by whioh uiany persons were 3o:iou3ly nart.

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