The Royal Family were on the point of entering the saloon when the explosion The workmen who were occupied at the Palace have decamped.
Several arrests e been made, and a loyal demonstration has taken place.
"The Brigands of Salonica have captured Colonel Synge of the British Army and his wife, and have threatened to put them to death if not ransomed.
Last Sunday, the 22nd instant, was the anniversary of the birth of George Washington, and Monday was observed as holiday on board the U.S. corvette Bfonocacy, which was gaily dressed, and from which was fired a national salute of 21 guns at noon. Liberal displays of bunting were also visible on board H.M.S. Modeste, ELMS. Lily, and at the United States Consulate-General.
The case arising out of the attempted sale, by Messrs. Lane, Crawford and Ca., of certain property forming part of the estate of the late Mr. E. M. Smith, came on for hearing at H.M.'s Supreme Court on Tuesday. It will be remembered that the property, which is said to have been conveyed to Messrs. Lane, Crawford and Ca. by Mr. Smith, as security for the payment for goods purchased at their store by him, was advertised for sale, but an interim injunction was granted by the Supreme Court, on the application of Mr. F. P. Knight, the receiver of the estate, to restrain the sale, and it was now sought to make the injunction perpetual and to obtain from the defendants, Mr. J. Wilson and Mr. J. A. Harvie, partners in the firm of Messrs, Lane, Crawford and Ca., the title they had obtained to the property, on the ground that Mr. Smith was of unsound mind at the time he made the conveyance. The case was formally opened before the Chief Justice and a Jury, and Mr. Drummond, who was assisted in the conduct of the plaintiff's case by Mr, Dowdall, occupied the whole day in an able and exhaustive opening address, dealing minutely with the history of the case and the career of Mr. Smith from the time of his Santa Claus distribution of gifts in the Lyceum Theatre about Christmas, 1877, up to his death in November, 1878, At the conclusion of his address, Mr, Drummond explained that the plaintiff? was ready and willing to pay the defendants reasonable prices for whatever goods they had properly sold and delivered to Mr. Smith, and which had been disposed of for the benefit of his estate. The prospects of the proposed settlement were discussed with him by Mr, Hannen and Mr. Wainewright, the Couns pearing for the defendants, who wished for the terms to be set out in writing and an understanding arrived at as to whether they also referred to several other pending claims of a precisely similar nature to the present one, Arbitration was suggested, and finally it was understood the parties would take steps to see if they could not come to terms. Under these circumstances, Mr. Drummond asked for non-publication of his address to the Tury, ashe had entered into matters which it would be better were not made public in view of the prospects of a settlement of the case, His Lordship agreed with Mr. Drummond, saying it would be very unfair if the address were published and the defendants did not have an opportunity of answering. Without an order he thought Mr. Drummond's wish would be carried out, in fact he had no doubt it would. The case was adjourned until ten o'clock the following morning, when it was announced that the parties had agreed to arbitration. We agree that it would be unjust to publish an ex-parte statement, and have accordingly curtailed our report in another page to a very brief outline of the proceedings.
Coal-mine "prospecting" appears to be becoming a common thing in China, but results do not seem commensurate' with the attempts being made. A correspondent at Weuv now writes us that "A Mr. Molesworth has passed up here to open up some coal-mines in An-hui, with they say eventually foreign machinery."
For a variety of news from the Ovr-yours, Japan, &,, see other pages.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.