By Mr. Hoxrer—The jank and the ates mor wont together very quietly. There was no noise or crash. I saw no damage to the junk.
Mr. Drosawop said those were all the witnesses hie proposed to call; but there were two others in attendance, the chief and tt who was at the wheel, the plaintiff or the Court would like to ask them any question The witness tioned. offer any further observations to the Court, Mr. DrumMonp said he did not purpose to
and therefore the case was closed.
The Court then adjourned for fifteen minutes and retired to consider its judgment. Upon returning, The Covet ssid its opinion was that the plaintiff had failed to prove any damage or negligence whatever on the part of the defendant, The case would therefore be disting for the Lo Seditious mani ations are being made in Syria, Many of the notable men at Damascus have been exile 13th February, The Chennel squadron has been ordered to rendezvous at and call for order An unconfirmed report which is generall current states that the British fleet entere: the Dardanelles day morning. The in-and Austria are The expediency of an alliance between Austria and England is being It is reported at Constantinople that be ties have been resumed in Thessaly.
London, 14th February, In the House of Commons this evening, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Si Northcote), replying to w question, said that the Porte had refused permission for the British fleet to enter the Dardanelles, but that nevertheless the fleet had been ordered to pro-coed. The Governor of the Dardanelles, he added, had protested, but the passage was unopposed, and he (Sir Stafford, Northcote) believed that the fleet was now at Constant noble. The Russian occupation of Constant noble was, he said, not justified. The Earl of Derby, in the House of Lords, read a despatch from Prince Gortschakof stating that the Russian occupation of Constantinople was a pacific measure. Th Sultan has dissolved the Tarkish Parliament, 15th February.
The Earl of Derby has replied to Prince Gortachakoff's despatch respecting the occupa tion of Constantinople by the Russians, and has protested againat the Russian occupation of Constantinople, which he states is not identical with the presence of the British
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