(rmnovait necren's Aozcy.) London, 25th Marob, On the resumption of the debate on the Reform Bill Lord John Manners proposed the amendment of which he had given previous notice, The debate was adjourned, and the division will take place next week, 26th March.
The entire British force has started for Tamanile, where spies report that Osman Pasha is encamped, 29ch March, The British troops halted midway to Tamanib, 400 being prostrated owing to the intense heat.
A Cavalry reconnaissance had a skirmish with the enemy, Tamanib was barned, and the enemy fed to the mountains, Lhe troops are returning, and will shortly embark for England and Egypt.
London, 80th March.
Prines Leopold died suddenly on Friday morning. He had a full at the Nautienl Clab at Cannes on Thursday. It is believed that he died of apoplexy.
[Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert, the youngest son of the Queen, was born on the 7th April, 1853, and created Duke of Albany, Karl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow in 1881. He martied on 27th April, 1882, the Princess Nelen of Waldeck-Pyrmont, sister to the Queen of the Nether-Innds.]
London, 31st March.
Latest advices from tle Soudan state that General Gordon at the bead of 3,000 Egyptian troops tins made a sortie from Khartoum, The Egyptians fled, abandoning their guns, and 200 were killed, The French Government claim the North West Const of Madagascar, but abandon their claim to Sovereigaty.
It is currently reported that telegraphic information has been received to the effect that the French Government. are shortly to make a formal demand for £6,000,000 from the Chinese Government as compensation, and tHat the demand is to be backed up by a display of naval force in the Peiho.
expedition, it is said, is to consist of eight gunboats. while,, the "Viceroy of Chilli has, we believe, received an urgent summons to Peking. news reached Poking, of the capture, Bacviah, a flag-was hoisted from. the new and substantial flagataf of the Fronoh Legation." The flagstaff had~been erected in the south-east corner of the compound 'a fortnight previously, and the flag was only waiting for the expected news, - All the Legation-flays now fly every day, instead of on Sunday only as was formerly the case, A European who returned on the lst March to Hongkong front the neighbourhood of the rebellious disturbances in Wei-chou, informs the China Mail that the reports which have been received lately through native sources of the suppression of the rebellion are not true. Last Sunday, he states, there was a severe engagement between the Imperial forces and the rebels near Pak Mong Fa, and the troops were detented by the country people with a loss of 200 men. The mandarin commanding, Tang On Pong, was also wounded, Tt was further stated that the chief position of the rebels had not been attacked, Throo thou sai iors were brought from Canton prior to this engagement to fight the rebels, but the Hakka portion of them di and the attack was made only soldiers from Fu-nazi, The rebels are said to number over 10,000, and the Triad Society is anid to be helping them in every people appear convinced there will be way. Lhe informant-adds that the country ous trouble in South China if matters go on as they are going, and that the Triad Society is rapidly increasing in numbers.
Lotters cived in Shanghai from native official ces to the effect d in Kuangei have suddenly mutinied and ed in largo number, the defectious going on continuously for three days, and that multitudes of the inhabitants have fled across the frontier for refuge with the French troops. Other advices have come to hand, also official, stating positively that Baoninh was found by the French to be mined with gunpowder, and that in the confusion which resulted from the explosion, Lit Tung-fu attacked the citadel from the west, killing over a thousand Frenchmen. This however is suid to lave taken place on the 15th March, and seeing that Thai-nyu-gen has since boon captured, it is not likely to be true. Information has reached us from another source to the effect that the Chinese commanders in Yunnan were nearly poworess, Many desertions of troops were taking place, and it was highly probable that an attempt to take the field would result in a panic In which the greater part of the forces would disappear.
The death is announced of the Princess Imperial Shou Chuang, aunt of His Majesty the Emperor. This lady, who was generally known as the chin kung-chu, or Ninth Princess, was the ninth daughter of the Emperor Tao Kuang, and sister of the Seventh Prince, the present Emperor's father. id to have been of a m amiable and loving character, and her death is profoundly regretted by the Court.
The King of Sweden has conferred on Mr. Joseph Haas, late Vice-Consul for Austro-Hungary, the cross of Commander of the Order of Vasa, in recog: of services rendered by him during his itieumbency of the Consulate-General of Sweden and Norway in Shanghai,
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