News has been received by wire that His Majesty Willem III, King of the Netherlands, has succumbed at last to the diseases from which he has been so long a sufferer. His late Majesty was born on the 19th of February, 1817, being the eldest son of King Willem LI, at whose death on the 17th of March, 1849, he succeeded to the Throne. He was married in second nuptials on the 7th of January, 1879, to Queen Emma, who was then less than 21 years old, daughter of Prince George Victor of Waldeck, who survives him; and he had one daughter, Princess Wilhelmina, born on the 81st August, 1880, who is now Queen of Holland. The government has been for the last two months or so in the hands of a regency, which will continue until the young Queen attains the age of eighteen.
THE COLLAPSE OF THE SILVER MARKET, London, 29th October.
The Director of the New York Mint states that the price of silver has declined owing to the large stock now inner York, the large quantity imported, and the cessation of exports from Francisco. Theshipment for the past six months was 4,000,000 ounces less than for the corresponding period of last year.—Australian papers.
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