HONG KONG.
December 1 •">. Intelligence has been received from Corea of the outbreak of a revolt in that country. The rebels chose tho occasion of a banquet, ■which being 1 given by the King to the British Minister, to make an attack on the palace. The King's son and six Ministers were murdered by tho rebels, but tho King made his escape and fled to the hills. So far as is known the residents of the capital are safe, and a gunboat has arrived there to quell the revolt.
(Received December IG, 12.30 p.m.)
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4182, 16 December 1884, Page 3
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94HONG KONG. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4182, 16 December 1884, Page 3
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