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Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1341, 1 June 1878, Page 2

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CABLE_NEWS SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Terrible Collision. Great Loss of life. Prospects of Peace. London, May 31. A terrible collision has occurred off Folkstone between three Gorman ironclads. One has sunk, and the others are sinking. Four hundred and fifty are ascertained to have been drowned, although many more have probably perished. The meeting of the Congress is definitely settled, and there is every prospects of a prolonged peace. It is said that England and Russia have arrived at a complete agreement. [bbuteb’s special telegrams to the PRESS AGENCY.] London, May',3l. It is probable that the British ironclad squadron will retire to Besica Bay, and the Russian troops to Dcdegatch near Adrianople, as the prelude to the Congress. St. Petersburg, May 31, The Russian press disapproves of any concessions. INTERPRO VINCI AL.

[per press agency.] Dunedin, June 1. A fracas occurred on Anderson Bay road yesterday between two Peninsula settlers, Malquist and Stewart. The former received severe injuries about the head and face, and will probably bring an action for damages against his assailant. Professor Salmond delivered the first of a series of twelve lectures last night “ On the Person of Christ.” The disbursements in connection With Dr. Somerville’s mission in Dunedin amounted to £277, and the receipts to £284.