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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 83, 21 August 1863, Page 6 (Supplement)

LATEST ,£R,OM; MADAGAsH Captain Holland, of the "We^B which arrived. last night from '^M tius, has favored us {Launceston^k wmer) with Mauritius papers of jH and 9thlof June. , - , S The sad news received a shoi^H since of the revolution is confH The Port Louis Commercial Gca^k the 9th' ultimo publishes a lettfl ceived from the capital of Mada^H dated 14th May, and which stateiM the whole of- the king's body with the exception of eight whoH had been killed.- The king himseH killed on the;l2th, and was 'succfl by the ' Queen Rabodo under the Rasoherina Mpanjaka. The- H ministers were also killed, anfl I reason assigned for murdering thfl 1 is that he refused to adopt a nevH I stitution proposed by the nobles.<fl ' British lives land property, and hfl [ of all Europeans, were respected <jH the outbreak,: and their future fl had been guaranteed. ._ I Unfortunately- we are not in pfl sion of Mauritius papers of, the H between the two we have namedfl which appear to have contained fl particulars of this mournful occurfl The journal, however, we have q from gives the following informal to the conditions on which -the queen is said to have been place the throne by the authors, of the lution. She is interdicted froi dulging in strong liquors (in < says the Commercial Gazette) that may not fall into the errors of hei husband, and so lose judgment wi is most required. , The second q tion deprives the queen of the pow life and death, over her subjects wi the consent of her council. No 6 is to be degraded by the queen a Religion is to be free from annoy The barbarous custom of the '* tapj or trial by poison, which was spTi practised in the time of Ranayaloi for ever abolished. In all these £( tions there seems to be a desire tothe intolerance, oppression, and cr of the reign of Ranavalpna, aod a same time to avoid the weakness^ errors, and the faults of Radama.j INCIDENT ON A RUSSIAN RAIL] At noon exactly a bugle sounds, the engine moves slowly out of the sti A few minutes uffcer starting, the; ductor demands our tickets; the d takes from his pocketbook a Jong sli green paper with the names of all tly tions and times of arrival printed in|B sian, and hands it to the officer, who pB to the long greeen slip, shakes his; ! fl and counts the part; the doctor -«fl his head in return, and points iothelfl " Wiiat does it all mean, I " inquirefl Commodore. " I cannot tell," repliffl doctor , who by this time had exhjfl his power as a linguist, in trying t<iiiH tain the cause of the difficulty, "- : b1(fl has got the only paper I receiyedi'nfl you sure you asked tor two tickeiw paid for two?" "I am positive -I, » in French for two tickets, and receiycsH change, which agrees exactly >yiilfl cost of two tickets, and the lifty-iM note ; and having paid my money M official -who spoke French, I receiyedM another, to whom he gave directions^ ticket which I hold in my hand. Ifl asked him if it were a ticket for twojH sons, and he assented." While this j versation was going on, the condgl stood before us, politely waiting foM conclusion; and we were on tlie'jfl of giving up all hope of cornprelienl each other, when a gentleman ;Whoj witnessed our embarrassment, in for! us. in French, that we had given only! ticket to the conductor, and that he wal the second; we explained the circl stances, which he kindly interpreted,! arranged that a telegram should be 1 from the next station, mentioning! particulars, when he had no doubt J matters would be set light, unless weJ been cheated, which he half feared j •',! a not very uncommon occurence," he,! nificantly added. At four o'clock, irain slopned for dinner; there was such rush as we are accustomed to England; no scramble for seats, for fo no necessity for scalding one's mouih M boiling soup ; every one took tb.'ur pip with a deliberate business-like air, :aa the\ intended to enjoy their dinners, witl the fear of that incessant enquiry, *A one for Liverpool, Manchester,' and \ North ? " which invariably accompaa the first mouthful in -the stations of so lines we are accustomed io travel by. % dinner was excellent, beautifully cook and well served ; coffee and liqueurs i lowed, and the company adjourned to'J platform to assist digestion witha.cig We had no fear of directors before i eyes, and we had commenced to indu in a Havannah, when we were accos by a military looking gentleman, -v handed us a telegraph paper; we lopl at it, but, unable to read it, sought, assistance of our travelling companion explain its nature, which he did as d cately as he could, but in words whi turned into plain ISnglish, meant that < statement was untrue, and that we in pay again. Our friend remonstrated, to no purpose. Seeing uo. possibility avoiding the demand, we took out : i purses, with the intention of payng, <yl the passengers, who had crowded *'.rpi us, took up the dispute, and, declaring t we had been cheated, protested against paying. At length one of them, a qi German-looking person, who had 1 a silent observer of the affair from ime of our leaving St. . Petersburg, cs forward, and, addressing a few \yord; fhe obdurate official, beckoned us to foil him — the bugle sounds, the passenj take their seats, and we are again on i way. Scarcely are we seated when, two kind friends inform us that we not required to pay again; an annout ment which made us very curious to knoi whom we were indebted for thisunexpec arrangement. He was the Prince L., of th eEmperor's suite; the other gen mand was Count Z., a Pole, but a resid of St. Petersburg, who seeing, that we w Englishmen, had become responsible our respectability, and assumed the thority of ordering the guard to pass us rather than have tlie honesty of I country impeached. In return for si courtesy, we now felt it incuml on us to exhibit our introductions, wli our companions seemed to feel in hay rendered us such service. The Pri spoke good English, and tlie Pole excel! French. — A yachting Cruise in the Ba