EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 70, 1 February 1879, Page 2

EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

(From the latest Colonial Papers.) London December 14. Her Royal Highness Princess A.ice of Hesse Darmstadt died to-day at 7 a.m. TLc 1 ..'bowing is from " Dod's PeerHer itoyal Highness Alice Maud Marry Princess ol the United Kingdom Born at Buckingham Palace 25th April, lsio baptized iud June, 1843 , married ls> J'liy, 180:1. at Osborne, Frederick William Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse —Louis IV.—(who was granted the pre hx oi " His Roym Higuness," by warrant from the Queen Cm July, ISG2, and Created K. G same year] ; granted Jlb'OOO i yeai ana a dower Oi £30,000 by Act Oi Parliament, May, iS6I. Her Rjjal Highness litis had issue ;

Princess Victoria Alberta Elizabeth Matilda Mary. Bom at Windsor Castle, sth of April, ISO';): baptized •here 2(jfh April 1873. Princess Elizabeth Alexandrine Louise Alice, Born at Darmstadt Ist November, 18G1, and oaptized there l3tu November 1504. Princess Ireno Mary Louise Anna Born a„ Darmstadt, 11th July lSbu". Prince Ernest Louis Chailes Albert William. Boru at Darmstadt, 25th November, l&iii Prince Frederick W ilhelao August Victor Lscpoid Ludwig, Born at Darmstadt 7tu October, 18<0 ; died 20th May, 1873. Princess Victoria Alice Helena Louise Born at Darmstadt sth Jane, 1872 , baptized mere Ist July, 1872 am a Born at Damstadt, 24tb Jiav 1874

IL\ Geiald 8 Vosey-Fitzgerald, formerly oi Calcutta, nas oeeu appointed C'lnpiroiler-Geuerai o: Fiuanee in laThe Rev Robert Hodgson suecceeds tae Riga' Rev, A'llliaw I'yrrell, D D., as la ;he 3ise of the Aurora, a new trial nas- cee.j granted. December 17. Reports are generally current that the deflict ci tue \\ est of England and South Wales District Bank will amount to . J.3oQ,OiW, and that the total loss will be £1,250,000. December 15. The life of the King of Denmark has been threatened. A number of bombs have been seized at Copenhagen. A revolution has taken place at Cabul. Pakoob has been proclaimed Ameer of Afghanistan. The American mail steamer has been wrecked off the coast of Ireland. It is tea-ied that many lives have been lost December 26. A disastrous accident occurred to-day on the River Oroe in France. The ice suddenly broke, and numbers of skaters were engulfed. Forty-eight were drowned. December 27. ,A telegram in London Times, dated the 24th, states that Yakoob Khan, the new Ameer of Cabul, has arrived at Jellalabad, with the intention of submitting to tho English. At a meeting of the London Committee of tho Sydney Exhibition, held today, it was announced that a largo number of German and Austrian exhibitors had applied for space at the Sydney Exhibition, and that the Frenoh Government had inserted in the Estimates a sum of J 00,000 francs for the purpose of aiding the Frenoh exhibitors. Tho ship Northam, bound from London to Sydney, has been totally burnt. The passengers and crew have been saved. December 28. A message from the Governor of tho Cape Colony has been sent to tho Kaffir chief Cetawayo, domauding that he should disarm or disband his army, and that ho should cede Santa Lucia Bay to the British, and he should also receive a politicnl resilient at his Court. Tho Quenn has written a letter expressing her heartfelt thank for the universal sympathy shown to Her Mujosty and to the Royal Family in there recent ntllirtion.

A pl.it DM been discovered to assassi nub', the Emperor uf Austria.

A difficulty has arisen concerning British jurisdiction in Cyprus, which Italy contests. Prince Bismarck has written a letter to the President of the German Federal ! Council advocating a protectionist poI licy. The marriage of the Duke of Connaught is fixed for the loth March. December 31. 1 The report that Mr. Pope-Hennessy, I Governor of Hongkong, has been ap- | pointed to the Governorship of New , South Wales, is not confined, i The Council of Engineors has resolved I to resist the threatened extension of working hours. January 1. It is understood that the Government has arranged with the Catholic Bishops of Ireland for a scheme of University education. A secret manifesto has been published . at St Petersburgh urging Young Russia to destroy the present yoke under which tr.ey are mled.

Tue column under the command of General Stuart will advance to-day on Candabar, through tho Gudgar and Rhoga Ainran mountains. Reports state that Candanar is weakly garrisoned. Inteiligen -e has been received that the Afguan Governor of Candabar is preparing for a vigorous defence. Orders have been given for the return of the British Mediterrean fleet to the Gulf of Ismid, supplies of provisions being unobtainable ut Artaki, where the fleet is at present stationed. Tue Secretary of the City of Glasgow Bank, who was imprisoned with the directors, is released, and will be called as a witness for the Crown. The recent call of £SOO per share for tho City of Glasgow iiauk realized .£600,000. The tirst payment of ss. per share to the Glasgow Bank creditors will be made in February 15. Tne revenue .ctunis for the pastquarier -jicuat to £19,000,000, being an increase k _Oo7 5. ) on the corresponding quattsr rriaotyear. The Secretary of the United States Treasury holds 40,000,000 dollars in gold for the resumption of specie payment. Janunry I).

The official correspondence between Great Britain and the Porto on the subject of Turkish reforms in Asia-Minor ;as been published in the form of a Blue Book. Lord Salisbury applauds and accepts the concessions made in deference to British recommendations as au adequate instalment of the complete execution of reforms. official statement, tsdesirousof co-operat-ing with the British in the advance in Caauahar. Constantinople, Dec. 25 Thirty transports have been chartered at Odessa for the conveyance of troops returning from the Russian army of occupation in Turkey. January 1. A Turkish commission has been appointed to superintend the surrender of Pcdgontza to Montenegro, in accordance with stipulations ot the Berlin Treaty. Bombay, December 14. General Roberts'force lias raised Shutar tierduii) or Camel's Neck pass at Sumlita, which is 13,000 feet above the level of the sea. The Ameer's (Jabul show a disinclination to fight, and all the officials auu notables at Jellalabad have tendered their submission to the British Khoyuk Pass was found to be unoccupied.

December 27. Yakook Khan has arrived at Jellalabad. The object of this step is unknown, but it is regarded as a step of submission. ATHKNB, December 27. Greek Commissioners have been appointed for the rectification of tho Turco(irecian frontier. Alexandra, Dcccmbor 28. The Khedive of Egypt's palace at Abdin was purtially destroyed by tire yesterday. Hongkong, Deoembor 17. A destructive fire has been raging here for two days, causing great destruction of property.