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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3075, 23 December 1878, Page 2

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(Reutbe's Spbcial>:^o PiEss Agenciy.)

I ('. London; December 20.; There hrs been, a great storm in the Sea of Marmora. ' w

' A French s.earner was sank through a collision., and 150 persons drowned. There has been an agitation'among ihe stadentsat St. Petersburg in cpacequence of a change in the ciasse,3. The military .were called out, and disposed the crowd. Many ai-.ests were made, and rigorous measures riopled. > ''■•'•■':- ' A Liberal candidate has been elected by a greet majority for County Derry. At a meeting of the conamittee for the Sydney Exhibition, it wrs stated France had applied for en immense space, and Belgium exhibits largely. Italy and i Germany are progressing favorably. The Chimbor~zo has arrived at Suez. > Bombay, December 21. General B-own will occupy Jella!ab~d to-day. r ° Repoils of the flight of tae Ameer are still cuirent. It is stated he has le.'t Yakoob Khan in power. Late?. , " London, December 21. The marriage of the Duke of Cumberland with the Princess Tbyra was celebrated to-day. Bombay, December 21.

It is stated on good authority that i the Ameer has left Cabal for Turkestan n company with the returning officers of the Russian mission. /" : \

xhe troops are deserting Yakoob Khan. : December^2l (night).

An official despatch just received fully confirms the statement of the flight of the Ameer into Turkestar, leaving his son Yakoob Khan in power.