BURMAH.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3615, 28 July 1880, Page 3

BURMAH.

A correspondent to the Times, writing from Calcutta, Jane 6, says:—lt appears that the Nyoungoke Prince, who had been living as a refugee in Calcutta with his brother, 'the NybungkanPrince, left ■ecretly for Bormah some time ago with 26 followers, three of them priestsrand crossed the frontier in disguise. Your Rangoon correspondent telegraphed yesterday that a British steamer bound from Mandalay for Eangoon was seized on the 26th ult. by the petty .Gor Ternor of .Siliaymye^ on the ground of the British and Burmese being at war. The Governor of Minhla ordered its immediate release and censured the petty Governor. Shots were fired from a boat carrying the Burmese Envoys back to Mandalay when passing the last British Tillage. It is unknown whether this was intended as an insult or a salute. A skirmish between the King's men and the rebels has taken place, when the latter were worsted. The men crossed our frontier and were disarmed. It is beliered that the rising is ended. Nyoungoke's whereabouts ■ is uncertain. Some say that he has gone into the interior to enlist followers, while others assert that he is still in our territory.

. That memorial about the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill has received its reply, and the reply is unfavourable. Though 3ir Gladstone is among those who would allow liberty of marriage with sisters-in* law, he does not hold himself morally bound to get such a measure passed in his first session, and that a brief one. So that the deceased wife's sister will hare to appeal to the Lords for an increase in her chances of marriage, and the Lords will say her nay. Mr Gladstone's action puts an end to the rather scandalous story that Prince Louis of Hesae intends to marry the Princess Beatrice. An Englishman, named Harrison, has purchased fifty-two quarter sections of .land in Milton township, Butler County, Kansas, where he intends to locate fiftytwo English families under the old tenantry system. Each family will have from £20 to £500 to commence with.