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(Receivec^Jauuary 21et, 10,30 a.tn,) CabUL, January 18. A chieftain named Isan has been captnrcd, London, January 19. Mr Orocknell baa been appointed Deputy Chairman of Mr Re?B* Company. The Capo Joan of half a million at 4 per cent has tesn subscribed thra*fold at an average of £110 sc. Burns, a Socialist, has baen elected to re present Battersen on the Londou County Council, January 20, Sir John Strk, formerly British Couneel General at Zanzibar, has been sent on & upeoiftl mission to Zanzibar on behalf of the British Government. One of the two ceronauts who ascended in a balloon At Antwerp vrith the intention of Grossing to England on Tuesday lest has been rescued. k shook of earthquake wss felt at Bdin« burgh last night, Awiwaap, Janaary 19, The wool sales closed very firm. Naw Yobs, January 18. The followers of the revolted Oathoiia olergym&n, Dr McGlyn, are threatened with excommunication. Bbklin, Janaary SO. It is reported that Biamarok has assured Sir E. B. Malet, the British Ambassador, that the ohargeu made Bgainat Sir R. Morier were neither directed against England, ox approved by the German Government. Washington, January 19. The Immigration Bill now before Oongreaa provides for the exclusion of idiots, paupers, anarchists, and socialists from the United Stated, Cairo, January 19. Menelek, king of the southern district of Abyssinia, has made peace with the Negabjo* hannea, and has ceded th« ten provinces to the latter. San Francisco, January 19. News has reached this city that Gorman sailers at Samoa hare burned several American, flags, and imprisoned a number a, number of Amerioan subjects, It is also stated that a boats' crflvy belonging to the German warship fired on the captain and lieutenant of the British man of war,

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London, January 17. The Times characterises the proposed visit of John Dillon, M.P., to the Australasian colonies as a begging mission, and saya ho is trading on the ignorance and prejudice of Irishmen in tho colonies to obtain money for the Parnellite cause. The Victorian loan is opw footed At ft premium of 8| per cent, The National Mortgage Agency Company of Mew Zealand has deplored it dividend of % per cent. Lillywhite states that he is a loser by the recent orioket and football tours in Australia. 