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St. Pjstebsbtjrg, December 21. The Emperor of Germany and his sister, Princess Margaret, will pay a visit to the Russian capital in the summer. The report is revived that the PrinceßS will be married to the Czarewitch in the autumn, but another version is that the latter will expose the Princess of Hesse. The Russian press exhort France to ap prove of the Egyptian conversion soheme to enable the corvee to be abolished. London, December 21. The epidemic of influenza is so Berious as to interfere with the trade of Europe. Prince Albert Victor is now at Rangoon. It is officially announced that he will stay in India till March. The statement that secret orders in cypher had been despatched to the Admiral com* manding on the Eaßt African station is not confirmed, and it is hoped that a peaceful settlement of the Zambesi difficulty will be effected. The Portugese Government is dilatory in replying to Lord Salisbury's demands, and asks for time to consult Major Pinto, In the meantime England is preparing for eventualities. The Portugese officers intend to present Major Pinto with a sword of honour. Savants will observe the eclipse of the eun to-morrow at Loando and Barbadoes. ! Bishop Moorhouse, speaking at Salford, exhorted the Trades Union to be moderate in their demands. Bank of New Zealand shares, old issue £6 10s to JE7, new issue, £9 to £10. December 22. Stanley urges that railway communication should be opened up between Momber, on the East Coast of Afiios, and Lake Victoria NyaDzn. Such a line would afford an im portant market for European manufactures. The sale of Lord Falmouth's stud realised 33,000 guineas, Wabhington, December 22. The census of American woollen manufac turers on the question of admitting wool free shows 524 in favor and 200 against. Rio Janieeo, December 21. The report that the slave owners insti gated the recent revolution is not true. Vienna, December 21. Ib is mm oared that Gratia (tie) has ceded Widdin on the Danube to Austria. Louis Kossutb, ex-Governor of Hungary, who lost his rights as a oitizen of Hungary in 1879, hns been reinstated. He ns.'erts that war between Austria and Russia cannot be avoided, ned hopes that the former will not allow the right moment to pas?. Athens, Daoember 21. It is reported that the atrocities in Crete Btill contiuue. Havanna, Deoembrr 21. 