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Show ENGLAND. Abolitlou Nfal no Disastrous Fire, London, 28. Rev. Newman Hall, in tho pruHenco of a select company, to-day laid tho crowning stone of the Lincoln memorial tower, adjoining tho new Surrey chapiil. Tho tower is designed ub a memorial for tho abolition of slavery and a bond of brotherhood between England and America. At Newmarket to-day the great Eastern railway handicap raco was won by " Corealeaim;" "Slumber" second, "Cataclysm" third. The Victoria foundry at Leeds was destroyed by fire this evening. The lose ia estimated at $200,000; 15,000 persons aro thrown out of employment. employ-ment. A telogram from Shanghai states that vico-Admiral Rydor, command-ding command-ding the British fi. ot on the China . station, is at Foo with four mon-ol-war. |