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Show OUR LONDON LETTER. E turn ii Still Slides Ioiivurl. John IZly Goes to Trem-li U iii mm. A Kiiilroinl Directors1 Parliament. Special Correspondence of tho Uhbalp. London, Feb. 2Gth, 1871. KM MA MINK PANIC STOCK.S. I have to-day to report another panic pan-ic on the Stock Exchange. The rumor this morning was that Mr. Attwood had-telegraphed lie could do nothing with the mine and that he would"leave immediately for home. This rumor caused the shares to fail from Xol to .'2, eloping quotations to-day being! itoCL';; Flagstati; ,C2 toi'-i"; Last Chance, j to Cli; Utah, 1 to 11; Kichmund, .tloi to .CO, I THE c;reat f'lltK. j The destruction by fire of the Pantechnicon, Pan-technicon, mentioned in my last, has j involved a loss, estimated by the in-1 ranee companies, of '), 000,000. This is on property insured. But out of the o,.M 'U depositors there wero a large number who, deeming the building completely Iircproof, failed to insure, thus lueing everything. Some of the ailver plate has been dug out of the ruins, but in a molten m.w, rendering render-ing it impossible, to bo identified; anil some not melted but seriously injured by the pickaxes of the workmen, of wh'om alarge force are incessantly engaged clearing away the debris in order to reach the fireproof vaults. FUIINCII GUIANA JOHN ELY. The excitement about French Guiana Gui-ana has extended over here, and on the 7th prox. a number intend to sail l'-ir that country. Among them is Mr. Jul in Eiy, who takes with him a Mr. Gibson, a competent engineer. Mr. Ely proposes to thoroughly in- vestigaie matters and return in ninety day; lie has letters from the French government to the Governor of Guiana, and we will dou Oilcan shortly learn the truth nf tho rumored wealth of this new K'dorado. One thing, however, is certain, and that is, no permit will be given to work the mines until it has been well paid for and a lot of ml tape measured out. FALL OF CUOMAjalE. At la.it Coomassie has lallen, after five days' severe lighting, and with a very Uiiavv It -"- Ki,-Si'u,t crimps; hut ween three and four hundred being killed and wounded. Tho loss among the native allien is alno large, but tho exact numbers are not yet ob-tiiiimd. ob-tiiiimd. Not ol'u-n in recent times has a British expeditiuu'suflered so heavily. heav-ily. The Ashantecs have been no despicable foe; they have fought well, and were evidently well armed and supplied and under a brave and efficient effi-cient leader. With the fall ol Coo-rii!i-.-ie, howovcr, wo may write, AWa, as far as the war is concerned. ELECTION IlltOCHCRE. A very sharp and witty election, brorfntrc hen just been isued in rhyme in which a number ot tho newly elected members aro somewhat roughly rough-ly used. Speaking of Baron Grant, the member elect for Ividdcrniinihter, vho recently purchased and presented present-ed Leicester Square to tno city, and who is reputed to bavo made enormous sums dealing in Emmas, it says: Thoro'i Kill prminWnr'i member who ti hnniDt l.tt'O'inlur .iiiiar(, A barrno tJoiui u tbt I'ooulo, ror nothing It would bu k lit. u syta 111. a tbnt old Hid mil mi no, If ho Mold it inrnin mnllipMng by nino: Or it li9 e tt bin bolulur Ibu .ublio u, (111, Ue might cbriauo itiv new wiuo tbo Mintril Hill. Speaking of the new members, there aro fifty-two railway directors in Lbo Ilniifie of T,onln, and lt in tbo House ot C mtiiorc, milking a total of 170. Truly yourv, CrSTOH Moiiiim. |