LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1182, 13 May 1872, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

London, .April ift . .,. Replying to Lord Derby, Jtfr Gladstone said that ■ the Ministry would fully riiain- [ tain its position in the Alabama casei I Mr Lowe made a financial statement of la?t year's expenditure) showing, one , million less than the money voted. .' • . --s The estimated expenditure ' fox .the coming year isL7I,OOO,QOOodd. Theyearly revenue . is : L 75,000,006. -. He proposes amongst other things to' reduce'iihe^incomie tax to L6O, apply abatement to incomes of L3QO, abolish tax^on^warehousea, Ac^where the rental is .under L2O, retaining the remaining surplus, 3,620,000, as areserve. ''. The^a^nal'Debt\W;.^ii-.'xediiojßd since 1869 by L 12,740,000. ■-■- - '•■- - - •--- - -v -Washington, April 21 The Republicans have earned the elec- . tions, thereby ' increasing the chance of Gfranfs re-election. • v ! '^ ' y :..:,.y.f LordDtifferin succeeds -Lismore in tho Governorship of Canada. r«OEBIGN-NEWS. Thiers, on the occasion of closing jUse\^ French Assembly for the Easter redass, said thai order in the interior and peace abroad was assured to France. Europe was well disposed towards her, and., its revenge would be to reconstitute France with regard to alliances, holding itsilf in reserve with no power which, wished to bind itself. . The Treaty of Commerce between France and Belgium has been 1 denounced by the Assembly. : It is -proposed to' tax raw materials abandoned for 1872. * The Ambassador from Khira has been despatched- to ' St. Petersburg, courting the friendship of the Czar. Some municipalities in Spain are associating themselves to obtain the restoration of Gibraltar. . . ; ■■■."'.!■■■ . Washington. The Foreign Committee of Congress recommended suspension of action ih Fishery Bills, owing to condition'of Washington treaty. .. . RepubU(sans carriedßhodes Isknd.election. -' ' '■'" ■ '■' J V , : ' \J'~' k* ■ The University boat, race was rowed during a snow storm. } The ship Zataldj from Adelaide, stranded near Boulogne, but the crewand passengers were saved.: The masts were cut away to save the ship. The Nebraska's mails were delivered on the 25th March. - ■ A destructive earthquake has occurred in California, by which many people were killed or injured. ■ - :v/ | LoNboN/ April 12r. The Tichborne claimant has been arraigned and pleaded "Not Guilty,K after which he was removed to the Queen's Bench and the trial commences in June. The boy O'Connor, who insulted the Queen, has been sentenced to one year's hard labor and 20 lashes. "' '