LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1334, 7 November 1872, Page 2

LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

[beuter's special telegrams to associated PRESS.] The following message was received by the s.s. Claud Hamilton from Melbourne yesterday. Although some of the items have been published in recent telegrams, we consider it better to give the message in its entirety :— London, Oct. 23. Admiral Houston Stewart succeeds the late Thomas Cochrane as Admiral of the i fleet. The threatened lock-out in Wales was averted by submission on the part of the men. The signing of the French Treaty is delayed, and efforts are making to readjust the duties on cotton goods, so as to be more favorable to England. The Cambridgeshire Stakes were won by Playfair, Finisterre second, Pompadour third. Herr Carl Lahr is appointed German Consul at Sydney. The Mayor of Adelaide's congratulatory message to the Mayor of Loudon on the opening of telegraphic communication between England and Australia has been recorded in the Civic Archives at Guildhall. Ten ships, containing ,1785 emigrants, have been despatched to New Zealand during the last quarter/and 12,500 tons cargo. Californian wheat is now en route to England. Preserved meats scarce. October 24. The Cardiff Steam Coal Owners Asso.

ciation has resolved to reduce the price of coal. Consols,, ninety-two one eighth. Mr Knatchbull Hugessen, at a lecture at Deal yesterday on the Colonies and Government by the mother country, insisted strongly on the necessity of cherishing the connection. The Duke of Argyle, as Secretary of State for India, is heartily co-operating with Lord Granville, Foreign Secretary, in the endeavors which he is making for the suppression of the eastern slave trade. The Rev George Badger accompanies Mr Bartle Frere to Zanzibar, starting early in November. ;■'....-..'..'/. The newspapers are discussing; the letters of Mr Reid, late Chief Constructor of the Navy, and comparing the standstill policy of the Admiralty with the rapid advance of Continental powers. Discount unchanged. : -; October, 25; The Californian harvest this year, will be the largest known. , :. Money less active. . The Agricultural Bureau report for October shows the wheat crops to be .five per cent, of an increase over last year, and quality .improved. v ■ October 20. Money scarce. Stock market recovering. Victorian sixes, January-July, 115| ; Victorian fives, 106£ ; South Australian sixes, 109£. Bank of Australasia shares, 54£. Waliaroo copper, LB6.' The steamship Atrato' returned to Plymouth with' her shaft broken. Arrived— Lincolnshire, from Mel-^ bourne. . < Au extraordinary horse epidemic .has broken out in America. . The Attorney-General, in addressing his constituents, ridiculed the idea of a Tory reaction. He defended the Admiralty against the attacks of Mr Reed, late Chief Constructor of the Navy, and said the Colonies were never better affected towards the mother country, which would become the head of a large and flourishing federation. 'He spoke warmly on the subject of the American arguments advanced at Geneva. October 281 The Newcastle collieries have reduced the price of coal. Colonel Hawes has been appointed aide-de-camp to the Queen. The Staffordshire colliery engineers have commenced to strike. , The weather is excessively rainy, and disastrous inundations have taken place in the Midland counties of England, and also in France and. ltaly. October 29, 6 p.m.. Admiral Randolph succeeds Commodore Stirling on the Australasian station. Large contracts have been taken for Australian meat, deliverable in 1873.