LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1398, 23 January 1873, Page 2

LATER ENGLIS H NEWS.

CABLE TELEGRAMS TO JAN. 14. [NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, Jan. 22. London, Jan. 7. The relations between France and the Vatican become more uncertain. The discussion of the subject in the Assembly is postponed on account of the indisposition of Rerausat, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Sub-Committee have settled the question as to the occasion on ■ which Thiers may speak in the Assembly. Tenders -were received for the new South Australian loan. All taken above the value. The exports of bullion are nearly one million over the imports. Several members of the International Society were arrested in Paris. The report that Beust has retired from foreign affairs is officially denied. Count Schouzaloff, conferring with Granville on a mission from the Czar, brings most conciliatory assurances. Consols, 92$ ; discount, 4£ per cent. An American expedition will co-operate with England to Zanzibar to suppress slavery. Greece accepts the proposal to submit the Lawien mines question to arbitration. January 11. The American Ambassador to Spain has written that the abolition of slavery in Cuba having failed, America cannot regard the situation of the neutrality difficulty, and a change of policy will be forced on America, if the grievances remain unredressed, and the promises unfulfilled. The rains in England continue ; wheat has advanced Is. London, Jan. 11. Beust, in' reply to Grammont, that Austria was pledged to support France in the war, says that Austria reserved the eight of neutrality; that France, after declaring war,Jasked for an alliance, which was refused. The Tichborne trial is set down for 23rd April. The Spanish reply to America is courteous and vague. The Economist mentions the rumor that Germany contemplates the purchase of gold in Australia. ■ A collection of salmon ova for Australia is being made in America. i Large silk failures are announced — Drakeford Bros., for L 90,000; Messrs | Virante, for L 67,000. ; M'Mahon assured the President of the i loyalty of the French army and the . absence of Bonapartists. i Ninety-two officers of the line left the Cortes for Thiers's expression of devotion to the existing regime. : The Bonapartist newspapers of Milan have opened a subscription for a monument to the late Emperor. The English Court has gone into mourning for ten days. \ ' Sir J.M'Culloch has accepted the agency ;of Victoria until March only. He returns to the colony in April. Debentures : Victorian, 114 ; New South i Wales, fi ve3, 104 f; New Zealand Consolidated, 112£ ; Queensland, sixes, 109 ; South Australian, long dated, 115 ; Tasmania, 109. Union Bank dividend, 6£. Tallow dull, slight decline ; fine beef, 41s to 42s ; medium, 4Cs to 41s ; petroleum is steady ; Sydney cocoa nut oil, L 3 3; sperm, L 92 10s; Wallaroo copper, L 96 to L 97 for prompt cash. ' London, Jan. 13. The Observer states that Count Schowaloft is negotiating for the marriage of an English Prince with a daughter of the Czar. Thiers will not permit the Bonapartist demonstration at the funeral of Napoleon, on the assumption that the occasion may be used for political manifestations. He approved of the suggestion thatM'Mahon should write a letter of condolence to the Empress, and advised his attendance at the funeral with several superior officers. The Court of Vienna has gane into mourning for twelve days. Berlin public opinion is that the death of Napoleon has improved the prospects of the dynasty, as it will create two fac- ' tions, headed by the Empress Eugenic and , Prince Napoleon respectively, „„ . 1 Consols, 92£. . , : < London, Jan. 14. j A large force. of police has been sent to < Chiselhurst to prevent disturbances. A i Commune demonstration at Napoleon's •! funeral is apprehended. . „ . ■k. $ A deputation waited on the Govern- 1

nent, urging it not longer to tolerate tht> virulence of the Bnnapartist press. The Italian Court is in mourning for Napoleon. Schownahoff has explained that the Russian expedition to Khiva resembles the Abyssinian expedition, having for its object the release of captives. The officers of the expedition have strict orders to return when this object is accomplished. ' ; ~ Mr Lowe declared that the abolition of the malt duty is impossible, and that there is no reason to expect. that there will be a surplus of revenue next year. Coal and iron are -advancing in price, in consequence of a strike in Wales.