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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1456, 3 April 1873, Page 2

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The grain market' has given way 6d per cental. It is anticipated that the surplus will be 25 per cent, more than last year, which was nearly 500,000 tons. It is estimated that a million pounds of wool belonging to the last clip is stiU warehoused, chiefly low priced j hops) 40c fine. Freights, 80 to 85.80 c ; barley, Idol 20c to Idol 25c; brewing barley, Idol 30c to Idol 58c ; flour, extra, sdol 75c ; superfine, 4dql 50c to 4dol 87ic. New York— Phormium quiet, with a steady moderate demand at Bdol 4c. Sold fair parcels of kerosene . at a further decline, ranging from ;28c . to 32c, according to brand ; tobacco scarce, and in active demand. London— Phormium quoted at 31s lOd to 33s ; medium, half -dressed, 34s to 35s for fairly dressed ; tow, ranging from ILI3 10s to i/15 15s. Preserved Meats.— iMutton, 56£ ; beef, 67£. ' \ The London, Liverpool, and Globe Insurance Company held a stormy meeting in consequence of not receiving a dividend owing to losses by the fires at .Chicago and ißoston;' '• • '■ ■■•■ : - : '' : ■ ::■■;■■-. ;;..;•■ : .'- --[ The : Great Eastern^ has on board 2567. iniiles of the new cable to be laid between •Britain j Halifax, and New York, and will sail with other ships at the end of May! The cable is expected to be working before {the Ist June. „ .• . • The charges against priests' for intimidating at the Gal way election have proved a complete failure. Yellow fever is prevalent at Brazil deaths 30 to 40 a day. Foreigners arei leaving the country. . : : '; March 4i~ I A telegram states that Mozes, a clerk, one of the confederate^forgers on .the Bank of England, has made a startling revelation to members of the house' of Roths- ' child, who visited him at Newgate. It is reported ,that the frauds amount . to two millions sterling, of which L 350,000 is drawn upon Tay, Cook, M'Culloch, and Co.; L 200,000 on Rothschilds, and a large amount on Barings. The trial of agricultural machinery ati; the Vienna Exhibition takes place on .the 18th and 25th June, and the steam ploughs on the 20th July. ' ' T , The Corona, an Australian, clipper,. lay at anchor within three Hundred yards of the Nortbfleet jvhen the disaster^ occforirfed* Neither ths 'terrible . shock, nOrihe. cries and rockets continually fired from' the deck of. the shi^ cq^W arouse the watch; on deck, ": who ;.slept.h- . Ha^ : the/ watch aroused the captain all thepass'engers would have been saved. " , ■ All^Ke/ French 1 a^enala are heiiig' 're: - plemshed witHmat'eriiai of war. ,• -; .•_ j • ; The Municipality.of Paris has refused a bequest of 60;000 dots, .from awealthy German, to be devoted tier the benefit of, German poor, but accepted 1000 dolsi for a PrbTestarit consistory 1 J by the same testator. ■. • ... ■■:■;■ .■ :■ ■ ..-,-. y. ." "■" The police authorities at Berlin have ordered all cabmen on strike to resume work under the ; penalty of losing their license. The revolt in Ukraine has assumed . alarming proportions. The atrocities committed by the subordinate peasantry are most revolting in cruelty. The insurgents are massed together in large- numbers, and are extending: their depredations

through the district, laying waste some of the principal towns. The Government profess to ignore circumstances. A great irrigation scheme is on foot in California. Several steam boiler explosions and fires are reported. At a prize-fight in Pennsylvania, the referee decided in favor of- Hickenin~24 rounds. „p';Baldw in was; badly beaten in the ring by the friends of Campbell. At Gollins's station, Virginia," on March i f a prize-fight for the light-weight championship took place for a thousand dollars aside between I Hicken ; and [Campbell. After 36 rounds it broke up in a row, and the referee threatened to kill O'Baldwin, Hicken's second. No decision was come to. '__-■ ■■■ ■ - •■•■-' : - : \:w (V.;/ '■: fi Aii attempted escape <ef^convicts from BlackweU's Island, New. York, and amongst them the man-eater Cuchich, was sfopped, u and they were all'caught.;', 1 ' . There is a rumor that cholera is 'iii Vienna, and the authorities, are, keeping the.matter quiet. , r .... „.,,.......,,.... , r The roof of a church in New York feJJ in with a terrible crash ; loss, 32,000d01. A riailway ''accident', occurred; at^ For* Smith; 24 killed. The says the train was going at a reckless speed. ' : -,;..rv : . .••■■■•-.■ ." •>/.{-;■ ;-.• The Nebraska 1 brings the ixiails; ! Ca^ tain knows nothing of the feportejd;Btpp^ page of the service.