ADDITIONAL EUROPEAN NEWS VIA AUCKLAND.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1560, 5 August 1873, Page 2

ADDITIONAL EUROPEAN NEWS VIA AUCKLAND.

RUSSIA'S PEACE WITH KHIVA. THE QUEEN VISITS ST. PETERS • .■■■ . ■ ■• ■ - BURG; ■■;^m- .,; ■■*- GREAT FIRE AT BALTIMORE, j [ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH j AGENCY.] .-:: ; i:;-':;- { : Auckland, Aug. 4. The Hero has arrived. She left Sydney on 28th July with the Aucklaiid portion of the Suez mail. j . .. , London, J.uly,25 5 I .- - Conditions of peace between -Khiva ,and Russia had been agreed to, iricludirigthe payment of an indemnity by the Khan of 2,000,000 roubles, to extend over a period of seven years. A Russian force under General Schwattanwill occupy Kungrad as a guarantee of the fulfilment of this engagement. It is proposed to" abolish capital punishment, and to maintain the Khanate under the rule of the Khan. iThe boundary; is limited, to ; the river Ammo. The Khivan possession on the; right bank has been ceded to Bokhara as a reward for assisting Russia* . The evacuation of Khiva takes place in August; ' j A German frigate has ; captjired' a Spanish .steamer named the Insurgent, with Internationalists on board i ■ : ' : ' The House of Lords agreed to the amendments of. the Commons : on! the, Judicature' Bill with slight exceptions^; \ . The new treaty between England and France has been signed. „ The_main features are renewal of the treaty of 1860 until June, 1877. i The Queen is expected to visit St; Petersburg to witness the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh with the Grand Duchess Marie, the only daughter of the> Emperor. ' ■ j r A fire at Baltimore destroyed a hundred buildings, including four churches.. : ' j Baron Wolverton, of Stan more Park] Middlesex, is dead. ; ■ The Rating Bill was rejected'by the Lords. „. . • ; The : Oarlists have asked France /to recognise them as belligerents. ; ; Severe storms have occurred 'ib. the Provinces. Several persons were, killed

by lightning. The weather is now cooler. ••'-.. . : Dr Kenealy has commenced the defence in the Tichborne perjury case. He says he will have one hundred witnesses who will swear that the defendant is Roger Tichborne; ' ~: :cf?* At a^ Consistory Council^held injßome, the Pope nominated* two bishops for the Roman Catholic dioceses of-J?erth~and Adelaide. .. : ,.. ■„., ..: ; !^ London, July-26,-Discount, 4 per'cenC In the* wool trade competition continues exceedingly vigorous, and prices are well sustained. , ; ; ..-,, , ; . .. .. ; ,T. „