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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1987, 18 December 1874, Page 2

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♦ ■ [Anglo-australian pbbss telegraph .AGENCY.] London, Dec. 4. Captain Nares, commander of H.M.S. Challenger, is appointeid to the command of the. new Polar. expedition. ; '-Decembers. Sir : ArtHur Gordon', la^te, Governor of Mauritius, is appointed; to.the Governor- i, ship of Fiji. - ; ( ••" Money is tighier. A further advance in discount is expected. -..■,.. Wheat is firmly held; the market has; advaricM. , . ; ; Arrived — ; . Agamemnon, • from Melbourne ; Ohalgrove, from /Adelaide. ; , . Paris, Dec. 4. M'Mahon's message to the Assembly states that rigorous respect will be paid to treaties. Relations abroad were mpf ; '^ friendly, and the revenu&was satisfactory and the prosperity of the Country was increasing. The Assembly ' will shortly be^ invited to examine questions with tbe view of strengthening, tlio Septennial;; power, which it is determined to maintain under ' ali circumstances. • " ; ' '•'* : . c ""'.' Bebltn, Dec.s. j A violent scene occurred in Parliament when Bismarck, in replying to an attack by the clerical deputy, declared thatKulleman belonged to the Centre Clerical party. • ; ; /■■■■ The ; Chancellor, announced-, the isupf pression of the German Legation at the Vatican. •• ; • -''■'■ London, Dec. 8;" - :.,t Bismarck, in defending the suppression • of the Legation at the .Vatican, withdrew the ' conciliatory remarks which he had .made on a former occasion in order to prevent a misrepresentation. He had sought peace from Rome on any terms, but the diplomatical relations were superfluous, whilst the Pope urged the clergy to break, the laws. .;.•';■'■ :■.".-