LATEST ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 219, 9 May 1873, Page 6

LATEST ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

The Alhambra arrived at the Bluff on Friday morning last. London, April 18. Russia and Persia hare exchanged notes respecting the violation of the boundary line by Russian troops during the skirmish with Turcomans in the valley of Attrek, Russia admits the possibility of violation on the occasion referred to, but promises to respect the boundary line henceforth. April 19. Sir James and Lady Fergus son left by the Brindisi mail yesterday, for Melbourne, en route for New Zealand. Chevalier, the artist, accompanies the Prince of Wales to Yienna. A prospectus has been issued of the AnglorAustralian Steam Navigation' Company for service ma Cape of Good Hope, with a capital of £1,250,000. Six steamers of large tonnage are to be employed, and the voyage to Melbourne is to be performed in forty-two days. The managers of the company are Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., of Liverpool and London ; and the board of directors is an influential one, including Sir Daniel Gooch, Messrs. Dillayn, Gilpin, Brassey, and Charles Reed. The steamer Great Britain is to be taken at a valuation for paid-up shares. April 21. An official inquiry has been held by the Board of Trade into the loss of the steamer Atlantic. The supply of coals is held to have been dangerously insufficient, and the whole system of management is, glaringly deficient. The captain's certificate, has been suspended for two years,.; and the fourth officer's for three months. April 22; Jn the House of Commons, Mr. Eastwick dwelt at some length on the alarming progress made by Russia in Central Asia, and advocated a close alliance with Persia. Mr. Grant Duff, Under-Secre-tary for India, in replying, denied that the Russian advance justified any alarm, though he admitted it \v"as a matter requiring vigilance. April 23. The Russians crossed the Attrek and Gurgon rivers on the 12th March. After defeating the Turcomans, they re-crossed on the 18th by Ackla bridge, with permission from, the Persian commander. Mr. Gladstone, in speaking on Mr. Eastwick's motion respecting the Central Asia question, said, if anything, the correspondence furnished gave but a small right of interference in Afghanistan, even if such a course was deemed necessary. The correspondence embodied: Firstly, a negative pledge on the part of Russia that Affghanistan was beyond the of her influence in Asia; secondly, the settlement of the boundaries of Afghanistan ; thirdly, a pledge that England

should use her moral influence to restrain the Ameer from aggression, ' April 24. | |Earl de la Warr has committed suicide, The London Colonial wool sales/opened this evening. The total arrivals amounted to upwards of 200,000 bales., and upwards of 6,500 bales were offered. Port Philip preponderated ; Colonial sorts were fairly represented. The attendance of both Home and foreign buyers was large. The biddings commenced with great spirit, and prices at the close ranged about the same as last series. " Sir Eoger Tichborne " is on his trial; two hundred witnesses are present for the prosecution. The Sultan of Turkey is suffering from brain disease, and is under restraint. A dynastic change is imminent. News has been received of the safety of Sir Samuel Baker's expidition'sent to the relief of Dr. Livingstone. The Pope has recovered from his late dangerous illness, but. his present exact position is kept a secret. Affairs in Spain are in a deplorable state, and an insurrection in Madrid is imminent. A great Australian gold-mining company is announced with a capital of £200,000. Feankfort, April 22. Terrible riots have' taken place at Frankfort,: in Maine, in consequence of an advance in the price of beer. Sixteen breweries were sacked by the mob,., and the troops were called out, who fired upon the people, killing twelve and wounding thirty-seven ; 120 were arrested.