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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 58, 7 March 1873, Page 2

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; Btm>r, March 7..The Alhambra left;^eibburne|oh^the ylet'linst. at 380p m. Experfericjpd strong -'-NSJT. : gaje'fioff thei.W. Cape, *hi(fh|cau serf .Jthe death fefilS horses out of 3.0. ' ||jfc-tfe\ anjvea off ffche Bluff, at mi 'night on the 6th£ and came up- to the wharf at 7 o'clock thie morning, ; She brings 21 saloon .and-27-steerage passengers,- and 280 tons, of cargo for all ports. She leaves for Dunedin at 4 p.m. to-day. The Rangitoto arrived at Melbourne on the : :27tb-ult.-----^'--r - -■-■-.--■..--•%■.. - :-..-.,:■:.-- London, February 26,— There is a little more animation in wool sales: '-Purchasers on French account is extending competition,- but no alteration infrates. ; Prices irregular. ; Combing sorts least iti demand. Sales been thrice postponed; ' Greasies suffered most to the 20,th only. Twenty' five thousand bales 'sold; a thousand bales of Victorian' were withdrawn. Washed and scoured • l", ; d-to 2d lower, than in December. 7 Closing rstes— greasies 2d ; to 4d less than;: last February ■prices. ,; 7 '_'••' '- .■'• : / ' ' ;-,iy YA^'Asy j -"Liarge importations ef foreign- coal>and: threat-; ened extension of imports; this caused a reduction in price.; Hartlepool has fallen, to 32s per ton, land farther immediate reductions expected. . The ttrikein Walesis partially 0yer. .,;,«,. i -There isa fall in the copper market, Wallaros weak, 82; pig iron 133; Straits tin 143. ; , „, Qn the 23rd February, Califprriian wheat sold 'at "Mark Lane at 635. Stocks: grain and flour low; r " ' ,] :A - k ...- ■ . ,'-.--. . „ . • ;■:/■■ i ■ '■ A protest from Sydney, re Suez Service, was received, by Cowper and presented to Kinaberley. "The American Senate refuse a subsidy to Webb's.line. -■ . . '<-- . v -'■ < The exports to Australia last year exceeded those otthe previous year by £4,000,000.., t ,•■ Sir John Barnard Byles, Puisne Judge' in Common Pleas is about to resign. , : Fir George Honey man will succeed; The Rev. Dr. Guthrie is dead. 7 A general rising is expected in Portugal, reI publican opinions prevail; the Cortes has called out the armed reserves. Tlie British fleet is ordered to the Tagus. Fpain is in a very .unquiet state; a new Ministry is formed. The army is with the republican Government. .._ A conference of . European powers is proposed with the object of imposing- conditions for'jrecognising the republic and maintaining order on the peninsula. r J he Carlistshold possession of several important points. . ' ,->; Switzerland has recognised the republic. The Murillo steamer, ' which • ran down the Northfleet, is Btill a matter of negotiation between < the English and Spanish Governments. Insurrection at Porto Ricp. Thiers, by decision of Thirty, becomes subordinate to the ABBembly, possessing little real power. An appeal to the nation by Thiers is expected. Count Hhambord refuses a compromise with the Orleanists and the Due de Broglie is regarded as a traitor hy the Legitimists. ' A lead is ■ now existing between the two branches of the Bourbons, which strengthens the Republicans. .'..... .. - Js is rumored that the next instalment of the indemnity will not be paid in July. a The Northumberland has sailed ior Melbourne Dissenters are pressing tbe Government' to amend the Education Act and tree it from Episcopalian influence. ' i, '- ■ The Queen visited Eugenie, and remained in strict seclusion Bome hours, : - A Russian loan of £20,000,000 is projected. Nearly half a million reduction is estimated in the English army expenditure. The tourteenth section of the Mutiny Act is to be expunged. Soldiers to. receive, a full shilling a day and rations. ' ' ' Gladstone declares the boundary question defined as well as it is possible to do so, an exact survey being impracticable. The Journals pass adverse criticisms on this judgment, .alleging that gross blunders have been committed. . Despatches sent by the Sydney government re Fiji bave been laid before '. Parliament— also copies of instructions to officers of the South Sea squadron. The memorial for the annexation of the Fiji Islands is refused because- the.de facto Govern- ; ment of Cakobau had been recognised. Hides, heavy, 1/2 ; petroleum, i/SJ ; meats, more enquiry but low prices. .