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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 105, 2 May 1873, Page 2

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London, April 24. — The wool - sales have opened, and 6500 bales offered out of 200,000 arrived. Victorian ,is mostly offered. The attendance is large and the biddings spirited, the prices being the same as in February. The Tichborne claimant is on trial. Two hundred witnesses are present for the prosecution. The Russian campaign against the Khivans haa commenced. The Russian troops won a trifling advantage. In the Ilouse of Commons, Mr [Gladstone said tbat the correspondence with Russia embodied a negative pledge that Affghanistan was outside the sphere of her influence in A»ia; secondly, the settlement of the Affghanistan boundaries; and thirdly a pledge that England would use her moral influence to restrain Ameer from aggression. _ The Sultan of Turkey is suffering from brain disease and is under restraint. A dynastic change is imminent. Earl De Lawarr has committed suicMe. Mr Lowe's resolutions have passed with the exception of the 6ugar duties, which will be recommitted. The Government will defer considering the question of local taxation. The Russian movements continue to cause much irritation in England. The Eastern Australian Mail Company's prospectus is issued for a monthly service to Queensland and Sydney via Singapore. Capital £150,000. One steamer has been purchased, and two others chartered. Queensland pays £20,000 as an annual subsidy. Mornington won the City Suburban Handicap at the Epsom spring meeting, Cremorne 2, Bertram 3. News haa been received of the safety of the Baker expedition sent to the relief of Livingstone. The Pope has recovered from his dangerous illness, but his exact condition is kept secret. The French indirect revenue for the quarter ending 3 1st March was £65O,OO0_sterling beyond the estimates. There have been beer riots at Frankfort owing to the brewers having raised the price. Several breweries were sacked, and there was great destruction of property. The soldiers killed and wour ded fifty persons, and a large number. were arrested. The evidence re the loss of the Atlantic proved a deficiency of coals and general. bad management The captain's certificate has been suspended for two years. An information has been filed against MrPlimsoll, M.P., for a libel contained in his work on the mercantile navy. Mr Norwood, the shipowner, is the prosecutor. The affairs of Spain are in a deplorable state An iusurrection at Madrid is imminent. February Southampton Mail has arrived. Mr Fawcett's Abolition of Tests at the Dublin University Bill has passed the second reading. Sir' James and Lady Fergusson left by Brindisi on the 18th April, for New Zealand, via Melbourne. The prospectus of the Anglo-Australian Steam Navigation Company ior a service via the Cape is announced with a capital of a million and a quarter. Six steamers, including the Great Britain, are to be employed, and will make the trip in forty-two days. The Great Britain is taken at a valuation. The Bangalore arrived at Galle on the 17th April. A great Australian Goldmining Company is announced with a capital of. £200,000. The Dutch troops have been repulsed at the Island of Sumatra. Tallow, 44s to 45; beef, 41s to 42; wlieat falling; copper, £98; tin, £142. Arrived : Cossack.