ENGLISH CABLEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 106, 5 May 1874, Page 2

ENGLISH CABLEGRAMS.

London, April 27. Uic Suez Canal difficulty is settled by the submission of Huron Lessep'*. Jt is pr.bable that the Powers will recou.ider the dues. A u-roian Tribunal bai sentenced the Bishop ot Var.ey to two year.' imprisonment lor a hostile pastoral. 'Ihe Ru'.httig is closed, lha Emperor's speech was strongly paiiflc. April 21. A motion by Dr Kentaly for a new trial of the 1 ieh donie claimant was refused. In thu House of Lords, tne Archbishop of Canterbury introduiel a bill for enabling the Episcopalian aut lorities cheaply and expeditiously to restrain clergymen irom introducing irregular practices connected with the church services. Ihe Jtarl of Carnarvon in producing the instructions given to the Special Couimi.siouersac b)ji Biiid that the Governmnt had receive- no «.ll__iil iufortuation regarding the cession ol the islands, ana ie was not w.thin ihe competency of the Commissioners to accent su..h cession without the sanction oi the linperial Government, but until the report was received it would be premature to express an opinion on the aut j set. _ ew Yoke, April 2 1 . Ihe agricultuial department has reported that the American wheat crop is unusually promisiijg, «ni the area under crop had in ..eased eight per cent. .. April 22. Thirs has b.en a disastrous inundation of Louisiana through the over flowing ot the Midsutippi, -t.str.ying the plantations around the city. London, April 22. _he coal and iron matters in v\ ales have given tl.eir men notice preparatory to a reduction of wages. April 22. Ti.e agricultural lock-out is spreading. A n;eetiug t; sympathise wiih the laborers was hell m Exeter Hall. TLe question ol the canal dues has reached the cri.is. The toi:s are _ct led by an international commission to .oi_a_e_ce onthe 29th April, tut the Canal Com'puny notified to thu Admiralty and Board of lrade yesterday, that vessels including Government ships, cannot pass through unlOßs they pay the old rates. London, April 25. Mr Fawcett, and Mr Holmes, have been elected for Hackney, the former election having teen declared void. The harvest prospects are favorable. Money is steady. r lhe tailure of Messrs Whitwotth of Halifax is notified; liabili'ies amoanting to .£200,000 it lias led to the suspension of three Yorkshire word staplers. John Baynca, Indian men hart, of Manchester has failed, liabilities £2.0,01:0. Ihe Somersetshire sailed on the 23rd April, but grounded, in Plymouth harbor. The extent of damage is not yet known. New Zealaad hemp, ordinary, sold at £18 to £19 per ton. N_.w Yobk, April 24. President Grant has refused to sanction the bill for inflating the currency;