LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 16, 19 January 1880, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

London, January 15. The. wool market is active. The arrivals for the present sales are 40,000 bales. ' Mr Smith, the Frst Lord of the Adm3|jSßll . addressing a Conservative meeting at SSHSE said that the policy of the GovernmeSHE garding Afghanistan would be to adhSßßm the treaty of Gaudamak. The Goverraßß| intended to avoid annexation, but bS9B| hold the strategical positions which hadjlilfpl taken, ih order to secure influence JjfflSN Afghanistan. HH__ Reports have reached here of reijjJHm fighting between the Turkomans and j^H§| sians, and the latter are said to have|jj|B|!| defeated and compelled to abandon TeHs||| lar, the place from which the RuaHEj expedition to the Turkoman country osssM '.'ally started. pSmm A serious railway collision took p-ac^rai day at Orniskirk, in Lancashire, seven per- . sons being killed and thirty seriously injured. J. -J Three per cent Consols 975. Adelaide wheat per _76lbs, ex warehouse^. 1 58s 6d; Australian tallow, best begßlllwl hest mutton 39s 6d. ffljflfflnfll - Tenders for the Wellington watering loan bf £130,000 were opened to-dav.THB total subscriptions amount to JSOO,OOOJHH_i tenders for £103 16s will be received 'IBM nnd those at '£lo3 15s Cd to the extentSßß| .percent. IHHH Calcutta, January %!___■! -General Bright reports that he attagmm and dispersed Mohmude's branch of the __jii J of Kohistans at Abbagahar with seriousjßlß to the enemy. The British loss was triflWH ' Berlin, January lap The German Government has complain^ to Russia in consequence of the affray w_fl|| is reported to have taken place betwißfel German and Russian officers at Kaliscb. mgg political discussion is said to have arisen OB dinner between the Germans and RussiaHf ending in a St. Pjetersburgh, Jan. 16. A duel has taken place between the editor of a newspaper and a Russian nobleman. The . former was nearly killed. The Russian Government replying to the representations of Germany, has officially denied the reported affray between Russian and German officers at Kalisch, and has also • denied the statement made regarding the massing of Russian troops on the German frontier. ' Bomb at, January 16. .It is officially announced from Cabul that the appointment of General Sir Frederick v Roberts as Military Governor of the city has been abolished, in order to give confidence to the Afghans that England desires a peaceable settlement of the affairs of the country. "j„ Wali Mahomed has been appointed adminisJ trator of the City of Cabul. .A - Pesth, January 16. Riots have been taking place here nightly lately in consequence of attacks by the populace upon the Noblemen's Clubs. In the ; various affrays several have been killed and wounded on both Bides. Caieo, January 16. Tbe Controllers have made their report on the Egyptian finance to the Khedive, who has accepted their recommendations. The J are now, arranging for the organization of a Finance Department.

Paris, Jan. 16. A new French Ministry is announced. Its - programme of the measures to be introduced during the present session comprises laws for the control of the press, and a new Education Act in place of Ferry's law. Changes will also be proposed in the Customs laws.