LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1048, 21 February 1873, Page 2

LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

VIA CABLE, [Anglo Australian Press Telegraph Agency] LONDON DATES TO THE 4th FEBRUARY. LONDON. Jan. 27. The ' Times' announced that a statement is current in Berlin that the Attruk Valley and a portion of Khorrassan, was merely ceded to Russia by a firman of the Shah. The latest proposals of Russia aim at the establishment of neutral ground between the British territory of the East and the Russian. A letter in the Times authoritatively denies the joint guardianship over the Prince Imperial, and re-affirms the existence of two Bonapartist factions. Prince Napoleon awaits the course cf events. Jan. 29. Anthony Musgrave succeeds Ferguson as Governor of South Australia. The ' Coburg Gazette' denies the rumor of the intended marriage of Prince Alfred with a Hanovarian Princess. The fortnightly public sales of meat was satisfactory. The German demand for gold is renewed. Australian bullion is being sent to Spain. Wool, firm ; tin lower. Jan. 30. Discount, per cent. Arrived—Duke of Sutherland, from Sydney. The Clara, for Sydney, returned to Plymouth, leaky. Feb. 1. The Agent for Queensland has invited tenders for a monthly mail service via Torres Straits. The American Funding Loan of three thousand million dollars is announced at 204. Stock Market dull. Tallow steady; mutton, 41s to 455; beef, 38s to 41s; cocoauut oil, £32; tin, £146; phormium, £3O to £3(3; what, inactive. New Zealand, Consolidated, 103£; New Zealand Fives, 113. Feb. 2. Wallsend coal, 435, and advancing. Feb. 4. Anthony Trollope's new works on Australia and New Zealand, are announced. Jan. 29. The Committee of Thirty has con-1

eluded their discussion in reference to Thiers speaking in the Assembly, and resolved to deal subsequently with the question in the Second Chamber. Jan. 30. M. Thiers has intimated that he cannot accept the proposals of the Committee without modification. Feb. 3. M. Thiers powerfully urged upon the Committee of Thirty to modify the resolutions restricting bis veto ana presence in the Assembly. ST. PETERSBTJRGH. Jan. 30. The public is excited by accounts of atrocities committed upon Russian prisoners in Khiva. Demands are made for exemplary punishment, and vigorous preparations of a force numbering probably 50,000. Princes and others of high rank are volunteering. The ' Journal St. Petersburgh' states that the Persian question is unconnected with present negotiations. England is as little justified in counteracting Russia in Central Asia as Russia would be England in India. Russia will respect the integrity of Persia, and establish a complete understanding on the necessity of a line of demarcation. The St. Petersburgh ' Gazette' states the conditions which Russia will eventually impose on Khiva will depend upon the amount of resistance encountered and the sacrifices entailed. BERLIN. Feb. 2. The papers state thata Russian army, numbering 100 battalions, 36 batteries, and 20 squadrons, is considered sufficient to defy the British forces ; and further, that Russia is .waiting to take advantage of any false step of the British Government. The Berlin ' Poste' says that Shauvaloff's as to his London mission has not been endorsed in diplomatic circles. MADRID. Feb. 2. The Carlists are endeavoring to interrupt railway communication with France, and expect an attack to be made on Bilboa.