LATER ENGLISH NEWS.
TI A CAB T. JE . LONDON DATES TO THE 10th MARCH. BLUFF. March IS. The Otago arrived this morning, bringing English news to to the 10th instant. LONDON. March 5. Parliament opens to-day. The professions of peace made by the King of Ashantee are purely treacherous. The enemy has offered greater resistance than was believed possible. The king is now a prisoner. Comassie has been captured and burned. March 7. Competition is well maintained in the wool market; but for faulty descriptions lower rates rule. Wheat is firmer. New Zealand flax slightly advanced. March 9. At a meeting of the late Cabinet, Gladstone declined to undertake the leadership of the Liberal party in the House of Commons. March 10. A heavy fall in the price of coal in manufacturing districts and reduction in wages has commenced. General Wolsely states that the Ashantee King has sent a thousand ounces of gold as first instalment of indemnity.
The white corps are on the way back to the coast. Messrs. Henderson have commenced running a new lino of clipper ships between London and Otago. The Atrato is placed on the berth by Shaw, Saville, and Co. The Basilisk is ordered home.
Captain Stephens of the Cyphrenes was drowned in tho channel in a gale. He was newly married, and his wife was on board. The New Zealand Government offers a free passage and expenses to Mr Arch if he visits the colony and reports on immigration capabilities.
Jean Line is to be tried for bigamy, PARIS. March 7. The sale of Chambord's portraits has been forbidden in France.
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1160, 20 March 1874, Page 4
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