LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 121, 13 February 1873, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

London, January 27. Tlio Tunes announces that according to a stntemeut current in Berlin the Attruck Valley portion of Khorasau was oeded to Russia by a firman of the, Shah. The latest proposals aim only at the establishment of a neutral zone ■ between the British territory of the East and Russia. A letter in the Times authoritatively denies that a joint guardianship has been appointed ow the Prince Imperial ; but reaffirms that two Bonapartist factions exist. Prince i Napolecn the course of evwnu. I» Franco the Bonapartists are daily becoming more cemfident, and insist that a reaction m thoir favour is taking place. The Hey. Pusey, one of tlie. chief originator* of the Ritualistic party in the Church of England, is dangerously ill. Mr Anthony Musgrave, the Lieutenant-Govornor of Natal ( succeeds Sir James Ferguson us Governor of South Australia. The Cobvrg Oazelte denies the rumour of the intendod marriage of his Royal Highness Princo Alfred with a Hanoverian Princess. Tallerman's fortnightly public sales have proved satisfactory. The" German demand for gold has been renewed. Australian bullion is b inn sent to Spain. Wool is firm.

Paris January 29. The Committee of T i ty lave concluded their discussion on the proposal of the bub-cmnmittec with referonco to M. Thierj speaking in the Abs :mly. An important in*trelation is in abeyance. The Cjmmilt c rta 1 ted to deal subsequently with, the question of the establishment of a Second Chamber.

January 30, M. Thicrs Ims intimated that he cannot accept the proposals of the Committee of Thirty without modification. London, January 30. In St Pctoroburg public opinion is excited by the accounts of atrocities committed upon Russian prisonws in Khiva, imd demands are m ule for an exemplary punishment of the Khirans Great and \ igoroiw preparations are to be made, and it is said that a force numbering probably 30,000 men Mill bfr sent. Princes and other persons of high rank are volunteering for the cause. February 1.

The Agent for Queensland lias invited tenders for a monthly mail service between Singapore and Brisbane, via Torres Straits. An American Funding Loan of three thousand million dollars is announced. The stock market is dull. Railway an I telograph st >ck is bouyant Iho fcillo v market is steady. Mutton, 41s to 45s ; beef,* 38-> ; petroleum, Is 3d ; New Zealand hemp, £30 to £3G j wheat is inactive. Colonial Securities: Now Zealand Consolidated Fives, 103V : New Zealand Sixes, 113."

February 2. Berlin newspapers state that the Ku9sian army in the C.uieacus will bo transformed into a Centrar Asian army, nimbering a knndrcd bittalion?, thirty-six batteries of nrtil'ory, am? twenty nquadrons of cavalry, It is considered that this atmy .will'ibe biiflieient to defy the British forces, and it is further alleged that Russia is waiting prepared to <nko advantage of nny false step which may be made by the British Government. Wallscr.d coal is emoted at 43s.r>er ton, and still advancing.

February 2. The Cm-lists are on loavoaring to interrupt |mil way communication with Franco, and it is cvpeetecl that aa attack will be made in Bdbao, in the ( iravmce of Biscay.