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Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 124, 20 February 1873, Page 2

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London, February 5. The vc<wol which suuk the Norfchfleet was the steamer Murillo. Tlie on ncrs of the Northfleet are suing the owners of the steamer for £11,000 damages. Arrived : J. M. Joshua and Patriarch.

February G. Parliament was opened to-day by commission. Tlio Qitjcn's Spigeh congratulates tlio country on the friendly rotations with foreign pov.prs. It refers to the mission despatched to Zanzibar for tlio suppression of the slate trade.' The servioes rendered -by the Emperor of Germany ns arbitrator in the San Juan question are acknowledged, and the awe is to be immediately executed by the withdrawal of troops from the island. Reference is made to the Alabama Claim, and the a wird of the Genera arbitrate, im and Parliament is asked to provide for the necessary payment of the damages awarded, Mention is also made of the services of the Gcdeva Tribun il. A treaty has been executed with Belgium for the extradition of criminals, and a hope is expi^sspcl'that che finab result. of -the French commercial treaty negotiation will bo shortly announced. The whole of tho correspondence w.th Russia an tne Central Asian question aimed at nn identity of viows vegardiug the frontier line, and is promised to bo laid upon the tablo of the Hjusc Tlio revenue of the country continues prosperous, but no reduction is made for the year in consequence of the inoreased expenditure rendered necessary The commercial condition of the country continues generally satisfactory, and there is no increase in pauperism or crime. Amongst the measures promised during tho sesbion are an Irish University and Education Bills. The former will carefully regard tho. rights of conscience. A bdl for the reconst ruction of the Supreme Court of Appeal, and measures dealing wjth land transfer, law reform, local taxation, and an amendment of cqrtaiji clauses in the Education Act r,f 18/0, will aUo he introduced. When tho House of> Commons met an ad«re;js on the Speech was movud. Dipraclj and llorsmnn attacked the Government, on their foreign policy, especially the Alabama question Gladstone in a long speech defended the notion of the Government. He also promised soon to present the whole of (ho correspondence on the Central Asian question. No amendment was moved, and the nddr,ess was agreed to.' In tho House of Lords the Earl Granviflc said he hud received a sensational telegram regarding the Central Asian qucstior. It wrs unjustified, and there was no cause for alarm. The negotiations with Russia referred to details and arrangements pending since Earl Clarendon -vyas Foreign Minister After a short discussion an address in , reply to the Queen's Speech was. ap;re( d lo The ships IJhvin Fox, for Canterbury, and Edwin Baqsett, for Brisbane, luue put bank to repair damages