LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. London, May 10.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 164, 27 May 1873, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. London, May 10.

Collection of ta^ces in the State of Louisiana has been met with armol resistance. Governor KcTlog telegraphed to President Grant that the State wa* drifting into revolution and anarchy. Rein fo: cements of, troops hod been sent to suppress the disturbance. Mr Wait, a Conservative, has been returned for Gloucester. The .Right Hon. Sir C. Bv ldeley stated in the House of Commons that,on the- House ;*>ing int. i Committee of Supply, ho intended to call the attention of hon. members to the condition of coloninl alTairs. Admiral Topete arrived at Madrid with Generals and other , Conservative refugees — Spaniards — from Portugal, Serran, Biarritz. There have been two severe engagements on the Gold Coast, West. Africa. The Pantees, who inhabit the maritime districts in the West, were compelled to retire on Ashnntee. The Ashantees, 30,000 to 40,000 strong, advanced in line on Cape Const, and tho King of Ashantee has expressed 1 his determination to retake Elim.irn, tho capital of the Dutch settlement on the West Coast of Africa. This town, which ■ is mostly inhabited by natives, is defended' by a castle and a redoubt. Tho celebrated politicnt economist, John Stuart Mill, died yesterday. Arrivals : Tho S rathnavar, Border Chief, and Dover Castle, from Sydney. Commercial : The Conference at Paris resulted in a new sugar convention. Assessment to be made according to strength and not to colour.