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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 85, 12 April 1888, Page 2

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(Received April 12 at 3-5 p.m.) London, April 11. The Powers having agreed to the suppression of the sugar bounties, the Conference now eittiag is devising a practical measure to give effect to the general agreement. Mr W. H. Smith, in reply to a quesion in the House of Commons stated that it'was not the intention of the Government to introduce an Irish Looal Government Bill this session. The Government would be prepared to submit such a Bill for the consideration of Parliament when the Irish people were ready to exhibit loyalty to the Crown and constitution. Th»re is a general decline in colonial stocks. New Zealand Pours £101 sa. Consols are unchanged. Wheat is quiet, prices very steady at laet quotations. Leather has advanced a halfpenny. Beblin, April 11. The Emperor is much troubled wLh fits of coughiug, and the swelling in the throat is ngtin increasing, The popular outburst of devotion which greeted the Emprers a', Poaen is likely to accentuate the eomewhnt a'rained relations existing between Her M»jany and Prince Bismarck Paris, April 11. Boulanger's election for Bologne was mainly due to the efforts of the Bonapartists. Constantinople, April 11. The Turkish military cordon on the Roumelian frontier has been withdrawn. It is asserted by the Turkish authorities that the step taken is a sanitary precaution.

'SVittfeh TO UNITED PEBBS ASSOCIATION) London, April 9< The Porte wishes to reopen the Egyptian lues ion, but Lord Salisbury deolines to risk & other check. The Northumberland miners who contribute to the maintenance of their Parli^nv-n ttiry representatives, have acpin held a ballot, wi h the result that it hssbf en decided to ocntinue tho payments ta Meears Bart and Fenwiek, members respectively for Morpeth and Wauai-eek, io tho House of Commons. Mr "YY. 11. Smitb, Firsi Lord of th* Treasury, replying to Mr Hugh Wat', M.P. for Oamlsohie (Glasgow), said that <he g-H recently discovered in Wales was found on ground belonging ( o 'hn^Orown, and that steps were being tak«?n to seoare the right of working the ground, Dublin, April 9. Messrs Redmond, Grilly and Davitt, M.P.'s, attempted to bold meetings in different parts of the country to prove the vitality of the National League., No fatalities are reported in connection with the recent attempts to hold meetings, but several people were severely hart by the sabres of the Cavalry. At Ennia the Hussars drove the people before them, singing " Bule Britannia." Bomb, April 9. The Italian press asserts that a maritime alliance has been entered into between England and Italy. Paris, April 9. French and German papers are suggesting reprisals in the event of the tax on bottled wines being agreed to. Washingtoh, April 9. The Honae of Bepresentativea has been sitting since Wednesday last debating the Tariff Bill. It has been proposed to refund proportionate sums to th« various States, or to make a general reduotion in taxation in order to deorease the surplus, and so obviate the necessity for a revision of the tariff.