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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 97, 26 April 1895, Page 3

Mail News.

(Per Arawa) Mrs Emily Crawford contributed to Truth of March 23rd the first public mention of Queen Victoria's serious conditio .. She writes that on her arrival at Nice railway station, the Queen seemed unable to raise her head. Onemighthavc thought that she did not feel her feet under her. With the assistance of servants, she tried to descend the sloping gangway from the train into the station. It is well known among those familiar with Court affairs that rheumatism of the knee has not only developed complete loss of power in both egs, but has extended to the back and arms, and that a latal issue is feared at almost any time, The Princess Beatrice, who is vow the Queen's constant companion, haa of late been present at all her interviews with Ministers, and is recognized in official circles as practically the wielder of all the Royal prerogatives. It is well understood that the Queen has, in her will, left her favourite daughter the bulk of her savings, believed to be £1,750,000, with Osborne arid Balmoral, both residences being the private property of her Royal mother. London advices of April 3rd, neveithe« less, reported the Queeu to be iv excellent health. The British ultimation to Nicaragua demands a cash indemnity of £15,00u io pay for the expulsion of Mr Hatch, a British subject, from the Mosquito lieervatiou. The will o! Mr S. M. Buirotif>bs, who died in Monte Carlo on I'ebruaiy Bth. bequeaths 20,000, dollars to Mr Henry George- the apos le ot the Single Tax. A. New York Hcra'd cable message of March 12th. says that lord Eosebery, owing to the stale of his health has determined fo place, his resignation iv the hands of the Queen and that, a dissolution of Parliament is likely to take place immediately after the Easter recessi According to a London despatch of March 10 Russian international administration is entirely in the bands of the reactionary party. The Grand Duke Vladimir aim his wife are supremo in influence over their nephew, and the Grand Duke Vladimir's views are those of his grandfather, the Great Nicholas. He believes in an Austro-German Alliance abroad and the sternest autocracy at Home. He especially disbelieves in popular education and the value of newspapers. Mr William Waldorf Aster's Pall Mall Budget has suspended publication. One story current is that the proprietor resented the Budget's somewhat common place obituary notice of Mrs Astor, while another explanation is that the paper was practically run by Mrs Astor, and that at her death Mr Astor thought that the paper should die also.