ADDITIONAL ENGLISH NEWS

Wanganui Herald, Volume V, Issue 16710, 5 February 1873, Page 2

ADDITIONAL ENGLISH NEWS

PER JAVA CABLE. LONDON. 23rd January. Fcatherston lias shipped a large quantity of salmon ova, per Oberon, for Otago. The wool sales at Liverpool show a slight advance in price. Money is easier ou the Continent. Spain is reinforcing the Cuban troops. The Buonapartists are intriguing actively in France for the restoration. An active surveillance is kept over theßuonapartist propagatiouists. The French army and French affairs aro. quiet. The new clip of wool to hand is inferior in quality. The Australian December mail was delivered on the 20th. Ferguson was to have interviewed Kimberly the next day. Supplies have reached Livingstone, who has started on an exploration to the inferior. Deficiency of 10.4,000,000 francs in the French indirect revenue. The Australian colonies are raised to an Admiral's command. Pearl, corvette of 17 guns, will be the Admiral's flagship. The Welsh colliery strike continues, and notwithstanding its magnitude, the men are firmly sustained by the Unions. Baron Schouwalaoff has been unsuccessful in his mission. The Russian Asiatic Mission has departed. Great Britain .notified officially to the St Petersburg Cabinet that any attack by '.Russian arms upon Afghanistan would be regarded as a ■ declaration of war. An uneasy feeling prevails in consequence. Best mutton tallow, 435.6 dto 445. New Zealand hemp commands full rates. Sperm oil, £95. Wheat dull. Money is abundant. The Emperor of Germany visits the Czar in April, but the visit is said to have no political significance. The German Court is iv mourning for Napoleon. The ship North Fleet, bound to Hobarfc Town Avith 412 passengers, .came into collision with a steamer in the Channel. The North Fleet went down .with 300 souls. In texas, a meat company has been launched, The capital is £150,000. The Bangalore has arrived at Galle. The churches in Paris were crowded to hear the mass for Napoleon. Discount, 4 per cent; Consols, 92-t. BERLIN. January 23. The Emperor has ordered the Courtto go iuto a week's mourning for Napoleon's death. January 20. Lord Lytton, the celebrated novelist, died at Torquay after a twenty-four hours' illness, during which he suffered from ear-ache and inflammation. He had just returned after reading proofs of a new novel he was preparing for early publication. PAULS.. January 23. Masses have been said in the various Parish churches for the repose of the soul of the late Emperor. The churches were crowded. The Committee of Thirty have resolved to only allow Thiers to speak in the Assembly in debates on bills. The attempt of the Right to censure Jules Simon, Minister of Public Instruction, was unsuccessful.

Special Unpublished ENGLISH TELEGRAMS. LONDON. 24th. January, (Via Queenscliffe). Great Britain's declaration to Russia with regard to Affghauistan, is riot likely to result in a political complication. There are .Bonapartist reactions in France. The outward Australian-steamer ran into and sank the emigrant ship North Fleet, bound for New Zealand (sic), off Dover. Three hundred supposed to be lost, LATER. Two hundred and fifty-two souls lost on board the "North Flest, including the

G'uptain. The passengers were principally 'navvies for Hobart Town. Pig Iron, £133 to £135 : copper, £90. The Prussian Press writes definitely of the situation, but the official journals observe a guarded tone.