, 1884-06-07

GENE mas consented 10 e ana sup.
port Prince Victor as the successor to her
son, the late Prince Imperial.
This years race for the Derby is the first
Instance of its having resulted in a dead
heat.
The Partisan papers are commenting on
the respect Shewn to the Count de Paris
BY Mr.. Norton, the American Minister,
and are maSnifYing it into a recognition of
the Counts claims to the throne.
A Berlin telegram states that the Ger
man Press, referring tc the opposition of
f'red by the Cape Government to the set.
element If Germans in the Angra Ppquena
district, violently d%enOunce England for
ignoring their claims.
Pointc-a-pitrp, 29th.-A fire broke out at
3 p. m. yesterday on board the S. S. owl @
dc Valence", which was taking in a cargo
Of sugar from the USire parbouSSier. The
fire was not extinguished until 9 "a. M.
to-day, destroying S2O,n 900 bags of sugar,
estimated value about 100000 tcS. Little
damage done to vessel.
New York, May 3Oth.-Lord Derby, the
Secretary OF State for the Colonies, reply.
ing in the House Of Lords to Earl Carnar-
Won, stared that an international confer.
ence on the question of Sugar bOunties
was not possible nor could a system of
restrictive duties be established, but fer
MAjeStYS Government were urgently ell.
draVoring to obtain the most favored
nation treatment for the Colonies with
America. Amy reciprocal arrangement,
however, with the United States, would
be approved only if all. other means of
arriving at a satisfactory solution Of the
question should fail, and provided also that
the said arrangements would not be detri.
mental to England.
The death is announced of Sir Bartle
Frrrr, who was British High Commission
or in South Africa in connection with the
Zulu difficulty.
The "iall Mall Gazette" discussing the
Egyptian question, demands the reSigna-
ton of Earl Granville, Minister for
Foreign Affairs, for having invited the
Turkish Government to send troops to the
Soudan.
In the French Chamber of Deputies,
NJ. Ferry refused to disclose the condition
Of the negotiations in progress with Eng
land.
A Paris despatch states that the stock
holders Of the Suez Canal Company have
accepted all the proposals brought forward
by the Directors.
Great preparations are being made
throughout Frame to celebrate the cen
trnary Of the Revolution Of 1889.
Ii is reported that the new Mahdi claims
to be possessed Of miraculous powers,
amongst which is the capabiIity of becom-
ing invisible.
Dominica, May 30th.-At midnight last
night a Slight shock of earthquake was
cXpelicnced here.
A London despatch announces that
several dynamite explosions occurred in
that city yesterday, i~njuring the Junior
Carlton Club, the Army and Navy Club
and Scotland Yard. Several Of the ex-
ploded packages have been found. There
were Il number Of persons wounded.
A protest has been entered against
Major Braces st. Galicn as being unquali-
fled for the Derby owing to insuticIency
in the publication Of his pedigree.
The-ra race for the Oaks stakes, which
was rue yesterday, was won by Lord
Aiingtou'>, 10 nicely Lord Falnputh's,
"BQ>Yb0ty, = the Viuuer OF 0ap thousand
g%uinrlS sta lr>. MI. Z. ptck> "Superba"
took The Ind place, the 3Il be ne secured
by Sir J. WiIuugloy'S "Qaeen AleIaide.0
NJ. RuchrforT, tie editor of the ''Intran-
s'gran" in an article conn'nfiag on the
!ecpnt failure of MeSSrS. Ward Grant Sc
Co, and the general sympathy which has
been expressed for General Grant, makes
a fierce attack upon him, recalling his SYM.
pathy with Germany during the Franco
PiuSSian war.
New York. June 2nd.-L0ndOn adviceS