, 1894-09-15
SPECIAL.

hOliUOly Cclft. ~ tO tt'O ~ NS 49,
Leger Stakes, run today at Do custer, result
ed as follows: Sir F.. Johnsrone's Throstle
LIST; Lord Rosebery'S Ldls 2Ad; Sir T..
Johnstone's Matchbox Bird.
New York, Sept. l3th.-Lonlon news states
that the Barring liquidation is proceeding 50
satisfactorily that it is expected there Will be
a surplus Of half a million sterling.
Further particulars Of the race for the st.
Leger Stakes report that Throstle, the winner,
started at fifty to one against, ana that tie
betting on Ladas was eleven to ten.
1t is understood among political circles
that the Irish party are still further disturbed
by the fact that Mr.. Sexton, Mp. for Kerry,
has accepted the appointment of Resident
Commissioner to the National Education
Department for ireland, vice Sir Patrick
Joseph Keenan,.
With reference to the death Of the Comto
de Paris. a private requiem mass was celebrate
ed yesterday at Stowe House, after " hich a
stately and public obsequies was held at Wey-
bridge; Archbishop Vaughan of Westminster,
assisted by Bishop Butt Of Southwark Off
ciating. Among those present at the cere-
mony were the Dukes Of Connaught and York,
the Marquis of Lorne, together with a large
number Of the French nobility.
Later the Due dOrleans received a
thousand r~oyalists at the Gr9syenor Hotel,
and in an address stated that h. acc pied
their homage, and assumed tbs duties Of his
heritage.
A tel gram from Queenstown reports the
arrival there of tho slif 'Vinl,' Captain
Freitsh, having completed an absolutely soil
tary passage from New York in 80 days.
Continental news reports tlat VI da White,
the Russian Minister Of Finance, is nov at
Abbtzia and is giving a series Of similar IN
t~erviews, as reported in news of Ilth inst. and
.-l;.l j.. d, ttrootiuur r,avlya6 ottnutio,,
A despatch from the Vienna correspondent
of the London Chronicle reports that the
Cars brain and kidneys are 9th diseased and
that he now travels upon a bed being fati8ued
upon the slightest effort. The despatch
also states that prayers for his recovery have
been twice offered.
From Paris it is announced that the Gov
eminent have sent special ENJOYS TO MadaBas-
car, and it is expected that the mission will
result in the acceptanc" of a Fretch protsc-
torate or a declaration of war.
In New York it is reported that Mr.. j. r,
Planten, the Consul General for the Mother
lands in that cir disputes the ruling of the
Treasury that salt from CURACAO is free, but
that from other Dutch West India Islands IL
is liable to duty because the Governor Of
Curacao had decreed that all inpOrtatlons
of salt into Curaqa should be free, but dutia-
BILE elsewhere in the Dutch West Indies.
New York, Sept. 14th.-London news states
that the Directors of the Bank of England,
at a meeting held yesterday, decided to re-
duce the annual dividend from five to four
per cent in consequence of the unprSce-
dentsd amount Of reserve cash in hand,
and the present cheap rate Of money,
During the meeting Mr.. Clark, a shareholder,
endeavoured to reopen the ex-cashior Mays
scandal, but was defeated.
An extensive fire occurred last night in the
Leather Market, BermondSsy, the estimated
damage being a quarter of a million pounds
sterling considerable damage was done to
the stores Of Messrs. Margetsen, Messrs.
Dixon, and the Messrs. BouchrrI
It is announced that the Scotch colliers
strike has ended, $1,000 voting for the &C
eeptance of the Cancellation boards advice to
resume work at their old rate of wages.
Advices from Cairo report thar several
Egyptians of high rank, including the
President of the Legislative Council,
have been convicted of buying SoudaneSe
slave girls the same crime is also being
imputed to the Khedive himself.
A despatch from the Rome correspondent
of the Times supports the construction that is
being placed upon Signor Crispi's speech de-
livered at Naples, notwithstanding the depre-
catory remarks emanating from both the
Vatican and the Ministerial ORGANS. The des-