, 1894-05-19

MlSHoA, aPIOpos OF the tlOusandth pelIor-
nance of the play, has been presented with
the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor.
Dispatches from Rome report that at yes
terday's meeting Of the Chamber Of Deputies
a motion proposing the reduction of the army
stimates was rejected by a vote of l49
to ll3. 1t is now thought that the Bud
get will pass
At yesterdays meeting of the information
al Congress of Miners the German delegates
were annoyed 1T the rem lrks made bv Mr..
Packard, one of the English delegates, prais-
ing NJ. Lamendin's address Of welcome at this
expense Of Herr Singers address, because the
former spoke as a lab0urer and the latter as
a member of the Reichstag. At the meeting
there were present Al German delegates, 80
English, 4 French, 3 Belgian and , Austrians,
representing over a million miners.
kilograms from Boston report a serious
fire in that city starting at the Baseball
Grounds, destroying 1T buildings, the homes
of 500 families, covering twenty acres. The
loss is estimated at one million dollars.
The coal strike in New York seriously
affects the supply Of fuel to the West Indian
fruit traders.
london, May l7th.-Tho Colonial Insti-
tute and other Colonial bodies are protesting
against the Budget provision for Imperial
death duties on Colonial property, which is
already subject to Colonial duties.
New York, May 18th. London new
states that Mr.. Lloyd George, M. P. for Car
narvon, addressing a meeting Of his c%onstitu-
ents at Bangor, said that the Welsh Church
Bill was q miserable measure and being
relegated to the tenth place On the Govern
ment programme, also that intrinsically it
was unacceptable. He further stated that
the Welsh should initiate the Irish aud Uy their
united opposition compel the recognition by
the Government Of their demands. Several
other Welsh M.Ps. spoke strongly and in IL
similar manner.
Three Thousand London cab drivers have
struck, demanding from the cab owners that
their maximum charges should be limited to
fifteen s~hilIings per diem instead Of as at
present nineteen shiIlings.
The Manchester Navigation Company an
nounce that as soon as the Ship Canal is
opened for general traffic they Will operate
with twelve regular steamships trading with
India and the United States direct.
1t is reported that Lord Dunraven's original
yacht "Valkyrie," but lately the property Of
Commodore Flori0, has foundered off tho
African coast with the loss Of all hands.
A despatch from the Paris correspondent of
the Daily News has been published correcting
the statement made by the Times correspon-
del-t published in Bulletin Of fourteenth in
slant. The despatch states that M. Eiffel
will pay to the Panama Canal Liquidator the
sum Of two hundred thousand pounds ster-
ling or subscribe four hundred thousand
pounds sterling in new shares in either case,
however, he will exchange what Panama Bills
he owns for Lottery Bonds.
The Paris correspondent of the Times re-
ports, in reference to the criminal Indictment
beng filed against the early directors of the
Suez Canal, reported in yesterdays Bulletin,
that NJ. Ferdinand de Lesseps is not included.
Advices from Madrid report that Sefor
CASTILLO, addressing the Cortos yesterday,
stated that if England should seize Tangiers
in order to control Gibraltar the most disas-
trous naval war ever known will be the re-
suit.
A despatch from the Lisbon correspondent
of the Times reports that Portugal has re-
quested England to mediate on that country's
behalf with Brazil.
London, May l7th.-Sugar in stock on the
18th instant was $4,000 tons. Last year
SO, 900 tons.
New York, May 18th-Telegrams from
London announce that the Archbishops of
England, together with Thirty one Bishops,
have signed a protest against the Welsh
Church Bill.
Mr.. Grifiths, who had undertaken a trip
rOund the world has arrival in london hav-