, 1896-12-12

schedule Of the Philadelphia eleven's tom
next summer has been published. Their
first appearance. will be at Oxford on IL.
7th June, and their last match will be against
the Surrey team on Or about 29th July.
1t is annsunced that Mr.. w. E. Gladstoro
is suffering from shortneSs of breath; and II 10
considered his case is alarming, but NAV not
prov fatal. He has beun ordered to Cannes
. Dispatches from Madrid report that tba
press mments on the Cuban portion Of tbas
Presidents message are adverse, and generale
ly bitterly attribute it TO England's concession
regarding the Venezuela boundary question
The m by the German and French
press are more or less favourable.
A special despatch from Havana reports
that General Antonio Maceo and francisco
the son of General Gomez, succeeded ia cross.
ing the Trocha with "a body of men, and that
both were subsequently Killed in a battI.
with Major Ciyjeda. near Ponta Bravo. The
Spanish t.ooeS are said to hold the corps8s Of
the two patriots with their Identifying psr.
sonal articles.
In New York the CubsnS dish elieve tba
above story alleging it to be II Spanish renort
circulated to offset Tie President S message
1t 10 announced thai Consul General L.a
has hurriedly star ed for Havana after Am
interview with resident Cleveland, WIN. # !.
believed, las received certain news not pene.
rally known.
Plymouth, Dec. 1Ofh-Ths r. NJ. S"Med.
way from the West Indies arrived here at.
2P.A.
New York, DecAr. 18th. -London nAwe
states that MIR. Baymd, the United States
Ambassador, has acY ted al invitation to
attend the Lord Mayors banquet on the 2nd
March next.
The football contest between the Universj.
ties. of Oxford and Cambridge, played at Ken
sington, resulted in lie defeat of the latter
by 8 to s.
1t is announced that the Foreign Office states
that the report thrt France, Russia, and Eng
land had agreed to compel the carrying out Of
the Turkish rcform~ 10y their JOINT fleets wide
: Yesterdays bulletin IS merely one Of a series
!, of untruths; but that the circulation of sucb
reports is useful i'll its effect upon Turkey.
Paris news reports that 600 celebritiss
attended a banquet given in honour of Ma.
dame Sarah BSInhaldt, who, after a banquet.
was. SEATED upon a throne draped with flowers,
and listened to complimentary poems by
NesSleufs Coppee, TheurIet, and Mendes.
1t is understood that MN. Sardou, Halevy.
and Coppse have requested President FauIe
to decorate Madame BernhardU with the legion
.'.d'honneur; and it is believed The rule against
actresses being recipients will be waived.
The ship "Brenda", from Demerara, has
gone ashore, at LohgDoach, near New York.
1t is hoped that she Will float when her CARGO
has been lightened.
Caracas advices'report that the press and
the people of Venezuela are adverse to
the boundary treaty in cons equence of
there being no Venezuelan arbitrators: the
Cabinet, however. &C .epted the treaty on
Wednesday, and 1t is believed Congress will
ratify.
The Washington correspondent of a New
York paper r"por's that during a meeting Of
Congress on Wednesday, three Joint resolu-
tons. ware proposed by Senators Cameron
and Call, asking the Government to r~ecogniz,
the independence OF Cuba. Senator Mills
requested the President to take foroibls DOS
session of Cuba, and hold it until the people
of that country organise a government ac-
. ceptable to them, and also 10 prepare the
+. means of support aud defence.
+" 1t is not believed that Congress can force
ATTY action different from the proposals sug-
gested by President Cleveland in his mes
: sage.
A London correspondent of a New York
paper telegraphs that Lord Salisbury has
congratulated Condo de Casa Valencia, the
Spanish Ambassador in London, regarding the
reported death of General Maceo.
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