, 1896-05-09

HNle al ~ Il. m. to-day.
Antigua, 6tl.-Solent gene st. Kits
l2,45 p. m.
\ elecram from Lond n reports thot while
Colonel North was presiding III nitrate
compa1y's meeting y,str.iay lie tainted and
died very shortly afterwards His death was
donb: ess caused from an tack Of aropleNy,
although just previous 10 his Seizure he lad
eaten some oysters. The police authorities
have the matter under Investigation.
London. Nay 6th-Sug,r in stock on Tie
2nd inst, was t29,0 600 tons. Last year 10000
tons.
New York, May 7th-The London "Stand-
and" reports that Mr.. Cecil Rhodes has
unreservedly placed himself in the hands Of
the Secretary Of State for the Colonies.
In Mr. Labouchert's last Issue of Truth
he compares Nj. Rhodes to Jabez Balfour.
alleging as his reason that extensive stock
jobbing transactions we've arranged in con
n%ection It'll the Transvaal raid.
SIR William Harcourt, in an address at the
National Liberal Clnb, slated that the Liberal
party will most assuledly support the Gov
eminent if the latter took measures to clear
Englards name from any completely IN the
late Transvaal disgrace. He fuyther stated
in reference to the Venezuela question, that
the majority Of the public both in England
and the United States are eager for the
settlement Of the question and which no
personal pride or diplomatic o~bstinaey should
prevent.
A despatch from Pretoria reports that on
the opening Of the NoIksIaad by President
hrugrl he, in a speech, stated that malevoient
and selfish designs had greatly disturbed the
Transvaal, which nevertheless maintained it's
friendly relations with all foreign Powers.
lie further stated thnt delegates from
A.. n.. n Ca 81 l Ut...-.,.
viii shortly meet and viii discuss the subject
Of establishing closer union between tho two
countries. His speech is regarded as being
both moderate and finn and was we'll received
on all sides.
Lord Grey telegraphs from Buluwayo that
the Matabele rebellion is broken and that the
town IS now safe.
London news states that the Union Bank
has paid to Mrs. Langtry the sum If ten
thousand pounds sterling for the loss Of her
Jewels, which had been delivered by them
upon a forged order, conditionaIly upon her
promise that if the Jewels are ever recovered
she will pay the Bank the proceeds Of the
sale in excess of a certain amount.
The Copenhag n correspondent Of London
paper teIegraphs that Princess Lo, Use. the
daughter of Prince F. ,derick was ON Tuesday
married to Prince Frederick OF Schaumhorg
Lippe.
A Washington correspondent of a New
York paper reports that Notwithstanding the
p -otest made by he defence, the Supreme
Court lave peremptorily, at the Presidents
request, fixed the date of the argument upon
the appeal of the IIorsa Conviction wide Bal
lotin March GOSH for the 18th inst. It is
thought that the result Of the appeal will
settle the United States policy toward Cuba.
Berlin kilograms state that the latest
advices from Pretoria remove all aprlehen-
sions Of war bctN cen the Tran>vaal and Eng
land. The opinion of the German press is
that President kruger'S diplomacy has rem
dered England powerless TO tlespuSS upon
the independence of the Boels without oat-
raging the opinion Of the world and Justify.
ing the Powers Intervening.
A despatch from the ConstantinOple cor
respondent Of the Times" states hat the
assassination Of the Shah has thrown the
Sultan into a state Of extreme terror, and that
kilograms regarding the crime are not al
lowed to enter Turkey. All newspapers
have also been forbidden to men ton the mat
ter.
A telegram from Teheran reports that the
assassin of the Shah has confessed that the
crime was the outcome of a deliberate and
long planned conspiracy.
Dominica 7th-H. NJ. S. Crescent left at
{ u. m. today for St. Lucia.