, 1896-08-08

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lations against internal commercial burdens
and secret favours t. The rivals Of England
the proposal he agreed to
1t is announced that the Hon. II. Plan
ket's commission has reported fqvouiine the
creation Of an Ili,h departments Of a-rjrl-
ture to consist of a Minister who via I've
responsible 70 Parliament and q Council IF
forty two consultative members to pr mote
local and industry. The Daily
Chronicle. however. reports HAT the GOV
eminent favours a scheme which includes
State aid
Advicas from Pretoria report that the
Volosraal ha, enacted thu he Uitianders'
children shall learn their parerts' language
in ali public schools; hitherto the Dutch
langual e has been taught exclusively.
1t is stated that Sir w. Martin Conway has
twice crossed the unerplored regions Of
Spitzbergen. and that he reports the centre
to lie a vast Ice plateau.
A Washington correspondent Of a Nsw York
paper reports that Mr.. Walter A. Baker. the
United States Commercial Agent at Sagua la
Grande, Cuba, has been appointel UuiteI
States Consul at that place, and also Mr..
Joseph L.. H,nce as Consul at Carleuas. Jlba.
Later advices from Chicago report tht
Messrs. Moore Brothers will lose about five
million dollars, the corporations are unin.
iured, except by the loss of eight million
dollars in fictitious exchange quotations for
match stock aud three millions for biscuit
stock. Some local Banks and Brokers have
been affected. blt not seriously. There have
also been some sympathetic declines in New
York. bit it is Considered the worst has passed
and much better thm was expected.
London. Aug. 5th-Sugar in stock on the
Ist inst. was 1872, 00J tons. Last year l2YO00
toms.
New York, August 7th-The Lisbon cor.
respondent Of the London Times reports that
the Foreign ONCE has announced that portu.
gal has awarded the island of Trjnidnd to
Brazil.
All journals discussing the subject praise
Euglaud's nobility and promptness in accept
ing the award.
London news announces that Prince Iii
Hung Chang iunched ut Osborne House on
Wednesday, and that later in the day Lord
Salisbury presented him to Queen Victoria.
who received him sitting, but on his leaving
Her Majesty rose to bid him good bye. SAYING
that the Chinese Emperor's good wishes were
much reoiprocated.
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Lii
Hung Chang, afterwards went Oh board the
Royal Yacht Alberta and slowly steamed
through the largest naval fleet gathered to-
gether since the Queens Jubilee.
A BerliD correspondent of a London paper
reports that if the Powers prevent Greece
from annexing Crete it is the intention of
King George to abdicate in favor of Prince
Constantine. The correspondent adds that
the above report is based upon Royal letters
from Athens, but that the news must be accept
ed with reserve.
Advices from the East state that it is now
estimated that Il million Armenians have
either been starved to death or killed, and
that the situation was never worse than at
present,
An Ottawa despatch announces that, upon
Premier Laurier's request, the Hon. Edward
Blake has been added to the judiciary com.
mittee Of the Privy Council.
A Madrid correspondent of a London
paper telegraphS that serious riots against
the payment of taxes are taking place
throughout Valencia; also that Senior Feruan-
do Cos-Gayon, the Minister of the Interior,
has informed the Cortes that she riots have
been fomented by Cuban sympathisers.
A special despatch from Madrid reports the
departure Of a naval commission to London to
close IL contract for the construction of some
new torpedo boats to reinforce the Spanish
fleet in Cuban waters.
The DAILY Graphic" states that a number
of patriotic Spaniarls in the Argentine Re-
public, have given a Clyde firm an order to
build a cruiser of 1900 tons. costing /, 500. 900