, 1896-05-23

support Tie SCUM Al!lCa CoulpaHy, anu lldl
the motion to revoke its charter will be
defeated.
In the House Of Commons the Secretary
of State for the colonies, in reply to il ques-
ton regarding any precedent for a joint
committee of inquiry into the action Of DR..
Jameson etc. etc, stated shat the f0ru Of
inquiry on the subject had not yet ben
settled.
Other political news reports that eighteen
Radicals have issued a manifesto declaring
their Party's intention to commence an a4ita-
ton among the voters for the abolition Of the
House Of Lords aud the denocratizatiou of
the House of Commons.
The Standard publishes a telegram rom
Cairo reporting that the hot and heavy lJmos-
phArp is laden with cholera miaSlRa similar
to that experienced III l883-9ne death from
cholera has occurred among the troops at
Tourch.
Berlin adyices report that the Reichstag
has vored Two million marks for the purps~c
of adding 420 men to the forces IN South West
Africa.
A telegram from MaSsowah announces that
the Abyssiniaus have surrendered their pri-
souers. and thai the Italian forces are now
retiring. Abigail has been abandoned, md
it is now considered that the campaign is
ended.
A despatch from Vienna reports the death
of the eldest brother Of the Emperor Francis
Joseph. The deceased's second son, Otto, is
now heir to the throne Of Austria.
Adyices from Caracas state til 1t Venezuela
has offered to release the schooner New Day
upon a release If al damages cllimsi for her
seizure. The Captain and English Consul,
however, have refused these terms.
Another despatch from Berlin reports that
the Emperor has promulgated all order fr-
bidding anyone henceforth from including 4
copy of the Cologne Gazette among the
papers sent to the castle or to have d copy
in their possession while within It's precincts.
This is said to be in consequence Of the
recent publication of articles in that Journal
inspired by Officials Of the Foreign Office
against the Emperor's Military and Civil Cabi-
nets.
London May 31st-Sugar in stock on the
10th inst. was 1919, 900 tons. Last year $4,000
tons.
New York, May 22nd.-A Cape Town
despatch reports the departure for England
of Sir Hercules Robinson and Sir Graha u
Bower the Imperial Secretary Of Cape Colony.
Before leaving Sir Hercules Robinson tele-
graphed that nine Of the Pretoria convlcts
will be released at suce, twenty -four others
after three months. eighteen. including Mr..
Leonard one of the five members OF the
johannesburg Reform Committee wide
Bulletin 30th April can renew their requests
for clemency after five months. ald four after
one year, all. however, must pay fines. but
Punishment from the country will be RENTED
upon promise to abstain from politics. Four
of the death sentences will be committed to
fifteen years imprisonment, as a matter of
form further reductions are also lntlmated.
London political news reports that the
anti Parnellite members of the House OF
Commons have invited the Redmondites to
cooperate with them in holding an inter-
national convention to be to meet
in Dublin in September, for the purpose OF
combining all Irish factions, according to the
suggestion made by the Bishop of Toronto.
The STANDARD" reports that Mr.. Redmond
will accept the above invitation condltlonally
upon the Dillonites renounclng their alliance
with the Liberal party.
A despatch from Paris reports that during
a performance at the Opera House on
Wednesday night a counlerwelght sustaining
a chandelier fell through the ceiling into the
fourth gallery, killing one person and wound
ing several others. The accident created
quite a panic amongst the audience
Moscow dispatches state that 5 hundred
thousand strangers assembled to witness the
CO. -. e H. n,or into th at pitU UaStpF.