, 1898-06-18

which had made China appreciate England.e
solIcltude for pence mud the worlds com.
ESrce and whose interests " ere identical Win
those Of England.
Colonel Hay, the United States Ambassador
in London, denies having te!egrnphed hi.
Government of the surrender of Manila or
that he authorized such q message. which
is O canArd.
Lord Lansdowne announces tll,t all the
jameson raiders, except Col. WilI,ughby and
Col. Francis khodes, have been leiuItat4I
in the army on half pay.
An OttOwa despatch reports TINT Lord
Aberdeen, IN pror"guing lhr Canadian Pnr.
Lament, bSde Canada farewell and expressed
As thanks to- the unanimous address ahound-
ing III loyalty to the Queen u Il goodwill
towards himself. The members of Parlia.
ment presented the Countess with a magniG.
cent dinner service.
The wheat spec ulation of Mr.. Joseph
Letter has collapsed with a large loss instead
Of profits.
It is announced that the German Consul
at Monte Cristi has protested agaius! tAe
fine OF 100000 on General Jimenez, and it
Is reported that u German cruiser is eu route
to that place.
The Madrid correspondent OF the london
"otandard' says that the Government have
taken steps to despatch abundant war SUP.
plies to General Bianco, and which will be
strongly conveyed.
General BIanco has telegrnphed that The
at empt of the Americans to land at Guam.
tan"mo proved Unsuccessful.
London news states that the Japanese are
discussing The desira bility Of buying the
Philippine islands if in The market, but should
they fail to purchase they would prefer
them booming British possessions.
A Liverpool telegram says that steamers
arriving from Sierra Leone lepnrt that Il thou
sand persons were killed in the recent mp
rising in that di.trict, also that 1870 inhnbi.
t"nts Of Free-towu, mos ~ traders, are known
for oorlain to have been massacrel.
New York, June 1Gth.-Advices from
Brussels announce that the Sugar Conference
has discussed measures for enforcing any
decisions, especially relating to the nom
agreeing Powers. a long discussion also
10 k place on the bearing of treaties Of coms
mercc. A committee of deIegales has been
appointed f'i arranging technical matters.
Ihe race Tor the Ascot Stakes resulte 4 ns
follows -HoIminus, LIST Pirty. End Ia-
pall", Bid.
Lo dion new announces that lord Seymour
Las been sazetted commander If the forces in
Canada vice Lieut.. General Moore.
1t Is announced that the life sentences on
the Irish dynamite S will lie regarded as
twenty years terms Of imprisonment, that is
if their prison records are clean. This will
affect the dynami eIs Wilson. reatheIstone,
Dalton, Mel etmort, and Flnnagan, who Will
probably be lele"red this year,
II is also announc 4 that Mr.. Edmund d.
Fame, British Minister at Belgrade, SerNia,
will succeed Sir Z. S. Scott as British Min
lister at Copenhagen.
In the House Of Commons Mr.. Gu xon. in
answer to Mr.. d.. II. CoghiIl MP. for Stoke
on Trent, stated that England now enjoys
the most favoured milton privileges, hence
the present was not all especially favuura-
Bile time to usk for tariff notifications
It's now announced TINT the Anglo FreI ch
African convention has been signed. France
eyacuates KInhi, Boria, Asligire. Kiamu,
BousSa, Gomba aud Ito, but retains Nikki.
England gets Bornu in exchange for a til
angular piece of territory, the buse line lun.
ming from Say to lilo on the right bank #
the Niger. France gets a similar concession
and also security for its use and navigation
for thirty yeaIs, and gives thilty years re-
ciprocity tor the West COnst colonies from
Liberia to he Niger. England accepts
tue Volta River us he best natural Gold Coast
boundary.
London papers editoriAlIy express salts.
faction miuUIpu with rauTuach that France