SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 985, 9 July 1872, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

LONDON. June 7. A fleet of forty-four vessels has been washed ashore at Labrador. The crews perithed. The American difficulty is virtually settled, by withdrawal.,of , indirect claims. • Cremorne won the Derby. Reine won the Oaks. The Pacific Islands Protection Bill has been passed. Lord Selwyn spoke earnestly in its favor. Mr Wilson of Canterbury, took a prize in the London Art Union. The Captain of the Queen of the Thames has had his certificate suspended for a year. The International Exhibition was opened on May first. The Polynesian Aborigines has denounced kidnapping. ; Greely's prospeet for Presidency is improving. The Supplementary Treaty has been sanctioned by the United States Senate with verbal amendments. The English Ministry objected to modifications not distinctly expressing withdrawal of indirect claims, but the American Government refused further concessions. The Ballot Bill has passed the House of Lords. Earl Granville read a telegram from the American Government stating that consequents! claims had been abrogated under the Supplementary Treaty. Bismarck threatens the denaturalization of the Jesuits, The supply of New Zealand hemp is limited. OBrrr/ABT. Charles Lever and James Gordon Bennett.