DEATH OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7081, 28 July 1884, Page 6

DEATH OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.

Alexander, £Httce of Orange, died at the Hague on June 21. • He was heir appsrent to the throne, and 33 years of age. He passsd a "* 1 " night and peaoefnl morning before his collapse. On account of this event the King returned from Carlsbad and held a oonference with his Cabinet. The Preeident of the Oonnml'.oonvoked a. general State Counpil, ai>4 t?»e'jCahinet-dieoided to resort to the provisions.of-the. law of 3 and 4, aiid' will convene tne Chambers forming the States4?eAer4l in * plenary Congress of 78 Senators: instead of 39, and 172 Deputies instead of 86. The Congress will proclaim the Prinoess Wilbelmina successor, under the Council, to the Regency, with Queen Emma as Regent and Preeident of Council. The Chanoefior of the Cabinet has determined to refuse to share the tutelage with any German branch of the royal family. during the illness of the Prinoe, caused tbe German representatives at the various European Courts to declare that any attempt to make tbe succession to the Regency in Holland a European question would find immediate opposition bom Germany. This declaration is taken to mean that Germany alone has a right to meddle in the a&isirs of Hollsnd. The King is ill; his deatb is near: and on his deoease the Duke of Nassau, failing to obtain the throne of Holland, will claim it as a ruler of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.