... THE DISTURBANCES AT ASTRAKHAN. (asni's TElElGRAMS.) St Petersburg, July 8. It is now confirmed that the cholera has reached Samara, one of the provinces which suffered most by the famine. Twelve cases and seven deaths have already occurred there. The disturbances in Astrakhan in cense- quence of the cholera epidemic continue, and are assuming a most serious character. 3.111. tary ...

... I -- I. REGULATIONS FOR GRADUATION IN ENGINEERING. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the General Council of the University of Glasgow was held yesterday in the Bute Hall of the College, Gil- morehill. The Very Rev. Principal Caird, Vice- Chancellor of the University, presided. Mr J. B. FLEMING submitted the report of the committee appointed to consider the draft ordi- c nance for degrees in ...

... so=:- THE UISTER CONVENTION. DESCRIPTIV REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS. IMPORTANCE AND ENTHUSIASM OF THE DEMONSTRATIN. >yboy OUR SPECIAL GOrIRzMSoPrDOI L) Belfast, Friday Evening. The weather was the only doubtful element in cofnlection with the demonstration of to-day, rniit has proved to be propitious. Duringthe seek the temperature has been low, and the erev atmosphere of Scotland has dulled the ...

... TERRIBLE BALLOON AlOIDENT AT CRYSTAL PALA. I AERONAUT KILLED-SEVERAL IdJURED. A tecriblr ballooning acoidene occurred at the Crystal Palace last evening, which resulted in the instantaneous death pf Captain Dale, the aeionaut, who had undertaken the ascent, and the most serious injury to his son, a youth of hanot fourteen. In addition to these, there were in the balloona ?? Shadholt and ...

... THE CROFTERS COMMISSIoz AT FAIR ISLE. An inquiry was opened at Fair Isle, yesterdas, L Sheriff Brand, into the applications bh erf r there to fix fair rents. The sitting e'a, hlj itt the Methodist Chapel, and was attended bh t-, whole of the male population of the island y-, Court was presided over by Sheriff Brand sad there were present as assessors Messrs Watsne ar., IMeiklejohn, and Mr ...

... O OFFICIAL REP8RTS ON THE RISING- (asun 'S MTZGoRAMs.) Brussels, August 20- Replying to the last note of M. Ribot, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, thle Congo State Government declares that it bas as yet received no information concerning the alleged murder of M. de Poumayrac on the Rotts River. It is pointed out', moreover, that had NI. de Poumayrac really been murdered on territoiy ...

... OPEN1ISG OF NEW BESERVOL I YeAerday Alderman David Jones, chairman of it' Wtterworks Comnmittee of Cardiff Corpora- tion op-ned a netw reservoir near to the Brecon l; ..cons for supplying the town with warter. The r1 :-vvc'r is one of three which the Corporation in ;; ou~ts-ned power to construct in Taff Favwr ?? i2 aides fhorn Cardiff. It haes been six ai:.. a e N-vars in eonstruction, and ?? ...

... SECOND EDLTION. HE.ALD O__et £l-_L. THE POLITICAL SITUATION. The Standard ?? appears settled that I Lord Rosebery ni;to be Foreign Minister, and, so far, there ?? reason to regret that the s threads of diplomacy pass from Lord Salisbuy's practised fingers. But it matters little who the incumbent of the office is, if his: discretion is fettered by colleagues whose con- x ception of the 'ideal ...

... LOEID HARTINGTON AT CRIEFF. U-NIONI1ST DEM1ONSTRATIO'N. SPEECU1 XT THE- POLITTIIO. '5 Thea Mrcsis of Harttiepten was the* ebiet 0-speaker at adeyaonatystj., f Usril ?? BPertheshiro held 1ead einh atePetsaH 0e Crieff. 'The hell, whi0h -c-cm-ndates about a, ;h thousand jeaple, was crow'~2ieer atb Ka representatilve ga'cri 6 ~,i e wery part by is s and ~ ~ie aclls bore tacv is rated with ...

... ' ?? -- t-:r,94M. 1 IAD-l GLog 6 'WEDNiE3A-AY, JANUArY 20, 1S92. The official prograummne of ?? Ior ge funeral of the late Duke of Clarence has now been published. After a very short service in the church at Saindringlham, the coda will be removed oan a gum ca, :;og to the lccal railway utatico, w7hence it -vill he conveyed by special train to lyind-r. T'ce train, which is expected to arrive ...

... COLLIEtlY ACCIDENT IN WALES. EIGHT MM KILL-ED. About eleven o'clock en Wednesday night a terrible ever-windint accident occurred at one of the nuw pits which are being suak near the Rhondda and Swansea Bay RailwayAbergwynfl, about twelve miles from Bridgend, whereby I six sinkers were instantaneously killed, and two ! others so seriously injured that thev died shortly afterwards. The pit, ...

... ,U_ ' G f l Y cC, J-Cs Y C C' RS. CAnrrss.-At t'e satu'o~ryarn3AcaW OF Ckt noes ?? at i1 ~ hj t.j i aot auw~d~d t-or t~e y~er ;. 'rd aatoU'- o Felie, l~i i n cc cnty, 4 Lic Thuxoar a ticl, aced ?? -c ijtect ...