... n At a meeting held at the Museum of Practical t. Geology, 28, Jermyn-street, London, Mr. le Geoffrey Drage read a paper before the Royal of §tatistia, Socet on thesubr of Alien to migrat aid that a had pointed m anUG esewhere that we ar making our wvay in ill England to a new dividing line in politics, via., ssthat between Socialism and Ind&mndualismn, be- he cou transtiofi the combatants A ...

... I ir ofl> Gz hat A CHART OF COMPENSATION. rule The competsation problem, writes the Bishop of sap, Cheater, is ripe and urgent for solution. It blocks, just bea long blocked, and. unless fairly faced, must )US5 continue to block the way alike of prohibi- i Is tion and of every plan of licensing reform. th ?? Its solution should, therefore, be the prompt to! ther and united endeavour of al who ...

... I. I F CENTENARY CELEBRATION. A BRILLIANT GATHERING. oc TELEGRAM FROM THE POPE co Eb di l a .to ; CARDINAL VAUGHAN AND THE an RELIGIOUS ORDERS. iD aL Old Stonyhurat, to give it the affectionate al name that rings in a stirring line of the popular hi song of its alumni, held high festival within and VT without its classic walls yesterday, when there 10 was celebrated with every mark *of ...

... DEFENCE OF THE HOUSE OF r LORDS. SEVERE ATTACK ON THE z LIBERAL PARTY. I UNANIMITY OF THE UNfONISTS. Mr. Balfour visited Nottingham last evening for t the purpose of delivering a political address at a I mass meeting of Unionists held in the Albert t Hall. Mr. H. Smith Wright. MAL. for the southern division of the borough, occupied the s chair.e Mr. Balfour, who was received with loud and 5 ...

... ASONTIC BEN-EVOLENCE IN 1896. The total sum realised b-; the lthrs priterlcp MIasonic charitable insit:utions o' Et .I during the year which closed en ?? amounted to between £6O.00 and E 6 03.0,f three institutions are the oval Tasini ., ion for Girls. the Royal 31aso-ie In-n Boys, and the Royal MIasonic Be: voN I tution for Aged Freemasons ard %se- ?? o P masons. The Girls' School ?? ov'. 5,. ...

... LIVERPOOL CONFERENCE OF| . -SCHOOL MANAGERS. l -.ji A-A4NtNUAL MEETING a The annual meeting of the Liverpool Confer- ence of School Managers was held yesterday in the Town Hall, when the Lord Mayor presided ,over a large atendance, including the Rev. J. (Bioell Gochajna. and M~r. W~illiam Oultos f The report forte year 1? referred at the t outset to the Ba which the committee, in common r with ...

... THE NEW CANADIJN MAIL SERVICE. THE BEAVER LINE. list, >our Now that the Beaver Line have, under day the energetic management of Messrs. D. and I [u C. MacIver2 become the carriers of the mails was between this country and the Dominion, it may be interesting to briefly review the his- tons tory of the concern, which, by the bye, in the two old days was styled the Canada Shipping tral Company. ...

... - The North Sea continually encroaches upon the beaches and cliffs of both its east and west shores. Nearly the entire coast of all the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, in England, is melting away before the waves in greater or less rapidity. The f sea slowly, but surely, removes the bluffs, which slip and slide, carrying with them villages and towns that, in the olden time, were among the ...

... THE LATE LADY LAIU0M.1 _ ?? VOTES OF CONDOLENDE. Anl the members of the family of the ?arl of Latbom and the late Countess are now at Ysthom House, except the son who is in India, thHon. Villiers Bootle-Wilbrabam. Lady Cecil, tl one married daughter, arrived from Hatield Retory last evening. Many wreaths have alreadybeenr received for the funeral in Lathom Park atoon C to-morrow (Saturday). a ...

... ?? I SkLUS P'OItLI LBM SUtTEMA. 1RIDAY, NOVEMBER 26. --o- ?? ?? MO1RNING'S NEWS IN I BRIEF. Lcnd Justice Coins and Lord Justice t Vaudhan Wilianms will proceed to Windsor : tz>z.cto-day in order to be swvo in as e-. olr-, of the Prinv Council, on ther a, -s tnaiu;ineats as Lords Justices. P ia regard to a report that Sir Philip Currie. n Iri.-sh A .mbassador at Constantinople, wouldI rt ire ...

... FOREIGN INTELL[GENCE. FRANCE. Tile following diplomatic appointments have just been made by the Preshlelit of the Rt public :-M. de Alarescal- la« rehi, formerly First Secret iry of Eulbissy in London, to be v Eavoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Portugal M. Forth Rouen, ex-Charg6 ?? is in Cuehm, to be Wliister at Athens; and Al. Dessmeloiezs, 31 Caef 1du Cabinet of ...

... DISTRICT INTELLIGEN(1i. [le SiT. lllLlEN'S. lcd POLICE CouRT.-On Friday last, before D. lBronlilow, vas E~sq., Edward Scott wits chiarged with stealing a Jisos jar l g- andibou 2 lbs. weight of ginger lozenges, tile r'.l rty of il MisHunt. As tllc lozenges and jar could us'. sworn Hei to thle prisoner scals acquoittedt on this charge, bur .,I. ;Lt of :ed vagrancy bcing proved againist litu, ...