... TUESDAY MORNING, Novm- 5 . News,-of importance regarding the nitimatum sent to Shere Al and the Aeer' reply to I Lord Lytton's first letter is contained in our special telegrams published to-day from Simla 0 and Calcutta. The ultimatum of the British G Dovernment was delivered on Saturday to the P Comm ardant at Ali Musjid, and a copy was at v the same time posted at the Ameer's office in P ...

... OR2PBAN HOMES OF SCOTLARD. Thsevnh annual meing of the Orphan spl~ec Homes of Scotland and 'Destitute Child' ten's be Emirrtinn Homes was held in the City Home add Halfyesterday afternoon. Dr Cameron, M.P., otis~ presided, and there were also ?? tflc Doauglas ; Rey. Drs Somervil le and W all ace; Rev, add Messrs Blair and Mills; Messrs Ales. Allan, awa Thins Biggart, Thomson, Quarrier, R. H. ...

... ARDROSIAY FARMERS' O.;IEUT. 1 Thio anmial 1o,00 D, CinCtll lri t0l.c 'rroi a 2 Zarjoerl' t: Soe o o.Lo hey~o~torday mil,-: ?? :.0 ,o ori O *s ?? jlUSpln'. anhaS ak W ~leleieU. ?? : t lw anrm~rs III tuetin ultltwas la T'b howi-5 nz.: e . - q kausuallvre;~le V UIns~reaX:eo.Lt. . -..cd I goohlei de: .f ; . 0u. There ,L 0 yt.t .it .o S I a'iu. 1..u . The ?? I* * : our tLa4: .erioz:3, ?? they ...

... . 1 -. i 3 GTRLASGOW. The nominations for the vacancies in the various fi municipal wards in the city closed yesterday. st Only four fresh names appear amongst the nomi- d do nations-viz., that of Mr James Wallace, who, T of being unopposed, is returned to fill the vacancy h ad caused in the representation of the Second ,or Ward by the retirement of Mr' William }3 Tre; Mr George Jackson and ...

... -CLOSE-- O8-ALMON- ANGLnqd AND- GROUSE SHOOTING.l ?? , .. _ \ . . . ?? I (rouP0r ORr SPOfLTiGG COOREsSONDJ.T SA1!O angling, itmay be laid, hab closed for the seasonL 'Close tiie-began on ?? I rivers on the Slat iit., and after the Soth current the waters-if the Tweed ?? u for c a period of two months. Grouse ehonizig'has ot 'I yet-legally terminated for the season, b4itWilA do so on, the 10th ...

... GREENOCFN SMnooT, Bo1n POSEcUTIOxNs.-Au nmberofde, faulting parents were before Sheriff Smith yester- day, at the instance of the School Boar4, charged IwithR neglecting to edueate their' codild -Mrf Stewart prosccuted. David James Hamilton W55 charged with neglecting to- end: -id daiighter Mary Jane, aged 6, toh-actuL Mt Stronh, who appear$ for the accused, lodged as an objection that his ...

... THROUGHI THE DARK CONTINENT. |I .a GLSGOW SCI--n. LECTURr The present session's course of Lectures, arrangted by the G lasgow Science Lectures' Aesocia tibo, wfas inauguarated last night in the City [tsll. An audience which crowdeds~tbe hal in every part assem bled fur soae time previons to the hour for the commencement of proceedings, and outside a crowd was gathered which would have ...

... SBIOU&8FIWE TWO SHOPS DESROYED IN MOTHERWELL. About-one o'clock on Sunday morning it was discovered by the police that fire had broken oat in the drapery shop at the Cross occupied by Mr Alexander. Hamilton. Constables Fraser and Wark at once raised the alarm in the vicinity, and had to break open the-door leading to the dwelling-house of Mr Spiers, the owner of the property. Fortmnately by ...

... YWEATHER CHART, NovEx3BE IL 11 -- ?? -- -I- This chart represents the western cgmnty es of Europe, from NerWay to the coast of Portugal, and embraoes Great Britain aud the Britieb. IBleS. It als, includes 'the NJortb Sea. she C' Vetratn Ocean, the BAY Of Bc;a&Y, tbe Nsitarranean. the Atlantic, with the Englihl Chantsei, ?? Chatasoe' auxtC Irish Sea. 29 3~ ~~20 ?? 85ing.HJGDu 1 - 29 5 656'\ $ ...

... :'T2ESEN'ATION OF AN ADDRESS TO .~ - , M OHN FINDIA&Y. Last night, a Ieqal mieting of the ?? ] wlhich pidnibted Mr Findbay's candidature fot the representsthoi f to Lletenth WsArd-iii the Counr- cil was held in the ihitigt Hotel, 'Batehiehall Street, for the tiip~se 6x' presenting that gentle. rean with ant address.. Th4ervwas a large ettend- ance of ladies e4 'genttlemnen, thee chair being ...

... THE FISHERIES QUESTION, U t r - OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. Two supplements to the Laondon Gazette were ietted on.Saiserday, containing the correspondence between ?? iad the American Govern- ments on the sabject -f the Halifax fisheries award and of the occurrences at.- Fortune& Bay,; Nowfountdland, - -wuieh- have e-iven 'Mle. to the recent controversy. The ' papers co4neuce. with a - despatoli from ...

... D)ESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN M200OOT . COLLEGE. I- - -w t At an early hour yesterday morning fire was tr discovered to have broken out in the central a portionaof Mlaynooth College, near the roof of the building, and-before any effort to control it fo could be made it had spread with great rapidity ac along the corridors. The whole of St Patrick's wing was quickly filled with smoke, and it was se with ...