... CORRESPOADTE2WCE. THE MARQUIS OF LORNE ON THE R1P r n ( r OFTlK CROFTERS COMMISSION. To frhd EDITOR of t,:e PALL M L.i-. GAZEU t'F SIR, --It is not surprising that the Marquis of LorIle, in hlis, rtili Saturday's Pa/i .Ia// Goz-e/fl, should dissent from the recornillenldation of tle Crofter's Commission, for mild though the reforms recottimendlcdl ujdl(`(lbte(lty are, they strike at the root ...

... TIlE CONTAGIDUS DISEASES ACTS. A deputation appointed by a meeting held at tbe Westminster I' al of clergy, Nonconformist ministers, magistrates, and other peP . ?? towns and districts under tile operation of the Contagiouls l)iselje. ?? yesterday on the l-lome Secretary at the Houise of Conmmonsel. The deputation consisted of the Bishop of South-well, Canron I Canterbury; Mr. W. Reveal, ...

... MID SURREY ELECTION. To the EDITOR Of the PALL. MALL GAZE VrE. SIR,-The Mid Division of Surrey is not far from London. It is the largest county constituency but four in the kingdom. If it were a mud fort near Khartoum or a smriall borough in Cornwall it would receive some attention from the London morning papers. Are they really aware that a huge slice of suburban London is in the thick of a ...

... THE SOCIAL WANTS OF LONDOAT. VIII.-COUNTRY HOLIDAYS FOR CHILDREN. BYTHE REV. C. L. MAAFS3. ALTHOUGH the beauties of tiny humans who wear silk dresses, and even of those who wear clean white pinafores and have apple cheeks, are being daily discovered more and more in art and letters, and Christians are beginning to realize that their Master really meant something when He talked of children's ...

... FOURTH EDITION. -. - ?? Dynamite outrages of a daring and alarming character were committed in London last night. Almost simultaneously, at sixteen minutes past nine o'clock, three terrible explosions occurred, two in St. James's-square and the other at Scotland-yard, the headquarters of the detective police. In the first case the object was to destroy or damage the Junior Carlton Club, which ...

... FOURTH EDITION. We hear that there is no prospect of any definite replies being received from the Central European Powers in relation to the Anglo-French Agree- ment before Monday next. It is believed that the German and Austrian Governments will purposely withhold their answer until the agreement has been ratified by Parliament. At present it is hoped that the Conference will assemble on ...

... CR EM A TI ON. Tfhe f0jlv1ng ~I members ('including tellers) voted yesterday for tile second idi~of D~r. Cameron's bill for thle vegdilation of cremation and other methods rij~ipasrflg of t IC (led i Ird ?? i.,a M' Wb,.t. S,X .5~.a ?? ?? S-t.I I~ ~ ~ ~ ~~K~ P I I W, . .k W\'it. I' a ia G. 1 ?? x ?? IV. ir.Ia -- S. , A.J S, i I'llCIc; Ileiebeirs aincludirn; tellersw woo votedl ?? tinst the s ...

... WVOMZEN TWHO IVORK. No. XT,-IEDICAL WOMcN. I'r is not yet twenty years since a university in the United Kingdom first opened its doors to female medical students. The application for admittancc came from one wooman, and not before four others joined her did Edinburgh University half grudgingly enrol them on its lists. The ;vomen did wsell-too well for the male students, and in some cases for ...

... -- - e. - ^ In the House of Lords Lord Carnarvon gave notice of a Vote of Censure for Tuesday next similar to that of which notice had been given in the House I Commons. Their lordships adjourned at 7.40. In the House of Commons, Lord E. Fitzmaurice told Sir H. Maxwell that, in consequence of the strong objections taken by some of the Powers to certain portions of the treaty relating to the ...

... YLST ERDAYIS ) EMONSIrRATtON. l he Ti;r 5sl s 'Yesterday London witnessed a great and imposing, M(Ic, 'rhete have been pageants of greater grandeur, and procession; of , ianc I;l ly and mole claborate ?? but the spectacle of yesterday Is li Fi.e of its kin d. It was a de asonstration miade by the people and for t:.e ancoo and it exhibited every sign of spontaneity anal enthusiasnm. (1)1 ?? ite ...

... A DAi Y ON A IIANSOi11. By AN AMATI1Xl CAIB!tl. IT was the poverty and not the will that consented it, the case of the driver who lent me his Forder, his bad e, and his ilcnce the other day to enable me to spend a dozen hours or so on the 5o9 fnd see what life wras like from the point of view (f the ten thousand cabbies who ply their calling in the huge metropolis. Sir Staftord the mild, ...

... B.lajor Kitchener's report from Korosko is serious indeed. The ,ahdi, who is said to be at the head of 35,000 men, expects to capture Dongola by Midsummer Day, and, according to Major Kitchener, ,if )ongola should fall Egypt will undoubtedly be invaded after Ramadan. If British troops go to Suakin and Berber they may reach Khartoum about the time when the Mahdi reaches Cairo. A pleasant ...