... A GLASGOW VESSE ij X _ CYCLONE. I The steamer Marblaban, of Gla-gow, anpeana- t have had a hard battle to fiht in the ?? l the Gulf of Aden. Describing the voyage of ±,b ship, the Pangoon (,kczck says that on the it .June tihere was nothing to indicate a storm, but; six o ...

... ILATEST LODoN NEWS. I [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] LONDoic, Thursday nightb ThePrince of Wales left King's Cross Station ps by the -half-past eight o'clock train this evening ari for Aberdeen. I found a large crowd assembled pr5 to witness thedeparture of lIis lloyal Highness, nrls and as he crossed the platform, clad ill tourist Re garb and looking exceedingly well, lie was R saluted with ...

... I SUNDAY SCHOOL SOOIETY OF IRELIND. . 1aie~raosQlN l't~ pgst's, DUBeti, TnUruSDAY 1Hv,5xia._-TO-daY the dis- tribution of prizes and certificates awarded by the committee of tlhe Sunday Sohool Society of Ireland at the late exaniinatioiin of Sunday. school teachers took place in St. Andrews' Paro- diial 'Hail. St. Andrews Street. Shortly after twelve o'clock the chair was taken by ii8 Gr~ea ...

... A CHESHIRE LADY AND HER CATS. At Middlewicb, on Wednesday, Miss Selina Percival, of Wharton, a lady of independeotmeans, was charged with starving a cat.—Mr Waring, surveyor of the Winsford Local Board, said that in consequence of numerous complaints of nuisances he visited the defendant's house. He found four cats in the kitchen, all of which were very emaciated, being nothing but skin and ...

... At the Banbridge Cricket and Athletic Club sports on Wednesday, J. Moore, of the Forward Bicycle Club, Birmingham, won the two- miles bicycle handicap easily, and got second in the four-miles. He looked all over a winner in the latter event half a mile from home, at which point he allowed Piekering to pass him. Picker- ing seemed to overhaul Dutton, of Lancashire, who was leading, when Moore ...

... TO THE EDITOR. SIR,Will you periirifci-me, on behalf of the council of the Cynimrodonon Society, to express through your columns its cordial thanks to the numerous head masters and head mistresses of elementary school* who replied to the society's inquiry as to the advisability of the teaching of Welsh m elementary schools in March and April last ? Tho committee appointed by the council is ...

... Another American contemporary gives yet another version of the aristocratic slogging match in Hyde Park, it says The decadence of duelling is nowhere more marked, perhaps, than in England, where it was once so common. Nowadays--owing to the universal cultivation of mnilcle. and the boxing exhibitions patronised by peers of the realm and others whose ancestry dates away back—when one ...

... CAMP MEETINGS IN PON fYPOOL. At the last anniversary of the TJndenominational Mission, Pontymoil, Alderman R. Cory, the presi- dent, in the course of an earnest and encouraging address, threw out the suggestion that, before the summer was over, a vigorous revival should be held in Pontypool; and he recommended more par- ticularly that it should take the form of a series of open-air or camp ...

... COLLEGE DIVISION OF GLASGOW. DR CAMERON AND THE LIBERAL ASSOCIATION. A special general meeting of the College Division Liberal Association was held in the Hall, 88 New City Road, last night, to consider what should be done by the association in view of the approaching general election. Dr Brace was called to the chair. AAmong those present ?? Campbell, Messrs J. S. Dunn, John Harrison, W. ...

... NEWCASTLE SOCIFUTY OF AN TIQUALRIES. COUNTRY MEETING. The second country meeting for this season of the Society of Antiquaries was held on the 14th inst., when Rock, Embleton, Dunstanbrirgh, Dunstan Hal], and Long Hoiih. ton were visited. The programme issued by the Secretaries statcd that (Jrsster Tower, the residence of Mr John Oraster, would be visited, and permission had also been given by ...

... Dr Stokes saw the Lord-Lieutenant on Saturday, and pronounced him convaleacent His Excellency purposes starting to-day for his tour in the west of Ireland. He will proceed to Galway, and thence visit the Arran Island and coast districts which suffered most in the distress of 1881, cruisirg in E.M.S. Valorous, which was employed for the Duchess of Marlborough distributing food and seed to the ...

... THE OLD CONSTITUENCIES. Ihe coming change in the British and Irish electorates is treater than any changes wbich have formerly taken pla&e sitce 1232, from which the modern period of electiomeeriog dates. In the eighteenth century, and the early part of the nineteenth century, the constitnencies were not only ?? but their political power was nominaL During the reigns of George L. and George IL ...