... I~ ~~~~~~_ , Mr John Brigbt has addressed the following letter to an elector of North Hants, Tenby, South a Wales August 19, 1887. S Dear sir,-I am not surprised at anything the Gladstonian candidate may write or say on the sub- tI ject of coercion. He will probably not toll those who listen to him that Mr Gladstone's Government, of which I was a member, passed two Coercion Bills E in the ...

... IMPERIAL- PARLIAMENT. 7 ~~~~~~~L HOUSE OF LORDS-O kNDAY. t V The House met at a quarter past-four o'clock. BOILER REGISTRY AND INSPECTION. Lord STANLEY of PRESTON moved that the d Boiler Registry and Inspection Bill be read a second t time, and, in so doing, explained that it was intended D next year to appoint a Committee to inquire into the a whole subject, the public in the meatime having ...

... 1TITHE PROULAMA'TION OFP TiRPE I NATIONAL LEACd.T TE, I -- -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DENUNCIATORY AllMET'riN S OF IR1iSliM ENT. TIIU FERELING IN IlIPLAND. A great nmeetinlg of citizens of Dublin to protoest aainalt the Pr claliation of the Nati'nlal League will be held at tho otulnta, Ihublin, to-morrow evening, Wholl Mlessrs Dilloo, O'Brien, and Harlingtou, together Vtii revoeral English, ...

... On the Glenbervie moor on Friday Mr J. P. Nicholson (4 guns), bad 31i brace grouse and 2 hares. Very wet. Birds very plentiful, but wild. No appearances of disease. On the Glenbncket moor on Thursday, Mr Charles J. Wertheimer (5 guns) had 124 brace grouse and 6 bares. Any number of birds, but very wild. Of the above bag Mr H, S. Dring had 41i brace to his own gun. On the Glenfarquhar Hills on ...

... GENERAL FOR.EIGN NEWS. I THE FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN. GHASTLY TROPHY AT CANDAHAR, (RaUTErl's THLEGIUAM.) C Biilad Monday.-Details have now come to f hand of the fighting on the 26th ult. between a the Aineer's troops and the Ghilzais. The o action took place at Katal Dab, between Sura t and Murgba, The Ghlilzais were defeated, and a 150 taken prisoners. v (TIMES TULRGRAMf) t Calcutta, Sunday.- ...

... I lIPERIAL PARLUIMENMTI HO USE OF LORDS-MONDAY. The House met at a quarter-past four. Earl PERCY took the oath and his deas on his elevation to the Peerage as Lord Lovaine. AiMERtUAN-cHINEsE BANK. The Earl of ROSEBERY asked. whetker the Prime Minister could confirm or contradict a tele- gram in that day's Standard newspaper inrespect to the establishment of an American-Chinese Bank, with a ...

... THE GLASGOW (BRIDGETON) | ELECTION. I SIR GEORGE TREVELYAN ON MR GLADSTONE'S CONCESSIONS. The 'Secretary of the Peebles and Selkirk l Liberal Association received last night the following letter from Sir George Trevelyan, acknowledging a resolution passed by the association on Saturday: -PI I have the honour of thanking the Liberal gr Association of the unitel counties ot Peeblds and ...

... | - - I Timo1{-RIFL1 OoMPlITITrON.-The C Company 4th V.B.G.H. held their competition for the three summer cups and also money prizes at the rifle ranges on Saturday afternoon, The distances Were A 200, 500, and 600 yards, seven rounds at each ; posi. tion, kneeling at,200 yardm, and prone at the other distances. The following are the leading results:- 1 Sergeant Charles Sim, 85; 2 Sergeant ...

... I It snoms to be an undoubted fact that the Hessian fly has spread over the entire kingdom, and as a result a great deal of intorest has been evoked on the subject. In addition to the letter from Professor Fream, which appeared iin the Times, and was quoted in the *Journal, a communication of con- siderable interest on the same subject from Mr Martin J. Sutlon, FL.S., Kidmore, near Reading ...

... EOHT. a IThe ininual show of the Echt, Skene, anid Midmr Horticultural Sooiety wvas held in th alEht ig on Thursday. 1n the several classes the show was a ng strong Ia ever, but in the vegeta~ble department it nooo particular'y excelled. The exhibits of Mr G. Philip, Coof North Malins Mr Burnett, Schoolhouse ; Mfr prins Coutta Eobt; aid Mirs Blird. Echt, were much In5 admnired. The judges were ...

... THE WIHITE3CHAPEL MTRDER. led EXECUTION OF THE CONVICT LIPSKI. Es! iwl Israel Lipski, the Pelisb Jew, aonvicted of a tile murder asl cruel and cowatdly as eoild well be con- Nita coitied, underwent the penalty ifl his crime at the tirhands of Bvrry, the eormnon hangman, at eight '0o'clock on Monday, %t Newgtste. So deeply have ntl' the circumstances of tha murder absorbed the public ilY. ...

... THE HIGHLAND RIFLE MEsETING. The Highland Rifle Association meetinz was yes- terday favoured with exceptionally brilliant weattes, From a marksman's point of view the light was too dazzlinz to be satisfactory, but singularly enough the best shooting was done when the heat an I light were strongest, and the worst when the atmospheric cor- ditionsv were said to have im,.roved. After four o'clock ...