... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE TRADES COUNCIL AND THE CITY v HOSPITAL. Srin,-Is it not a little inconsistent of Mir Catto a and his Council to turn round and tell us, after siup- i porting the candidature of the convener of the Public q Health Committee for municipal honouirs andsecuring xi his return, that the doctor cannot be expected to take ic his full share of the work of his own committee Z ...

... LATEST LoNpoN Nvaws. __ [FROM OUR OWN OORRESPONDENTS,] LONDON, Thursday night. The Standard, examining the state of political parties, finds a majority of 100 on the side of the Government. The Conservatives number 313 ; the Liberal Unionists, 71. This gives a total against which are arrayed 199 I Gladstonians and 86 Irish Nationalists-285, t the Speaker completing the 670, the number of ...

... THE TRAD.ES.UNION CONGRESS. i The concluding meeting of the Trades Union Con- gress was held in Swansea otn Saturday, and, in con- sequence of a number of important questions remain- ing on the agenda to be disposed of, a large propor. tion of the delegates remained until the ' debth. ,THE LABOUR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. At the opening of Saturday's sitting, Mr Cremer, M.P., naked permission ...

... Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the tel Synod of Moray was held in the Parish he Church, Elgin. The Rev. John Fraser, Erchless, wl Inverness-sbire, the retiring moderator, preached a pr very impressive sermon, lot Rev. Mr Fraser said he had had very little work fai to do as moderator, but, before be should demit, he kn wished to propose another gentleman, one-who would co be quite able to ...

... SUITABLE FOR ALL CLASSES OF THE COMMUNITY^ convenience of his numerous Customers, SEE THE WINDOWS. JOHN A. DUNN hopes that the arrangements he has now made will suit the SEE THE WINDOWS ...

... My first it a pretty name possessed by maiden fair, And to my mind a flower brings that blooms in my parterre ; My last it has the gift of song, a voice beyond compare. My whole did flee her uncle’s’ court, in boy’s attire arrayed, And th her friend and servitor, lived in the greenwood glade, Where she her banished lover found, and a happy bride was made. CIIKIoTELLA ChELM, Answer to squared ...

... IIPERIAL PARLIAMEtNT. I HOUSE OF COMMONS-SATURDAY. The Speaker took the chair at a quarter past twelve. SUPENANNUATrONS. Mr JENNINGS gave notice for next session td call attention to the system of superannuations and move a resolution. GENERAL ERNROTH', MISSION. Dr TANNER had notice of a question in refer- ence to General Eroroth's mission to Bulgaria, but was not in his place to put it. Sir ...

... IGRERALF oEIGN NEW$ BULGARIA.' [R:zanaS T G.l .Constantinople, Wedhes ydis sitatd in official circles that the Sultan h o trot VaIproea the proposal of the Council of Minter to address a note to all the Powers on the Zulgriax question. There is no foundation fc th. report that Baron Blanc had counxlled the Sultan to send troops into Bulgaria, a in fhau case Austria would occupy Saloui4. .Th ...

... Beautiful Goods have long had the Highest Reputation in Foreign Countries, and are now put on this market for the first time. They are made from the PUREST SILK and FINEST AUSTRALIAN WOOL. ...

... THE QUESTION AS TQ HYDROPHOBIA. I~~. I (FROM THE ADE:RDEEN EVENING E XPRESS.) Tan labours of M. Pasteur have attracted the attention of the whole civilised world, and the opinions formed regarding his mode of treat- ment in hydrophobic cases are of the most diverse and contradictory character. On the one hand, the famous Frenchman has been described as the most successful of scientists, and ...

... I -_ NINE MEN KILLED. On Monday a terrible exploioon. accompa~nied pri by serious loss of life, occurred on Monday afternoon on board the Royal Mail Company's steamer Elbe, da, at Southampton. The vessel is of 3063 tons gross pe, burden, and was built by Messrs Elder & Co. at Glasgow in 1870. A few months ago she was placed, for the purpose of having her compound engines converted to the new ...

... i I (FRoos A SPECIAL CORRtESPONDENT.) e or the pobt few days the weather has been of a such a character as to enable farmers to remove the L ttooks front the field to the yard. Some of the a stooks were very much soaked-not to say sodden- e by the rain, and I fear that some of the grain will suffer in colour when threshed out. In some cases, scuriously enough where heavy rains were experi- r ...