... TEE NAVAL EVOLUTIONS. CAYTURE OF BELFASE. rue Belfast has been captured by the cruiser i b Archer, of t'he British Fleet. The Mlayor of Belfast received a communr ication yesterday | morning from Commander Poe, of the Archer. p Baying his ship had been lying three hours off i the port, during which time the ships in the ai river and shipbuilding sheds on Queen's Island L were theoretically ...

... mollek Castle, the old historic residence of I the Pollocks of Mearns, and which suffered j H severely by the disastrous fire which visited it six years ago, his now been re-erected on the old site. At an early date, after the estate had been taken over by the much-esteemed present c proprietrix, the Ron. Mrs Fergusson-Pollok, to whose predecessor was Sir Hew Pollok, Bart., As building ...

... T-T WAL 07MT- m Y MIE WA^L'THAMSTOWH ISSTERY. 4 William Bnrber. the chemist's aseistan't who wfl arrested in connection with what is known as the Walt'hamstow Mystery, was agais brought before the Stratferd magistrates on Saturday, charged on suspicion with causing the death of Annie Mlary French, the wife of a provision ideaoe's nanager, by administering to her a certain - noxiors drug. Mr ...

... a PFA'AL ENCOUNTER WITH POACHERS. A telegram from New Ross, County Wexford, 1 yesterday stated that a desperate encounter took a place on Tuesday evening in the presence of Col. . Tighe on hie estate at Brandon Hill, County Eil. konny, about ten miles froma New Rosse, between c gamekeepers and poachers. Two men lost thelr c lives and four or five were wounded-some I severely, others slighty. ...

... U- THE AODRE88 IN MEDICINE BY OR CLIFFORD ALLBUTT. A generald meeting of the association was held in the Bate BHall At three o'clock. There was a lae attendance of members. Professor Gsirdaor pre- c sided. The foreign and colonial delegates were welcomed by the Preddent. On the modtin of Dr Thomas Bridgwater, it was agreed that the meet- ing of the assmoiation nest year should be held at Leeds ...

... :I go on for the next tbree er four yeare unieeS sorne- ?? rwere doDe. hehadoecasirn tatelvto a ...

... OPENING OF THE GROUSE I SEASON. IKM REPORTS FROM THE MOORS. -j l The Twelfth of August falling on a Sunday yvo ' this year, the opening of the grouse shooting S- ef Was delayed a day, and yesterday sport was! x9 i commenced under rather unfavourable weather in a auspices. 'The morning opened dull, and in L many parts of Scotland heavy rain prevented t sportsmen from going over the moors till ...

... TIHESVOfLNTEERS. HnGHrA2DTHM8 ASSOCIATION, Inverness yesterday. Comprn &etlatb&preVioulk two days,. ,the weather Was excellent- andthere'wao & cor-esrondting. improvement in the shooting. The defial stages for the BannckbstflShild roved very exoilinig, the last three teame to fire being A. COmpany ,Invore h a o h Itrophy twice; queen's EdinburO, and bren aho whonm were considered to hasve a ?? ...

... ANGLINGa. LOcULOyowD,-0ut from Bowardennan Rote, on Saminr day, Xr A. F. Sharp, GiM60o,, haid a ba=.ReL of tso ?? and a ncatber of loci trout, weighing lGb. The two Vae tictU weighed 3ib. and 2iTb. Loce oozni.Ni.-sibshi from Stronachiachar Hetel on , Monday, Mr Shaw, Edinburgh, caugnt 21 trout, wighiEr, Jab. LOc5u.ErVEe.r -CLACstLAY-Alr;EI3E CLt's.-T'rs club held their third and last competiti ...

... h Lord Wersyss has prepared a tabulated state- | !r ment of the comparative naval force of Great e Britain and France, the figures being taken from - the English Oltial 2Navy List of the 1st of h January, 1888, and from a French Parliamentary 'e report of about the same date to the French 's Minister of Marine. Admiral Sir ?? Spencer R Robineon, who signs the table, has made it as nnearly as ...

... EDUC ATIONAL. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND NORMAL SCHOOL.-In thea Ia-te examination held by the Endowments Com- mission the following boys attending this school secured Technical Bursaries r-Adam Stewar 4tUh, James Richardson 6th, and James Dorsie 7th. Two boys also have obtained evening class bursaries. GCARTSHEZLIT SCIENCE SoCocL.-The following are the results of tise examinations held in May last by ...

... RP-ORT 'OF THE PILOTAGE COMMiSSIOn . .; IMPORTUNT RECOMMENDATIONS. The Press Association has received an advance 3 copy of the report- by the Select Committee on.1 Pilotage. During their proceedings the committee examined witnesses fromliverpool, Now Brighton, Deal, F61kesteane, Flashing, Great Yarnmouth, Southweld, Cowes, Hnll, Sunderland, Cerk, Queenstown, Dundalk, Slattery Island, EKirush, ...