... THE SUGA1? BOI7NTIES CONrB1?ENcE, 3IGNAT~IIE OF TEE CONVEBNlTION. AITICLES oF AGRlEEME}N!T. LoxnoN, Thursday Night. The following id the text of the Convention signed in London yesterday on the question of the Sugar Boun ties: Article 1. The high contracting patties engage to take such measures as shall constitute an absolute and complete #gurantee that noe open or disguised bounty shall be ...

... THE SEAT OF WAR 1N THIBET. The Chumbi Valley, where 15,000 Thibetens are said to be collected with the object of expelling the British troans from Sikkim, is a lofty promontory of Thibetan territory, jutting out to the south and intermediate between $ikkim and Bhaotan. The Jelapla Pass, where the high road leading from Darjeeling to Lhassa crosses the dividing range, was visited by M~r. W. T ...

... TH'13E FIRSgT HOL]3ECK PSERFECT THRIFT SOCIaETYr. iTO TB}E EDITlORS VP TVE LEEDS TaEROUIIY. GrEr'rnIsSrE;,-I reply to A Correspondent in to- ;day's issue. He stathes that as each memnber wins a prize lhe discontinues paying Inus 6d. per week per share. It is qxuiteevident that A Coirespondent has not read the jilamole publishied by the sece vtary of this society, or he ; wold ot akesuch a ...

... TR? VALUE OF PISOIUULTUBE. Writing to the !Virnes on the question of inland fisheries,, Mfr T. EB. Fritt, of Leeds, states that those who have given practical consideration to the ,subject of Mfr. Willium Burgess's recent letter will agree that the science of pisciculture is neglected to an extent which is surprising, iii viewr of the very small capital outlay needed, the ease with which ...

... THE: BOUDARY5 LAUSES OF ToE LOAL I --GOV1 T PBNME T . C } The Rapid pasage of the concluding stages eci the Local Government Bill through Parlisaent has tended teodiveit a ttention from the great changes which were made in the clauses relating to the subject of boundaries by theS aucropt- anoe on the part of the G}overnment of ameiidments moved by Mr. litansfeld in the llouse of Commaons, end ...

... THyE 1)EFEfrNOES OF THTY&E A:ND TH: I FOR'TH. A meeting of the Tyne Dcfeonce Committee was held on Monday afternoon, in tho Council Chamber, Newscastle, to eoneieter the report of the Forth Defence Coennuttee. T'he Duke of NonUsrnIncaSD ?? LOic~iec, honorelr eecretear'. presented a zeport received from the Fort tefence Commtittee, embodying the view of the committee in regard to the protection ...

... The annual pastoral address of the Weslolyan Metho- dist Conference, signed by the Rev. Joseh Bushas President~, and the R~ev. David 3. Waller, as Secretary, is m print, and by tha etd of thepresent week will be m circulation amuoni the ietsodist churches. It vim l be publ'icly read in aill the large Wesleyeii congregations during cthe first wreek in September. After a suitable greeting to the ...

... LONDON, THtmSDAY. IAit the Bsltie during the early part of the day trade wrasn quiet and dull, owing to the increased amount on offer; jbut nearer the close, 'with more rain here anrd discouraging b aceounts from the West of England, combined with an 1 inaprovuig tendency in Aericanr ma~rkets, a firmner tone e wss devleloped, and buyers oiicred fullU rates. Californiani, 2 prmt asold at 41.s. ...

... L2O1D WOLSELEY ON MIITARY GENWrS. 1Lerd Wolscley baa written for the September number of the Fe sinkfly R^evie an interesting article on iiillitsx geinin. Writing of tho influence of great rnen, eselal of great captains, on their tiune, Lord Woiseloy asks wehether tho history of the last thirty years could be written intelligibly if tbe Eigures of Cavour nnd of Bismarok werer omitted fronm its ...

... IIARSLEY TONyAL f1TE AND PU3tIJO RLEOBEATgION-GROU.S D. Thirty-one years ago a valuable plot * round in the centre of the man si tress was presented to L. inha~bitanlts of Fureley for the erection thereon of a Town- Hall, also live acres of land, pleasantly situated oan X~irkleeui Knoll, wfas presented at the same time, to be used for ever after- wnirds as a recreation-grounad. The ?? plots ...

... LOCALS2 4.X) GENERRAL. I DIsVPUT EE EIvir ' 1 Ij131s AND Hv[N- .L~ Utsiooc.-Att the weekly meeting of the Leads Board of Guardi~is, held in the Board Boom, Soufth-parade, ,yesterday 'afternoon, thet report of the committee which was appointed to inquire into the alleged pra ctioe 'of the H unslet Umon aufthorities in sending; vagrants on t'o Leeds t;instead of adisitting themo into then: own ...

... HEAVY RAINALAZ DMAGE TO CRoPs. Itain commenced to fall heavily in London about two o'clock yesterday afternoon, and continued to fell in torrents with little intermission until evening. In the northern parts of 'Warwickahire rain has fallen con- tinuously fof twventy-six hours. In Coventry serious flood- lug is feared. The storm was also severely felt in East Kent, doing great damage to the ...