... DECISION OF THE GOVENIMENT. EtU li ~ ?? _ at The followie: letter has been received by Sir pIG James King, Lord Provost of Glastew:- for . My.I~ed Foreign Office, 2d May, 1889. Sal c 1 My.Y Td Provosti,- ,teMruso I am directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to inform you that Her Majesty's Government have given careful consideration Vf I to the proposal which was submitted to them Bn ,by ...

... IALEXANDRA PARK FIRST SUMMER ~ I At .__MEETING. re I'd SA.TURDAY, May 4. The PALACE PLATE of lilga.. two-year-alds 7et Sib, thee I T DAt Sib, four and uepwurde Uot 121b; iv inhere extra. FOiv pie:' FS furlongs. vie ?? *~ C. B. Ormerod's Father Ambrose, by Edward tb6 Con- Re ?? Louise, 2 yre, 7 I ?? estea1 3 ve Mr IL Mtinler's Athol Laee. I ted, 4st. ?? Neartli 21 111ay Mr W. 8ibarys Betgy, 6 ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMEENT., Is - I 's I ~HOUSE OF LMORDS. ea MONDAY, MnAY 6. lt .i- The LoxD-CTNsCELLOa took his seat on the 0] is Wooleack at a quarter-past four o'clock. a- NEW PEER. el a- The Earl of CABLiSLE took the oath and sub- ly scribed the rall of members on his ?? to the v ly Peerage, d ) MANCHESTER CORPORATION BILL. tl of This bill was read a third time and passed. t1 st AFRICAN NATIVE ...

... MR X D. PBOVAND, SUGAP BOUq A meeting of the Execut;ve Cca, al- seven Liberal Aueciatio5e -f G c i or GI~0 - ral; last night in the Trades hats fortie ed hearing an address on the S aga C 5ie. out by Mr A. D. Provend, 31 . for toe leand Hutchesontown D~i~si t- Dle ?? Di3or th e c;t- ad. j Mr JAMES FLESLNO pre ived a the proceedings, said that W.n ths Q4>tt; be I tion Bill had been COO.idsrd a. ...

... THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT - i -BILLS. ney MID-LATiARK LIBERAL ASSOCIATION ea ,vo- _ ILLS COMMI'TLEE REPORT.. eli em- ye to The Bills Committee of the Mid- Lanark Liberal co f Aisogation, consistinge of representatives from the c eight parishes. of the division, has met and issued ce ain a report oe the four bills of the Government. The to non general objections est forth in the report may be th on ...

... WINDSOR. MAY MEETING. Dr PROGRAMH FOR rO.DAY. l HorsAs Mirked with a asterisk () hae arrived. 1h At 2.10.-A QUAIX G HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE W. la of 40 Sovs.; four-seolds IIt! HA st101b, m andagtd 'g u 12st; wivners Eib extra. Two miles. il r C. Adamtwite's Bonnie Maid, 4 yrs .m.. . Swatton B OalOpt. Alexander's Vibration, 4 .15wf ?? SWetetO J. s Mr Bambidge' c by ?? s e, ?? 4C n Ower Mr J. LD ...

... Th yndof tF Uie resbyterian Church head was opened last evening in the Syned Hall, Castle bum IsTerrace, Edinburgh. The preliminary proceedings able .r were of the usual character, and were attended by the isa very~ larze number of persons-members of the Pi~g 0Synod and interested adherents of the LT.?. of aH Church filling' the bo dy and the ansisoftepb d great hail. Thereligious service was ...

... =D CEZCI:, 5.15 LZ, hau come to the rescu3 oi the h3rdly-pre3ead Treasury, Lord Salieberysunouneed cal Sitltrd9ts ,-eDen nigie thst a denoravioss rame ha tas rkot per. hen, niitted ga maka public had offored tlz3t it tb6 the of the l\£etropolis ha ?? at his cWD 45st bullc!ir, Govorrnent would find a sita iu a cerQ31 distz2elt tonei snitable ?? for tho cclleceic3:t of.hito owa portraib Thzt ...

... THE MERCHANT SHIPPING TONNAGE I BILL .DISPUT. g Our London correspondent, telegraphing last | night, says:- I am informed that the ir Executive Council of the Chamber of Shipping (Mr Nathaniel Dunlop, president, in the chair) r had a lengthy sitting this afternoon. As the result they resolved to send a letter to the Harbonrs, Docks, and Piers Association, offering k i certain terms as a ...

... CON-TINZNTAL BOURSES. - ?? PARIS, MONTDAY.-The Bourse WaS quiet and the attend- ance was thin orwing to the festivities in Conn etion with the opening of the Exhibition. Rentes renained unchanged for 7 money. Both the 3 pier Cents. and 4k per Cents. rosee25c. for ft the ?? Fonritrshares were strong and advanced 17f. 50e-, but Suez Canal. shares fell 25f., and Rio Tinto 20f. P Egyptian UJnified ...

... HOUSE OF, COMAMONS. r WEDNZIESAY, MAT 1. 'The SPEA~san took the Chair at twenty wiuttes past twelve o'clopk. LEASEHOLDS ENFRANTCfISEUENT the I BILL. Iont Ur HI. L. LAWSON moved the second reading this of~ the Leaseheld Enfralchisemeat Bill, the object fl Iof which was to give to urban leassees the power of comi' Ipurchasing the fee simple in their holdings on fair M Land equitable terms. In ...

... Windsor Castle, Tuesday. A:l f The Queen and her Royal Highnoes Princess Pol ?? drove ont yesterday afternoon, attendedSI -by the Dowager Lady Waelcerprk. General the Right Ron, Sir Henry and the Hon. 'JLady Pousoiaby had the honiour of dining with Her Majesty. t Colonel C. Needhainri, let Life Guards, and Colonel W. H. Mackiunon, Second Battalion Ci -Grenadlier Guarde, bad the honour of being ...