... THE PAR NELL COMMISSION MR O'BWIE N IN THE WITNESS;BOX. In anticipation that Mr William O'Brien would go into the witness-box there was a very Treat pressure upon the accommodation in' the Parnell Court yesterday morning. The galleries were crowded by ladies in bright dresses, and in the area of the Court there were noticeable scientists like Sir Henry Roscoe, and politicians like Mr T. D, ...

... : A CIii xprience BURNLB.Y GAZBETT-, Fnhsay 23itL HE lot of those who toiom day to day-inhe bowels of the 5 earth is not a very agreeable one. Apart from the terrible risk of which we are so often reminded by a calamitous explosion, with all its thrilling scenes, the collier has to pursue his work at times under circumstnces of great hardship. Yr. Moes Knowles, of 109, Oxford Rod, Burnley, has ...

... a. a^flJ>vuan ILrVYv~. e Rev. a. Duncan states that he recommends St Jacobs Oil el for rheumatism and neuralgia as the most effectual cure he a] has ever known. E Mr Joe. Young, of Golden Lion Hotel, High Street, Sunder- b, land, writes:- But more remarkable yet was the casei of (I my wife, who had nearly lost the use of her arm, from os rheumatism, but thank God and St Jacobs Oil she has ...

... ABERDEEN, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1889. In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Lam- in-ton gave notice that he would ask, on the 27th inst., whether, since Her Majesty v Government had agreed to assist the maritime C defences of the Australian colonies, it would e not be desirable to revert to the old system of t sending a small number of troops to each of the colonies. The Hares Preservation Bill, ...

... - m - - C-41 - - - - . -*tEfl ABERDEEN, T ME SDAY, MAY 28 1889. In the House olf Lords yesterday, a discus- sion took place orttthe second reading of the NaLval Dnfonp.A RiYlI- T1o Ioe s A Nava Defence Bei;x In smoving the second reading, Lord Salisib'ury gave statistics proving the superiority of Athe British navy over any P probable combinaticn of foreign Powers, and in e. conclusion said ...

... LATEST LONDON NEWs. r I . M I (FROM OUR OWN. CORRESPONDENTS.1 LoxvND, Friday night. ly The debate on the second reading of the d Scotch Local Government Bills this afternoon tr was remarkable for tie inordinate length of the k speeches. Only five speeches were delivered in ynoarly as many hours Mr Hunter, who was I, first, occupied more than an hour. The speech ' of the member for North ...

... LATEST LOENDON SEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTk1 LONDON, 31onday'niglit. a Ani authoritative paragraph appeartA to-da to the effect that Ministers are not boujnd: to askI Farliameont to read the Sugar Bounxties Bill a 66cond time this session, as the Conyention is a, good for a couple of years. Tho statement p hangs upon tho announcement wyhjac I msyself tj was able to make on Friday, and ...

... THE LADIES' COLUMNi For morning dresses the combination of grte It, black is still very popular, especially in cloth stil moire, the latter both in the piece and as ribben The purely white tablecloth is now out of lgibim Light coloured borders are added for effect, but t. questionable whether this does enhance the brilliat, of the crystal and silver on the table. The shalpes of jackets and ...

... (REUuat's TELEGIRAm.) Paris, Friday.-The Dix Neuvienle $iecle to-day states that a French subject residing at Soultzmath, in Alsace, has been arrested by the German authorities on a charge of high treason, Trs2 LATE Pmornssou CaaisTixs-We understand that the funeral of the late Professor Christie will take place on Tuesday first. The obsequies will be , semi-private, the friends and ...

... CONFERMENT OF HONOURS. The Queen has been pleased to approve of the followingpromotions in and appoint-ents to the mos' honourable Order of the Bath, civil division:- To be G.O.B.-Sir William Jennert To be K.C.B.- Henry Longley. To be Companion ofthe Bath- The Hon. Eric Barrington ; Dr James Bell, of the Inland Revenne Department. Colonel W. Bell, secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of ...

... TTHE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES, I~~~_ CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. a A EDINBURGH, F riday e vening. 'fol ~ fone may judge from. the attendance a-t'the hi tocommunion in St Giles' this morning, that is a r 39service which, Ifancy, will become an annual at evet onnctd wththe meeting of 'teR 9Assembly. There were, at the smallest con- B g putation, 300 ministers and elders present, awith a fair sprinkling of ...

... THE: SEIZURE OF HERRING BARRELS ON THE WEST COAST, I I . . . I INDlIGNATION MIETINO AT STOYLNOWAT. The action of the agents of the Fishery Board in seizing sevwaral small parcels of cured herrings at a number offishing stations on the west ccasb on the ground thit the barrels in which the fish were packed were undqr the legal standard, has given rise to con. siderable icribatiou among the ...