... A Gdl&HG. I * E NATIONAL ANGOING CLUBS Co0PEmT IoN. -The r .teth apaual competition of the National Angling Clubs i takes placo on Lochleven today. In all 35 clubs are repre- tsentedonefewerthan Iseltyear. Theclubsure:-Manchester Angling Association, Newark Piscatorial Club. Bothuell and Bintyre &C., Bridg ?? A.C., Csla- 1 o C. Clackmannanshire F.C., Duadee A.C., Dundeei r Walton A.C., Dundee ...

... - ?? t The proceedings of the Council were resumed at their premises, Oxford Street, London, yesterday -Mr Marshall presidiDg. At the commencement of business the President announced that a consultation had taken place t ith the President of the Privy Council respecting £the question of precedence between the Royal ?? of Surgeons and the Council, with the Iresult that the Lord-President stated ...

... THE WATER OF LEITH PURIFICALTION SUHEME. , . . At the meeting of Edinburgh Town Council I i yesterday Lord Provost Boyd made a statement with reference to the bill which is being promoted i- in the House of Commons for the purification of the Water of Leith. His Lordship said they were t all aware that this bill had passed through Parlia- * ment. He thought he might congratulate the 'a Council ...

... I l ?? I S g.TtIAY, JUNE, 1, 18S9. In the House of Lords yesterday the Duke of l 4 Sutherland signed tshe roll on hi3 first appear I- A _. L , I -C1 . 1 I ance in the House. daric, the present Parlia- ment. The Glasgow Harbour Tunnel Bill was read a third time. Lord Salisbury intimated i. that the Wthituutide, recess would begia on T!esday and close on that day fortnight. The Naval Defence ...

... r i (1,rCOM orn V IAL COSPOM'.fD) Rome, May 27. The late Edmund. About, writing to Charles Yriarte many years ago, said that the time was w near at hand when, amongst the many changes 9 which would take place at Rome, the pomp of d religious ceremonies would be confined within e r the churches; no more yellow sand would be a atrewn on the etreets in memory of the goldenI sand trodden by the ...

... . OPENING OF VICTORIAN j PARLIAMENTR SPEECH BY THE ACTING-COVERNOR. (azm' TSL, nk.) Melbourne, June 4. The Victorian Parliament was opened to-day by Sir W. . F. Robinson, Acting-Governor, who Ps in his speech said the colony continued to prosper r under the influence of political tranquillity and publio confidence. Tba Federal Council had e' passed a resolution in favour of increasing the in ...

... i --I - UrrEOuOLOOTCAL OrmaEs. LONDON, Tuesday, June 4. d Tire conditions noW prevalent rnd the changes in. progressare favourable for dry weather a generally, with haze in places. Light uorth- y easterly breezes are probable in the south; light s eouthbwesterly in the north-weat and north. WEATHER FORECASTS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE S. rISUzUD AT 8.S0 p.M. ON PREVIOUS D .Dv ScoTlnAeN w.ISouith ...

... I a , Cno ASSEMBLY, 3 -kp .>nmed restirdsy foragera irs Ase orably resumned yesterday foreneso ,ii5r FretOcvcoi the moderator's chair. gI E 5,TONEAVE CAM ie sN read tbh names of the Corn- IL .s tte Stonehavob case, the list being 0;to 1d M Nyaterston, Dundee, appointed TDRASFEMNCE OF fROPSETY. CoWAN suhmitted the report of the and transference of Church P, the salea 2 the sales proposed was ...

... ARERICA. DESTRUCTIVE STORMI AWL) -LOSS OF LIFE. ThE SAMOA MD BEEHRI SEA QUESTIONS. L(zx'lxlt. TZLEGRAMIS.) . i . - Washington, May 3L The State Department absolutely declines to enter upon any full discussion ef the Samea and 1 Bebring Sea qusetiOns. In reference to the formner it, however, admits that matters have assumed such a shape as to warriant the wxpectation of a 'speedy tesrmin4ioa ef ...

... rH.E Cour.T. Windsor Castle. Wednesday. t Tbe Queen conferred the honoer of kaighthood yesterday afteranodi upons the followhis gentle- ?? Arthur Blomfield (architect) Jr t Joseph Crossland, Ur William Ciindall {Mayor of Dover), Mr Richard Charles Oldfield (Indian Civil Service), Mr Aubrey Walsh, and Professor James Roberton, LL.D. I He- Majesty entered the audience-room at a quarter past ...

... BATH AN)D WEST OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 3as This meeting opened at Exeter yesterday, under| do the presidency of Lord Clinton, the locale of the i ,ed gathering being an elevated terrace, about two it miles out ef Exeter, ia an angle joined by the Mount ?? Pleasant and Stoke Roads. The entries in the IS ert different departments showed a considerable advance on prewious years, the live ...

... IPORT' - GLASGOW HARBOUR I TRUST. MEMORANDUM ON THE AFFAIRS OF THE TRUST. A meeting of the bsndholders o the PortGis- gow Harbour Trust ham been convened, to be held in the Town Buildings, Port-Glasgow, on the 20th insL, to consider the recommendatioa of the formaer meeting of past due nortgagees-to apply to Parliament for powers to have all the bonds con- verted into stock. Accompanying the ...