... ?? 4 - FnROM THE BOARD SCHOOL TO BEGGING. b is much to be regretted that some system of reaehing boys to work is not associated with our Board schools. As it is many are growing up with a 5mattering of knowledge that awakens a desire to do anything rather than labour. The latest illus- tration of this evil comes not from the East- end, but Westminster, where James Frost, aged 13 and Charles ...

... di SHFA'S TON. The Shah, accompanied by his suite, drove to the Liverpool landing-stage on Monday. and went for a trip on the river on the Cunard tender Skirmisber. He landed at the Alexandra Dock, and inspected the Cunard liner Umbria, afterwards retu ning to the Town Hall, where an address was presented on behalf of the corporation. A luncheon follolodel, and the Shah afterwards left for ...

... . MEETING OF THE JOCKEY . CLUBI. RESIGNATION OF SIR GEORGE CHETWYND. - PURIFICATION OF THE TURF. An important meeting of the Jockey Club was hold yesterday morning, at the town residence of the Duke of Richmond, 49, Belgrave-square. Amongst those present were:-Mr. James Lowther, Mr. Chaplin, Lord March, the Duke of Westminster, Sir John Astley, Lord Colville of Culross, Colonel Forester, Lord ...

... B3RTRIS3 WRECKS. I. . I The number and tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of June, and the f~nber of lives lost, are as follows:- Description Number Tonnage Lives Lost Sailing ?? . 3( .. 3,2S4 52 Steam .. . 11 7,077 47 Total . 47 10,361 ?? 99 The above table is a record of reports received in the month, and not of ...

... fN I0OTAL GRANTS. Mr. Labouchere, MP., as president of the Olney and District (Buckinghamshire) Liberal and Radical Association, delivered his inaugural address ar Olney the other evening. In the course of his speech Mr. Labouohere said the Government had just now a pro- posal to give grants of money to the oldest son and the eldest daughter of the Prince of Wales. (A voice: Let them work ...

... THE HENR Y GEORGE OF GERMANY. AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. MICHAEL FLtRSCHEIM. THE international congress on the land question recently held in Paris was organized by Mr. Michael Fliirscheim-the Henry George of Germany. Mr. Fliirscheim was a manufacturer, but recently turned his business into a company, and now devotes his life entirely to the advocacy of land nationalization. He edits the organ of ...

... BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. THURSDAY EVENING'S SPITING. The hall seemed to be more crowded than ever at the opening of proceedin!s on Thursday evening, and so great was the interest displayed that few left it before eleven o'clock, the sitting being prolonged till a quarterof an hour before midnight, Citizen Brrtaud was elected as French President, one of the Portu- guese delegates being ...

... - - ?? I I I ! ?? TImE ROYAL GRANTS.-Notwithstanding the objections urged by some advanced Radicals on Tuesday evening, it is generally admitted that the Select Committee appointed to consider the subject of the Royal Grants fairly represents all sections of the House of Commons. That the Committee will arrive at a unanimous decision is too much to be expected ; but there is at any rate no ...

... THfE SHAH IN ENGLAND , te ()Sc of our chronicle of the Shah's movements last q 1.iin monarch has had an exceedingly busy time. Ile 14 Sr sli.' wzh work which would weary any men except Kiogs a pc~;nui at all public functions and private receptions he is l y ! n in m~l terested. His physical strength, his power of receptivity of mind, are exceptional ; and it is a ,; tai a guest so willing to ...

... ?? ?? S 7-- 11~- ~ f THE LORD MlAYOR entertained at dillner on TtU-1 A thte prelates of the Church of England and other eatue-t intuo Iii setea Nonconformist ministers, among them the I-Ve I)D. X.ll, tle Rev. Dr. Parker, and the President of the ?? t [ aI01S. Tlhe Archbishop of Canterbury, responding to the tolt tf thle health I the principal guests, said that he ?? very g ?? present the ...

... PI0 UR ITN IE'DTI0A PERSI CO AND T I- E P O P E. A STARTLING DISCLOSURE. THE INTRIGUES OF THE VATICAN. CAN THESE THINGS BE TRUE? The Papacy: a Revelation and a Prophecy, is the title of the first article in the Lz;rm;5evzY)u),y IR'.7a'ec', the contents of which are likely to make not small sensation throughout the: Catholic world, The article, which is unsigned, betrays throughout an> ...

... FOURTH qNDITION. THE POSITFON OF AFFAIRS IN TIM SOUDAN. WHY REINFORCEMENTS ARE BEING SENT. From Cairo to-day comes the following Reuter's ?? Sirdar General Sir F. W. Grenfell, has arrived at AssDuan, where he was greeted by the Ababdeh and other sheikhs, who expressed loyalty and devotion to the Government. The Egyptian troops have occupied Bimban. Colonel Wode- house continues to harass Wad ...