... DISTBESSIG SMO1RD Yesterday, at the City Corones Court, an _ iqest was held by Mr. Laogbm concerning the death otsilliam Harry Jervi, a clerk, of K ?? v YAA Pntiey, who shot himself at 158, Fleet-street.-G 'Te widow of theadeoesad staed thather husband, t iihea age was 41, wasa clerk in the employ of a punting and publishing company. He had ad a ds- r ptosit of IL, and of late had been very ...

... THE G SO THE (OMSSION.I OS BNDMRB AND TWELFTH DAY. A LONG kWOURMENT. god of yesterday's sitting-whioli lased an hour and a half-wa occupied by Mr. #5aestle's ?? ou book-.k- o The would be uniabatcstig to the public. ' to say that Mr. Haraswte was quite w6d ith the fineas of the National League ountsto whicb be had froe aeo=ss; and that, ,t0o s a of suuls unsmounted for in te Lad &noe books, ...

... 55Q 1OL- SZMA RDWARsON. LMETEB PROM LWfD rARTNGTOtq. The annual meeting of members of t6 e .National Asociation for tio Pe tioa of Technical Educationwas bld yesteday, at 1 , Dea ard, when Mr. W. WoDoA., M.P., took the cbsir.- r. A. Aclad, .P. red the followiag ]otter from Lord Hartinglon: ; Iiad hoped that before this time a Bill dealing with t~he subje of techical educationL n 9 ~t bavo ...

... After the lapse of sixteen years the Shah of Persia is once more enjoying the hospitality of the English people. His visit has been misin- Jerpreted in some quarters; but on this point it is only necessary to state that the cordiality Ef his reception is not so much due to his per- seonality as to his representative character. This Eastern potentate governs a country which is on the highway to ...

... THE SHAI'S TOUR. On Tuesday the Shah visited the Forth-bridge, and seemed gre~atly impressed by the size of the gigantic structure. The journey was than continued to Edinburgh, and after lunch his Majesty left for Newcastle. In the evening he arrived at Oregside. the seat ia the hills of Lord Armstron. The Bishop of Newcastle and the mayor of the city were invited. with a select company, to ...

... OCCASIONAL NOTES, Ministers have made a mistake in shrinking from any attempt to settle the question of Royal Allowances on a solid and permanent foundation. Like most cowardly'people, they have exposed themselves to far greater perils by their timidity than any that they would have had to meet if they had boldly faced the difficulty. From the loyal point of view there are not two more ...

... THE WHOLE-HEARTED HOMAGE OF A HERO-WORSHIPPER. MR. J. P. MAYALL, one of the well-known photographers of that name, paid two visits to Hawarden for the purpose of photographing Mr. Glad- stone. Of them he has been good enough to send us the following interesting account, which will be read just now with great interest. Last night crowds of enthusiastic Liberals flocked to the National Liberal ...

... YESTERDAY we published an interesting account of Cardinal Newman'1 school at Edgbaston, in which the writer mentioned that to the Cardinal the production of the Latin Play was the chief feature of the year. As this took place last night our readers will be glad to have the following report of the proceedings from one who was present:- Cardinal Newman was unfortunately not well enough to be ...

... AN UNFOR TUNA TE INFL UENCE INDEED. THE PARNELL Commission is not closed yet, and yesterday the July sun was not hotter than the temperature inside the Court, when Sir JAMES HANNEN and Mr. Justice SMITH gave the man JOHN O'CONNOR a foretaste of the mood in which they will address themselves to the consideration of their Report. The President made one significant remark, which the public ...

... A CO-OPERATIVE FAILURE. A fact noted in the drift of the salmon packing business from Oregon in the Consular district of San Francisco is that out of 12 co-operative canneries, worked on the plan of having only fishermea and workmen connected with the cannery as stock owners, only two are now being worked on that plan, all the others having had to close out of business. THE FOREIGN TRADE OF ...

... FOURTH EDITIOZ. THE PARNELL *COMMISSION. DRAMATIC SCENE THIS MORNING. SIR CHARLES RUSSELL WITHDRAWS. AND ALL THE IRISH COUNSEL FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE. At the opening of the Parnell Commission this morning it was evident that something very unusual was afloat. There was thunder in the air. Early as the hour was, there cannot certainly have been such a crowd at the doors as was to be witnessed to ...

... Sir William McGregor ought to stand a good chance for the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his plucky ascent of Mount Owen Stanley in New Guinea. The natives, he reports, were friendly. He has reason to thank his stars that he did not fall in with a tribe of head-hunters. Quite recently one of a party of British sailors who went ashore in New Guinea strolled a hundred yards ...