... The Man About Town. The Church Congress can have nothiii, to complain of in the greeting they received as the members walked in possession from the Park- hall to St. John's Church this morn- ing. There was veiy little displa.y of bunting but there was a great conco of people, for the most part ladies. C: herbtown, in the neighbourhood •k place, was impassable, except by diversion into the ...

... HIGHWAY ROBBERY COM- MI j TED ON A DOG. Charles Reeves was found guilty at the M borough-street police-court yesterday of Ligh robbery ou a dog. Tha dog, one Ndsr. .V AB».- kriown reti 'ever who collects money for a local charity, politely begged a penny of a lady -An(i got it. Thereupon lieeves approached the collector and made overtures to the dog with a biscuit. He proposed to sell the ...

... THE LATEST PULPIT WONDER, On Sunday forenoon the Rev J chn Robertson, M'Crie-Roxburgti Church, invited his flock to a free.-and easy religious service in the church in the evening. The service would, he said, be non- canonical, so he could stand on his head if he liked. (Laughter.) Probably anticipating acro- batic feats in the pulpit, there was a mouster attendance, the church being crowded ...

... The voluntary efforts of Nonconformity became the salvation of the Established Church by inspiring its clergy with the idea that they also might make progress by appealing to voluntary effort and free-will offerings. That the Anglican Church should make provision for growing populations is only its duty as one of the spiritual agencies which aim at leading the people to all that is purest and ...

... TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. SPEECH BY ARCHDEACON GRIFFITHS. At the Park liail, Cardiff, on Monday evening, » tomperance convention was hold, when there was a fairly large attendance. Bishop Barry, D.D,, was aunounced to preside, but a telegram was received from him stating that he was unavoidably detained in London by an official engagement. His place, however, was admirably filled by tha Von. Arch ...

... NOTHING LIKK THEM ANYWHERE! —THE UMTED KINGDOM TEA COMPAM' S IKAS are of World- wide Itepuiation. First iianti direct from the Mincinjj-lane Market, t:ffecti11 a very large saving in cost. Delivered to any address, Carriage Paid, Is 3d, Is 6d, Is 9(1, and 2s a lb, Supplieti to the Members' Itefreshment-rooms of the Houses of Parliament. 7, 10, 11, and 20 lb. packed in canisters without extra ...

... iXCITING AFFRAY IN NORTH WALES. RESISTANCE TO THE EMERGENCY MEN. Out Holywell correspondent telegraphs :—Mr /.}raft, auctioneer, accompanied by emergency and a body of police under Alajor Webber, chief-constable, Jeft here At an early hour ou Monday morning or the purpose of effecting distraints for tithes in )he parish of Gwaenyscor. The party arrived at Gwaenyscor at six o'clock, but, ...

... .CORR ESPOND)ENCE. BELFAST AND HOLYWOOD RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELPAST ?W\VS-LECTEZ SiR-I ami very glad to see the discussion that is ?? on in your columns regarding the railnay fares to Holywood. I think the subscription far of I Os per month, second class, as suggested by onC of your correspondents, would meet tke objectico raised to the present charge. There is another point which I ...

... PETERBOROUGH ELECIION. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS AND) THE i MAGISTRATES. Mr. Hans Hamilton has lately been devoting his atten- tion to bridging over the gulf which to some extent divided is certain section of the Tory party from the Lberal , Unionists. Why Lord Fitzwilliamo's secretary should have been set to perform this task alter the chief organiser of the Liberal Unionists had apparently ...

... THE BENCH AND THE BABY. An Extraordinary Incident. Yesterday, at the Tutbridgc (Kent) Bench, Mr G. D. Warner, sjlicitor, made a somewhat pecu- liar application totho Bench. lie said that in June last an illegitimate child was loft by a servant girl with his client, a respectable married woman named Barton, having ch ildrou of her own. The amount for the kftp of the infant was paid up to August ...

... TO-DAY'S MEETINGS. After services at the three churches named above, the congress meetings will be held in the Park llall and the Colonial Hall. In the former, at 2.30, the Bishop of Llandaff, as president, will deliver the opening address. After- wards Air Richard Foster and the Rev C. Mackeson will read papers, and Canons Tibbutt and Medd will deliver addresses upon The Church's Mode of ...

... OUR LONDON ILETTER. . -Disutiet W South-East Europe.-An Abseut PreMnier. Vie -Time Vaceant Ciairmuaaehip.-Wbmo sv~ ill it?- A Tieu Wvedml.-A - NewN Journal for Tarmsrs-. to- l'he Bread Unienn.-Stlll Rushing Across the bu Channe1._Qeerter's Ecvenae,-At the Church anin Congrnss. -- The.state of LoNnosN Monday Night. Mr Th State of affairs in Sonth-Esst Europe T is again disquieting. Apart froin ...