... it ITT 9. I re_ i II ~ge- iry OFFICIAL RETURNS. en __ ber The first instalment of the Scottish Volunteer rot returns for the last year, ending on the 31et ult., er just forwarded to the Yar Office, show, as had ry been expected, a general decrease. The returns of ip nine of the ten Lanarksbire infantry corps have ,as been ascertained, the only one wanting being the ;er 4th Volunteer Battalion ...

... Y, i 1 9CLOSE OF MR DAVIlTS ADDRESS. BUMMING UP FOR THE TIMES. - The Special Commission continued its sittings yesterday. Upon the judges taking their seats ! i MrDavitt resumed his address by reminding their Lordehips that when the Court adjourned on Wednesday he was making a few observations on the charge made in Parnellism and Crime, and repeated by the Attorney-General, that money was ...

... ABOARD OF TRADE RETURNS I FOR OC'OBEIE I The Board of Trade returns for October eaed the tea months ended 31st October -were issued yesterday, and they show that there has been a very large month's trade done in every direction. The declared valie of goods imported during the month amounted to £38,19.5,166, against £35,022'135 inl 1888 and £30,550,307 in 1887, being 91 per cent more that in ...

... A MERICA. BRITAIN AND THE MARITIME CONFERENCE. Lore- E !o l0IMPORTANT EVIDENCE AT THE CFROMI. nugh TRIAL. it to ever (SPECIAL TtElxa BY COmEInCOAL cABst.) Ithe New York, November 12, Night. as of r There was a very pleasant sensation produced in Oa the Marine Conference, at Washington yesterday hree when ?? Hall, the British delegate, announced con that he had received instructions from his ...

... ' PROFESSOR STORY ON CREED i SUBSCRLPTION. In opaning the Senior Class of Church History. d Dr Story referred to the change effected by last f General Assembly in the formnula-ef subscription to r. the Confession of Faith, sad proceeded to eay- a. The overture upon the subscription of office- bc bearers, which, under the terms of the Barrier Act, r bad been seat down to Presbyteries by the ...

... WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1889. Pomiticai speeches were delivered yesterday evening at Bristol by Mr.Goschen, at Ipswieh Is- AT, .A T Rlfonlr anl at Stratford. Essex. by Mr A. J. Balfour, and at Stratford, Essex, t, by Sir William Harcourt. Mr Goschen reviewed Mr Morley's recent speech at Bristol, and said c the right bo,. gentleman's impeachment of the C Government and his arguments for winning ...

... '8S0ROO BOA3RDB ; 5 ERva-At the monthly meeting of the School s Board-ex-Dean of Guild M'Kenzie presiding- ethe chairman and h'sr John Stewvart, dentist, were telected the Beard's repreventatives on the new - Board fer the administration of the Munro- a Melville endowments. The Board has instructed i r Mr Andrew leiton, architect, Perth, to prepare plans for and report on a proposed new school ...

... D3 zmADuS DoDS ON 11fTY YEARS - OF PROGRZSS flq THEOLOGY. Yeaterday, Dr Marcus Dads opened the seasion1 of the New College, Edinburgh, and thus dis. E charged the first-publioeficial duty of hit recently. acquired profeworsbip. T5e proceedings were in the Free Assembly Hall, and Principal Rainy opened with prayer a meeting which iacluded not. o: l tsnasy studoats, but a large number of clergy- ...

... OFFICIAL TEREGRAMS. Thke following official ntimation was made: yesterday by Lord Lothiau, the Secretary for 8oostiasa :- Newbattle Abbey, Dalkeith, 2 p.m. In consequence of the Medical Commission having reported that the convict Laurie is of unsound mind, the Secretary for Scotland has & felt justified in recommending that be should | be reprieved. i In Glasgow there Wm some excitement over ...

... I November 2Z. Alice, 036, GundereeL, irom Grcenock for Mataneas A coal, November 24. o forA Mozambique (new steamer), from Green Liverpool-coal, &c. s November 25. I Norwveian (s), 2303, Christis, from Glasgow for C Bos0ton, U.S.-general. oBO 3 Circe (s), 1517, Crighton, irom Gla-gow mv1 Belt- e I more-eneral. Iq'oS N I A~RrVED.-NTOv. 25-Seal (s), Belfsat, goods; Jessie Kerr and M..ary Kerr ...

... BEGISTILAR.GUNEPEAL'S 1 TUPFXS. !ver The weekly return of births, delths, and mr le ItOn ri' es in the eight principal towns of Scotland for iuns, I 'ae the week ending Saturday, Nov. 16, says :-Ths Debeotu rate death-rate in the eight principal towns during the V p -ncr week endingv with Saturday, November 16, iSi9, Fldinbor. Lu was 19'9 per thousand of estimated populatiou r HE rner This ...

... OPENING OF NEW SOUTHIA I ti WALEIS PARLIAMENT. Z I (aEUrTM'S TBhIXGBAL) SydnSy, November 26. The New South Wales Parliament was opened to-day by Lord Carrington, the Governor, who in his speech expressed regret at having to call Parliament together after such a short recess, and at such an uufavourablo -.eason; but it was necessary in order to provide for the public snerice. The (Goverament ...