... I HOUSE OF LORDS. - THURSDAY, FEsnuAar 21. The LOaD-CHANCELLOR took his seat on the e Woolsack at a quarter-past four o'clock. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT, -1894, AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was, on the motion of Lord TWEED- MOUTH, read a third time and passed. E POLICE PROTECTION IN IRELAND. In reply to Lord MoessEayr, Lord RIBBLESDALE stated that it was t true that the police barrack at ...

... I THS RULE OF THE ROAD Al I I SEA. a The President of the Board of Trade t addressed a communrcationl to Mr Penr cr 14 President of the Chamber of Sh:pP14 of t United Kingdom, and Mr Wakit nirc, chairman of the Liverpool Stencu-b? or'ed Association, in %which he straes:- With reference to yoor letter of thle I t regarding rule 15 of tile proroedtlX tions for preventing coli-joti' - yr by the ...

... RT1E WAR IN THE EAST.I CUOMPLETE SURRENDER OF- ADMIIRAL TING. JAPANESE CUARANTEE OF SAFETY. (CExNsML NEWS TELEGRAMS.) Wei-'Hai-Wei (va Talienwan), Feb. 12. Admiral Ting surrendered yesterday, and to-day a heavy cannonade wvas directed against the remaining Chinese ships and island forts, both from the Japanese fleet and from the shore batteries. The latter, however, did I not do much damage to ...

... The following is a copy of correspondence between Maclaine of Lochbuie and Mr J. Mac- Lean, secretary of the Clan MacLean Associa- tion:- Clan MacLean Association, Jantxay t;, man.C Dear Sir,-I take the liberty of enclosing you cur syllabus for the session, and the association would be much gratified if you would become a member. MacLean of Donhgarroch, the head of the northern branch, ...

... j FURTHER FIGHTING IN MANCHURIA. THE JAPANESE PARLIAMENT AND THE WAR-ANOTHER HOME LOAN. (CENTrAtL NSvS TELBGOAMNS) Kugung, February 17. Yesterday about a thousand Chinese troops, telieved to be part of General Seo's division in the Ying Chow district, made an attack upon (General Nogi's advanced position at Kumocheng. Wliev Nicre smartly shelled by the well-placed Jlapanese gunners, and soon ...

... i -LA Lastnight Mr C. L. Orr Ewing, the Unionist candidate for the Ayr Burghs, addressed a large anid enthusiastic meeting of electors in the Town .1 Hall-Mr Walter Neilson presiding. Mr EwzsG said there was reason to hope that t the feeling of reaction which had set in against the 0 present Government, and which other parts of the country bad lately had an opportunity of showing, bad extended ...

... THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF T GLASGOW. I e The fifth meeting of the thirty-seventh session . was lield last week in the Society's Roensq, 207 Bath Street-Mr William Armour, C.E.. viee- president, in the chair.. Several new members D were proposed. e Mr John Smith exhibited A series of specimens e of graphite as follows :-;l3 Graphite from Ceylon, r wbere it occurs in a vrwy purp form in ...

... ITH WAR :IN THE EAST. JAPANESE OFFICUL DETAILS ?? IRECENT STRUGGLE STUBBORN. DEFENCE SF THE CHINESL (CNTRAkL NX;WS TELEGRA1S.) Wei .HaitWei (uia Talienwan), February 9. The assat' upon the Chinese forts atM4 XKnna Tao'en Wednesday was not so completely successftl as first supposed. The Chinese garri- son Tetisted all efforts to ceature three of the -strongest -forts, and the s4neral ...

... IGLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, I ANNUAL MEETING. The flity-second annual public meeting and dis- I tribution of prizes in connection with the Glasgow School of Art took place lastnight in the Corpora. tion Galleries, Sauchiehall Street. Mr Jarmes I Fleming presided, and among others present were. Councillor Shearer, Mr James Gubthrie. ?? (Mr Robert H. Leadbetter, Mr W.ForrestSailmon. Sir Patrick S. ...

... ADDRESS BY SIR JOHN STIRLI'G- MAXWELL, Last night, Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, Bart., delivered a political address in the Queen's Rooros, Glasgow. Mr John A. Spens occupied the chair, and among the other gentlemen on the platform were Professor Charteris, Professor Ramsay, Rev. J. Paton, Mr W. F. G. -Ander-son, Mr W1T. J. Chrystal. Mr J. M. Macleod, and Mr Alexander J. Fergusson, bon. ...

... H e'BTANBE SCAS -I -, 5 ?? : ?? nd less) se . the 1'ottea o. rae. w e st CO f , i~tte nr s ig else- or- ,nc, d.ator ijgb- Frace and the . e6 ?? 1?Ln 1gtw w&l~> but rising oD ,t * arnitz, 41 ~thn Padand W 8 o?; ?? ?? S-enot,~k y~ ~ ~~~I e-Ao- Va ?? ) leare -tia. ?? ¾ zr e F I~i' 23 r; _of iegr9 at - ?? -Cl -lders aoth 112Th-'t *, ?? - 31 *-,d1 _TShe niBeximaS ~ 4 ;ver ?? 1*.ad srt-eb th r: 14 ...

... (9 Ll? ?, I Phy ?? -I INIONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1895. Lord Slisbury was the principal speaker on L Saturday a' the iuaugural banquet of the Irish I Loyalist Club held at the Whitehall Rooms of ji the Hotel Mdctropole. His Lordship said that I on the whole the prospects of the Unionist 0 cause were decidedly promising. The two great men by whonm the integrity of the empire c was menaced had ...