... THE QUEEN IN TPE ISLE OF WICH4T. I (FROU TRI: MU1JT r:CIRLkE.) Oshorno, Wednesday The Queen drove out yestarelay afternoon,, attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps and the Hon. liae 'Majendie. | Her bajeesty went out this morning, accom- panied by Her Royal Highness Princess Henry! of Battenber. The Duchess of Roxburgh arrived yesterday, [ard has succeeded the Countess of Lytton as Lady-in ...

... i LETTER FROM MR A. J. BALFOUR. AN IMPSITANT- STATEMENT ON IRISH DENOMlNATIOM1AL TEACHING.* (PRESS ASSO5ATIGON TETSOSAr.l) L London,. Jamiary 25, Evening. The following important letter has been ad- dressed by Mvr Balfour to one of his constituents in 'Manchcster in acknowledgment of the com- munication of a resolution on the subject of ; Protestantisem and university education in Ire- L land. ...

... OIC ?? ABOUT TIRE ST*OM. l TWO MIEN LOST FrROMf A SCHOONER t Lloyd's CardiLf correspondent states that the- schooner Acorn. from Dungarven, has put into the WVest Dock with bulwarks gene, decks swept, and loss of two men. ACCIDENT TO A GLASGOWl V7ESSEL. I A telegram from Boachy. Head states that the steamer Wesx'rland, Now York to AntwerP, pass- ing east, signalled - The Blairgowrie. of Glas- ...

... THIl RD EDITION. IAIDo OnrC, 5.15 A.M. I DREYFUS INQUIRY. I MAJOR ESTERRAZY CITED. I ?? FURTHER ISCLOSURIES. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TEE: STANDAR.D or ! ?? ) | I Paris January 5, Night. It is stated to-day that the inquiry wlich is being made by the Court of Cassation concerning i the Dreyfus affair will be concluded before the end of the month. In the meantime the Court was again to-day occupied ...

... j9E UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF ELECTPIICITY. (yROl OTR SXIC±tn COBRESONfl'Th) The action of the Glwasgow Corpora-tion in de- ?? yesterday on the adoption of t'he over- bead system of electric traction for all the tram- a in Glasgow is most important. No less important is thestatemcntof MrYounglaid the d'tsr day be-ore the 1Tram-wayc Committee, of :.ne fiancial results d9ovn almost to date of he ...

... EDUCATION-LIGHT FROM AMERICA. Orre-ofthemosgttinulating, if not also the most I g instructiv, of the numerous documents that have ti been compiled in. this country in the interest of I higher, and specially of technical education, is f a report to the Technical Instruction Committee 5 of Mlanchester Cit- Council on a visitppasd by the h director and secretary of the commiittee to tech- nical ...

... I THE BARKING DIS STERL COROI1PflS INQVEST. Mr Coroner Baxter resumed the inquest at Ponilar Hospital yesterday on the bodies of James Thornton and John Sullivan, victims of the ex- plosion at M;Uessrs Hewett's works at Barking. MTI Wi. H. Seal, one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Factories, attended. Medical evidence was that, Thornton had a severe wound in the front of the head, the left arm ...

... THEil EARLY ESCOTTr511 CIItR~tCl. In a lecture to his class yesterday, Professor !Cue-per, in cornection with the work of St Alar- |Faret, toolk up the charges brought againast her of having Romanised the Scottish Church oF her day. The wvork of St _Margaret, he said. ha d becn-called the no tmanising of the Scottish Church. Tiat 'was not the Aact truth, hut only. ons little aspect oF wlhat ...

... FLASH POINT OF BURNING I OIL. SPEECH BY MR ALEXANDER UBE, M.P. b Last nigght M~r Ure, Q.C., MYP., addressed his T B3roxhurn constituents, when be deal t exolu- 13 jively with the question of the dlash point it nI oils. The- hall was packed. M%.r Free- ;4 lend occupied the chair, and beside lhim ii on the platform were representatives from the I' 'VI Liberal Associations of Batbgate, Bo'ness, ...

... ,easTs~ gPVT AND FORECASTS. 5fsetrological Offce, Sunday, 6 p.m. vhe pressure was highest (2959 inches ?? r ig-7 ichIes) over France, anc 29- inches moret° to 293 inches at our most northern 'd lowr I v~est (boloow 29 2 inches) in two dev re-- over the north ofr Enga!nd, the other the1 1-o h o: Norwvav. Tr-e gradients were Over t 9Ireland, Idrnerate to shght elqcwlnore. l eer °.-teter to-s ris ...

... AllYFAI,, S IN i UPE y. PORJ ?? A~ THEGNI or IWEW J7LT;UNr . f Constantinople January 1 I. lie oP ia Joturnal -, announe's the ile cf anI vrel-ird ring the fol~;-ni;ion of elf cilrdich infantryp Tillitiut Cci sistig oi Thirds of the sandjalc of P'le situ, in the vilayet of Erzerutn. The Dersim , lerds are krnow-n for their turbulence and b traditional opposition to the authoritics, and they I' ...

... 'ANGLO-FrIENCHE RELATIONS'. X I~ I THE VIEWS OF MR MIAEL BAUIT. (nZox OUR OWN OoaCoz5OXSDENT.) Paris, jarenary 15, Evening. A 'Cantata-thisis what the Figaro. calls Mr Michiael Davitts two-column contribution to thepopular boulevard sheet. The themeof the cantata ija the relations between Frapee and Britain, and is caspecies of savage chant. Saint John Boll' is by implication depicted ...