... 'THTE, GLADSTONE NATIONAL I IMEMORIAL, ?? SPrITT11 BY mil. Ir AORLEY. A UNITED NATIOUN. ~APubic nieeting wa-i heid yesterday in the Thwnt VIsaI of Ai ?? for the purpose of eovsiderlog wbitt, I tilepi should be teken in thu Montrose Burgtas a-nd the llorthilru a-nd eastern dietriotl; of Voifartihire to join 1n]j Ithet proposed Nmtioual Memorial to the' late Mr. GWad oa-lone. Mr. John Morlay, ...

... TOLSOI AN EXILE? IP4 HIS DEFENCE OF THE DISSENTFRS. Lo ru HOLY SYNOD INDIGNANT. vi bel ?? INCREDIBLE STATEMENT. Mc m Wh W ~~(FROM OtLR C-O~tzPOwF.'%T8.) bly BERLIN, Thunday N-ight. J A very strange statement comes from St. qu * Petersburg. At the moment when the Czar or io is intent on seeing realised his noble ideal of cl YS peace, his Government is alleged to have in Ws oW Contemplation ...

... CoMETS AXt :SHOOTIG STARS. THE COMING GREAT METOR SHOWER. Comets and shooting sateB were the subjects of . Sir.Robert Ball'a fifth Ohristni-a lecturo at the Ing Royal Institution yesterday afternoon. lie begun tio by showing that the sun would attract small bodie me as well as' great, thoso that were liglit as well m edo those that wtre heavy. Tfaking in his hand a feather ho compared 'this. ...

... A LETTER FROMM R. WATTS, R.A. bc cli AMERICAN OPLNION. I Among the London meetings in favour of the in Czar's rescript which have already been arranged ve are gatherings at Battersea, Bermondsey, and cl Streatham. The Rev. Guinness Rogers has con- Eented to speak at the first of these. The names of h Mr. Carvell Williams, M.P., and Mr. Edmund Kim- cb ber were yesterday added to the General ...

... SEMIOUS OUTBREAK I THE CITY-1r1AD: A eerious fire broke out a few nte& afts-r five o'clock last night in a six-2foored warehouue. 90 feet long and 20 wide, in the Oity-road, B.C. The fire originated in the basement, from which dense volumrei of smoke commenced to issue at the ti*me mentioned, and in the course of a few rninutes there was a big outburst of flames, aiid it wta obviotus that a ...

... THE PEACE ORUSADE. I MEWTING IN VICTORIA RAU. I PRO1POSED CONTINENTAL MOVENOl'NT. Useful worke done by drawing together in social harmony people Of 1,anxethmuid thle neighbourhoold Iin thle Royal Victoria HallI wanl further omphasiisnd hI; by a meeting hold ill that halt. yesterday atfternoon jit in fuirtherance of thu movement to support the of Cvar's ~escript. Mr. W. T.X Stead was the prin- ...

... TlE lL\RKIN EAIXPLOSION, TWO M11ORE. DE HS. I A SCENE OF' DESSOLAr. iox. _ _ ?? EATRAORDI NAIY ]1 NCI1DENTS. CONDITION OF' TI! E ENJUREP. Parthor ii fort ailtiott ,oes rather to intoulsify i, tha1 ti.) mondity the t'onllits given ill 1hi'lt t. IA. Oiv l e tatr(dav of the lbtiloer siiplsiol | iwl Motssrs. Ilawaet t s Vilgilatering sOrkt; at sl B.zrkin ou Fridtav aftoriulait. Nitie porsollt d ...

... THE PROSPECTS 0F LIIBERALISM j SPEECH 13Y N1UI. SYDNEY BUXTON, MP. A yublio meeting, orgganisecd by the West Ham tNorS)) Liberal and I oadical Association, was held last lligllt ini the Methodist Sichoolroom, Ieinniker- road, to hear Mr. Sydney Buxton, M.P., ution Tle t'olitiesl Outlookl.' Mr. W. Wadley presidied. Mr. BIuxton, who wasn most cordially recnived, joy attributed the comnparative ...

... I -HOME RULE FOR THE CHURCH AN INTERVIEW WrITfH T1P SECR1ETARY Mend not end, is the cry of Ciurehmou to-day. \Vithin the past, few weaks a new Society has opened a publio campaign to seureI the revision of A&glic4n theology ; and for i about three years a growing and powerful league of (Churchieuet has been sitriving rudiolly to | 'alter tho government aud adininistrat.iou of the ...

... £4BT RZO1H2W9 OAZETTRN. ,1 ff&lbM |Wrrmiied PuAI43AMP ShaLVP, Clb,, *nd. KR4sa,d W.An C-rAzing eso mlotor a Come ,. e .Ypbbs nda W. Ogren, Fritowe V * rod, ensal r=eenH dr wbbr 3 Elbo a . ?? end Wis, Bl1i~er.Hone; Bil2te. D ?? Seaaoimdl apa Dpkedta~vt h bone Pbinuc Tkbnldina, E' Carat, Btenufte cbeu- :S. d n COhyod.n Th7 aotiiee, stock Urelin-eret *, atnaelt UD6 Dlrour flothm a ...

... I and TruxaI NaStional Ur-Union of TeVdw held their annual C utO c Exeter Hall last ?? , some remarlkable statistics were ?? the subject of eompulsory education. Reloj is plain. Al cbildren have tohbe sent tom i unless the parents can prove thpttheyare* properly taught at home. But the law :s u enforced. One-sixth of the chldren Maiu attending school in London we dseeim chronic irre~glars, ...

... T. Tbe ?? 'jof Acctdeng& WE pointed out yesterday morningI that in many respects the Work- I xuen's Compensation Act of 1897 had proved a failure. But the official statistiesI of accidents for the 1%st half-year had not been I publiahed when we ?? ?? thyw aipeared . yesterday afternoon They are d isg, and even alarming. Of course t period of six months is not sufliaef to support or condemn by ...