... I SIR CHARLES DILKE ON IMPE IIAL DEFENCE. Sir Charles Dulke. who was supported by AMr Rus~sell Rea, the recently-clcted. Liberal candi- date for Gloucester, and leading lcc-l Lbcerals, presided on Saturday evening at a ?? knlig eon- i cert ?? the Gloucester Li:berial Club, lin the 1 course of his speech, Sir Charles Dlilkee staid hle had been asked to speak on Imperial defence, on the ground ...

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... SALORS' ORPHAN SOCIE TY OF SCOTLAND. 2.Park Circus. ulasgow, December 31, 1593. Srl.-i 'nave pleaqure in acknowledgis'g that 5neSil' Novemiber I hare received fromt many 5~5l- hoghout shle country £6L15 lbs 4d,- IsI'svlualhbe gifts of clothing, provisions, toys. ?? Erid, ofI the -work bng- carrie on1 esnu'ng tlse 07' or-phan. chlildrenr. Where thle name and -ic V-crc gne est a e ben, duly soot ...

... THE FAR EAST. I REFORMIS IN CHINA-A.N,7 IMPERIAL EDICT. BRITISH PROTEST ON FRENCH DEMANDS. (PRESS ASSOCI'ATION srE-TeALa) P'elking, December 31. | AIn Imperial Edict was published yesterday int the Pelking tGazette,` in wlhichl it i. set forth that China is passing through a severe crisis in her history, andi the Vliceroys and Governors aro e reniindod of the nlmerouis edicts issued lately I ...

... Mr G. NV. Rawlins, chairman of the Newtf Liberal Association, presided on Saturday at a, meeting of the Liberal Three Hutndrcd at Ears- town, when the namnes of Mr NV. Woods. of I vigan,. and 3Mr J. Mioon, of Liverpool, were mrrentionerl as candidates for the vacancy caused ! by the decvotion of the Hon. T. Wodehonlo Legh. It wa- finally decided to fight the election THE KENNEL CLUB AND DO ...

... ' 6.5 FLEET ST sRET, Sunday Night. THE NEW-YEAR. ISpecial New-Year services were held in many churches in London to-day, and, as good weather prevailed, the con- gregations were large. There appears to have beenl fewer watch-night services.; Probably this was owing to the first dayl of the year being a Sunday. But in a num- ber of cases services took place earlier in the evening or in the ...

... THE QUEEN AND THE EMPRESS FREflE2IRK AT OSBORNE. (FUuOx TEE COURT CIRCULAR.) Osborne, Saturday. The Emngress Frederiek, attended by Countess Perponcher, Sir Fleetsvood Edwards, and Sir John AM'Neill, went to Portsmouth yesterday morning on board H.M. yacht Alberta (Rear- Admriral Fullerton), and was received at the dock- yard by Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., Commander-in-Chief at ...

... I -NIUTRTGSHTY Oi A IN-LT ! | During the past reair the total nrumber of I mactriculated students (inrlnd ing 211 worrmen) wFaS 2313. Of this number 8i 7 (including 190 w-omen) woere enrolled in tlhe Faculty of Arts, 147 (i-ra cluding 5 women) in the Fac'lty of Scienrc, 63 in the Faculty of Divinity, 373 in the Faculty of Law, 13i7 (ircluding a women) in the Faculty of Medicine, and 26 (in ...

... I I KNIGHTHOOD FOR THE LORD PROVOST OF GLASGOW. PEERAGES, BARONETCIES, AND PRIVY CDUNCILLORSHIPS. THE PRIME MINISTER'S LIST.! The Queen has been pleased to confer the fol- lowing New-Year Honours:- VISCOUNTY. Her Majesty has created Lord Cromer a Viscount of the United Kingdom. PEERAGES. The Queen has further been pleased to confer I the dignity of a Peerage upon each of the; 1following:- The ...

... IFIGHTING IN WEST AF:RICA-. WHITE OFFICERS AMmG KILLED AND WOUNDE&| (PRESS ASSOCIATION SPECWIA TEEGEA-.) Liverpal, January I.. 'Mail steamer Olenda, Elder Dempster Line, from West Africa, docked here4his morning, | and Janded the following invalidk from the Niger Lieutenant E. 3M. Townendiand le--srs Paul, Cook. Fry, and Motts, ?? three; bein from H.M. gunboat itrou, and MNr Paul from the ...

... THE WEATHERB. TERRIFIC CALE IN THE ATLANTIC. Terrific weather rages in the N;orth Atlant 1ic, committing much havoc among shipping. The Johnstone Liner Noranmnore, 3677 tons, a brand new steamer, bound from Sunderland to Norfolk, Virginia, was forced into Queeentown on Saturday. Her maiden voyage. bas been most unsuccessful. Imniediately after passing the Orkncys terrific gales from the souuh ...

... tp'eralI bi1 1 lot - - t ?? ,azqxalt I-I - i I:. All ONDAY, J-ABT ARY 2. I The official list of Iew year honoirs is publisbod to-day. A Viscounty of the United ha ?? to' . ~~fox \ingdom is conferred on Lord Cromer. Peer- I'Yes go to Sir Philip Currie, Sir J. Russell txilev, Sir Henry Hawkins, and Mr c . T. da I GiSrdon Among the newv Privy Councillors ?? I, V airooxl, Sir Charles Hall, Colonel ...