... c tto its of ,a litoaI nn By POULTNEY BIGELOW FAR Up in the Highlands of South Africa, hemmed in by the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Orange Free State, is the last coherent body of negrocs on the whole of this vast Dark Continent. They are the nearest approach to a native nation owing to a variety of exceptional causes, and they have been for years eager to be let loose upon their traditional ...

... got (Crisis in ?? V?ilivpfilcs THE situation in the Philippines has been going from bad to worse. An insur. GENERAL OTIS In Command of the American Forces in the Ph.lippines gent army, number. ing over 20,00, concentrated round Manila, and some severe fighting en. sued. The American troops, un der General Otis, seen to have behaved very well. The fighting took place over a vast area, the Ameri ...

... va Vellill 0355aftes WHEN the citv of Benin was taken some two years ago Ologlosleri, the chief who % as responsible for the massacres which led to the expedition, made good his escape with other chiefs. OLOGBOSHERI IN CAPTIVITY These men collected in the country between the capital and the Sokoto frontier, and soon became a cause of trouble and a source of serious danger to their neighbours. ...

... topics, of tlie elsak As day after day the transports arrive at Cape A Policy Town, and General Buller's Field Force begins of to assume something of its final shape and Justice strength, the public mind, skipping many a disagreeable interlude, begins to busy itself with the question of ultimate settlement. A stray sentence in Lord Salisbury's speech at the Guildhall last week- We seek no ...

... (01jr vartraits MiA. ALFREID l orAoTr, of Woodfield, Werneth, O!dham, was born on May S, ISS8, at Chadderton, where his father was then engaged in the cotton-spinning industry in company with the pre- sent candidate's grandfather. His parents being members of the Society of Friends, he was sent to the Quaker school at Kendal, and later to Grove House, Tottenham, and he subsequently took a B. A ...

... 5licttcs at 01nilt LAST week we published a map showing the situation of Muscat, which has been brought into prominent notice lately by the threat of Admiral Douglas to bombard the town if the Sultan of. Oman did not cancel his concession of a coaling station to the French. Our illustrations of Muscat and its inhabitants are from photographs brought to us by a correspondent who has recently ...

... lstxraianll fetberatioll Tnr. burning question in th2 Australian Colonies is that of Federation. To alter or amend the Constitution in these colonies special appeals arc made to the people after the legislature has decided ulponl such a course. In this respect these colonies have the advantage ot Canada, where even if the people and both Houses are unanimous for an amendment of the ...

... ?? vrice of a 'Ic~ , ,t WHIEN in secret con- sistory, says The Golden Penn)', the Pope resolves to send the calotte and the red cap to his future caidinal-priest or layman-a noble, one of the guards,'is chosen by him to carry the calotte in its silken box to the elect. The cardinal to be, pays into the hands of th'e messenger a gratilica- tion of 500/. A second messenger, called the able-gate ...

... '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. ...

... I BRITAIN BEYOND THE OA TMl PACIFIC CAB A N{EW LINK OF M&IRE. AN 4ALL-BR1TISff- INM THE SIME ADOIZT) We lave repe asked of hate vby w Government delayed its decidoa iu the mna~w of the proposed Pamfio able. When Mr. Chamberlain mbA the Colonial Premiers at the Jubilee, he promised that if the Colonies interested in the Pacific cable would agree amongst themselves to guarantee a proper ...