... ITHt-£E-t5 L D D 1 i - - A .o ' 3, )U tj It p i VAIT -U>LEN7,' o i. | he seventh annrual confer-.eo- of theC --i I pendent Labour lproy was -elrncd yes:crcluay in 'the Albert H alls, Leeds--7 r :Xcir, Halrdie, prosi- | dent. At the commencement of the proueediogs s a collection amouatteg to nearly _4 was takcn from the delegates in aid of the strike fund of the Belgita quarrymen at Charleroi. ...

... I LABOER AFFAIRS. I MINERS, FEDERATION OF GREAT BRITAIh if CONYhRXNCE IN ED1S13V1RGH. The anunal confereance, of the M~iners' Federa- - tion of Great Britain was opened in the Odd- fellows' Hall, Forrest Road, Edinburgh, yester- 4 day-the president, Mr B. Pickard, MB., in the - chair. There were between 50 and 60 delegates present representing the following districts in the Federation ...

... aHIRD EDITION. i * i 9 *3~IxrAL.OtflO, 5.15 A.M. , D I-S IN THE I Li h KCCH hRC .t i The;Times,;omwentia- on the disclssion in l Parliamerct- on the Ititual question, says it is , Encoutestrile that. ir Smith and others were 'Ia I'e to sh owr that in theological colleges3 mand-c1sa-wthere unndr tr e autborityi-and control .,of ?? praitices are carried'on and doc- itrines arerpropgatedkinthe ...

... An important conference took place in the t offices of the Navy League, under the presidency I of th3e Ion. T. A. Brassey, - consider a, scheme f-cr training British recruits for the mercantile rearine ar.d the Royal Naval Reserve. The various spealers laid stress upon the difficulty of get-ing bogs into the merchant service, and to theh fact that 40 per cent. of our seamen were foreigners, ...

... SCOTCH RAILWAY MIEETINGS. CALEDONIAN. The half-yearly meeting of thle proprietors of the Caledonirtn Railway was held in the 3er- chants' Heouse, Glasgow, yestrday-31ir J. C. Bunten, the chairman of the company, pre- i siding. I. The Cai.rman, in moving the adoption of the report, ?? the accounts in order, the; pfirst to hich I shalU call your attention is the K capital account. As you are ...

... BURSTING OF A FIFE RESERVOiR. SMIUMS DAMP4AE FM Mi, FL99DmIN. At an early hoer ?? moreir- ?? banokment of the reserv-ir at Loch trlo - ta-e or1, and serious dlmagen. was done hr feodibr r7 ,oclt is estd:ated amnong the Cleish itlk!. a tiia bordcrs of the counties of Fife and heinr-,. 3r.1 wvas reccotly convenred into a reserro, fsr tier ,vater supply of the pOpulouS minting, nieore c Kelty, ...

... L A BOUR AFFAIRS. ROUSE CARPENITERS' WACES--ADYAIG'RE1 C, REFUSEiD.,C A meeting of the members of the Glasgow i Master Wrights' Association and of city em- o 2f ployers in the trade was held yesterday in the, Building Trades' Exchange for the purpose of E considering a communication from the operatives intimating that the demand for certain altera- i i dons of the rules and working ...

... .ECOLEBSIASTICAL. I A GT.Ascow0 Mss-sEi'r. IN NEWr Z ?? e JRcv. _Walter Smith. formerly misSionarv- assistant in connection with St George's Road Free Chur-h. G~lasyos, who a year ago wvas appointed by he C0onnial Committee of thie Free Chu'rch to take cjharge of lhe congregation of JIuntly. in New i Zealand. and who shcrtly after landing in the I colony received at call to the congregation ...

... AGRICULTWIU 1 1' The Agrricultural Researc' dl continued progress in Ii report that the experirneln have been carried out wvith t. success They dr-aw atte-a-io the reliable irforr.tion tlcat I of the characters. and reolt I5 duce, of the numerous varictie ' use. Remarkable variatlon' '1 The chief worlk of thc ass-. o the natural (or self) crcss-fert; o tise information as to the o var-eties ...

... WTLLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will (dated Novermber 6, 1896), with a codi- cil (cdated Septernber 23, 1f97), of Mr Charles :Heinrry HF~awkv~inIs, jP., or MIairlannds. Colehester, who died on Decemluer 2, has been proved by Charles Edward Warwick HTawkins and John Bawtreo Elawidins, the sons, and Mrs Catherine Reeve Runt, the daughtcer, the e.-ecutors, theI value ...

... 1??- I I (545-s-ox, ?5mljk 1 F WEDNESDAY, JASUARY 18. Mr John Morley last night addressed his| constituents at Brechin. Referring to Sir | William Harcoort's resignation, he said that no nman could continue to lead a party when his authority was nxposed to question direct and indirect. He entirely concurred with Sir I William's view. As to himself, he had no i rcsignation to tell them of, ...

... 1 EDINBUGH UNIVERSITY | : GRADUATION.L I HOj HSNORARY DECREE TG LORD DUFFERIN b- AND3 TO LORD WOLSELEY. b-g -n_ w The spring graduation ceremonial of the thai- El- versity of Edinburgh took place yesterday fore- :0 noon- in ?? Hall. The intention of the d j Senatus toroonfer the honorary degree of LILD. il upon the. Marquis of Duferin and Viscount ad Wolseley' created a very large demand fer ...