... '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 ...

... ADOUT THE -M0OMlBASA RAILWAY FIGHTING VITM THE VASWEETA. NATI'E POSITION STORMED. CPRO1 oru1 IEMLIN COnItESPONlYTNT. Captain Schlobmeh, of the Germsn Szhutztruppe in Giruman East Africa. has sent to the Colonial Department an interestiug report on his expedition into the Musta-na distriet, wh-ich brought him near the ihsglish frontier. As native curriers arb diffi- cult to obtain in the ...

... 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- ...

... Mr. Elvelyn Abbott and Professor Lewis, Campbe~ll are enigaged inl editing the Letters ci Mr. Jowett, late Alaster of .Balliel. The r Le(tter vuill occupy a Volumne, which Will con1- A tamn :t portrait rof their author. They will be , !Aipplornsntnry to the biography of Mr. Jowett Ii which appeared in, 1897. Mr. John AMurry, who is bringing out this work, will abco pubjf- ledi the third volume ...

... Strikes and lReliof. A ourxorus sad interesting judg- ment was delivered yesterday by Lord Justice -Romer on a question - -- P .1 I . .. . _ which arose out of the coal strike in South WVales. The Guardians of the Aferthvr Union gave out-door relief to colliers who had been locked out or gone out on strike. The Powell Duffrvn Stea-ra Coal Company, being large rate- payers in the Union, claimed ...

... 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 ...

... TVE CHESTER KTNAPPING STORY. MMSS DAY $UFYERVNG FROM FRACTURED SKULL. The extraordinary adventure of Miss Rosa Day, of Rowton, near Chester, who, after being absent since Sunday, returned home on Thursday night, and related how she had been seized, blindfolded,' gagged, handcuffed, and led to come msetariouis place of captivity by an unknown mrn, continnes to be the all-absorbing topic of ...