... I VELASQUJEZ TRCENTENARIY. This week Spain celebrates in fitting manner ri the tercentenary of, the birth of her greatest a painterd Velasquez, the most modern in spirit 'i of al tihe old masters. On Sunday these s memorial festivities will end with the unveiling ' o of a statue in Madrid to the great seventeenth i century painter. For many years Murillo was , n generally accepted as the ...

... THIR 10 HZPAL Brts oeeibwver, redy and s, I~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~nsie TheSV Indar aoer,6 -zil o frr I~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~s lsrg a cotrg n as SSItoe'mesbo I~ ~ ~ ~ ?? he aar eernsa i MP. CHAMBERLAIt3L~ TO THIE BOERS Th.a Proposed Joint Inquiry the Alternative Propos a, ASSOCiATIox pQAL} Pretoria k vunderstn o godaihry tt30- political position is as follow0 I, that t. seo the Transval Govern tent 'a ...

... I On LToAB C00 I)XCR I ?? 65 FtI;T.E STmEFT. 'B Friday Night. q THE WAR. h i A somiewhat disquieting piece of's] information has been posted ulp at the War Office to-night. It is to the effect that n lh further news has been received to-day fron Lord p Methuen. but that a telegram has been received P at the Cape from the Orange River Station an- a nouncing that a railway culvert was blown up ...

... SATURDAY, OCTOnER 7, 1895. Amid scenes of great enthusiasm the Braemar 1 Castle, of the Donald Currie Line, left South-a ampton Docks yesterday afternoon with unwards of 1500 troops for South Africa, in- eluding 20 companies of the Army Service Corps and army nurses, as well as several staff officers. We publish to-day some interesting details as to the troops that are still to be despatched ...

... Ayrshire Minister's Will, The trust disposition and settlement, dated 15th May, 1891, of the Rev. J. Neil Livingstone, D.D., sometime minister of the Free Protesting a Church of Stair, Ayrshire, and who resided at 7 Carrick Park, Ayr, has been recorded in the books of Council and Session. He leaves £75 to the Free Church at Johnstone, Renfrewshire, £0100 to the Free Church at Stair, and £75 to ...

... ?? of Lanark-Meeting in Glasgow. A meeting of the Deputy Lieutenants. Corn- missionsrs of Supply, members of the County I Council. Justices of the Peace, Volunteers, andi other inhabitants of the County of Lanark was held yesterday in the Merchants' Hall, Glasgow, to take steps to provide a fund for the wives, widows, and familirs of our sailors and soldiers ¶ on service in South Africa, and ...

... I LETTERIS TO TiHE EDITOR. : SCOBTURM E l RADEl 1ORi IS MiG., LALND Bf1GADE. Sir,-Theo Gordon . Black *'atch, Seaforth, Arzvll and Sutherlard ftligilanders are all under orders for South Anca, arnd sail within a teek. I am desirouss of scnding out at least one Scripture reader for the I-Tighland Brigade. A Voung ex-Ilighlander, Nyho has armed abroad and knows vwhat it jc to rough it, is ready ...

... THE I OUG-H BOUNDS OF I SCOTLAND. I All who lhave rounldedl the Point of Ardna- is or murchan-the ?? Height. of the Boisterous Sea' cl -may have experienced, with varying feelings, whi( thle long roll of the Atlantic, but not many, and perhaps, realised that they had entered in S, the Roughi Bounds of Scotland. For such is nyc the meaning of the Celtic name, Carb/- rieca Clsriocltea, which ...

... !-IRrgD EDION. i HnrU.w Omcz, 5.15 &.m. THU ThANSVAAL CRISIS. TjE FREE STATE ANXIOUS FOR PEACK (sEUTtER'S TELEGRASM) Bloemfontein, September 27. Tle Free State Raad bas unanimously resolved act the Government to use every means to! r peace, without violating, however, the of the Free State orof the Trans- The Raad also wishes to assert its opinion aar would be criminal. Come what may the i ...

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... | D EGRICULTUR], NATIONAL DOG SHOW. The show of the National Dog Sodety, -which opeed -y e1 ais onte-of thel best of avweaF long series. A Sas .always-been thecsse,sporting dogs were the .great-fetn and most-of .the best kennels 'were. in bloibounds. Mr ER Brough, ?? d benchedBabbo and Benedi , the-fi brace-in the world; -whilst-of the yosag'stock, Mr SJE..Mangh's'BO dle Hercmles, anoast ...

... NEO-PURITAN'S -AND NATIONAL CRISES. ThFom a scene of the most uninterrupted re- tireueiit woe bzlen passed at once into a state of constant engagenment. Not that our soc'ety i mitch mnltiplied; the addition of an individuai c kas made all this difference. Lady Austen and f i-e pass our days alternoately at each othe fl s ,rhdfetz. In the morning I walk with one ti or other of the ladies, awd ...