... THE QUEEN IN TPE ISLE OF WICH4T. I (FROU TRI: MU1JT r:CIRLkE.) Oshorno, Wednesday The Queen drove out yestarelay afternoon,, attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps and the Hon. liae 'Majendie. | Her bajeesty went out this morning, accom- panied by Her Royal Highness Princess Henry! of Battenber. The Duchess of Roxburgh arrived yesterday, [ard has succeeded the Countess of Lytton as Lady-in ...

... i LETTER FROM MR A. J. BALFOUR. AN IMPSITANT- STATEMENT ON IRISH DENOMlNATIOM1AL TEACHING.* (PRESS ASSO5ATIGON TETSOSAr.l) L London,. Jamiary 25, Evening. The following important letter has been ad- dressed by Mvr Balfour to one of his constituents in 'Manchcster in acknowledgment of the com- munication of a resolution on the subject of ; Protestantisem and university education in Ire- L land. ...

... LANRWALASKAN GOLDFlELD.. Rich Finds at Cape Naome. Xs . (mnozrorUR OWVxYciRESPOSnDNT.) AfteVictoria, Britist Columbia, July 15. After some months of suspense, full confirma- tion of the rumours of very rich deposits of gold ?? Nome, Alaska, was received t-day 'by the 'steainec Alliance, which has just arrived from St AMicihacl's with over two hundred passengers and about 100,000 ?? in dust and ...

... 65F FLErT STREET, Thursday Night. THE WM. One item of news which has reached this country tn-day from South Africa' is singularly interesting. It is that Sir Charles 1 Warren, who was supposed to be in De Aar,' has really gone to Natal, and having arrived at Pietermaritzbnrg, has departed hence to 'join Sir Redvers Buller at the front. Why this arrangement or rearrangement has been made we do ...

... I --ra.1 A WEDNESDAY, MA1WII 1. The House of Lords sat for only ten minutes yeterday, and occupied the time in advancing twvo private bills. Some considerable time at the opening of the sittting of the House of Commons was spent in discuising the Lonclon Improvement Bill, pro- moted by the London County Council, the second, reading of which was opposed by Sir Henry Fowler with a yiew of ...

... FRESH LIGHlT ON BURNS'S I SO-CALLED POVERTY. (RO1 A COBaEFwPOTENUr) The belief that throughout the whole of his career Burns was a very poor man, who in the end died practically a pauper, is so universally received as incontrovertible fact that to seek to dispute it is looked upon, even in Burns circles, as the rankest of heresies. Why this should be so is not very evident, for vwhatever ...

... IMPERIRAL PARLILAMENT -I HOU-SE OF LORD S TH31URSDAY, February 23. The Lord-hancaellor took his seat on the a O W7 oolees at a quarter-past four o'clock. a ,SSAC-E FROMj 'flE Q7EEN. j Thb Earl of Roperoun (the Lord-Chamberlain), j wearing the Windscr uniform, and carrying the I! white wand of his office, read the following! nrncasage 'rom the Queen: - It is -with the greatest satisfaction I ...

... SCOTTISH MINERS' WAGES AGITATION. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD TO-DAY. -Mr Robert Brown. the ScotLish 'MNiners' secre- tarv. has received a letter from the Mifid and East lothian Associated Coalo-wners in an swer to tile demand made in the Lothians as elsewhere lately. The letter declines the advance. Mr Brown has issued notices for a conference of the Scottish Mliners' Federation to take place in ...

... I GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY I- E.XTENSION. OPENING CEREMONY-SPEECH BY MR RITCHIE. The opening of the Great Centr2 Railway ex- tension to London yesterday was a notable event in the annals of railway enterprise, and the' directors of the company wore fortunate in securing Mr C. T. Ritchie, I.LP, the President of the Board of Trade, to perform the-ceremony,! and thus give the undertaking a sort of ...

... WEATHER REPORT AIW !QD Ai S |MeteortogicalOFdtay'8 ?? s- To-day the pressure wasbighest (301 inches a nd upwards) over the north-east of Scotland, the west of Norway, and the intervening parts of thes I _North Sea, and 301 inches .id unwards in an ar-ticyclone covering tbh whole, of Nortb-Western iEurope; lowest (291 inches and wpwards) in a large sballow depression lying over the lberia ...

... THE QUEEN IN THE ME OF WIGHT. I -rnoll THE COVRT aru u.a| Oshorne, Tuesday. | The Queen ?? Royal Highness Princess Henry of Battenberg drove out yesterday alter- noon. attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. The Earl of Hopetoun (Lord Chamberlain) had the honour of dining with Her Majesty and the Royal Family last evening. The Queen went out this morning, accompanied by Her Royal Highness ...

... |LORD CURZON ON BflITISH| I CAPITAL IN INDI. ay a, ItarTxa S'atrx2oteait.3 .. Calcutta. January 31. b In theo course of his reply to th e address pre- sented bv the Calcutta Trades' Association, Lord I Curzon said:- t | ;I am^ certainly of opinion that Enclish ?? aholld be attraeted to India. The Government I should do what lies in its power to encourage I such a movement. The opposits theory ...