... SCOTTISH TEMPERTANCE FEDERATION. I The annual meeting of the Scottish Temper- ance Federation was held in the Moncreiff Hall, Edinburgh, yesterday-the Rev. Janes Hgunter presiding. The annual report, which was adopted ion the motion of the Chairman, stated that by means of the federation temperance associations had been brought into closer touch -with each other, and greater unity of action ...

... F.AIRS AKD 0STOCK BSALEt, SHOW A-NTI SALE OF FAT STOCK AT PERTX. Ac tile 'Northernn Ce-ntrali Mm. ?? M-aca jelca Son held tl-: dcc n-4,a ~o n Etalc 7ycncra-, rrwhich there was preset 'nl; nat and exceC4e::!- 'Fri dclpof fat mario, ..o m..bn ceflacet;~ ?? 41 Icatt.le. 1712 faa sheep, 1 3 d .c and 8 caliso Thcee' woe ateu caig an i na'of hence in 'cc'ira, Flinherrgh. Glaagow, 2Si r'. Tco,~n. ...

... | ?? TI5Erc:Aur.) ( ' ellinnr on, January 28. D--ring last year the excess of arrivals in the I colony over departurcs arrountetd to 2700 i It. is anticipated that tbe su=phns Wheat, after cdcleution of requirements for local eonai.nption - and for seed, will bs about 6,500,000 bushiel.s. 7'ie other grain crops are expected to yield a s or'er surnlus than usuzal. 1 ihe poostal and telegraph ...

... TTISH COQMMUNICATIOkN iN AFRICA. 31prcicssaasenco in England is nec- be- -0mi ute of annual recurrence. Even', ,vwhen the prorogation of the Cape Perlia nc-it ctc- te local politic-ian free, the grcaten- -aer- hms rcngs tlestaesc-noun o-qjre rico emtpiree ?? iskit is concerned hti- me Iee5tpece of work, andl his vi;i nea it 10 ?? tol the ndle. The- drecam 4 C',rnpie line o' Prtesh om ...

... i GLASGOW ROYALINFERMARY. THE CONTEST FOR THE DIRECTORATE. I The acoinal meeting of qualified contributors to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary was hetd yester- I day in the Merchants' Hall-the Hon. the Lord Provost (Sir David Ricbmondy presiding. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the , report, whichhas been published, remarlod that it seemed to be in a very satisfactory condition. , The fact ...

... SOME TFBPTIThE TAL ,f'ES OF I) i SHO XI 0 NIOU Vli{. (PrESS ASSOtTATION TrT.ltGAM.) .:waila., .Janury 29. Ad-rices just reco;ved her- froml, Ilito state that iol isletitin was hield there )n ?? 17hli. at which 3temr~on )teliia Gam closrfl k'resiti-i fir a terra itf two y a'>r. and t(rniridal Onsis.. IhiS predf-c-csor. lwvs aln. i (on aredsr-in bict. AMelliza is ?? dirpnosecl towrd-etls e Atti ...

... THE QUEEN IN THE ISLE OF WICHT. (reosf TEE COERT CoeC'r&M.) Osborne, Saturday. The Queen and ETh.Rl Princess Henry of Bat- tenberg drove out yesterday afternoen,attonded by the Hon. Alinm Majendie, and Her MIajesty went out this morning, accompanied by Princess ?? of Battenberg. Osborne, Sunday. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Henry of Battenberg and Princess ...

... | CHANGE ?? AT THE' PALACE. THE DORA PErI-EMPRESS AND ANTI F8REISIN PREJUD!SES. (rr.rss AsSOCIATION 'CflflGriAt) l'ek ng, .Janual- . ?? Chinese siate that tise DnovagnrEmro-s tta tIkternin(d, on a p)licej regarding her sue- I rsi;or to the Throne. and that a ;mcntingc bhr relatives was- ield rercently, vben a ;iexlv was made. It is impossible to verify ih?-se staLcenents. l-: the various ...

... ASSAULTS 0N WOMEN. The following memorial has be-n sent by the committee of the Edinburgh 'Naticual Society for Women's Suffrago to Sir Mlatthew White Ridfley. M.ThSecretaxy ol Stzte for the Homo Donart- ment; and almo to ford Balfour of Burleigh, Secretary for Scotland:- That the serious Inrcoaos in assaults upon wsives and upon womnen o:d girls generally, and cuber forms of oetragps upon ...

... | THE WOUNDED DM.VISEES AT OMDURMAN. ENEA CATMAREWS REPLY. In the Contemporary Reviiew for February, Major-General Sir W. Gatacre, ?? who com-- rmlanded the British Division in the Soudan, re-- plies to 3fr Bernett's recent charges of inhu- manity towards the wounded and defeated Der- : vishes. Hye gives an absolulte contradiction to such aconsations on behalf of all those with whom: he was ...

... HERALD OFICE, 5.15 ?? M5fRn A. J. BALFOUR AT MANCHESTER. The Stanclard ?? Balfour has far too muchl good tasste toa erul~t of ensively over th|e con 'vex-ion of the Imperialist Liberals. but he could n'it refrain from notieing, if only as a pointi 0o historical interest, the change which has come ,xr tbe public temper since the days wherm 'cr G(ladstone thundered against Imperiali tra nn the ...

... I I ?? NURSIINC- IN ENDI-L C Sir,-The Up Country Nursing Association for tl Europceans in Idia has now been in eaistencu ir for five years. Established in 1593 under the r patronage of Her Me jesty the Queen, it is ad-o ,ministered by an experienced -erking committee, n i which meets in London, and ?? wIth; local centres in India, on whose appceation. ano to wlhose care the nurses selected by ...