... STREET OPENNGS FOR TIELEGRAPH WIRES. IMPORTANT DECISION. In Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday Sheriff I Rutherfurd gave Judgment in an application by the Postmaster-General for an order upon the: Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Edin- burgh requiring them to give their consent to the placing and maintaining of a line or lines of under-; ground telegraphs in or under Gorgie Road, ...

... oUR LONeO CORRESPONDENCE I i 65 FLEET STrElZT, Tuesday Night. HOUSE OF LORDS. -T Lord Mluskerry had the House of Lords pretty much to himself to-night, and being a man of untiring energy not to beI crushed by Prime Ministerial rebukes or any- thing else, he naturally seized the opportunity to begin legislating, and to move resolutions with quite an enviable industry and deter- mination. First ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENTS RoUSE OF LORDS. TIU-RSDAY. February 9. The 11r1 Utancclior took ?bis seat on thej Wooesack at a ?? past four o'clock. THE CRfSiS IN THE CHURCH OF ENCLAND. The BisblP of WLNCHESTER rose to call ?? to eitOfent, lately made respecting the actiofl sl the bishops in dealing with irreo puisrities it, public worship. No apology he, rt j(,uht was noeded. or ought to be needed, a ...

... LETTRS TO THE EDTOR. I -rUNICIFAL TRADING. 4 Fenchurch Avenue. London, E February 10, 1899. 8 qu ?? of great importance has S r. ^ been brought to the notice of the Loun- ,ec c'ner of' Cortmerce. It is one that does CJ- et endon only. but every tradestman ande -t tretie~uhout the country. It is this, that mltr bodies. such as C~orporations, Local I J.Iistrict Councils are pruposin to! tadin ...

... BRITAIN AND FRA'NCE I , ?? GREAT IMPROVECME-NNT IN MUTUAL AgIEEMENT TO BE SI OED. Paris, February 11. The Figero to-day rcrnarks that the ground for negnotitiuns between the French arnd Brirish Gcrernarente, is nowr cle.ared. The Flenipolen- tiaries of tle two nations. it says, can discuss the settlemcnt of pendiagl questions without being afraid fhl.t irritated feeling, will take the plare ...

... ALARTIEIG RAILWAY. IACCDENT. |cOLLISlOX AT POLLOKSEKWS. 51.AsEaLoUS t .,,ESuAPES-GREAT DAMACE n. wTO PLANT. ?? AJn- alarming and disastrous Collision took le jnaceona Sa'tnrday-night between a passenger telitrain and a., goods train near the Pollokshaws a-. Station on' the Glasgow, BarrIread, and Kil- marnocliJointline, and the result was a great destruxtion of railway plant, the somewhat ...

... THE FRINc 7SCOT'rS SOCiETY. Tle.report of the council of the Senoli.;h Lbranh of this society, to be subnmitteii nt the* a.llu meeting in Eclinbnrgh on Thursday, staces flat during thc p a*st. year the memhber.sli:p lad inl- creased, notwithstanding the fsct thatl the pleaL- Iing total of 1897 NW;,. cemi7suitty reduced owing to inar'y ladies 3ian geneiecmci, whio i ci jois'&1 cuolely to ...

... I PROGRESS OF THE WA R 1IN THE PHILIPPINMES. I r ha t ?? York, Febru-nry 2- d' It was veryv videly ruimoured itl Nyasiiing'ot e, to-day that Aguinaldo, thc Filipino Commarnder- 1 .in-Chief, had sent a comnmtission to Genera1 ?? ! requesbrg 3ususpension of hostilities- The SFcretary ioronao Gelneral Csor'l n.-il ?? of the Arlyo hind a sodree i at o lengthy woaferenwe ?? ia is Eupp&isd. Up to ...

... WAIARSEI CONSTRUCTION' - ; l- ABRi~OAD. ?? (flax° O oU Olx cOpErSPOIDEST.) London, 3londay Nlight The United States arc making a big fornvard move with their new armoured cruisers, which wvill resemble. our Cressy class in size, beinrg 12,000 tons displacement on trial, and they will be as 'well protected and armed i but there -will be this importantsdifference, that insteadI of bein. ...

... plijLIPPJNE WAR.1 eMOSF TER.RilBLE SCENES IN ANILA,. K ?? OF BUILDPIGS BURNED 3Y THE 2TSURCGENTS. iUWTffrE MEASURES ON THE PART OF NHE OArMIERiCANS. , xirr.!m4 A SrECULL cOr*2r.sPOttDENNT.) - Ncvw York. February 23. . am cnitt from Manila to-day to tle 'c-pv,-nt. Generali Otis confirms thenews- i a dehloerate attemapt to labut The fiN x.tcs got undler Corl ' -i- re laiairnon tihe pnrit ci the ...

... '1712, CANDIDATLEFOFMi WIIIjTELAW- Whts 0 theLttoi- tn alteih Cr Crune f ?? \\esr- DiviSieo of _anarksir.I crdesmda SP meet- t ; lc~ in the Ar~l al pig ~-o pr~t!d- nd al~fg tosepresent wvere y1s trieia~'N. Mr J. racker Stitith, hi.P.; saA loiiy, .iamtes Chlalmeors, Jamesl o. - e-'sr- IV. . klaccregor, I.2'L -rtjrmfl ex-icaatt-i that his presence onl ar t s~ due to the tact that tilejet of the ...

... | E I - - UHERALD b i:; 5.1a A.M. JNEW CUP DEFENDER. The London Daily sMail' publishes the following teletram ?? New York, February 20. Although the greatest secrecy is observed regarding the new America Cup defender, -now building at Herresboff's vorks, Bristol, ?? Island. I am enabled to give some interest- ling points about its construction obtained from a reliable source. -Nickel steel ...