... I THE QUEEN AT WIMSOR CASTLE j (azox- THE 0O00! CamCouTsA.) Wuindsor Castle, Wedneda. T'he Queen and Her Royal Highness Princess' Henry of Battenberg drove out yesterday ater- I noon attended by the Hon Harriet Phipps. Their Royal Highrnesses the Duke and Duchess of York's three children arrived at the Castle on a visit to Her Majesty. The Dowager-Lady .Ampthill, who has suc- ceeded ...

... THE QU Em IN THE ISLE CF WIGHT. (FnOx I= CoU= CoRCaL.wa.) Osborne, Monday. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac- cortnpanied by Her Royal Highness. Prinecsa Henry of Battenberg and Hor Grand lucal High- nes Princess Louis oF Battenberg. The Rex. Clement Smiith, M.A., R2ctor of W'hippisagham, had the honour of dining with 1ker Majesty and the Royal Family last eovcing. 'hoe Queen wvent ...

... GLAO- LER7 , S' A GOLAff ION. The0 45thI annual geoneral rnsetic.; of the GlaG- 14, gun'V Eld'ers' Association wvas held last night la S thle ball1 of thle Faculty of Prc-curators. Maj or iP Thomnas Stout, 4the ebairnnan of theasnatn,1 n-en~ded, -end thcre were presant-Ftev. Dr B Donald Maclecd, Rev. Dre Ewen, MJessrs .I.c - Allan, Peter Gaibrairh, Thiomas Jacskson, ?? -Ba-cd Anedrsron. Donald ...

... OUR LONDON\ CORRESPONDENCE I ?? I 65 FtF:ET STP.3ET, Friday Night. The proceedings of Parliament-[ havo not been particularly exhilarating' to- night. The Rouse of Lords, alter so wild a debauch-for them-as two nights of solid steady debating, were naturally ehausted byt such tremendous efforts and only sat for a few minutes. The Bishop of Elv was early in his piece, and appa-ently nrneasy in ...

... i LETTERS TO THE EDITUOR . RECENThY-DISCOVERED SAMARITN lA.SS. OF DEJTEROS2OMY. Sir,-A discovery 'as recently been made of a very ancient maatrnscript containing part of the Samiritan Pentateuch whel my afford im- portant information for the history of the tranis. mnission of the earlier Old Testament book, and aiso indirectly be of value for New Testarerit criticism. The new asnuscript, which ...

... - LABOUR AYATRS. I- . I THE MINERS. * MEETING OF FI E EXECTE. A meeting of the Executive BIoPa of the Fif te i nrd Kinross Miners' wasw Dunfeemline ?? Samoa Innes, the m president, in the chair. Approval .wfs expreessed 5 of the action taken by the officials in making a t dexmand for an advance of wages to the extent of t, ! PO oar cent. ' )ir Weir, the secretaey. statecd tiat t 3.as. yet ha ...

... aoI gtram. TUESDAY, FEBRUAYi ?1. ] In the House of Lords yesterday severel Scotch private measures were read a second timnc. Lord James of Hereford, ini introducing a hill on tie subject of money-lending, said that the evidcnce given before tlhe Committee last rear disclosed ovils which it -was proposed to remedv. He then stated in detail the restric- tions ;-hich it was intendled ?? apply to ...

... I NATIONAL CHURCH UPNION. Thse second annual conference of the Nat:ioa' Church Ulison was held yesterday at 5 St Azcw-,ae 1,S42tre, Edinburgh, undervtie uresiceney of t2o 'ieV. Jr o ?? There va s',nalt attendance, i C Meairm cX 7I4Zncd as being probably accounted for by the fact is:av during the past year no event ?? emerged is- need speoiaily interacst the members of tie L ni'n In the course ...

... ?? 0, rise meraRr. - ? I FRIDAY, Fimr.tny 24. : Ia the House of Lords yesterday the Queen's i acknowledgment of their Lordships' Address ill. reply to thle Speech with which she opened tbe present session o' Parliament was read hy the Lord-Chamnberlain. A number of Scotch private hills, including the Glasgow District Subway Bill and the Greenock anid Port- Glasgow Tramuvavs Bill, were accorded ...

... IT-E I Cute, c'p.!SIS iN BI- GARY. BARON BAFFFY AmnDj LE G.FOSMiQMN CSCEPECL't rerx TEeTE ' erSnaNDI.D OF TO-DAs ) Vrienna. Monday VIgL Baron Banffy arrived here this rnsoi n had a private audience of the Empetar to ?? ort on the eoomrornise rgcatiaw :on,. ?? I now lasted folly -ix aweek. and. a.cc~r-i ?? iaccounts, to tetsdcr the res.gnation - Of late the srope of tche negotiatifnhs 2 ...

... 1 iA NEW DAMR IH HAMWW TRAVELULC. I A daring atempt. under ncvel circrances, to rob or murder a passenger in a train i5. says the Paris eurresuondeut of the ;Stantdard. te- ported to have occurred in the Bordeaux-Paris express on Friday night. 3M. Albert Roux, a Parisian lawyer, w-s returning to the capital from the south. and in crdcr to be able to sleep on thre journey ho had taken a seat ...

... 17WCLES1 4STICA1L. lU.P. O Lners LAnDIE? RAIM1r.A v!N SOCIEtv.- I'he annual raecting of the above society was held in the U.P. Presbycerv Rall yesterday. The 3Rev. dames Buchanan presided and moved the adop- tion of the annual report and treasurer's state- ment, a-hich gave the number of boarders Nvithin ml) gunirls school connected wvith the society in Raifraria as 118, as compared wilt 25 ...