... I Position of the United States. NEw YORK, Wednesday.—Mr Alger contradicts the statement that instructions have been sent to General Otis at Manila to wage an aggressive warfare against Aguinaldo. Opinion generally 'in Government circles is that the ratification of the Peace Treaty by the Senate is not sufficient justification for the establishment of American government throughout the entire ...

... I Servant Girl's Siranga Conduot. At the Lssex Assizes now being held Elizabeth Walxord was indicted for administering strych- nine to her mistress, Mrs Marlar, the wife of a chemist at Halstead. It was stated that Marlar had had occasion to complain of the prisoner sending letters to a, young man, a.nd her, mother also gave her a talking to on the same subject. The prisoner on the following ...

... A HERO OF TEL-EL-KEBIR. Drunk and Disorderly in Cardiff. At thq Cardiff Police Court to-day Thomas Matthews (42) was charged with being drank and '••orderly in c0wbri d«e-road on the 7th inst. and assaulting p c jAmei Harrjs The constable aving described prjsoner's rough method of i.anaii«g him, Matthews was asked to make his UP and eXteDdiK hlS chest Matthews Sftid he had been in the Army ...

... FLOGGING IN SWANSEA GAOL. Question in the Commons. Mr Lloyd Morgan has given notice for to-day (Friday) to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that a prisoner named George Attewall was flogged in her Majesty's Prison at Swansea, in December last, until the blood flowed freely from his back, and that at the end of the flogging he ...

... FRENCH AND THE RED SEA. Bombay, Thursday.—Her Majesty's cruiser Eclipse, flagship cf the East Indies squadron, with Rear-Admiral Douglas on board, will sail to-morrow for Muscat. A report has reached here that the Sultan Oman has promised to France the lease of the coaling station on the Muscat coast. It is understood that a protest has been lodged on behalf of Great Britain. In connection ...

... LATE COUNT CAPRIVI. The Funeral. EnossEN ON THE OnKB, Thursday. The funeral of the late Count Von Capiivi took place this afternoon on the family estate at Skyren. Among those present were representatives of the Emperor, the King of Saxony, the Imperial Chancellor, and the Foreign and Wm' Offices, besides Count Posadowsky, Secretary of State for the Interior, Admiral Tirpitr, Secretary of Navy ...

... GR!M8BY ELECTION TEA BILL. At Grimsby County Court yesterday Mr Mel- hnish, the Independent Conservative candidate at the recent bye election, was sued by a widow named Wei barn for £ 2 for teas supplied to the candidate and his clerks. Defendant disputed the account,and contended that it was not sent in within the specified time, and was therefore barred. Plaintiff stated that she personally ...

... FOUNDERING OF THE RESISTANCE. A telegram from Lloyd's agent at Holyhead states that H.M.S. Resistance bound from Ports- mouth for Liverpool, put in there yesterday. A later telegram from the same source states that the resistance, after anchoring in the roads, was found to be leaking badly, and at 1.30 this morn. ing she slipped cable and was towed on to Pen- rhos beach, within the bay. The ...

... DISMISSED FROM THE ARMY. i Sergeant Ronald Henry, formerly Royal Artil- lery, has been sentenced by Court Martini nt Sheerness to three years' imprisonment and dis missal from the Army for having embezzled £ 29 public money and been guilty of forgery. ...

... BILLIARDS. JOHN ROBERTS v. E, DIGGLE. The match a.t the WgYPlaii Hall between tnese player. Diggie receiving a start of 5,500 in 21 000 up. was continued yesterday, and in the afternoon Joggle was seen to good advantage. During the 'n v he made breaks of 169, 10o, 111., 122, 110. and vl. I.o Roberts's best w • 71. •v 225. The scores were -Diggie, &9bsrt». ...

... They exhumed the wrong body. What a grave mistake. Bobbie (reading): Pa, what does a better half mean ?-Pa: Just what she says. Papa (from the next room): Ethel, aren't yon going to light the gas in there ?—Ethel: Yes, papa we were just speaking of—er—striking a match. Teacher Now, children, what can you tell me about the immortal George ?-Scholar: He knocked the spots out of the Spaniards ...

... Mr Smith, barrister-at-law, and Me Councillor .1. H. Fla-ilett, commissioners under he Jioile*- F.xplosiati Act, have been appointed by the Beard of Trade to hold an official investi- gation into the cause of tho boiler explosion at Messrs Hewitt's v/liarf. Barking, Essex. inqnir'- is for the 2b inst.  ...