... HTBE BRITISH NAVY. CONTINENTAL OGMMENTS ON MR GOSCHEN'S SPEECH, (REUTRa's TRLEUO}AMX) St Petersburg, Sunday. The Novosi regards Mfr hoaochen's declara- tion respecting Great Britain's shipbuilding pro- pramme and disarmament conference as osat happily conceived end reassuring. (STANxDAsi TrLEGoAlM..) Paris, Friday night. Commenting on Mr Goschen's speech in the House of Conmmous, the ...

... I SCOTTISH ALERXS' ASSOCIATON G1NERAAL COUNCLL AMBET(G. At the annual meeting of the General Council of the Scottish Clerks' Aeseiti held in Glasgow, delegates Aere present from Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Falkirk, GIaagow, CbGreenock, Paisley, Kilmarnock, Mlaneester, anid London. In the ale-ce of .Mr Booth, Dundee, chairman of tihe councill, the ineo chairman, Mr H. B. Kerr, Edinburgrended ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at a quarter pa4 four o'clock. THE CHUROH OF ENGLAND AND THE CONFESSIONAL. I : Lord KINNA1RD moved for a return of all the cases in which the bishops' veto had been exercised under the Church Discipline Act, 1840, and under the Public Worship }Regulation Act, 1874. He also asked the Goverranent whether a return could be obtained showing ...

... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR UNION TERRACE; Sir,-Tho Rev. Alex, Webster, chairman of the Aberdeen School Board, will, I tnast, be. duly thankful to me for the suggestion I am now to make to him in your columns for his next pre- leoction to his eofleagies as to his ideas of the teaching of the Bible. My text will give him ample scope and verge imough for an hour's oration in high 'moral teaching. The ...

... I T HELE PROPOSED MACDrJtF-FRASER-| BUtliG-H RAILWAY. The monthly meeting of Macduff Town Council ,was held yesterday-Provost Bisset presiding. JBaillie James Duncan spoke to a motion given notice of by him that the council at once put themselves in communication with the other pub- lie bodies-the County Council, Parish Council, Town Council of Banff and Town Counoil of! Fraserbargit-wiith a ...

... THE RATE OF ILLEGITRIACY, UNENVIABLE RECORD FOR THE NORTg, EAST. __ : The forty-fourth annual report of the Regiss* General on the births, deaths, and marriage r gictered in Scotland during the year I189, and she the annual report on viaceinatien for 1897, e issued as aBlue Book yesterday. In the reporti' stated that the population at Scotland, as eili. mated to the middle of the year 1898, w ...

... SECOND EDITION a- w e- 6 Nmw BiDiae &Tz:T, Lospow, 3e JO11MAL . n4 As Saturday morning, 5.30. Ss IS (BY SPECIAL NlIRE.' le ?t- RUSSIA, CHINA, ANM BRIT''AIN. ,,- TBHR WITHI)RAWAL OF rt 7 RUS liSfAN P.RnOUSTI, ie TIT FOR TA1'. 5- (TwIEs TALNORAM.) tl 'Pekin, Friday. ,d Trust wor t.hy informa (ion received here Ir from St Petersburg states that Russia with. et draws her opposition to the ...

... Ls1T.iU$'1 () T',S 1DiTO t T T7 lET :R. T.'E -Pt1AGE ORUSADfE.' Sir,-hbinj a mian of peace, I; of course, -as present ai .the aneetihg addres.sed bj 1ir A'. '. Steid iikithe Albert Hall on theoevcnia4 of I lhursdhv, .1th. and, iti addition to mwsifrpre ;it the coinposition of the: plat-form audience, .I wIe , grlevotuiv~ disappoipted at- the, trcatmrent meted org to twhe' parties who baptpetdu ...

... - :: 1?.:'-QUARR? ??bg? i. - : : .Elgir., Tuesdxy. The olgin quarryworkere on stLike had a crowded meetin. this. forenoon .in Thunderton House, and'oertasaly showed 'they are determined ported themseelves this tibiriiaig to the raeeting, ;there has not been .. single b eak in the ranhks, 5iad the Oskbrae foren ihas been added to the Inumber. The pickets at the different quarnes this morning ...

... TlHE -NDV IBOULEVARD FOR A3E I')lISEN. TlH AN1D!K1`l`st0 DRIVE. hI~l ii. t:,'i1.i 1 1 A lttt-li lli' Tht'144 Lidtl 1(.i t1 ) 1 li-t ill1. I tt it I I IA 2;%0 :E ' orl II0 Li it.' .'~ v Xpi aOIe I0t.' II( ll.. ,Ito. t lie 11- ii 2ppol e'~Q. L .i'll the )l1,la sllvt'11o1- til btit' !,:,I tie 0 It iOV LIeNI ~tt~o.Ied t. In' uwil livex oil fi 4il ilito Ut I t'iltQ12 o 11.1 'Wid 11W '1,''''I.' ...

... I -- - -- - I~ BY JOURNAL SPECIAL WIRE (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) r NEw BRIDOE STRSET, Wednesday night. fumber 3 Committee Room was crowded Vith Aberdeen gentlemen to-day, who came 9 fallv expecting to see the Aberdeen Cor- pratton Bill either advanced a stage or ta.rown out, but they were disappointed. The weather has not favoured the visitors. The fog mnade your towlnsmell cough and ...

... I EXPLOSION ON BOARD TIER -: ; TERRIBLE. . The first elasa cruiser, Terrible arriod at Devonport yesterday morning, and Captain Robinson reported to Admiral Sir E 1ermantle, Naval .Comtrhader-iChief, that a serious explosion occurred on board on Monday, by which several stokers. were badly scalded. Ide also reported that 'one of the in. jured had sinde died, and that another was in a 'very. ...