... ALL THROUGH A LOVE AFFAIR, A year ago Senior Lieutenant Rudolf iiov&ss, who had his miud unhinged by a. love affair, dis- appeared from his quarters at Buda Peath. A wild man of the woods has just been foond in the great forest lying beyond Buds., and bat proved to be identical with Lieutenant Kovacs. He had become a perfect Bavage in appearance. ...

... I MME. BIANCHI -NI'S TRIAL. The trial of Mme. Bianchini, who had ordered some atropine for her dog, and it is alleged, administered it to her husband, has aroused in- tense interest in fashionable and theatrical cir- cles in Paris. There is a greater rush to obtain tickets for admission to the court than there was even for the Zola trial, and the restrictions im- posed by the officials are ...

... THE QUEENS JOURNEY. The Portsmouth Destroyer Flotilla, consisting of the Star, Crane, Ranger, Teaser, Flying Fish, Hunter, Chamois, and Violet, left Portsmouth to- day for Folkestone in order to be ready to convoy the Queen across the Channel to-morrow. The flotilla will to-night anchor at Dover. ...

... I Wycliffe Preacher Assaulted. To-day at Yarmouth the Vicar of Gorleston the Rev. Forbes Phillips, was charged with assaulting a Wycliffe preacher named Charles Edmund Wincott at a recent Kensit meeting, which was broken up amid uproarious scenes. A local boatman was also charged with assaulting the chairman. Wincott stated that the vicar first interrupted the meeting, and Catling then changed ...

... LOCAL BILLS. THE LONDON WATER (WELSH I RESERVOIRS). As the Examiner for the House of Commons had reported non-compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament in respect of this Bill, the measure came up yesterda.y before the Standing Orders Committee. Afiir private consultation the Chairman intimated that the Committee had decided to dispense with the Standing Orders and allow the Bill to ...

... THE RALPH DIVORCE CASE, Decree Made Absolute. I In the Divorce Court yesterday (before Sir Francis Jeune) the case of Ealph v. Ralph and Conroy was in the list. In this case it will be remembered that Mr Henry Albert Ralph, inanager of a carpet beating and dye works at Pendleton, obtained in March last year a. decree nisi for the dissolution of his marriage with Mary Ann Ralph on the ground of ...

... . SOUTH WALES TIE TABLE. 'I I ITues- (9luring F7 49 7 42i 6 8 44 d 8I46 day, Evenin 8 8 6 2 9 4 Mar.14 Heih 35 56 34 .2 i 36 0 l3810 38 2 Wed- DlotiMt'g 8 271 8 191 8 24 9 211 9 23 nesday,4 liv',eing 8 45 837 8143 4 939 9 41 Mar. 15,1 }feitrht 34 3 32 9 34 7 37 2136 6 'I ?? I9 5 l8 656 I9 2 1 956 9 58 day, h, Js jn lg, 9 241 9 15 9 21l10 13 10 16 Mar. 16 LIeehat 32 103' 9132 6134. 8133 11 ...

... 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 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 ...

... 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 ...

... DROWNED WBILK DRUNK AT LONGFORD. Mr. Reginald Whiston, the deputy County Coroner, held an inquest at tllf Longford Inn, Longford, on Thursday, respecting the death of James Smith, a groom, lately iii the employ of the Hon. II. J. Coke, who was found dead in a brook on Tuesday last. On Sunday night the Accessed ind two farm servants, named -John ?? and Arthur Baier, both of Alhmonton, were ...

... A CHILD CRUSHED TO DEATH. Mr. John Close held several inquests at the Town Hall on Saturday morning, the first one being on the body of Mabel Pearson, aged ten years, adopted child of Alfred Morris, foreman maltster at Messrs. Wheeidon's, and residing in Wood Street The child was killed through her head being crashed between tae buffers of some waggons in Messrs. Wheeidon's yard on Thursday ...