... LONDO IANAHKIRE ; \ aSOCITtOX. f - I Tho second annual-dinner of the Glasgow and L;arksldre Association of London was held last night in the Holborn Restaurant, and was at- tended by nearly 150 ladies and gentlemen, mei- '7bars Cof the as&tic sid their friend. The hchir was occupied by Lord Kelvin, president of th, association, and among the company were Lady Kelvin, Lord Lister, the Hon. T. A ...

... H|aLa OrCsEc, 5.15 A.ML THE BREAK-Up OF CHINK The Standard ?? 'a matter of fad China has gone to pieces more than once during the Christian era, and the fragments have as oftern been reunited. As recently as the middle of the seventeenth century the Manchusheld only twelve of the eighteen provinces of China. A Princ of the dynasty they overthrew had establ-idi4 himself in the south-west. ...

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... AGRICULT URE. BUTTER-MAKING COMPETITIONS iN IRELAND. In Belfast yesterday, at the spring show of the Irizt North-East Agricultural Association, there were held for the first time butter-making con, tests, and much interest was displayed in them. They were oonfined yesterday to females, and there were 13 competitors. Professor Drummnond, Scottish Dairy Institute, was judge, and six corm- ...

... ECCLESISTICAL ST LEONARD'S C =hRCH CASE. At a special meeting of the Established Church Presbytery of St Andrews held yesterday in the vestry of the Town Church, St Andrews-Rev. Dr ,Frascr, Newport, modetator-consideration of the St Leonard's Church case, postponed from last meeting, was reasrmed. Rev. Mr Todd, Eisagsbarns, convener of the committee to examine and report on the plans submitted ...

... VCORFQRATIO OF GJIJISOOW. ~f. A .0noftbe.Corpo r of Gsgorwa held yestedy-.aleo ic presidig. The- Glasgow Boxing Competitions. Mr Lindsay (the clerk)-stated that he bad re- ceived a'telegram from his .Edinburgh coTespon-- dent informing him that the Hligh Court had1 dismissed, with seven guineas -of expenses, the Iappeal against the conviction obtained in the , Southern Police Court incoaectin ...

... TWERIAL aPARIA ?? HOUSE OF LORDS.; MON!\DAY, Mfay 8. Tbe Lord-Chancellor took hlis seat th; Woolsaclc at a quarter-past four-o'cloch. IENFREW BURJ-GH AND HARBOIUR EXTENSION BILL.- This bill was read a third time and passed.. RITUUALISM AND THE A RMY. Lord GREVILLE asked the Secretary of State i for WVar whether the soldiers stationed at Brighton wlo are members of the Church.of ':ngland are ...

... OUR LO1DDON CORRESPONDENCE 65 FLEET ST'mr4T, Wednesday Night. QUEEN'S BIRTH AY CELEBRATIONS. Three special services were given to-day in the leading Metropolitan churches in commemoration of the Queen's eightieth year. At St Paul's, despite the fact that the service commenced at eleven o'clock in the morning, when most people are supposed to be at busi- ness, there must have been thousands who ...

... |THIRRD EDITIgON I _ - flfltT.S O n, 5.13 d DREYFUS AFFAIR. I _t SENATOR'S LIBEL ACTION. t -- ?? A MYSTERIOIJS DEAMTN. a1 (sPegCAL TELEGSOAS TO STASMDA C) OF TO-DAY.) c Paris, May 9, Night.- v The Committee of the Court of Cassation met ii this afternoon at the close of the ordinary sitting of the Court to examine the numer- ous letters, documents, denunciations, and ?? to be heard as ...

... ECCLESIASTICAL CeNVIECATIoAL U1,HiN O1F SCOTLAHD. CLOSItNGq SITTING. I T'oonuai tretings of one t ohgrgegonu I owna c:. Saoe:F-onc won coneleudlod ycoterdayr.. ' mn 'roraingr the delegates breakfastcd in tic C;-y ' eIe. v. Ceorg;- (0'adston presideld, nona-cz'.s tlcose on tlo platformn werc-1ev-. N. *tlI PIutherv!cn: Rev. P. J. Rolleo Wa-sow- cc ate it-m t'she Bapti3t TUnion; ' eilfn! o Lar'b ...

... THE COURT AND REYISIO-STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS. (srEcIAL TELscnA.r TO ST.MPAuiS oF TO-DAT.) Paris, May 4, INight, Both the Minister of Justice and the Minister of 'War have made declarations concerning the Dreyfus affair, which are published in the journals this evening. It had been asserted that the Government being now certain that the Court of Cassation would grant the demand for the, ...

... /THE VOLUNTEER& Sco3Tsj TWENTY CLUB CMPETITIO?Th. U ~A~eroo otise tree shoots wlich ar. e blds ?? eecataj ofthe Scottish Twenty it '5ls V a tem to ?? 10, the nolrltel ftniale $ratsnalroshtO~place on Saturday in members in the Western rltlpf.~ the Darn~rymmawes*near Nitbill. Vnfsitr ?? but good,, and a D'urr.be fh.. petit ?? On the opening day prfre away ?? shoot in the hope thatthyii ...