... SCOTTISH CONSTABULARY I I REPORT. I SUGGESTIONS FOR GREATER EFFEE CTIVENESS. The annual report of Captain Mfonro, Her Ma- jesty's Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland, for the year ended 31st December, 1898, was issued last night as a Parliamentary blue book. ,Captain Mouro states that die changes authorised during the year have resulted in an increase of 29 in county and of 32 in city and ...

... AFFTAIRS IN ThANiSVAAL. TI:E NEW FRANCHISE PROPOSAL. A FRIENDLY MISSION TO S1IR ALYRED MIILN ElR. (SrT.AD.It'i) TmexreArM.) Jnltannlelbnrlg. Sattirdat' nighlt. Nvgotiationns of a sremi-oliicial or official clarlateor are boing aetively carried eil by the Ailrikander Biond and the more progre-,aive Teuaisvial politicians ill the hope of inducing oue or both of the prinIcipals in the Bloenm- ...

... ,rbe court Balmoral Castle, 6th June. The Queen went out yesterday morning, accompanied by the Grand Duchess of Hesse. In the afternoon Her Majesty drove to 'Mar Lodge, accompanied by the Grand Duchess of Hesse, and attended by the Hon. Mrs Mallet and the Hon. Alaie Mlajeladie, with 'Miss Liddell. Sir A.. Condie Stephen, K.CM.G., C.B., arrived at the C'astle, and with Viscount Cross had the ...

... -t? J? I ON DON LETVEM. C) ? -4 . . I ay JOURNAL SPECIAL WIRE. (FROMI OUTR OWN~ CORRESPONDENT.) 5 Nntw Smx~8T'RFVTt, The Honl `i Of Co11tit1on' IVIII mloro hioldax'- like eia v!r to-dav. thut tlheto Niu.x pxood 111d iuentber, werooeliitl cl x*rthd axit-jmrilty to leave th lix H iI-.0 Citid loll xtPoll ..''t,t onl t ix' tt't.t, tind t ii] OV itvxtool lo e, x fromt the vIv''i' 'l'nrtIa''. ...

... TRDANSVAAl It BOOK. BLURED I! HIGH COMMISSIONER'S PLEA FOR INTERVENTION CASE OVERWHELMING., OCAMBERLAIN'S REPLY TO. ULTLANDERS' PETITION. SCATHING CONDEMNATION OF BOER GOVERNMENT''. CHARIES OP CORRUPTION A\D PECUtILATION. A blue-book of 243 pages was issued yesterday. morning dealing with the Complaints of British s'bjects in the South African Republic.' The despatches are classified under ...

... DUKIEDOM OF SAXE-COBURG.1 GOTHA. | TFlE SUCCESSION OF PRINIE AR1M U OF CONTINAUGHT. RaEUTRR' s TEEuGRAIL) Gotha, Wednesday. The Diet has decided to call upon the Government of Saxe-Coburg Gotha to make representations in the highest quarters that Prince Arthur of Connaught, heir presump- tive, may, as soon as possible take up his principal residence in the D)uchy, receive a (German education, ...

... I kr FINAINCAIL AR'RANG'EMENTS. .0 ~ ~ _ A meoot ig of the Finance Committee of Aber. deen School Board was held in thie School Board iBl dings, Onion Terrace, last night - Mr L Craigon, csnvencr oi the committee, presiding., A Ingthy diesussion tLook place on theo ptsitionI of the iosrd banking arrangetonerts. Mr John i s o.liir inovo-d i.hl .he bank acoont, which had et l it.herto been wvirh ...

... BUOKIE. It has been decided to form a cricket club here. The office-bearers are:-Hon. president, Mr Bryson of Strathlene; president, Dr Simpson; captain, J. Yuill; vice captain, J. Macpherson; secretary, W. Gray. BENIIOLM. School Board.-A meeting of this board was held in the Public School, Johnshaven, on Tues- day evoeing-the chairman, Rev. J. Nicoll, B.D., presiding. The balance sheet for ...

... : . ATHE W:EATHER: Thermometer and Barometer, I 1HADIMOS AT 2 A.X. TO DAY. | MUYTPH, 10 - 31BO ,', _ 9; 0Gg 5 Gem>~ l1 .- -. R. igh WW~r at Aber. 1 9,20 Ll.M - .W een. ..,,.. 9'49 p-.m. Uie b~aromot-ot has follen a _ _ littleand 'the weather has _ . 10 . TO.DiAY. (Jnep 19, 1899.) '7KO-DAY FORECASTS FOR TOI)DAY. The following forecasts of wvather for 6o-day. were isrued from the ...

... fvete g'-.vd ett Soii n, 1a. crnTF. npFvIi--iIRnAD STURTFT APrthW'E . LONUON FJF'YCK-5 NEW BRId DGE 'dId B L.C. ELEgRAMS-'; ABERII fl.N IOIItLN IAL,' AD3RI)EM N IELF~ L'l),i-Na. 27. ABE RDEFEN. I RIDA Y, J. UNF 23, 1899 NEW'S SUMIMARY. In the Fotin e of Lords vyeterdav aftetrtnon, on the notion of the Earl of Jelt- a tet nd otad- inej wa-- giver, Li' the line or* l elrioitif-tlit tS(-t- land ...

... IMAJOR MARCHIAND IN PARIS.I EXTRAORDINA RY ]VNTHV'SIAS3 . THE OFFICIAL RECEIPTION. (RnUTPR~'S T'LEGRAM.) Plric, Thurrsday. Maijor Marclaend arived here a few I minutes after nine this morning, and mret with a reception the enthusiasm of which reached anl extraordinary pitch. The streets near the Gare de Lyon were literally packed with people, wagonettes festooneed with flowers and flags having ...

... FATAL ACCIDENTr INQUIRIES AT ABERDEEN. A FRASERBURGH SURFACEMAN'S DEATH. In the Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday-before Sheriff Burnet and a jury--in inquiry was Pon- ducted under the Fatal Accidents Inquiry Act into the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Reid, 6 Commerce Street, Fruierburgh, lately a foreman surfaoeman in the employment of the threat North of Scot- land Railway ...