... CHESTER FARMERS' CLURB -I- A general meeting of this club was held on Saturday at the Hop-pole Hotel, Chester, Mr. Peter Allen presiding. On the proposition, of Mr. Jcseph Beecroft, seconded by the Ch ...

... CHURCH PARADES IN LIVERPOOI| INTERESTING FCTIONS. The Lord M ayor (Councillor W. Oulton), who was accompanied by the Lady Mayoress, had his time fully occupied for several hours yester- day morning, a ...

... CZAR'S THIRD DAUGHTER. A Prophecy Being Vicariously Fulfilled. St. Petersburg, Jnne 27th.—The birth of a third daughter to the Czarina has visibly damped the hopes of those about the Court though in the Imperial family and household there is much jov at the event. It is reported that as the Dowager Empress arrived at Peterhof she met the Czar with these words Six daughters have been foretold ...

... EXCAVATIONS IN THE FORUM. I A Rome correspondent telegraphs that the first block of marble belonging to the sculptured cornice of the Basilica 2Enailia came to light on Monday in the Forum. The fragment is in splen- did preservation, and is decorated with rosettes, which are known to have formed one of the dis- tinguishing features of the cornice of the Basilica. Other interesting remains, ...

... The Man About Town. I am afraid that I am completely out of sympathy with ghosts and spiritual phenomena. Old fashioned country people declare--l have heard them in the North, South, East, and West of our island—that ghosts only trouble the wicked, but they are all very timorous, give haunted houses a wide berth, and would sooner do many things than pass a graveyard at midnight. The ...

... Birmingham Sensation. DISCOVERY OF INFANTS' BODIES. The police are continuing their inquiries into the ghastly discovery of bodies in a cellar at Small Heath, Birmingham. The operations of a number of officers were yesterday directed to a thorough investigation of the house, and parti- cularly of the cellar. Some idea of the nauseous feature of the work can be formed from the fact that at ...

... VICE-CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRIDGE, Mr W. Chawner, master of Emmanuel Col- lege, was to-day elected Vice-Chancellor of Cam- bridge University, ...

... NEWPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. At the monthly meeting of the Newport Chamber of Commerce, held on Wednesday at the Town Hall, Newport, the president (Mr T. Parry) in the chair, the Secretary reported that Mr Spicer, M.P., had attended as a deputation to Mr Hanbury re the proposed purchase of the National Telephone Company's system by the Government, and was thanked by the Chamber for having ...

... I Official Starting Prices. (As published by R,aeing Calendar and Sporting Life.) NEWMARKET. RACE BUNKERS. WINNER. PIUCK. Trial. 11 Korosko 11 to Sag 5 Ultimatum 75 to 20 ag July 6 Captain Kettle 100 to 8 ag CARLISLE. 4 DiL.-iie. Coilst,%nce 3 to lag St.-wd 5 Rosario 3 to lag 8 Hie 7 to 2 ag ...

... I am in complete accord with Mr Glad- stone's statement, made in 1884, that we are surrounded by forces of which we know little or nothing, but I don't quite see what this has to do with the explana tion of Haunted Houses which a corre- spondent promised. Mr C. Ware, of Exeter, undertook to give his experiences in solving house hauntings, but he only reads us a spiritualistic sermon of the ...

... Paris, Monday Night. The trial of Mdlle. Augustine Hinque for shooting M. Bourcy, an examining magistrate, began to-day at the Soine Assize Court. The case was of exceptional in- terest. The prisoner, whc is of Belgian origin, on returning to France in 1894 found that her father had been ruined by two adventuresses. She sought legal redress, and the matter was placed in the hands of M. Bourcy. ...

... FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. FREE GARDENERS AT CARDIFF. Annual Meetings of the Oi'-Jer, j Mayor s Welcome. The first business meeting of the Annual Movable Delegation of the British Order of Ancient Free Gardeners was opened at the Grand Hotel, Cardiff, this morning, the Grand Master, Bro. J. H. Gardner, presiding. This being the first occasion that the Order has honoured Cardiff with a visit, special ...