... [BY AN INDIAN OFFICIAL.1 THAT press telegrams from Northern India should at once attribute 'want of foresight, negligence, and extraordinary apathy to Shc Madras Government and to Madras officials is onlv another illus- tration of an attitude too familiar to attract attention, too hasty to inspire belief, too unvarying to suggest discrimination. That the atrocities have been exaggerated ...

... Tur~ beating of a hamnmer, obstinate and angry, from behind the limp greenl-god cuftains ; halfwamy they hang, as thou~gh for a charade, below thle Ilollowv of the arch, up against the Byzantine columns at the side, with their fantastic capitals glittering, in the cool electi ?? vehasuk tile heavy roof, black and gold, of the Guildhafll in the lantern small gas- jets ate flickering, and ...

... WV=e ?? OF .1 MARX TWAIN AND WtHJ VAGABONDS- Mark Twaih and his wifo, and Miss Jean cuins, wron the guesat of the New Vagbbond Cmb, at S bankust at the Ulolborn aua terdy eveningz.- The.0oe0i a W'& Ls'Ldiafsght, and about four hwdred ?? and goatlersen werei Pre- sent. ~r. (corge (4roareinih preideda, and the Vice. ehaizrinei were Mqessr. 0. B. .Burgxn, 7)ouglas ?? D:F. Conn Dyle. ...

... METEO.ROGWTA(L REPORT ' 1)AtLY mwx A BREANGS TlS MORMNO BIT I ?? AND ZAMBRAS BAWMMX I ocded to ses-'le and reduwed to 32 ie,,. P. d no~ WS& Eas Abaw t9hefatgbt a Me brmmeter at L Pao* an IN* and troesvio clorwoe,. Isw ?? Imam ,ad ee-e k rtrew wsasrta.ts during edv ?? the twomtsiix dy r T*l ?? ' show hthe iati. . lesibosaltledwmzbsr3. pD t A M& Wilk widd Taweslt.S.. am be tdlasam of m s 8 3 ...

... I PAItFUT, LIST OF FATALITIE'SI r The Surrey Coronor last evening held an inquiry d at the Royal Staff College, Camzberley, respocting r the death of Captain Henry Francis Gaynor. officer of Royal Engineers and an officer student of the Col- loge. In the prograrnme for the aidnual garden l party of offieer, to be held on Thursday, a horse r jumping competition had been arranged to take 5 place ...

... Zbe top of the Morning, THE CHANCELLOR OF THE ExCrIEQUER ON TAXATION. The Lord Mayor last night entertained-the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the bankers and merchants of London at dinner in the Mansion House. Sir M. Hicks-Beach, in acknowledging the toast of his health, 1-egretted that it had been his unhappy fate this year to increase instead of diminish the taxation of the country. HIe ...

... BANKERS AT THE MANSION HIOU SE. SPP)ECJR BY THEr CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. OUR GOLT) RESERVE. Tho Lord Mayor's banquet to bankers and m.r- chants took place lWC night at the Mansion House, tho ?? inelieding the Chancellor of thb Ex- chequer, Lady Lucy liicks-Beach, the Earl and e Counitest of Lisven and Melville, and Mr. Ritchie. Sir M. Uick4-Baewac, responding to the tosmt of Contined ...

... VE2\EZUELA ARBITRATION. PARIS June 28. At to-day's sitting of the Venezueia Arbitral Tribunal Sir Richard Webster continued the case for England. lie referred to maps prior to 1720, and showed that they continuously retained the mythica] Lake Parimo and Eldorado, which had figured on the maps of Sir Walter Raleigh in 1595, so little did the cartographers know of the interior of Guiana. But at ...

... ITS DUTIES AND DIFFICULTIES. f REFLECTIONS BY LORD ROSEBERY. Nj. 1. OF THE ANGLO-SAXON. ?? j The [PUBLTISHE TO-DAY] -The AlgloSaxon, edited by Lady Ran- iu dolph Churchill, and published by Mr. John r iLa3, nuakes its irst appearance to-day. It is soniething quite now in latter-day cuarterlios, d boing, a sort of sublimated Book of Beauty. n lts s-re is folio; itisnmargins aro ...

... A MINOR REVOLT AND A BIG MAJOR17'Y. IN THE HOUSE. BY AN OBSERVER. REVOLTS seem to be quite the order of the day just now. It is but forty- eight hours since Mr. George Whiteley, with flushed face and quivering utterance, sent his challenge to the Government hurtling through the Chamber, and unyoked himself from party allegiance. The House enjoyed the sensation, for it came upon them with that ...

... TuApTeo RETURNS. ?? ~ra. Nfile, PA- Mm-er Potnl r. I Ornn. searjm ohai.-lk. 1929. 1898. Week ending Junoi, 25. £ £ £ ; ArpnnLiuc (it. Weot.. 59 - - 110,191 6,739 hlfe;t rnd Northelta Cmun ites ?? . 212 4,4. 2,984 7,459 65,98 ?? G. Westem _ of Ireland ?? 38 6,9'8 5,348 12,254 10,811 Wmterford and CentrL Irellinl ?? 69t 424 475 897 822 Wavterford, Limerick and Westrrn . ?? - 5C 2,661 2,871 6,52 ...

... AT.l LES M0RN1N('G Nd WS~. The Quesvi~~itrs at, Windcsor Castle~ Izst, O\ Olii~' ioindi'I 0,1% l'ir~isx-a Imt'vendish, Sir, I i ?? ?? I.,lot, e Ur;itIs Amits~sit- ior ait li ~,GnrlSir VZ mi.ve~rs hullter, t. . s onin~i.itin.. i- th Aldershot. Division, 'itill ten' tuied at th(i I .e s. ?? ,ICs stjU ?? Q1iieu WVill illil?.ett thot lloouitrablos Ar- til , vv ' i, t-Il. \n ind.tsor Greoar t- 'ri ...