... THE QUEEN HONOURING THEJ SCOTS GUARDS. | PRfESENTATION OF STATE COLOURS. AN INTERESTING CEREMONY. Amid brilliant surroundings and with much eoremonial the regiment ol Scots Guards, of which the Duke of Connaught is colonel-in-chief, were presented at Windsor Castle on Saturday after- noon with State Colours, which hitherto they have not had the privilege of possessing. The State colours of ...

... I TJIHE TRANSVAAL. I TILE SUZERAINTY QUESTION. 11lR CHAMBERLAIN'S FIRMNESS GREEN BOOK PUBLISHED AT PRE'TORIA. IMPORTANT DESPATCHES, (PRESS ASSOCIATIox FoRrTGN SPCIAL.) Pretoria, Saturday. A green-book issued xo-day contains the despatch from AMr Chamberlain, dated Di.tber 16, which recites the denial of Dr lLytds that any British suzerainty existed, and his contention that the preamble of the ...

... ITM TRANS-VAA'I STRONG DESIRE IO0 SETTLES .MiNT. t (PaEsS AssoorAT;o r&nN Ion srxo.) Pretoria, Mo24.y r Both Raads, at the request of the Pro. B e gressives in the First, have been srtting sl t secret session all day, Preqiaent Kruger anI the- members of the Executive being pre. sent. I am informed on trustworthy authority that the Volksraad willin all probability adopt a seven years fraach* ...

... HUR(14 OT?S I -? j- I ________ I ? OFThEPAST*WEEK I, 'Church' wdrk is almost at a standstill mean- time. Ministers and memnbers are scattered here and there in.quest of health and refreshmengt, 'and in the city -churches this is emphatically the dull season.: The country churches benefit-or, 'at least they should banefit--to a corresporcdizig degree, particularly those churches situated in any ...

... I ELGIN GAS AND WATER IN- I SPECTORSHIP. -BREEZE AT A COUNCIL MEETING. THE'QUALIFICATIONS OF AN ABERDEEN CANDIDATE. A CURIOUS CORRESPONDENCE. At a meeting of Elgin Town Council last night Treasurer Leslie submitted a correspond- erce he had had with Mr Charles Macpherson, 20 Constitution Stroct, Aberdeen, and MIr William Dyack, burgh surveyor and water manager, Alxr- deci, with regard to Mr ...

... Clhixp OPPICIP-BROAD STRErvT, ABEWPLUEEN. LONDONX(MOR BfRI)ERN lOU LNAL;. AXERDiEN. I.NIlaoBNx:-No. i.. ABERDEEN,' THURSD AY, JULY 20, 1899. _____________________________ -- - -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS SUMMARY. In the House of Commnon's yesterday the debate I 3 onl the Royal Niger Comutpany Bill was started by ! Mr Ltboum-here, enho ithought the step Ilow t rendered nevessal. ...

... SCOTTISH YMLITARY AFPAIRS. LONG SERRVICE MEDAL. The followvng officers and men of tbe volunteer force in Scotlandl have been granted the volunteer long service medal, dated 1st July, 1899:-Ser- geant-Trumpeter T. Calvert, 1st Aberdeenshire Volunteer Artillery; Gunner W. Cheyne, Corporal C. Lawrence, Second Lieutenant W. Ros, 1st Banff Volunteer Artillery; Gunner J. M1'Kenzie, the Highland ...

... THE DISPUTE ABOUT CHURCH SEATS AT INVERKIRLOR. A meeting of the Parish Council of Inverkeilor, near Arbreath, was held yesterday afternoon-Mr Lindsay-Carnegie of lBoysach in the chair-at which the question oaf certain seats in the Parish Church claimed by the Parish Connoil. as belonging to the poor was under consideration. It appears from the state- ments made that a considerable time ago an ...

... Ij 5 NEw BnmamE STumnr, LONDON, A6MENX JOURNAL OismCB, MONDAY MORNING, 0.30. (BY SPECIAL WIRE.) CRISIS WITHIN, SIGHT. BRITISH ULTIMATUM. !,O ARA'ENMNT OF MILNER'S TIMMS. (TmES TELsGRAM.) Pretoria, Saturday. The uiblanders have been given to under- stand here that no abatement of Sir Alfred Milner's demands will be acceptable to the Imperial authorities. The real crisis, therefore, is now held ...

... BUDDON AMRILLERY CM1P. 14 A south-westerly galle was experienced at Bi3A don yesterday, but the atmosphere was n1o0 lu favourable to shooting, and the competieionDwe advanced a stage. A number of sras Were, issued, While Corporal Robson's (2nd DUrIh deotchment still lends in drill and laying wih, the grand total of 42, second place has D bef taken by all Argyll and 13ute squad tuder 130 ...

... LABER1DEEN BOTJND STEAMER LbST. A Lloyd's telegram from Vlshant reports that the steamer Marcia, from Philippeville for Aber,. deen, was wrecked at 10 p.m. on Monday night during a thick fog. The crew of 19 men werer saved. The vessel sank. The Marcia has discharged cargoes at Aber, deen on several occasions, the last time being irn,! October, .1898, when she brought a cargo of es- parto grass ...

... SECOND EDITION] N OEW BRIDG3E STREET, LONDON, A RIID)EEN JOUSRNAL OrrIcHE, WEDNESDAY MORNING, 5.30. (BY SPECIAL WIRE.) CABLE FROM AFRICA TO AUSTRALIA, OFFER BY EASTERN EXTENSION COMPANY. (TSiES TEIEGRAM.) Melbourne, Tuesday. The Victorian Government 'has received an. offer from the Eastern Extension Com- pany to lay a cable fromn Soulth Africa to Australia, free of cost to the colonies. The ...