... (01jr vartraits MiA. ALFREID l orAoTr, of Woodfield, Werneth, O!dham, was born on May S, ISS8, at Chadderton, where his father was then engaged in the cotton-spinning industry in company with the pre- sent candidate's grandfather. His parents being members of the Society of Friends, he was sent to the Quaker school at Kendal, and later to Grove House, Tottenham, and he subsequently took a B. A ...

... THE R WESLEYAN CONFERE.NCE. GIRLEAT MEETINGS IN LONDON. GUESTS 019 THE CITY. Wonders wvill never ceaLs. The Corporation i. o tho City of London have- invited the nmembers oif tdie WV'sleyani (Clrnference, which comm'.nees to-dAy, to ai LiIvC function 00 W(IlneSday week. ISix; blidred gil-in ls have li -ciin voted to do fraty thol sipenses, andl three £hesisnI tickets e !been issuejl. ...

... TO THlE EDITOR OF IRE BRA. Sir,-The letters you published last week sufficiently disposed of Mr Thomas's claims to rights in an unauthorised dramatization of For the Term of His Natural Life. As solicitors acting on behalf of Messrs Macmillan, the owners of the copyright in the novel, we have written to Mr Thomas's solicitor, and await his reply. Meanwhile, as Mr Thomas has, through the ...

... TaE MASTER, BUILDERS' MEETING AT PLYM-OUTH. PLASTERERS' S ETTLEMrE NT. THANKS TO TLE DAILY N{EW& SHALL THE MASTFES RAVE A ; ~~BADGE ? (FROM OUR SPECIL COMMISSIONEPR) PLYMOUTHI, Wednesday Sight. Nearly two huindred delegates of the NaTtional Association of Master Builders assembled here to-cia; in connection with their forty-third half-yearly meeting. Alderman Hoidswort4 presided. t Among ...

... 'SEITY YEARS OF STEaDY WI TINTG. PRIESENTATION TO MIS YONGE. There watv a very nuimerous attendance at Win- chetcr High School for Girls last evening on the occasion of thu3 presentation to M aiss Clharlotte Yongo of an illuminawtd address in connection wvit! tho foundation of a university ?? in. her honour, and as a fitting memorial to her Hte work. The idea. orisrinxted in a s8ugisstion ...

... I , SIIt .Ll:i t*) AIIINERI AS2 AN, JOItHNALiSTiANDJ S11IATES M AN S, SOYME PERSONAL, vt I ISCENCES. Sir Alfrod I IINI (i.ui t Sib~i'et of 111(1 ktvl'il wt'it Sit- All ro Mijh(l iloo i''i i, 01(1 0h' mist~ititi daly.i, ii I lir- 'c ?? i'il li b ?? with pc'euliri:' tilleirwi-' -it tire( pri-sitit tiotiircht.1 ~-l. it:rde tirii~tstiiiftit.'litfof 3!lInmer is elf los Ilmdidiriol 'i Niritpy ...

... WON BY ENGLAND. The chief event for decision at Biley sres~erday was the competition for the Elcho Shield, which was given by the present Lord Wemyss,when Lord Eleho, wo fear back as 1862. The competition is i open to teams of eight from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Walesrespectively. i The number of shots is 15 at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards. The winning, teamn receives the shield, which for ...

... THE DEM)E.OCRATIC SHOW. TIL 2,o lt! ,! I I,,. I: I. ?? * I ?? tl-' -I. ?? don I t r ?? 'II-i' i ?? LI 'If' d dIII ?? A t ?? I, 711 t t ?? 1111 Iti'' I ?? 0 t'l3 I 'sII ii I N w 'Al ?? i I I P c ii AI V'l''IL I II'll l''lI 1 ill''I 'i >i21i Ji-I'l.,I I , iI'Il' II. I 1lit T ?? ' ?? I. ,11 il ii'iV li ?? ?? ' ' ?? ' ?? C. i,::q i'l 111~ ~ ~~I, I,,i g11 l I 1,;tY Y IIt 2 I I i I I;, I I 'ilI,- i ...

... Wile ?? THE QurEN has been entertaining a constant succession of visitors at Windsor. None of Her Majesty's gut2sts were more delight d than the foreign delegates to the Women's Congress, who, oin expressing a wish to see the Queen, were specially invited to spend the afternoon at Windsor. Under Lady Aberdeen's guidance the ?? lady delegates assemblcd in the Quadrangle a; HIer Majesty came out ...

... ?? ibew agallh, 68llnissiolio * Ax appointment which will give very general satisfacli l i. that which makes Sir Harry Johnston, nO ...

... TuiE cottage stands back from the roadside with a wilderness of currant and gooseberry bushes betwveen it and the white palings. After the eeriness of the farmhouse on the hill the road is not unpleasant. There go by many gipsy vans on their way to the fruit-picking, innumerable cyclists, a few tradesmen's carts from the country town seven miles away, and on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays ...

... NARCISSE PELLATIER, [By LOUIS BECKE.1 ONE day in April, 1875, when a pearling vessel named the John Bdll was lying at anchor under the lee of Night Island, within the Great Barrier Reef of Northern Queensland, her crew made friendly acquainitance with a tribe of blacks who were living on the mainland. Among the black, stark-naked savages who gathered around the boat was one whose skin seemed ...