... DEATHS FRflO STAIIVATION IN THE W1EST INDIES. to I TI'rOtS OF THE LIVERFOOL MERCURY. t e rard for publication in the tttCfi'.1 Mercury copy of a letter of the ?? 2tt->tL; prey. ous to the recent hurricane in ti.e Le-rd id andl) wnich 1 have addressed to the C~l~ .: (ce, tad copy of a reply *which I h-e ?? hav rtg reference to the deaths train sunflcfl: el ahave occurred, and are E.. Occr 'r ...

... THE SAINITARY INSTITUTE. I I~ ~ I - I RESULT OF EXAMINATIONS. At an examination in practical sanitary science, held in Liverpool on June 28 and 23, 1899, three eandidates presented themselves. The followinig two candidates were granted certificates in practical sanitary science:- Augustus Ernest Cheetham, 70, Church-road, Urmston, Manchester. John Richard Owen, 21, Herbert-street, Moss Side, ...

... SHOULD THEY BE CATLLE MISS. With the domestic servant problem constantly confronting them, housewives will read with in- terest an article on Domestic Servants: The Responsibility of Employers, which appears in the Forum. The writer (Mary Roberts Smith) says it is one of the moat extraordinary inconsistencies of a democratic society that the dressmaker, the milliner, the shopwoman may ...

... I FROM OUR LONDO, CORRESPONDENT b ?? TrXZSDAY NIG'Ca It is said in some irntential Liber4 - I that the general election is not fz ft is 3iot i nplied by thlis tha.tot-h fa f - bet it Will not try their fortune during anment t sion. If there is war with the Transv °t 51 r resent Minist i;123 see it 2 there is not, there is no ?? en it s which to arouse the enthusi.- or L I stituencies. The ...

... TRANSVAAIL CRISIS SITUATION IN PRETORIA. Capetown, Tuesday.-The Progressives to-day express dissatisfaction with Mr. Schreiner's speech in the House of Assembly last night. They intend to organise mass meetings throughout the colony with the object of protesting against the Premier's attitude. A telegram to the Cape Argus from Pretoria describes the state of the town as critical. The ...

... C I SCIENCE RESMARCH. SCHOLARSHPS AND RENEWALS. Her Majesty's Coinmissioners for the Ekhibi- tion of 1851 have made the following appoint- ments to Science Research Scholarships for th e year 1899, on the recommendation of the autho- rities of the respective universities and colleges. The scholarships are of the value of £150 a year, and are ordinarily tenable for two years (subject t to a ...

... I TO-DAY'S FORECAST. The forecast for to-day is as follows North-easterly to easterly breezes, light; fine;, warm No decided change is indicated yet., BATI, Thursday.-Perfect summers day, with sunshine from morning till night. It still keeps cool, but exhibits a tendency to return to last week's heat. Thermometer. maximum 7658; mini- ?? for the night, 54; barometer, slightly fall- ing, 30 ...

... 0131 A1ERICAN LETTEl'R. TEILU HRRRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES. 'SPECIALLY CABLED.) NEaw YoEa, THrESDAY. A aesatch from San Juan states that the tnrr caae in Puerto R co wrecked the Cus- House at Piaya dei Ponce, and ruined .- ConteJW' All the vessels in the har- nur oere driven ashore. The wind, whose ;*eiocty was over 100 miles an ar. vworS havoc in the vicinity of San anuairods of houses -were ...

... NORTH WALES CALVINSTIC METHODISTS. I - QUARTERLY ASSOCIATION AT CARsARVON. HISTORY OF THE CONNEXION IN CARNAIRVONSHIRE. PROTESTANT SCHOOLS. The qrw.eriy meetings of the North Wales Ca-lvinistic Methodist Asociation wvere resumed at Meriah Chrapel, Carnarvon, yesterday. Meet- ings of ministers and of deacons were held simul- tanr-rously at 8 30. in the fonner of which a paper was read by the ...

... tripLoPI LEmtvgT v SALUS EnPU LEXS OBEYA D = _ _ _ _ _ ?? SATURDAY, AUGUST 190 THIS MORNING'S NEWS IN BRIEF. A terrible explosion occurred at an early hour yesterday morning at Llest Colliery, Garw Valley, South Wales. Latest parti- culars from the scene of the disaster show that 19 bodies have been recovered. An- other 20 or more men would have been added to the death-roll but for the self ...

... LICENSED HOUSES IN LIVERPOOL ALLEGED EXCESS THE TRADE AND THE BENCH. At the last Liverpool annual licensing ses- sions the announcement was made that at the forthcoming sessions the bench would take into consideration the question as to how far the number of licensed houses are in excess in every part of the city from whatever cause, and, there- fore, they hoped that all interested in such ...

... At the Mansion Rouse Police-court yesterday, Mr. Herbert Saxelby, 58, solicitor, 7 and 8, Iron- monger-lane, was brought up on ruand before Alderman Sir J. Renals upon a charge that he, between November, 1894, and June, 1899, being a trustee of ceftain property, to wit, £1314 of South-eastern Railway Stock for the use and benefit of Constance Eva Rutledge and others, unlawfully converted and ...