... I - ?? Cardinal Vaughan on Social and 4 Religious Problems. The annual conference of the Catholic Truth Society is being held at StockpOrt this week, and the inaugural address was delivered last evening by tho president, Cardinal Vaughan. There was a crowded attendance. Cardinal Vaughan, in the course of his observa- tions, said the Catholic Church in England was deeply interested in the ...

... I Meteorological Office, Sunday, 8.30 p.m. The pressure at 6 p.m. to-day was highest (30 0 inches and upwards) in a large anti- cyclone lying over Scandinavia and Den- mark, and also in another system over the Spanish Peninsula; lowest (29-6 inches and IeSe) in a depression with its centre off the north-west of Scotland. The gradients were slight generally, but moderate over the extreme north ...

... : , I HIGHLAND EWFLE ASSOCIATION. Thi mctin, wichhasproved one of the most intones- 'fu hed fr sme ime clsedyeserdy.In the matter of weather, the circumstances wore very fortunate. the Ilight being as a rule good and the wind fairly steady from one directon. Interest centre~d yesterday in the -destination of the Bannockburn Shield, for which 34 teams, repcesenltiog many, of the crack corns in ...

... - Induction of the Rev. Patrick IM!. Playfair, M.A., to St Andrews. I Yesterday the Presbytery of St Andrews met in the Town Church, St Ardrews, for the induc- tion of the Rev. Patrick M. Playfair, Al. A., late of Glencairn, Dumfrieeshire, who bad been elected to the first charge of the parish of St Andrews, rendered vacant by the death of the Very Rev. Dr 4 K. H. Boyd. There -was a large ...

... Usa 'I tit IYESTERDArStPROCEEDINGO& !J It 'MORE W0S A I a Prisoner's Complaints of Torture. 1 REFUSAL OF APPLICATION | FOiR ADJOURNMENT. 1. . ?? a EVIDENCEOF EX-NMINTERS. MAD D.M IIENRY IN THE t WITNESS BOX. I DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH. a (srzarAz TEEZGRAM TO a'rAsIMD 0? TO ntil Remiss, August 16, Night-. Though of less sensational character than its predecessors, to-diy's proceedings at the Rene3 ...

... tw GENERAL JOUBERT ON THE (B de SITUATION. co th Pr ADVICE TO THE BURG-ERS. r:e sh _ ?? wI The Transit of Munitions of War mi eti at, Through Cape Colony1 of ye ta (ruirss ASSOCIATION SPECIALS.) as Johannesburg, August 25. Ca General Joubert, addressing a meeting of 500 in burghers here to-day, said the country was passing It through a crisis owing to the dispute regarding of the franchise. He ...

... IOn~ LO1¶DN OQ0MBO1WDENOR , 65 FLEET SRET, X! Wednesday Night. a PDLCTIAL SAYINOS AND DOINGS. A question which is naturally giv-. ing rise to a good deal of discussion here is as to gt the probable-consequences of the assassination of French officers in the French Soudan by the Voulet-Chanoine expedition, should it prove to r be the fact that the murderers wil fight for their r, own hand now ...

... FOIREIGN MAiL& I Dates or I)eapatCihnd Hours Sof lx Cloalg ?? at Chief 011Mcc, George Square. Dail Due. Asaension ?? . ?? .Aug. 11 6.15 P.Y. Aug. 24 A OLrala,vit,) ' N.S Qe.jr ?? ?? Ei.Thur.1L30l.M. Aug. 7 trals anOTas- Banvime. .* -} via New York Aug. 5 1.15 P.M. Bermnudas (..via Soutbampto Avg 17 6.15r. Aug. 12 Brazil 9 .45r. Avia Liverpool ?? .Aug. 910.0 P.N. Aug. 5 hy French acketAtig. ...

... 1.MPlTUAL PARLIATMNENTT i z s - ?? HOUSE OF CO1MMONS. WVEDNESDAY, August 2- The Speaker talk the Chair at twelve o'clock. Clyde Navigation BilL On consideration o^ this bill as amended, M!r CALDWELL moved a clauqe proposed by' tb-' Trustc-es, dealinrg with certain road devia- '%iors in the county of Renfrew. The clause was read a second time, and added to the2 bill. o The bill as amended was ...

... C03i1 E RCIAL NEWS*! BANK RATE ?? 3 N Ss1r, Trit LA&ST YzAu ?? , 237 G;AI;SGOow, Saturday Evening. I The Stock Exchange has been closed to-day, th;1 tilis fact, coupled with the approach of the l on Monay next, caused the volume of thtigCiS in Lombard Street to be of a limited 1arac;ter. Althougdl gold in fair amounts is t- bc-lu~g received at the Bank of England, the .injoed deprression of ...

... AI. DELCASSE'S VISIT TO R USSIA. Reception by the Czar. (CEar's TXLX5Sf.) St Petersburg, August 4. ?? Delcasse, French 'Minister for Foreign Affairs, arrived here to-day. He was subse- quently received by Count Muravieff, Miinister for Foreign Affairs, with whom he will dine to- rcrrow, in company with the Staff of the French Embassy. On Sunday Count 3Montebello, the French Ambassador, will ...

... a SERIOUS ACCIDENTS TO C SHIPPING. COLLISION ON THE CLYDE. Late on Monday night the steamer Dromedary, on the passage from Greenock to Belfast, came into collision with the racing yacht Vendetta off the COumbraes. The yacht was inward bound from a cruise, with the owner, Mr WV. W. Mac- I lellan, and a party of three ladies and two gentle- C men on board. While working through the fair- way in ...