... B BRITISH SHIPPI!C TO ITALY-SiNGCUA'l I SITUATION. Some aerv significant rectas are mr.am m' 21 Consul Sidney Churchill at thle n rtC report on the tradc and cornmerce cf Sir:ly the yea? 1898. He points out thlat th:e :sr of British shins at the three princital ?? pcrts was 941.6TS. repreoented bv 7 V25 §- as ormpsared witn 1.043,551 tons in abse VN-'u` vear. It is saidi that though *ever VEEC ...

... i Meteorological Office, Monday, 6 p>im To-day the pressure was highest (3020 inches) at Sumburgh Head, and exceeding 30 inches over all the northern parts of Great Britain, the North J Sea, and in Norway; lowest (below 20,9 inches) off our south-western coasts and over North Ger-; many. The gradients were very slight. The, i barometer was inclined to fall again over the Bay ?? nots chnging ...

... I SQrllOT' SENSATION. VA> P ErTs ;XAMINATIO-N. 0-N-1 1 ...

... 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 ...

... SEJOEBUIRYNESS : ARTILLERY MEEITING. The Camp, Shoeburyness, Monday. The 54 detachnionts of Artillery Volunteers J 'who encamped here on Saturday in the grounds I of the School of Gunnery began to-day the cor-n petitions arranged under the auspices of the Na- ticnal Artillerv Association for various prize;, amounting in the aggregate to £780. There were. five events set down for the day, two ...

... tfHE NEWY V'RONTIER POLICY1 IN INDIA. l Lord Curzon's Proposals. -(sinunsi'S TELEORAMU.) Simla, August 6. Lord Curzon's proposed frontier policy has now received the sanction of the Secretary of State. Briefly, it will restore to the regular army a large number of troops hitherto quartered at fortified posts in the tribal country, and will, it is hoped, result in an annual saving of many lakhs ...