... COMMENTM OF THE ARm. THE CZA3 AND FRANCFR The Times says:-We doubt whether aP pulse will beat the qiicker for the information that M. Delcasse, the French minister of Foreign Affaira, left Paris yesterday for St Petersburg. Ostensibly he goes to make arrangements for the visit of the Czar to the Paris Exhibition next year, and it is quite possible that the explanation will be generally ...

... our! iONPON LETTER. I BY jOURNL SPFIGAL WIRE. OiOf,1hl.uWN CORE EESPONDENT.) 5TS :wIi cII 'o iz I v I ,, I i~t II ulhh (Ottlll to-Illohilt betor~e the Li- ajItI -c111d T1i-,- iirt Suib- jjI(1Lli l.it ilb-i-O- . wodicustiooed bv ~tI ti iH Itol-c of Lnvuk It'' .1 '1. NoW their 1(1 ~lwhl weve ) i 1 t'Ur11LtI 1110 121121 1 'ikcII by It' .,.~~ e- 10 I TI0mI hit tijereloi - '1 ~ ~ o ill. L rd Io ...

... DR WALFORD BODIE IN ABERDEEN TRA)DES HALL. j Last night Dr Walford Bodie, who has during the past fortnight been appearing with his com- pany before large audiences in the People's PFlaco Theatre, gave one of his popular entertainments in the Trades Ball, his servichs being generously granted ia aid of the hall fund, there being at present a considerable debt. Shortly after the commencement of ...

... I IMPE-RIAL PARLIAMENT.| HiOUSE OF LORDS-THuRSDAY. The Lord Chancsllor took his seat at a quarter past four o'clock. The Earl of Wiinchilsea rook the oath and his seat on his succession to the title. DlUBLlN CORPORATION BILL. The Comomons' rmendments to the Lords' amendment to the Dublin Ooropration Bill were considered On the amendment passed by the Commons extending the boundaries of the ...

... I I A quarircrIy conmnunicatioll o: fe GraInL Lodge of Scot-land was held in tne Freeniesons Hali, Ediaburgh. yeiterday afternoon There sins good attendanck, conisiderill the weather and! the fect that little controvers)al ,d isises; oVaZ on the ward. The Grand Master Mason, Lord Saltoun. presided Major F W AlIanI Se&nor Glirand Warden, seas in his place, Brother J Dailrymple Duiic-%n acted ...

... The following story is related in an article on |O cean Gambling in a recsAt issu'e of Chambers's Journal - A young Englishman, on Ills first trip across the Atlantic, found himself gradually drawn into a game of poker with three or four profes- sional sharpers. The latter were most presentable in their manners and dress, and older men than their victim might have been excused for ...

... THE CONSERVATIVE UjNION IN SCOTLAND. FORTHCOMING CONFERFNOE Iv. ABlERlDEERN. VISIT OF LORD JAMES OF HEREFORD Aberdeen has been selected as the placq of this year's conference of the Conservative Uuion in Scotland, and the committee have been fortunate in securing as the prmcipal speaker on the occasion Lord Janies or Hereford! whose name stands deservedly i4 the front rank of Unionist ...

... SEC.OND EDITIONI 6 Naw BRIDSF. STREET, LOiNDON, ADEEDEEN JOURNAL OFFICE, FRIDAY MORNING, 5.35, (BY SPECLAL WIRE.) THE TRANSVAAL DYNA- MITE QUJTSTION. ATTITUDE OF CHAMBER OF Mi.:. 3S. kDAILY MAIL TELIIGRA1.) Johannesburg, Thursday. A deputation of the Uitlander Council has waited upon Mr Rouliot, President of the Chainber of Mines, regarding the statement emanating from Pretoria to the effect ...

... THE GORDON HIGH LANDERS ANDI q R tBALMORAL. | ROUTE MARCH UP DEESIDE. It is understood that 300 officers and men of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, of Dargaii fame, at present stationed in Edin- burgh Castle, will march u p Deeside in the middle of September. The object of the march, it is believed, is twofold. Duringtthe visit of the regiment to the country of the Gordois, they will do ...

... REFOR'iM REQUIRED. IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS BY PROFESSOR OGSTON Professor Ogston yesterday read an in. teresting paper before the Britisl lMedical Association, which is at present meet- ing at Portsmouth. The subject was Surgery. and, in the course of his paper, Dr Ogston said.-At a time like this one cannot help being strongly impressed by the feeling tharo the surgical profession in our ...

... t rnGH LAND RIFLE MEETING. Yesterday the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Hlighlland Rifle Assoeiation, which extends over two days, opened on the, Longman Ulanges, Invernesa. There was a very large attendance of volunteers from all parts of the country, inolud- ing such well-known marksmen as Scott, Border Rilles; Ommundsen, Leith; Sergeant Scott, Pitloehry; Corporal Mlacfadyea, Glasgow; ...

... THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND TUJE QUEEN. PROBABLE VISIT OF THE KAISER TO BALMORAL. The Press Association learns that, although the German Emperor was unable to attend the Cowes Regetta, it is possible lie will pay a visit to the Queen this sunmmer or in the ea-Tly autumn. No definite arranggements have yet been made, but it is said to be the Emperor's fixed intention to make such a visit if his ...