... J FRNIYE POAOCHM AT SWORL 1 THEY CUT ENGLISH NETS AND DESTROY THE FISH. The incursions of French fishermen upon the English fishing grounds within the three-mile limit have (says the London Daily Mail ) in- creased very much in recent years, and have been the cause of very frequent and loud complaints from the English fishermen engaged in the Channel. The internattonal law, while ...

... iOouR LONDON LETTER. BY JOUR~NAL SPECIAL WIIIE. (FIOXT OUR OWIN CJORR~ESPONDENT.) 5 NmW B'itiiii STR'E'~T, Wednelsday night. The Fourth sezzsioa of the(, tiftecontli Parli-a- monict of thlt Queen's reign was broug~ht to a. et'oaO~ toi-day Iwith t-he elaborate coremlonial w1ilwhh iatinctied to thle event. The llouy..) (if ('0111101 0, SAt atl four11 o'clOCk, bin, onl1Y siayx'i nw'iii hr' ...

... BEAUY UOatg, like a fading rose, pigims for but a summer day; If doea the fairest oharms disclose, a bloasomrs only to decay. Tiat dobh dim the sparkling eye, And tlauds the brow with heavy care: It bide bhe blooming roses die Amasii exu o'er the raven hair. Oh, why, deceitful monarch ! why -The youthful marble brow adorn? Why plant a rose upon the cheek To fade and leave there but a thorn9 ...

... BY JOURNAL SPECIAL WIRE. (FROM1 OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 5 Nmw BRIDGIE STREET. Tueschay ntight. A glance at the House of Commons this afternoon was sufficient to show that the prorogation is at hand. Even during 'the, question hour there were not more than 60 aelmboers in the Jouse, aud some of the most familiar ligures were missing from the Treoasury bench. Mr Balfour has already stsartedl ...

... IEXPLJORATI-ON IN ABYSSINIA, THE LOVAT EXPEDITION. AN INTENESTING JOURNEY. BRITISH PRESTIGE AT MENELIK'S COURT, (PitESs ASSOCIATION FOI13ION SPECIAL.) London, Thursday. A representative of Reuter's Agency has had an interview with Dr Reginald Koettlits, who Ihas just returned from a remarkable journey across Abyssinit from east to west. Dir Koettlitz. who was surgeon to the Jackson-E2armsworth ...

... I FISHBURERS AND FOREIGNl Or BUYERS. IMPORTANT' aM TIlLECFF AMTION, INTBRESTING DECISION BY SHIIRMI'F BURNET. Sheriff Buriet has just decided the action raised by B. M. Stephen, fisbuerer, Peterhead, against D. Borwein, a Russian herring buyer, at present residing in Peterhead, concluding for payment of £21 18s, being the difference between the contract price of 98 barreld medium full herrings ...

... I| S NEW B]itflOE STREET, LONDON, Ainavoxm. JouuNr.z& OrPIcn, MONDAY. 1 MOFNING, 5.30. (BY SPECIAL WIRE.) BOER REPLY TO MR CL-IAM B ILAIN. THlE REASON FOR TEIE DELAY. A CONDITIONAL -iCCUEPTASCE. (DAILY TA1TL TrLEOUAM.) Jollaiiiie'Aburg, Sunday. It is officially stai ed that the Transvaal 0oN-0runwi' A reply to \lr Chamoberlaini's propDs'l of 'a joinr conferelice will be sent ear'ly next tieeL. ...

... PECULIAR INDUSTRIAL SCHOOt CASE. I I -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.. In Aberdeen Police Court on Saturday, Chief Constable Wyness presented a petition to Baillie Taylor to have Margaret Macrae, a child of eleven years, reiiding in Park Street, dealt with under the Industrial Schools Act, in respect that she had beenjound wandering W priguazhdran. ship. QI X- o When the- case was oal~ed,-sevral ...

... ITHE .TRANSVAAL. SIR A. MILNER ON THE CRISIS HOPEFUL OF A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. (PRESS ASSOCIATION FOREIGN SPECIAL.) Cape Town, Wednesday. Sir Alfred Milner, in a reply which he has sent to a petition received from the Dutch Ch-urch on July 8th, says he does not despair of a peaceful solution of the crisis. He is strtisfied that a potent cause of unrest is the political inequality and the ...

... tAZAAMS0.,w&o. ':.BAZAA AT AUCNBLAE. h A twvo. days baiaar':as opened on Fviday in the d Publiw 3all.-Awsshinblae, by Mr J. -W. Crombie, M. P. for Kiicardineshire. The baszaar was held underi the auspices' of the Auchinblae Young e -en'se Mutual Imrprovement Association,, a s flourishing institution, which is deservedly popuiar~ e in the village, and the object -it to raise si22fi6nt .t funds ...

... ITHE TRANSVAALd THE BOERS' REPLY. QUALIFIED REFUSAL. (CENTRAL NEaS TEsEGRaMonas Johannesburg, Friday, 8.30 a.m. I ami enabled to confirm from undoubted sources the fact that at the secret session of the Raad it was decided to recommend the Transvaal Government to return a qualified refusal to Sir Alfred Milner's in- vitation for a Joint Commission on the ft franchise question. The reply has ...

... 'I HE NW SElIR.IFF OGi CAITHNESS, &c. INTRODUCTION AT WVICK. Ali- Chliistopher N, .Iohnaston presented hi3n cem- in i-, ion in WVicki Sheriff Court vealerdiy as shoriff k4f C:ithiieR. Orkilaey. iad Shetland. Ile was : LCi-)l- panicd to thlo hlench by Sher iff-Sn bstitilto MiakP he i.n, and tiLl' WVILa a full at teiidallre of thc e im eniihtur.4 *f Ice bar, tie mnagi-trates of Wick a Id ...